ANT102H5 Study Guide - Biology Of Depression, Spirit Possession, Mercator Projection
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Most important, we were the rst to insist that we see the lives of others through lenses of our own grinding and that they look back on ours through ones of their own. (clifford geertz) Culture, like language, operates through symbols (i. e. meaning is constantly conveyed in our every-day actions). That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and *other traits] acquired by man as a member of society . It is extremely important however to note that there is not (for instance) a neatly de ned. Turkana culture oating apart from the turkana people. Culture, in short, is produced and reproduced through every-day meaningful practice in the realms of knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, law, customs, etc. Winks are gestures that are symbolic in that they mean something. Meaning is highly context dependent - you need to know layers and layers of (culturally speci c) context to understand the meaning of a wink.
