SA 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, Chopsticks

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Kyle willmont

Document Summary

Research methods: used to generate data to produce knowledge, flow from values and di erent traditions of search - ex - theories, Objectivity: you can produce an uncontaminated statement about society by suspending your bias, values etc. Max weber: value free - value should not shape scienti c inquiry. Quantitative research: positive mostly use it, things that be measured and counted - rated and scaled, make statements between variables, mainly use surveys. Culture - the shoes symbols and their de nitions that people create to solve real life problems ( has many elements) Culture as a toolkit: isn"t deterministic, toolkit of habits, skills, styles. High and popular culture: high culture - high status group preferences, tastes and norms ( upper class, popular culture- ( mask culture ) of ordinary people, the objects, preferences and tastes that are widespread in a society.