UCSP-2.ppthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

a Power point presentation

1. Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics

2. Learning Objectives:
1. Explain anthropological and sociological perspectives on culture
and society
2. Describe society and culture as complex whole
3. Identify aspects of culture and society
4. Raise questions towards a holistic appreciation of culture and
society
5. Become aware of why and how cultural relativism mitigates
ethnocentrism
6. Identify forms of tangible and intangible heritage and threats to
these

3. Module 2
Defining Culture and Society from the
perspectives of anthropology and
sociology

5. ACTIVITY 1
Directions: Fill in the circles with the appropriate words
•suicide
•national flag
•diet/food
•language
•house designs
•inheritance
•weaving designs
•crime
•women as government officials
•value of children
•clothing
•marriage ceremony
•type of government
•table manners
•respect for old people
•accent
•women in labor force
•religion
•sports
•political dynasty
Politics
Culture
Society

6. According to Sociology and Anthropology...
- refers to a
constitution of
social actors in
constant interaction
Society

7. According to Sociology and Anthropology...
Culture
- refers to a set of
practices and
traditions that
define specific
society

8. Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics

9. Learning Competency 2
Describe society and culture as complex
whole

10. Complex Whole
HUMAN PERSON
CULTURESOCIETY

11. Complex Whole
HUMAN PERSON
CULTURESOCIETY

24. Complex Whole
Symbols
Beliefs
Values
Norms
SocietyCulture

26. Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics

27. Learning Competency 3:
Identify aspects of culture and
society

28. 　
ACTIVITY 1: Tagisan ng Galing
　Directions: Group the class into four. Each group will
guess the correct answer for each picture shown.

30. Aspect of Culture and Society
Symbols
Beliefs
Values NormsSocietyCulture

50. Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics

51. Learning Competency 4:
Raise questions toward a holistic
appreciation of cultures and societies

54. LIKES AND DISLIKES
•CULTURE •SOCIETY

55. Activity 1. The class will be divided into two
groups and each student will formulate
questions regarding cultural and societal
appreciation. The opposing group will
answer each question.
TANONG MO SAGOT KO

56. Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics

57. Learning Competency 5:
Become aware of why and how cultural
relativism mitigates ethnocentrism

62. Activity 1 Variety Show
•Group 1- Talk Show (Advantages of cultural relativism and
Ethnocentrism) (15minutes)
•Group 2- Short Play (Disadvantages of cultural relativism and
Ethnocentrism) (10minutes)
•Group 3- Maniquin Challenge (Cultural Relativism) (3 scene
and 3 minutes)
•Group 4- Movie Clip (Ethnocentrism)(10 minutes)

65. Advantages
•ethnocentris
m
•cultural
relativism

66. What do you think is the best
way to mitigate
ethnocentrism?

67. Do you think cultural relativism
mitigates ethnocentrism? if no,
why? but if yes, in what way?

68. Do you think our own way of life,
as Sanmiguelnon, is the best
ever among Filipino
communities?

69. THE THREE CLASSICAL
THEORIES OF THE
ORIGIN OF SOCIETY

70. 1.STRUCTURAL
FUNCTIONALISM
It argues that society is made posible
by cooperation and interdependence.
This view sees society as a system
with parts, and these parts have their
respective functions to perform.

71. 2. CONFLICT THEORY
Is created by Karl Marx.
Focus is how inequalities contribute to social
differences.
Conflict theory 
sees the purpose of education
as maintaining social inequality and preserving
the power of those who dominate society.
Conflict theory focuses on the competition
between groups within society over limited
resources.

72. 2. CONFLICT THEORY
This view sees conflict as something
positive and advantageous.
Conflict makes change and
dynamism.
Conflicts brings about a new set of
relations and interactions, which
produces new dynamism in society.

73. 3. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
Is a micro-level theory that focuses
on the relationships among
individuals within a society.
Communication- the exchange of
meaning through language &
symbols- is believed to be the way in
which people make sense of their
social worlds.

74. 3. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
This perspective views of society
as a product of everyday social
interactions between individuals.
This theory assign symbols and
create meaning based on their
interactions with one another.

75. HERBERT GEORGE MEAD
•Was an influential philosophy
professor at the University of Chicago,
but he never published his ideas.
•Pioneered the development of
symbolic interaction perspective.
•After his death, his students
published his teachings in Mind, Self
and Society.

76. 3 BASIC PREMISES
1. Meaning.“Humans act toward
things on the basis of the meanings
they ascribe to those things.”
2. Language.“The meaning of such
things is derived from, or arises out
of, the social interaction that one
has with others and the society.”

77. 3 BASIC PREMISES
3. Thought. “These meanings
are handled in, and modified
through an interpretative
process used by the person in
dealing with the things he/she
encounters.”

78. CULTURE
B. Malinowski- defined it as “the
handwork of man and the medium
through which he achieves his ends”.
R. Redfield- an organized body of
conventional understandings manifest
in art which persisting through
tradition, characterizes a human
group.

79. CULTURE
V. De Robert- described culture as
the body of thought and
knowledge, both theoretical and
practical, which only man can
possess.

80. CULTURE
Is a people’s way of life or “design for
living”.
E.B. Taylor describes culture as “that
complex whole, which encompasses
beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws,
norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge,
and everything that a person learns and
shares as a member of society”.

81. ENCULTURATION
A counterpart concept of “socialization”
refers to the gradual acquisition of the
characteristics and norms of a culture or
group by a person, another culture, etc.
Starts with actual exposure to another
culture and the duration and extent of
exposure account for the quality of the
resulting enculturation.

82. THIRD CULTURE SHOCK
Is a good example of enculturation.
Individuals who have stayed for
quite a good portion of their lives
(especially the period after the
formative years) in a foreign culture
may be shocked by their birth
culture once exposed to it again.

83. Kluckhohp and Kelly
define culture as
historically derived
system of explicit and
implicit designs for
living.

84. 1.Explicit culture
Refers to similarities in words
and actions which can be directly
observed.
Example: the adolescent cultural
behavior can be generalized by
looking at the way teens dress,
their mannerisms, and
conversations.

85. 2. Implicit culture
Exists in abstract forms
which are not quite obvious.
Example: Feelings, faith, etc.

86. CULTURE
1.Culture is social because it
is the product of behavior.
2.Culture varies from society
to society.
3.Culture is shared.
4.Culture is learned.

87. CULTURE
5. Culture is transmitted
among members of society.
6. Culture is continuous and
cumulative.
7. Culture is gratifying and
idealistic.

88. FUNCTIONS OF CULTURE
1.Culture defines situations.
2.Culture defines attitudes, values
and goals.
3.Culture defines myths, legends,
and the supernatural.
4.Culture provides behavior
patterns

89. XENOCENTRISM
 refers to a preference for the
foreign. It is the exact opposite of
ethnocentrism.
It is characterized by a strong
belief that one’s own products,
styles, or ideas are inferior to
those which originate elsewhere.
Preference for imported goods.

90. XENOPHOBIA
 Is the fear of what is perceived
as foreign or strange.
It may include fear of losing
identity, suspicion of the other
group’s activities, aggression, and
the desire to eliminate the
presence of the other group to
secure a presumed purity.

91. CULTURE AS HERITAGE
TANGIBLE HERITAGE
are those that are produced
and created based on specific
and practical purposes and
aesthetic value.
Are sites and objects (National
flags)

92. CULTURE AS HERITAGE
INTANGIBLE HERITAGE
May be associated with events,
our national anthem and literary
creations such as music,
dances, and other literary genre
unique to the Philippines.