GEDC-understanding the self-lesson 3.pptx

understanding the self lesson 3

1. AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONCEPTUALIZATION OF SELF THE SELF AS EMBEDDED IN CULTURE

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES Recognize what the field of anthropology can contribute to the understanding of the self Understand how culture and self are complementary concept; Discuss the cultural construction of the self and social identity; Explain the concept of identity struggles; and Develop insights on how to achieve a sense of self situated in multicultural and dynamic situations. 2

3. - Kilroy J. Oldster We are each a product of biological endowments,culture, and personal history. Culture, ideology, and cultural events along with transmittedcultural practices influence each of us. We are each product of collective enterchanges... We are each a molecule in the helix of human consciousness joined in a physical world. We form a coil of connective tissue soldered together by cultural links.

4. PRACTICES AMONG DIFFERENT SOCIETIES REVEAL WAYS HOW SOCIETIES CONCEPTUALIZE WHAT THE SELF IS AND HOW IT RELATES TO CULTURE. Anthropology considered as one of the most complex areas of discipline, has explored various meanings of culture, self and identity in the desire to come up with a better understanding of the self . Some anthropologists, however, arrive at a conclusion that there is no simple definition . Anthropology is concerned with how cultural and biological processes interact to shape human experience. Contemporary anthropologists believe that culture and self are complementary concepts that are to be understood in relation to one another. Compared with other disciplines, anthropology possesses a holistic and integrated approach in examining human nature. According to a distinguished anthropology professor, James L. Peacock (1986, p.10),

5. What could be the answer to the question…

6. NATURE Referring to genetic which sets the individual's potentials.

7. NURTURE Referring to the sociocultural

8. Ethnographic Investigation To have a better understanding to the nature of self. Discuss the cultural variations that may affect one's mental state, language, and behavior.

9. British anthropology defines culture as”...that complex whole which includes knowlegde, belief, art, morals, law, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society .” Culture has acquired a range of different menings that require reflection and analysis because the signficance of cultures has enormous implications for everyone’s conception of self (van Meijl, 2008). THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF SELF AND IDENTITY

10. (1999) a german anthropologist believes that the concept of self is a necessary supplement to the concept of culture in anthropology and should be regarded as a human universal. Culture and self thus become complementary concepts that have to be understood in relation to one another. Two antropologist belief that self and identity may have different meanings in different cultures sociocentric view of the self in which the membership of Christie Kiefer (Robbins, 2012), the japanese possess a a person in a particular social group defines the boundaries of the self.

11. Social Anthropology 1. Ethnic Relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition. 2. Identity Is understood as a disposition of basic personality features acquired mostly during childhood and, once integrated, more or less fixed.

12. Concept of Identity The Concept of Identity was used mostly in the context of "ethnic identity, pointing out the sameness of the self with others, that is, to a consciousness of sharing certain characteristics within a group.

13. Concept of Self in Different Societies 1. Egocentric View The self is seen as an autonomous and distinct individual. 2. Sociocentric View The self is contingent on a situation or social setting.

14. AMERICANS They are Egocentric . They believe that they should be assertive and independent.

15. JAPANESE According to Christie Keifer , Japanese are Sociocentric . For them, Interdependence between the person and the group is more valued than independence.

16. CHINESE According to Francis Hsu , Chinese are also Sociocentric . For them, the very essence of interpersonal relations is mutual dependence.

17. Identity Toolbox refers to the features of a person's identity that he or she chooses to emphasize in constructing a social self.

18. Some Characteristics of Identity are: Gender Race Language Religion

19. Characteristics of Identity Family membership could be the most significant feature to determine a person's social identity. Personal naming is a universal practice with numerous cross- cultural variations, establishes a child's birthright and social identity Ethnicity, personal appearance, and socioeconomic status are not always used in every society.

20. Three phased of Rite of Passage 1. Separation People detach from their former identity to another. 2. Liminality Transitions from one identity to another. 3. Incorporation The change in one's status is officially incorporated.

21. Cognitive Anthropology Toon Van Meiji Suggest that in order to maintain a relatively stable and coherent self, members of the multicultural society have no choice but to internalize divergent cultural models and should reject or suppress identifications that may conflict with other self-presentations.

22. Illusion of Wholeness - We continuously reconstitute ourselves into new selves in response to internal and external stimuli. Therefore, the cohesiveness and continuity of self are only illusory. The most important philosophical task of the postmodern man today is to "work on yourself" just like in the Socratic message "know thyself".

23. The self as embedded in Culture Clifford Geertz American Anthropologist

24. The self as embedded in Culture Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun. Webs are perceived to be symbolic of culture.

25. Image of Man 1. Culture should be perceived as set of control mechanism such as plans, recipes, rules, instructions for the governing of behavior. 2. Man is precisely the animal most desperately dependent upon such extra genetic, outside the skin control mechanisms, such cultural programs, for ordering his behavior.

26. Image of Man Human Nature is interdependent with culture. Cultural differences exist when groups of people assign different meanings to different life events anything , Hence, the self is embedded in culture

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