SO 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Symbolic Culture, Culture Shock, Relativism
20 Feb 2020
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The backbone of who we are and how we think. Ways of thinking, acting, and material objects that form a person way of life. What we think, how we act, and what we own. Not constant, look at abortin thought for example! What you wear, using a laptop in class. The way we design and utilize these are material culture. Involves personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life. May occur within domestic and foreign travel. Ex: indigenous tribe lives without walls in houses, no privacy, seen as a natural process of culture. Involves a more accurate understanding of cultures. To understand every culture you need to look at that cultural context through their values. Set aside own values and try to understand how another culture survives their cultural context. Humans transform element"s of the world in symbols. Symbols are anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by the people who share a culture.
