Indigenous Studies quiz #1

Anthropology

The study of people or human society.

• rules that govern human behaviour

• understanding and comparing different cultures

Culture

Non-material objects with material objects. Beliefs, behaviours and values. THINGS AND IDEAS

• language (gender nouns and idioms)

• food

• clothes

• society laws

• family

• ideas/ symbols/

• religion

• ethnicity

• socio- economic statues

worldview

a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world. affects the way people view and interpret the world around them. provides answers to meaningful questions.

things that influence worldview:

• culture

• experiences

• the land

BIG QUESTIONS that a worldview provides answers for

• whats going on?

• who am i?

• why am i here?

• whats my purpose in life

• why is this happening?

cultural values and what anthropologists mean

the cultural standards that people use to decide what is good or bad, right or wrong. serve as ideals and guidelines.

• hard work

• patience

• confidence

• people

• places

• religion

Explain/define Societal Norms (including folkways, mores, and taboos + examples of each)

societal norms: the rules and expectations that guide behaviour within a soceity.

• FOLKWAYS: the informal little rules that kind of go with saying. (not illaigle just wrong in soceity

• MORES: fomalized as the states rules and laws of soceity. (guys dont have to wear a shirt at the beach but if they dont at work they will get fired)

• TABOOS: never okay (killing someone… fine for self defense, but you cant later eat that person and get away with it.)

Identify and explain common threads in Indigenous worldviews

(a) everything is sacred

• everything the creator made (humans, animals, plants, rocks, land) is invested with spirit and is therefore sacred

(b) everything is interconnected

• connected within a social structure. (roles and responsibilities, past/present/future, community resource- specializes certain knowledge skills)

(c) everything is changing in recurring cycles

• migration of birds

• waxing and waning of the moon

• seasons

What is the 7 Generations teaching?

its to make a desicsion based on what is “now” is going to stay for 7 generations. many first nations use this to make decisions and actions. based on the idea that everything is sacred, a gift.

why do Christians specifically engage in intercultural learning and intercultural ministry?

• we are called to love others and we can’t do that without talking to them

• Christian faith implies a willingness to row together with fellow believers who have different cultures.

matriarchal and patriarchal

matriarchal: Women hold the power, they are in charge. (fist peoples culture)

patriarchal: men hold the power (20th century society kinds)