SOCA03Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: High Culture, Ann Swidler, Sanctification
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Clothing, textbook, anything that you can pick up and hold. Academic integrity, education ( leading to improved learning) Quiet and not disturbing people during exams, lining up. Mores: norms with strong sense of importance. Assumes that the way you think is determined by the language you speak. Different languages result in different ideas about reality/ the world. A rigid view where language determines certain outcomes. Assumes differences between languages do not determine, but instead reflect, the worldview of speakers. Linguistic differences are the result of cultural differences in thinking. A fluid view where worldviews can be modified, expanded and reshaped. Reification: the practice of treating a human product as something that is inevitable or natural. We each value a set of cultural symbols behaviours, values, etc. We combine these elements to create strategies of action in order to reach goals. Toolkit is implicit in culturally homogenous settings. Social movements are shaped by financial resources, organizations, political climate, etc.
