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Anthropology: Key Concepts, Belief and Knowledge, Culture, Materiality,…
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Belief and Knowledge
A set of convictions, values and viewpoints regarded as the truth.
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Culture
nuance
Recently, it is more recognised that cultures are not static, homogenous, and bounded.
Rather, they are dynamic, internally diverse, and interact with one another.
- While it is a shared construction of meanings, it is also simultaneously a site for contested meanings
- These recent formulations recognise that culture may the subject of disagreement and conflict within and among societies.
- This definition may include the definition of culture itself.
Culture refers to an organised system of symbols, explanations, ideas, beliefs, and material production
that humans create and manipulate in the course of their daily lives.
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Materiality
Objects, resources, and belongings have "Cultural Meaning"
Cultural Meaning: Described by Arjun Appadurai as the 'social life of a thing'
Objects, resources, and belongings are embedded in social relations and practices.
Some anthropologists seek to understand the human experience through the study of material objects.
e.g. contemporary approaches focus on the materiality of the body.
Power
- Power is an essential feature of social relations
- considered as a person or group's capacity to:
influence, manipulate, or control others and resources
In a broad sense, it involves distinctions + inequalities between members of a social group
Some approaches to power focus on structural power and understand power to be everywhere and contribute in the production of reality
Social Relations
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- this forms the basis of social organisation and structure
- they pervade every aspect of human life and are extensive, complex, and diverse
Society
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The term can also be used to refer to a human group that exhibits some internal coherence and distinguishes itself from other such groups.
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Identity
either
1) an individual's private, personal view of self
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Symbolism
study of the significance people attach to:
- objects
- actions
- processes
creating networks of symbols through which a cultures 'web of meaning' is created (Max Weber, Clifford Geertz)
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