ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Art Style, Semiotics, Emic And Etic
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Bassed on cahpter 8 : 202 to 209. The ideational domain deals with symbols, religion, art, communication. What is a symbol ? something that stands for something or is suggestive of something else *similar to semiotics definition *. Humans are not the only mamals that use symbols, chimps use them. Humans depend on symbolic communication in order to thrive and survive. It is the relationship between a symbol and what is stands for really which is simply arbitrary. Language, writing and laws in specific are symbolic. Exmple of a state: the city of teotihuacan. What is an ideology the means by which human societies codify their beliefs about the natural and supernatural worlds {ashmore & sharer: But it is through ideaology, people are able to structure their ideas about the order of the universe. Region refers to a set of rituals: rationalized by myth where it mobilized supernatural powers to achieve or prevent transformations of state.
