ANTHROP 2F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Salvage Ethnography, Enculturation, Inukjuak
26 Aug 2016
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Cultural Anthropology 2F03
The Cultural Building Blocks
-individual development
-language
-customary behaviours
-identity within the cosmical sphere
-ritual, verbal, and non-verbal currency
-gender and perceptions of gender
-roles
-emotions
-motivations
-socialization and enculturation
-marriage and family kinship
-economy
-position and power
YouTube Film: Individuals, Family and Social Organization
-classic 1922
-considered the first ethnographic documentary
-salvage ethnography
-perception that other cultures are dying and we try to preserve what is left (in this case in
the form of a documentary)
-Inukjuaq (originally Port Harrison), Quebec, Canada
-dogs (pets to them) consider the most valued individual in the social group
-warning, *transportation, companion while hunting
Defining a Culture
-family is central
-survival is the focus
-language
-food
-need to be continuously hunting to get food
-roles and customs
-collaboration
-hyper vigilance
-external forces
Film: Exile
-by Inuit from Isuma
-http://www.isuma.tv/isuma-productions/exile-0
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