ANTH 2630 : Class Notes ANTH 2630
9 Jun 2014
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Critical reading: prof suggested questions to ask as you read: We"ll be looking at critical reading in a workshop with sandy. \ interrelationship, mutually constructive relationship; structure and action moving back & forth in a dynamic relationship. Individual is not simply an automaton, not automatically reacting to or following structure; he/she participates & shapes culture/structure. Social norms ways of being & acting in a structure e. g. walking into a mosque. But these rely on human participation & constant cultivation. P t is a paradigm (lens, model) for understanding personhood and culture as a manifestation of everyday life & experience. Individual participates in & creates social life, but is never outside of culture or structure. Pierre bordieau habitus attempted to capture permanent internalization of social. Michel foucault- also interested in body schools, prisons, institutions. Dynamic & mobile idea (we are not outside) but highly interactive through the human body. How institutions ask us to behave; ways we pony up to authority.
