AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Enculturation
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Ethnography: process of discovering and describing a culture based on the insider"s viewpoint. , discrete cultures (tribal) are more difficult to find today, anthropologists study micro-cultures (sub cultures) State of anxiety that results from an inability to predict the behaviour of others or to act appropriately in cross-cultural settings. Central marker of what it means to be human. All humans have capacity to learn and transmit culture (equipped) Actors are not passive incorporators of culture. Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and other capabilities and habits acquired by a man as a member of society (p1) (1871 - sir edward burnett tylor). It is learned; need a society (defined locally) The learned and shared knowledge that people use generate behaviour and interpret experience (mccurdy) Potential to cry is not the same as knowing when it is culturally appropriate (learn the rules) Sharing: social concept (dogs as domesticated pets and as food)
