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This text delves into the concepts of anthropology, focusing on how culture shapes our lives and environments. It examines cultural landscapes and the imprint of societies on their surroundings through architecture, technology, and more. The discussion includes cultural diffusion, where beliefs and practices expand geographically, along with the idea of subcultures and the nuances of acculturation. It highlights the importance of understanding cultural pluralism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia in our interconnected world, emphasizing how technology, environmental changes, and new ideas can drive cultural evolution.
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Culture Terms Mr. Lovejoy and Mrs. Lott-Jones
Anthropology • The study of people, their place in society, their culture, and their way of life.
Cultural Landscape • How people’s culture effects and imprints their surroundings.
Example: • Buildings, cars, technology, are all examples of our cultural landscape. If all Americans were gone from the Earth, an anthropologist could look at what we left behind, the impression we left on the Earth.
Cultural Diffusion • A culture spreads out from its point of origin to a wider area.
Example: • Buddhism began in Nepal and spread to India, China, United States, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Mongolia.
Subculture • A group within society with its own customs and beliefs.
Example: • Southern United States, a different dialect, different food traditions, slower pace of life.
Acculturation • When one culture is influenced and changed by another culture (sometimes by force).
Example: • European Americans forced Native Americans to give up their culture • Immigrant acculturates
More than one culture lives side by side. Cultural Pluralism
NYC has many cultures like Little Italy, Chinatown, etc… Example:
Ethnocentrism • Judging another culture by the standards of your own culture.
Xenophobia • Fear of foreigners.
Three Things that can Cause Culture to Change: • technology • environmental changes • new ideas
