ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Enculturation
10 Dec 2020
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Culture is the core concept to anthropology: in 1950s proposed 164 different culture definitions. Sir edward taylor (first definition): morals, habits acquired by men from society. Culture/civilization is a complex whole including knowledge, belief, art, law, People avoid the word man and use humans/people to generalize to all humans. No longer use culture and civilization interchangeably: places discrimination between different non-civilized, lowness regions. Focuses on people"s perception, thoughts, ideas that explain behaviour does not. Culture is not always shared, and is negotiated and changing. Socially acquired life-way/style of a group of people with patterned and repeated. Local culture: distinct pattern of learned and shared behaviour and thinking found ways of thinking, feeling, acting in that particular society. Culture exists in all human beings and can become very specific in local regions of groups within a larger culture. Culture began by groups forming and using the same language, symbols. Addresses natural and social needs through rules.
