ANT204H1 Lecture 2: contemporary anthropology week 2.docx
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No specific details on exam about case studies. We all know that the red hexagon means for drivers to stop, even without the word stop written in it. Things may have layered meaning more than one meaning (e. g rolling stop at stop sign when cops aren"t around) A stop sign can mean many many things y"know depends on the context. People have agreed upon meanings on what things mean. The car is a significant part of our cultural makeup. Stop sign isn"t really a sign it"s a representation. Multiple meanings associated with a lot of things/everything , gender, race, politics, etc not just the stop sign, yet we don"t all have individual responses, theres something strucuturing the way we all respond to these things. An attempt to understand our day to day lives. Its to understand the human condition what makes us human/human society culture.
