ANTH 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cultural Relativism, Thick Description, Cultural Evolution
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A court in rajasthan arrested gere and shetty. Culture is our manual for understanding and interacting with the people and the world around us. Culture: system of knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behaviors, artifacts, and institution that are created, learned, and shared by a group of people. For anthropologists: culture is much more, it encompasses people"s entire way of life. Culture: system of knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behaviors, artifacts, and institutions that are created, learned, and shared by a group of people. Enculturation: process of learning culture, not unique to humans. Many animals learn social behaviors from immediate groups wolves learn how to hunt in the wolf pack. Culture is a shared experience, and is constantly contested. Everything is informed and reinforced by cultural norms. Most anthropologists think that a common cultural core exists. Norms: how people should behave in certain situations, or towards other people.
