SOC 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Michel Foucault, Ethnography, Tim Hortons
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Differences due to how we understand the term. What is culture: comes up a lot; significant, appears in various, contradictory contexts, high culture vs. low culture. High culture (i. e. ballet, opera, shakespeare, etc. ) = cultural traditions: way of life"= art, rituals (i. e. meals, work, religious observances, sports, sex, family, and friendship. Opposed to nature"; defines us as human. Def"n of popular: of, or belonging to the people . Production: what the people do for themselves. Folk culture (:cultural products/practices that have developed over time within a particular community or socially identifiable group and that are communicated from generation to generation and among people who tend to be known to one another. Communication: mechanical, to secure the maximum profit. Folk culture can metamorphose into mass culture. The second is a philosophy that stresses the importance of physical objects and the actually existing conditions of life in shaping the concepts, discourses, and habitus of societies and historical periods. )
