STS MIDTERMS

Society

refers to a group of people who are relatively selfsufficient

and who share a common territory and culture.

Culture

refers to that people’s traditions, customs, and

behaviors. It includes ideas, values, and artifacts.

▪ sharing a similar culture helps to define the society

to which we belong .

Science

Due

to such diversity of culture in every society brought by

its geographic location, people manage to develop knowledge

“ to utilize the resources that they can find in their

immediate environment to respond to their needs, this

knowledge is called

commonality, diversity, abstract nature, permanent organization, inter-dependence, cooperation, conflict

Society characteristic

society as process

complex of groups in a reciprocal relationships, interacting upon one another and enabling human organisms to carry on their life activities

society as structure

total social heritage of folkways, mores, and institutions of habits, sentiments and ideal that are recognizable as a network of interrelating institutions

social structure

established network of relations between social groups and institutions which are created by interacting members of the society

closed system

india’s caste system. in cast regions of rural india the traditional cast system retains a strong legacy in determining social indentity based on ones's social strata

brahmin, kheatriya, vaishya, shudra

closed system india caste system has 4 divisions (varnas)

open system

philippine class system, government agencies classify its peoples economic status based on income

comprador bourgeoisie, national bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie, proletariat, peasants

open system division philippine class system

culture

sets of believes, practices,and symbols that are learned

technology

these processes of harnessing resources are collectively referred

science

the knowledge utilized to harness such resources

material aspect of culture

objects or artifacts produced as a result of technology

non-material aspect of culture

knowledge utilized to create technology that created the objects or artifacts

science

body of knowledge utilized to understand the world

technology

tools utilized by humans within a given environment as means to interact with nature

natural sciences

scrutiny of natural phenomena, inluding the world of plants/animals, geological formations

social sciences

study of the society itself and its various components and processes

symbolic interactionism, structural-functional theory, social conflict theory

social perspectives

technological somnambulism, technological determinism, social construction of technology

theoretical considerations

Heidegger

he claimed that western civilization had been on a trajectory toward a decline to nihilism, and contemporary cultural and intellectual crisis were intimately linked to this forgetting of being of what it means for something to be

dasein

heidegger introduced the concept ____? reflecting the notion of a living being through their activity of being there

material causes, formal, efficient, finalis

aristotle principle of causality

Anthropological views

holistic perspective to the study of culture and society by relating one social aspect to the other

julian steward

technology was the window between the natural world and human society and culture

Human adaptions are technological

tools utilized by humans within an environment is the means by which they interact with nature in order to survive

elements of culture, technology, environment, social behavior, work organization

technology and pattern of social behavior

cultural adaptation

is seen as a function of human