SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Culture Jamming, Cultural Capital, Medical Anthropology
8 Dec 2015
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The study of culture as an independent variable (rather than as a mere reflection of society") emerged in the 1960s out of the symbolic interactionist school of sociology. Culture: shared symbols and their definitions, created by people to solve real-life problems" (paraphrasing brym et al, 2015: 68) Discussion: how is the way sociologists define and study culture different from the way laypersons (i. e. non-expert, average, everyday people) might understand or interpret the meaning of the word. Symbols: concrete objects or abstract terms that represent something else (pg. Rock on symbol used to mean bullshit . Swastika originally meaning of happiness (when straight), nazis tilted it and made their own meaning of it. Beliefs: cultural statements that define what community members consider real (pg. Norms: generally accepted ways of doing things (pg. Values: deeply held convictions; desirable states or conditions; implicit and/or explicit, may be ranked and hierarchized and may be in conflict with one another.
