ANTHRO 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: American Anthropological Association, Edmund Husserl, Clifford Geertz
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The world as it is given to us in everyday experience. Correct way to cite sources: american anthropological association wants chicago manual of style. The study of things as they appear to us in our experience, as we experience them. Each person has a different experience of their surroundings. Came up with a personal theory of meaning and action. Turned the husserlian account of temporality in the direction of an action theory. Studied religion (primarily islam) in java (indonesia) and bali. Culture is a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life. Life by itself has no inherent meaning, and so people use culture to give it meaning. Anthropologists use symbols such as ceremonies, political gestures, and literary texts to interpret and understand the cultures and worldviews of different societies. Worked with the white mountain apache tribe to learn their language.
