SA 201W Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Anthropology, Social Capital, Ethnography

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 201W
• Professor: Pamela Stern

Document Summary

Past: anthropologists/social scientists talk a lot about life cycle. Agency: things that you want to do or ful ll; way people express desires within their own culture and is a reasonable desire to that particular culture: ex. Marrying a dog wouldn"t occur to you (canadians) because it"s out of the canadian culture: agency is not xed; changing, exercise of choices, all have value in person"s life. Social capital: the networks, contacts, relationships, etc. that contribute to one"s wellbeing. Liminality: in-between state of the transitional stage where normal social rules may not. Rites of passage: events that signify the growth of a person in their society/culture. Theorists/theories mentioned in before i settle down by vered amit. Jenny hockey and allison james, british social anthropologists. Jeffery arnett, contemporary american social psychologist: focus on anthro. of children/childhood, known for the term emerging adulthood : stepping out of cultural norms and challenging it (ex. traveling, known for term rites of passage .