ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rachel Dolezal, Margaret Mead, Enculturation
2 Jan 2016
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Making sense of a changing world: anthropology today. We mark ourselves in different ways- names, clothing, role we play in society. How anthropology understands different elements that people use to mark themselves both as individuals and as members of social groups. Rachel dolezal: naacp leader and identified herself as black-african. Learned personal and social types of affiliation, including gender, sexuality, race, class, Critical to the functioning of any society. Help individuals understand their own place, role and function in the world, and how to. Helps in maintaining a social framework, understanding ourselves, our functions in the worlds and how to relate to others. We learn to be who we are through enculturation: e. g. Hugh brody: description of a baby inuit girl. Enculturation: the process through which individuals learn an identity. Agents of enculturation: parental socialization, the influence of peers, the mass media, government or other forces.
