ANT102H5 Lecture : lecture notes 10
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Overview: cultural persistence, mechanisms of change, modernization, intensification. *3rd aspect of modernity is beurocersy-paper work, they have a life span of there own. Most individuals, most of the time, are deeply committed to their customs. *humans are creatures of their habit, and when life is not predicable they can experience ups and down. *ethnocentrism is a natural way to feel because if you only know one culture. *culture can be seen an empedment to change as it becomes harden and it takes on the quality of an unchanging enitiy. Ex- north american societies in the late17 cen. , horses were introduced and they soon became bison hunters, becasue that was in demand. *cheyenne: modest, restrain and comanche: permiscouse, and revealing both bison hunters . * cheyenne: hoticaulte= order comanche:=hunter gather, very flexible etc. *another example= the yanapi- opted for prodistentism=emphasis on jesus. Mechanisms of change: innovation- of cultural novelties, *its only an innovation if it"s adopted through culture.
