CULTURE WHAT IS CULTURE Ralph Linton The total

WHAT IS CULTURE Ralph Linton “The total way of life”

OUR DEFINITION PART ONE: SOCIALLY TRANSMITTED, OFTEN SYMBOLIC, INFORMATION THAT SHAPES HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND

PART II CULTURE HAS MENTAL, BEHAVIORAL AND MATERIAL ASPECTS. IT IS PATTERNED AND OFFERS

KEY TERMS SYMBOL: MEANING CULTURALLY DEFINED

SOCIETY AN INTERACTING INTERMARRYING HUMAN POPULATION SHARING A COMMON CULTURE

ENCULTURATION THE Process of learning your own culture

ACCULTURATION CULTURE CHANGE BROUGHT ABOUT BY CONTACT; USUALLY FORCED

ASSIMILATION ASSIMILATION: ETHNOCIDE WITHOUT GENOCIDE. THE LOSS OF DISTINCTIVE CULTURAL TRAITS AS A POPULATION

FORBIDDEN WAYS TO SPEAK OF CULTURE PRIMITIVE BARBARIC CIVILIZED MORE ADVANCED

THE IDEA OF THE CULTURE SCALE SAPIENIZATION: THE PRODUCTION AND MANTENANCE OF HUMAN BEINGS,

THE IDEA OF SOCIAL POWER IS AN INDIVIDUALS ABILITY TO GET WHAT S/HE WANTS

TYPES OF SOCIAL POWER MILITARY ECONOMIC IDEOLOGICAL POLITICAL

CULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL POWER BY KIN; DOMESTIC SCALE BY RULES; POLITICAL SCALE BY

PART ONE; THE IDEA OF STRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE; THE MATERIAL BASIS OF CULTURE STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATION

KEY ELEMENTS OF CULTURE 1. CULTURE IS SHARED AND LEARNED

CULTURAL CONSTRAINTS NORMS DIRECT INDIRECT

HOW TO DESCRIBE A CULTURE The Ethnographic Method Participant observation Field method in which

KEY INFORMANT A member of the host culture who helps the anthropologist learn about

GENEALOGICAL METHOD Tracing the marriage and family relationships among people as a basis for

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CULTURE

WHAT IS CULTURE Ralph Linton “The total way of life”

OUR DEFINITION PART ONE: SOCIALLY TRANSMITTED, OFTEN SYMBOLIC, INFORMATION THAT SHAPES HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND REGULATES HUMAN SOCIETY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAIN THEMSELVES AND REPRODUCE.

PART II CULTURE HAS MENTAL, BEHAVIORAL AND MATERIAL ASPECTS. IT IS PATTERNED AND OFFERS A MODEL FOR BEHAVIOR.

KEY TERMS SYMBOL: MEANING CULTURALLY DEFINED

SOCIETY AN INTERACTING INTERMARRYING HUMAN POPULATION SHARING A COMMON CULTURE

ENCULTURATION THE Process of learning your own culture

ACCULTURATION CULTURE CHANGE BROUGHT ABOUT BY CONTACT; USUALLY FORCED

ASSIMILATION ASSIMILATION: ETHNOCIDE WITHOUT GENOCIDE. THE LOSS OF DISTINCTIVE CULTURAL TRAITS AS A POPULATION IS ABOSRBED INTO A DOMINANT SOCIETY AND CULTURE.

FORBIDDEN WAYS TO SPEAK OF CULTURE PRIMITIVE BARBARIC CIVILIZED MORE ADVANCED

THE IDEA OF THE CULTURE SCALE SAPIENIZATION: THE PRODUCTION AND MANTENANCE OF HUMAN BEINGS, HUMAN SOCIETIES AND HUMAN CULTURE, BASED ON SOCIAL POWER ORGANIZED AT THE HOUSEHOLD, OR DOMESTIC LEVEL

THE IDEA OF SOCIAL POWER IS AN INDIVIDUALS ABILITY TO GET WHAT S/HE WANTS EVEN WHEN OTHERS MIGHT OBJECT.

TYPES OF SOCIAL POWER MILITARY ECONOMIC IDEOLOGICAL POLITICAL

CULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL POWER BY KIN; DOMESTIC SCALE BY RULES; POLITICAL SCALE BY FINANCIERS; COMMERCIAL SCALE

PART ONE; THE IDEA OF STRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE; THE MATERIAL BASIS OF CULTURE STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY SUPERSTRUCTURE EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE, NOUMENAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

KEY ELEMENTS OF CULTURE 1. CULTURE IS SHARED AND LEARNED

CULTURAL CONSTRAINTS NORMS DIRECT INDIRECT

HOW TO DESCRIBE A CULTURE The Ethnographic Method Participant observation Field method in which the observer shares in community activities

KEY INFORMANT A member of the host culture who helps the anthropologist learn about the culture

GENEALOGICAL METHOD Tracing the marriage and family relationships among people as a basis for identifying cultural patterns of community

FORMAL AND INFORMAL INTERVIEWS

ETHNOGRAPHIC EXAMPLE