ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: American Anthropologist, Enculturation, Femininity
26 Sep 2018
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Anthro sex, food and death lecture 5 sept 17th/19th/24th. O culture : is shared/universal, is learned (via enculturation) and is not biological/innate, can make particular groups of people distinctive, provides a common code of conduct, attributes meanings. Note: culture is learned, we tend to think about many of our behaviours and identities and natural/biological or universal but many are not, eg. Nationalism- use ter(cid:373)s like (cid:862)it"s i(cid:374) (cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:271)lood to (cid:271)e a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:863), (cid:271)ut a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s are taught what it means to be american: eg. Colour pink: symbolism varies depending upon cultural context, not universally associated with femininity. Biocultural: our cultural upbringings and biology determine who we are. Interest in prehistory: anthropologists have the ability to not only study present-day cultures but prehistoric peoples as well, 3. ) Commitment to holism: a. ) interdisciplinary perspective (working together with other specialists) to get a more complete picture of a culture, b. ) exploring all integrated aspects of a society.
