SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kraft Dinner, Eva Air, Cultural Capital
13 Dec 2016
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Anthropology : the way of life of a people. Humanities : high culture - the best that"s been thought and known . Sociology of culture / cultural sociology : convergence of these two extremes. Culture: basic element of society, expressive aspect of society, symbol systems : represent thinking, feeling, behaviour, symbols : things that represent something else, both involve meaning. What is the meaning of this word: parent, faith, guardian. What is the meaning of this word: praying, sociology lecture. What is the meaning of this word: luck, everything irish. What is the meaning of this word: religion, they identify as a christian. What is the meaning of this word: religious. The kids love the dog, their smile means their happy. Humanities perspective: culture is autonomous from society. Sociology: culture is in uenced by social factors, link between and society. Thursday sept. 22, 2016: institutions rely on each other, culture re ects society, society re ects culture.
