ANTH1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Informal Sector, Dumpster Diving, Warlpiri People

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH1001
• Professor: Neil Maclean

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Symbols represent one stand for another (ex. Metaphor: cars are alive system of meaning [what meanings represent] in a cultural system = shared) Primary symbol system: fashion, language (=intangible, cannot be touched, can only touch the objects that they represent), but symbols can also represent tangible objects. Cars are part of the shared, symbolic, material and learned culture of the. Cars: a metaphoric relationship between warlpiri people, country, technology and magic. Categories: how culture classifies the world around us, ex. All cultures devise classification systems for objects, persons, events and activities. Gardening the same exact material = earth (not dirt) It becomes dirt when you remove it from the garden and get to so(cid:373)e(cid:449)here (cid:858)out of pla(cid:272)e(cid:859: scenario 2 - symbol, food on dinner table vs. food in the trash bin = out of place = symbolic. Cars are (cid:271)oth s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ols (cid:894)of perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455), ge(cid:374)der, e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) status (cid:895) a(cid:374)d (cid:373)aterial.