ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Trobriand Islands, Asceticism, Protestant Work Ethic
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Culture: shared patterns of learned behaviour: about systems of meanings that are shared and learned. Boas: culture as a lens : let"s us see clearly, from a certain perspective, the answers to questions about our lives. Result of our attempts to make the world meaningful. 79 an encompassing picture of reality based on a set of shared assumptions about how the world works . Culture vs. worldview worldview is part of culture: culture includes worldview and practices, beliefs, kinship, preferences, etc. Ghosts in worldview: if you hear a random noise in the attic, you might believe that there is a ghost: likewise, if you don"t have ghosts in your worldview, you might just think it"s a raccoon. Worldview helps you judge whether things are real or fake. Worldview establishes symbolic frameworks that highlight certain domains of experience while down-playing others. More than one worldview may coexist in a single culture: eg.
