ANTH 010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociocultural Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Anthropology (ANTH)
• Course: ANTH 010
• Professor: gaddis

Document Summary

North americans have studied a lot about cultural. *many different things that anthropologist use to define. British have studied a lot about - societies, social organizations/ relations/hierarchies . Society: how humans (animals) organize themselves as social beings. You have to grow up and learn how to behave. Culture is passed on through generations (old young) People already existing in the society teach to newcomers (i. e. new born members) Culture is shared ideas about what is appropriate, acceptable, norms. Based on symbolic systems that are very complex. Symbols are also very important in linguistics and communication. Culture is public because meaning is public. Everyone can see, share, participate in culture. Anthropologists interpret the interpretations of others (the people they are studying) People do things because they think things. Based on preconceptions about how you think of the world, what is/are your perception(s) What is appropriate to do in certain scenarios. Not false, but because it does not exist .