Anthropology 2229F/G Lecture Notes - Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew Of Kaimsthorn, Cognitive Archaeology, Practice Theory
18 Jul 2012
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Lecture 31 part 1 ideology: people and the cosmos. What is ideology: how people take the world and make it intelligible, non-subsistence/social things. How people think and symbolize their world. How to see ideologies: exist in the minds of the people in the past. Why did archaeologists change: rise of post-processual archaeology. Human agency: individuals (agents or actors) are important and can have significant impact on society through choices they make. Acknowledgement that ideology/worldview can be a significant factor in how people live their lives. Tools embraced by post-processual archaeology: practice theory. Articulated by sherri ortner and pierre bourdieau and related to anthony giddens structuration. Human actions are practices that are influenced/controlled by, as well as influence/control, social norms: choices are affected by the society we live in. Social norms (or dispositions) simultaneously act as. Dispositions frame practices, which in turn frames dispositions. Unconscious understandings of how the world works.
