Anthro - Key Concepts

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(Acronym: BCC SIMPSS)

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Belief and knowledge

Set of views/values seen as “the truth” within a particular social group. Based around & supported by cultural experience.

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Change

Modification of cultural and social elements in a society. Could be due to internal affairs, or contact with another culture, or globalization.

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Culture

System of symbols, ideas, beliefs, and material production that humans create and change. Includes customs that organizes the physical world and social structure of a society.

Modern views: culture is ever-changing

Meaning is disagreed upon

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Identity

Individual’s personal view of self

Social group’s view of an individual

Group identity (ex: religious, ethnic, or national identity)

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Materiality

Objects, resources, and belongings that have cultural meaning

Can attempt to view human experience through study of material objects

More modern: materiality of the body?

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Power

1(+) people’s capacity to influence and control others/resources

Inequalities between members of a social group

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Social relations

A relationship between 2(+) individuals in a network of relationships

Consists of individual agency & group expectations

Form foundation of social structure

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Society

How humans organize themselves into groups/networks. Sustained through relationships and institutions

Can be any coherent group of people; art society

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Symbolism

Significance that people attach to objects, actions, processes. Creates network of symbols that represent a culture.

Different from materiality in that it does not only apply to physical objects. There’s probably other differences but :]