2. Anthropology is the study of human society from many
perspectives and disciplines
Biology— Bones or tusks used
for tools such as scrapers, awls
Sociology-customs and traditions from different cultures
by anthropologists like Meade and Boas
Humanities arts and literature whether modern or
ancient
3. Literature
Art
Value system
Traditions
Beliefs
Ways of living
together
(Russell, 2009 p.106)
American society what are
some books or writers we
associate with American
Culture? Harry Potter series
by J.K. Rowling
Robert Ludlam
Movies ‘National Treasure’
Actors and actresses Pit and
Jolie
Singers Brittany Spears ,Miley
Cyrus
Values what do we regard as
important? $ and status
Religions: Catholic Methodist,
Islam, Protestant
Sports and festivals
4. Aborigines of Australia
use dance and storytelling
for leisure
In modern society
acculturation-- exchange of
cultural features because of long
term contact between cultures
Yanomami prepare for a
ceremony and are considered
the least developed society in
the world and yet…developed
nations are infringing on their
land for resources because of
their marginal status in
society
5. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW0Q6d
Modern family using
snowmobile for family
recreation and transport
Drum
dancer
The Inuit are a group of indigenous people who share common traits
and inhabit the Artic regions to include Canada, United States,
Greenland and Russia. Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut
language Leisure : Story telling, mythology, dancing and music remain
in their culture.
How is modernization changing
their culture in regard to leisure?
6. Talk with a partner and think of three positive
verses three negative aspects of tourism?
Think of the Sherpa in your book (Russell, 2009,
p.113).
7. In America what cultures
do we have within our
own?
Creole people of
Louisiana enjoy zydeco
music and creole cooking
is a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDINSU7Q78Y
Gumbo
In the Middle East who is
marginalized and a
subculture?
Christians
http://www.peacefaq.com/
How is leisure available for
Korean society in
Harlem?
8. One group will write a list of 5 ways that soccer in
Brazil might shape that culture in regard to the
World Cup. The second group will write how
football and the Super bowl shapes American
culture. Look at the sport from the perspective
of the
• Economy- Education-Media-Politics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp2ErPgTJZA
9. The ancestor of soccer
was the Chinese game of
t'su chu, played in the
third century B.C. The
ball was made of leather;
initially it was stuffed then
later it was inflated to
allow it to go farther.
http://www.inventions.org/culture/a
ncient/soccer.htmlMedieval picture of
soccer in Chinese
garden
10. In medieval Europe it was played between villages
with no rules so punching, flesh gouging, broken
bones and death could result. In 1331, King
Edward III outlawed it and Queen Elizabeth the I
sent players to jail for a week to stop people from
playing it.
Today it is the most popular sport in the world.
In America the equivalent game was lacrosse
(bagataway) in Iroquois language.
11. Iroquois tribes of up to 500 would gather and play.
Two teams one painted their bodies black the other
white
Using deer skin balls and hollowed sticks they
would play and compete.
Medicine men were the goal posts and they
wandered the field to make the game more
difficult.
(Thorpe & James,1994, p. 555)
12. Ballplayer
painting from
the Tepantitla
murals
From the
culture of
Teotihuacan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Mesoamerican_ballgame
Ball court in Monte Alban in
state of Oaxaca in Mexico
Ball court Chichen
Itza Mexico
14. Mesoamerican ballgame originated about 1400
BCE in Mexico in the low-lying tropical zones
home to the rubber tree.
Origins: Oldest ball court was a Paso De la
Amada about 1400 BC.
More than a dozen rubber balls were found near a
sacrificial bog called el Manati by the Olmeca or
“rubber people” because they used rubber trees.
1700-1600 BCE.
Mayans used hips to hit the ball and some games
were part of ritual sacrifice according to accounts
by Spaniards. Look at video of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFpSeOxLah4
15. Originated from a similar game in China more
than 2,600 BC and required using your feet to hit
a small sack filled with hair. It was played by
Imperial guards while on night duty.
In Malaysia the national sport is sepak takraw. It
is played in most of the schools in Malaysia. The
ball is made of bamboo or plastic and is light and
hollow. Played through out Asia from Burma to
Thailand.
Arrived in America in the 1970’s the sack was
introduced by Mike Marshall originally made of
leather now a crocket bag of rice initially called
16. Shared --values and
standards of behavior
held in common
Learned-- we learn it
as we live it
Symbols– an example
would be language
Integrated they
merged into each
other sports role
models economy
Sepak takraw from
Malaysia
Played and taught
hands on
Visual images
whether the ball or
the score
The game becomes a
part of the culture
17. A new individual to the system learns the symbols,
language, characteristics of the new culture to
allow that person to integrate into that society:
Think of an exchange student.
After many years of contact between cultures
because of acculturation the subculture can adopt
the new ways of the main culture by
assimilation such as Navajo adopting ‘Catholic’
religion and at the loss of their own beliefs or
Rejection of main culture as occurred with the
Creole people rejecting the English language.
20. cross-country skiing, boxing, wrestling, speed-skating, curling,
cycling, dancing, athletics, sledge-dog racing, handball, karate,
orienteering, canoeing, rowing, sailing, shooting, weight- lifting,
swimming football
How do you think it compares to United States is there too much
competition in elementary sports teams that consist of football,
volleyball, baseball? Discuss this in groups.
Does technology compete?
21. England history of cricket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwk3bR8nHpw
Originated in
What American sport does this remind you of?
Household accounts of King Edward I in 1300 of a game
much like cricket being played in Kent.
Originated in the sheep-raising country of the England in
which a ball of rags was rolled toward a wicket-gate of the
sheep paddock and a player would use a bat made from
a shepherd’s crooked staff to hit it.
22. assimilation --adapt ways of main culture
Integration --combine to form whole
Acculturation --exchange culture features result
from prolonged contact between groups
Rejection avoidance of others
Marginalization-place in an unimportant status
with little or no power within group such as many
Indigenous cultures
