ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mass Media, Scott Atran, Applied Anthropology
23 Feb 2015
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Logia= study of: the study of, the systematic study of humankind, both in the past and present. Human culture: learned behaviors and beliefs that shape our human experiences. Examples: religion, spirituality, identities (gender, race, ethnicity, nationalism), food preferences, etc. Question: what are some of the ways in which we learn about culture: mass media- gender stereotypes, educational system-how act as an appropriate canadian citizen, family and friends, work- conduct and rules for behaviour. We tend to think about many of our behaviors and identities as natural/biological but many are not. Ethnocentrism the idea that your culture and its values are somehow right or superior to another. You therefore judge another culture according to the standards of your own. Indigenous kids sent to boarding school, not allowed to practise their culture, speak their language: holocaust- hitler and nazi party, western views of cannibalism, tea party in the us, forms of racism in society.
