SOC202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Body, Cultural Capital
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Lecture 2: conceptualizing culture may 12, 2016. Trees are part of the natural environment. Some cultures have the tree represent spiritual healing. The last living thing taken out of the rubble. Survivor tree got uprooted in hurricane sandy. It stands as a symbol of new yorkers" survival, resilience, etc. Human body: can also take on cultural meanings. The nature/culture divide can be hard to distinguish. Culture doesn"t reside in the thing itself, but bc of the meaning ascribed to it. Culture as cultivation: to help something grow culture" was used to describe the ways human and nature interacting. Culture as civilization: around the 18th century, culture was equal to being civilized humanities perspective. Culture as a way of life: temporary use of the word social. Last two meanings are the way sociologists look at culture. Humanities perspective the best that has been thought and known. Within this realm, there"s this idea that some culture is superior to others.
