MDSA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Richard Hoggart, Social Class, Reductionism
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Cultural theory: an overview: culture is simply what human beings produce and the means by which we preserve what we have produced. Building blocks of culture: the building blocks of culture are physical, social, and attitudinal. Artifacts: artifacts are the material aspects of daily lives which posses shared meanings and manifest group identification to us. These are the material, human made object of culture. Practices: social rules and norms of creating those artifacts, something which was our part of everyday life, habitual. For example of they find the text book they will assume reading, writing, critiquing was the part of social culture of ancient american people. Making sense of the world, value, taste, concepts/ customs laws and tradition. Collective: culture must be shared among a group of people; no one can create a culture on their own. Culture must be shared among groups but it doesn"t include everyone. and gain social dominance.
