HST 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethnocentrism, Social Constructionism
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Hst110 lecture 1 key terms and definitions. Culture: a way of life shared by a group of people. Include the knowledge, beliefs, and values that bind a society together (rules) (apps) Society: the way people organize themselves. (structure) (phone) Example: a phone: the physical phone, hardware --- structure. Apps (and it needs to be updated), software --- culture. Functionalism: a society is always equilibrium, it will always balance. --stability: institutions make minor changes only to establish balance in society. Conflict theory: how society changes over time through conflict. There are always two opposing sides, which eventually led to a new society. --change: society changes only as a result of conflict between n groups conflict creates a new society. Social constructionism: how things are giving value. --value: everything is created in the minds of the society. Everything only has value because we agree it has value. There is no real individuals,, societies, and cultures, construct meaning through relationships.
