ANT208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mirror Neuron, Enculturation, Spoken Language
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Television: every country has its own programming, over 98% of households have tvs, way that is used to communicate to huge numbers of people. Enculturation: socialization is a general potential that all uhmans have individuals acquire their specific culture. Process of acquiring and learning involves learning things like schemas images, being able to discern patterns etc. Both the natural and the social universe is precoded for us. Biological basis: mirror neurons: structures in the brain that is fired when an action is either performed or observed. Organized according to everyday routines: stored in the brain as nerve connections, all these small routines are culturally specific thing become normalized through repetition (the basis of this cultural learning) We have routines: basis of predictability. Key questions: how much influence, if kids are watching 8 hrs of tv there must be some influence, the role of the audience, effect on desire, fantasy or reflection, western influence, concern in other countries e. g. egypt ethnography.
