ANT100Y1 Lecture : lecture note
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How much nature how much nurture, this course more of nuture. Adaptation, nurture vs nature adapt better in evo sense. Human universals and divisions, similarities and language culture differences. Anthropology and imperialism: history, initially to study this. Dutch anthro worked for govt but who made go against ethnocentrism was by anthropologist (not done: anthropology and ethnocentrism; cultural relativism) Signifying reality: how signs construct the world signification: making sense, making signs. Linguistic sign is every word that he says, words are signs and language is a sign system. The nature of signs: signifier and signified/symbol, icon, index/denotation and connotation (two meanings signs have) How we construct our self, not think of yourself as who you are no sense of self not know you are individual distinct from others. Knowing making sense (reflecting, representing) how things make sense to you. To make sense = to signify [ sign ify] attention means to use signs, to make something into signs.
