SOCA01H3 Lecture 2: SOCA01 – Lecture 2 Notes
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Culture: facilitates meaning-making, provides information regarding society, norms, values, ethics, expectations. Classics , etc. (high culture: can also be used to define current norms or fads, i. e. pop culture references, to be cultured means having a particular understanding of the arts or arts history. Clothing as a tool to define statues. A badge of uniform as a sign of authority. The meaning of symbol is not in the symbol; the meaning resides in what the symbol refers to : no set number a broad category. Origins of culture: made up of three building blocks , abstraction, cooperation, production. The ability to created general concepts that meaningfully organize concrete, sensory experience : developing theories, constructing language, providing meaning to tools, how we develop concepts and theories that provide meaning to our world. How to behave, what is aesthetically pleasing, what are considered: creates a shared understanding of what is normal, valuable, or important acceptable and desirable life choices, ex.
