SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shamrock, Cultural Capital, System On A Chip

• School: Brock University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1F90
• Professor: Tanya Martini

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09/24/2014 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) culture. 2 short answers total: 70 marks culture anthropology: the way of life of a people humanities: high culture- the best that has been thought and known . -as an aspect of society? culture (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Subcomponents of culture ways in which we express ourselves ie. language, art, road signs (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) else) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Both involve meaning society -> culture-> symbol systems-> symbols mother (this word is a symbol, it has meaning it represents something. It"s a symbol that represents a social status of a mother/ role/ etc. orient us to our social environment. Cultural objects have meaning beyond their material reality ie. dogs, tattoos (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Behaviors take on particular meanings in particular social contexts. Institutions rely on each other to meet needs. School (education), families (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) critique of functionalism.