Anthropology and the Study of Culture - UCSP Week 1.2

1. Core Subject: Understanding Culture, Society
and Politics
Prepared by: Sir Caloy
Anthropology and the Study of Culture
Defining Anthropology, its goals and
perspectives

2. • Anthropology
• Sociology
• Political Science
• Culture
• Deculturation
• Cultural diffusion
• Physical or biological an
thropology
• Cultural anthropology
• Applied Anthropology
Vocabulary

3. Discuss the nature, goals and
perspectives in anthropology, so
ciology and political science.
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

4. Directions: Read each statement below. State whether you
AGREE or DISAGREE to each of the statements and explain
why.
1. Culture is innate.
2. Culture makes an individual unique.
3. Culture is never static.
4. Cultural problems arise when the
environment changes but remained the
same.
5. Culture can be lost or forgotten.
6. Culture is always classified as
intangible/non-material.

6. - the study of humanity that looks
into the biological variation in time
and space (physical or biological
anthropology), and the interplay of
society and culture (cultural
anthropology).

8. - a complex whole which encompass
es beliefs, practices, values, artifacts,
laws, symbols and everything that a
person learns and shares in society.

10. - the loss of cultural beliefs and
practices tied with the changing
times.

12. - a process of accommodating desir
able traits from other culture thro
ugh acculturation, assimilation,
amalgamation, enculturation,
colonization and revolutionary move
ment.

13. DEFINING THE NATURE OF
ANTHROPOLOGY

14. CULTURE

15. CULTURE
The invisible bond which ties
people coming from the same
society together. It affects our
judgment skills, perceptions,
attitudes and even our emotions.
It has a direct impact on our
behavior.

16. ANTHROPOLOGY

17. ANTHROPOLOGY
Defined as the study of
humanity. It is derived from
the two Greek words
“anthropos” which means man
and “logos” means study.

18. SUBDISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY

20. - the study of human biological
variation in time and space including
genetics, growth, development and
primatology.

22. - the study of human society and cu
lture which describes, analyzes,
interprets and explains social and
cultural similarities and
differences.

24. Sub-categories
(a) archeological anthropology
which is the study of human
behavior and cultural patterns and
processes through culture’s
material remains

25. Sub-categories
(b) linguistic anthropology, which
is the descriptive, comparative
and historical study of language
and of linguistic similarities and
differences in time, space and
society.

27. - the use of anthropological
knowledge in solving
contemporary problems through
the application of theories and
approaches of the discipline.

29. It broadens your knowledge and
changes your perspective

30. It is useful in
understanding how society has
evolved through time and the
cultural changes that have
taken place thereto

31. It is relevant in tracing the
transitions that societies went
through
leading up to its current state

32. It helps us to deal with
complexity

33. It is
Interesting!

35. Every person in the same
society is bonded by the
same culture.

36. British Anthropologist Sir Edward Tylor

37. In 1871, British Anthropologist Sir
Edward Tylor gave the first definition of
culture. Culture as the core concept of
cultural anthropology is the complex
whole which includes knowledge,
beliefs, art, law, morals, custom and any
other capabilities and habits acquired
by man as a member of a society
(Kroeber and Kluckhohn 1952:81).

38. CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE

40. - It is what a person has, does and
think as part of society. This covers
all of a person’s belief systems,
set of behaviors, and material posses
sions.

41. Material Culture

42. Material Culture
- includes all tangible and
visible parts of culture like
clothes, food, and even
buildings.

43. Material Culture
Objects are important in the study
of human history because they
provide a concrete basis for the
prevailing ideas of the times and
can be used to validate the
existing realities.

44. Non-Material Culture

45. Non-Material Culture
- includes all intangible
parts of culture, which
consists of values, norms,
laws, sanctions and
knowledge

47. - particular behavior cannot be cons
idered as part of culture if there is
only one person practicing it.
Culture is intra and
inter-generationally shared.

49. - Culture is a set of beliefs,
attitudes and practices that an
individual learns through his or her
family, school, church, and other
Social institutions.

51. - Humans are born into cultures
that have values on beauty and body
. As such, they alter their bodies to
fit physiological norms that are
dictated by their culture.