ITS 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Relativism, Iceberg, Gadsden Purchase
2 Mar 2018
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The behavior and beliefs of a specific group of people. The practice of categorizing the world of experience according to what is important and assigning meaning. The learned system of meanings through which people orient themselves in the world so that they can act in it. Set of unstated assumption we share with others in our community, which we use to assign meaning and importance. Moments where common sense from one culture clashes with common sense from another culture. The flows of cultural meanings and cultural symbols across space. Something that stands for something else in a particular cultural context. Ex: language the word is the signifier and the object the word refers to is the referent. Language is arbitrary because its determined in a particular cultural context. The mobilization of cultural symbols to create, sustain, or resist specific beliefs. Can generate support or resist something: flags create pride; taking a knee in the nfl resist ideas.
