ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociocultural Anthropology
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N. a focused on culture, britain focused on society. Culture (cid:449)hat people thi(cid:374)k, (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith early a(cid:374)thropology (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s(cid:895) 1952 over 270 definitions of culture. Learned not inborn from people around us. Passed on by generations elders teach to young and gets passed on. Shared and coherent stable on belief, knowledge and value. Based on symbols and symbolic actions with meaning. Requires interpretation and to learn how people interpret. Informs action we do certain things because we think a certain way (provides reasoning for actions we do) Each anthropologist has different views and a different definition of culture. Defines how to structure the world and understand it. Specifics and plurals- people who live in same place. Institutional organizations that last longer than a life span (ex. Culturally distinct (culture and society can overlap) Group of people; what they do and how they do things. What people do and how they organize themselves in each society.
