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Chapter 4

Chapter 4. The Idea of Culture. Chapter Outline. How do anthropologists understand culture? In what ways can culture be considered an adaptation? How do people use culture to organize and give meaning to their lives?. Chapter Outline. In what ways is culture a system?

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Chapter 4

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  1. Chapter 4 The Idea of Culture

  2. Chapter Outline • How do anthropologists understand culture? • In what ways can culture be considered an adaptation? • How do people use culture to organize and give meaning to their lives?

  3. Chapter Outline • In what ways is culture a system? • To what extent do members of a group share a single culture? • How does culture change?

  4. Characteristics of Culture • Cultures are made up of learned behaviors. • All cultures involve the use of language and symbols. • Cultures are patterned and integrated.

  5. Characteristics of Culture • Cultures are shared by members of a group. • Cultures are in some way adaptive. • Subject to change.

  6. Anthropological Understandings of Culture

  7. Anthropological Understandings of Culture

  8. Anthropological Understandings of Culture

  9. Organizing the World • Culture allows humans to organize their world. • Culture transforms physical reality into experienced reality. • Anthropologists study systems of organization used by individual cultures.

  10. Giving Meaning to Lives • Culture allows people to understand: • Who they are. • How they should act in the world. • The symbols of culture are often found in religious rituals.

  11. Is Culture Integrated? • Holistic perspective understands culture as a system of interrelated parts. • Functionalism holds that cultural institutions serve the needs of individuals in society.

  12. Is Culture Shared? • Members share ways of thinking and behaving. • Subcultures have different values than the dominant culture. • Shared ideas may be the result of human interaction rather than the cause.

  13. Cultural Change • Changes may come from within or outside of a culture. • Cultural change can result from: • Invasions by a foreign culture • Revolution • Epidemic diseases

  14. Cultural Contact • No culture is free of outside influences. • Direct cultural contact can cause far-reaching changes. • Modern technology has affected almost every culture on earth.

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