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Understanding Culture and Society from the Perspectives of Anthropology and Sociology

1. Understanding Culture and Society from the Perspectives of Anthropology and Sociology UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, & POLITICS

2. STARTERS Instructions: Get a piece of paper and react to this prompt. Please do not forget to write your name.

3. By the end of this lesson, you are expected to be able to: Discuss culture and society as socio-anthropological concepts, Use sociological imagination in reflecting on one’s experience during crisis situations, and; Apply sociological and anthropological perspectives in analyzing contemporary social and cultural issues. Learning Targets

4. Understanding Culture and Society from the Perspectives of Anthropology and Sociology UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, & POLITICS

5. The Study of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Science The Social Sciences are divided into disciplines that try to understand the world with different foci of investigation (Bauman and May). These disciplines provide fragments of truth about the world according to how it is revealed in the studies of scholars.

6. The Study of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Science

7. The Study of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Science In the study of culture, society, and politics, three main disciplines are involved: Sociology, Anthropology, and Political Science.

8. The Study of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Science Sociology Anthropology Political Science Nature of Study views human actions as elements of wider figurations: that is, of a non-random assembly of actors locked together in a web of mutual dependency focuses mainly on pre-industrial societies (or up until the 1970s) main investigatory methods is participant observation (fieldwork), and highlights native point-of-view focuses on actions and institutions relating to power, state, and government

9. Sociology Anthropology Political Science Focus of Inquiry E xamines differences between the modern and the pre-modern world , and how social institutions & structures constrain individuals E xamines human societies at different stages of development in an attempt to produce knowledge about actual cultural variations Examines aspects of human actions that change, or are changed by , actual/anticipated conduct of other actors in terms of power and influence The Study of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Science

10. The Study of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Science Sociology Anthropology Political Science Important Concepts Social groups, social interactions, socialization, social institutions, culture person, society, culture, verbal and non-verbal translation, comparison, holism and context power, the state, authority, voting behavior

11. Understanding Culture and Society from the Perspectives of Anthropology and Sociology UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, & POLITICS

12. The term culture comes from the Latin word colere , this word translated means “to cultivate.” CULTURE

13. Tylor identifies culture as “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by a man as a member of society ” (Eriksen, 26) CULTURE