AN101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cultural Universal, Cultural Relativism, Ethnomethodology
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What are the key characteristics and consequences of a bureaucratic organization. What are some of the elements of culture. What are the key characteristics (and consequences) of a bureaucratic organization: specialization (division of labor, hierarchy of authority, written rules and regulations. Ideas, practices, material objects adapt, thrive in our environment. Ways of life: way we think, how we act, what we own. Nonmaterial (symbolic) culture: norm: accepted way to do something, enforced by sanctions. Material culture: passed down through generations, shared by social group, have similar way of life, acting, view of world. Ethnocentrism: judging another culture based on their own culture, ex. Judging hindu"s on their cow practices or reverence. Cultural relativism: judging another culture on its own terms employ sociological imagination. Urban legends: false stories, believed to be true, recent past/ nearby location, word of mouth, internet, easy to relate to. Sociological analysis: fears that characterize urban legends. Contracting aids from one night stand: cultural attitudes.
