SA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maple Syrup, Justin Trudeau, Cultural Relativism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 101
• Professor: Bascom

Document Summary

: language, morals, art, writing, music, religion and belief, stories and mythology, food, roles& rules in society, material culture, interpersonal relationships. General process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development. More on an individual level, you are becoming your culture. Sending rich men to harvard to develop their culture (intellectually) The works and practices of intellectual and especially artistic activity. Particular way of life, whether of a people, a period, a group, or humanity in general. Maybe there is something that all people do. Cultural things to do; people make culture. Tylor: -(cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) (cid:449)hole (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge, (cid:271)elief, art, la(cid:449), (cid:373)orals, (cid:272)usto(cid:373) a(cid:374)d a(cid:374)(cid:455) other capabilities and habits acquired by (human) as a (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er of so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)(cid:863) Geertz:- historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms. Essentially we have no agency and we are puppets. Verbs: geertz believes culture is something that you do, and is dynamic, says culture can change over time.