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Mind Map by Patricia Sanmiguel, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Patricia Sanmiguel
about 8 years ago
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Making Sense of Material Culture
- Defining Material Culture
- It is the world of
things that people
make and things that
we purchase or
possess, so it is part of
our consumer culture.
- The objects provide
info about what we are
like and how we live
now
- Fairchild points out that
culture is based on
communication and argues
that artifacts embody and
concretize various cultural
values and achievements.
- Cultural values & beliefs take form
in objects & artifacts.
- Nuessel offers us an insight into
where the term "culture" comes
from and into the way it has been
understood by social scientists.
- It is the world of
things that people
make and things that
we purchase or
possess, so it is part of
our consumer culture.
- The Blue Carbuncle as a Model for
the Study of Material Culture
- Reading people by
their appearance and
body language.
- ex: Sherlock Holmes is known for reading people
- He can tell a lot about the
person because of the
appearance of the hat.
- Watson is a typical person
- Holmes is the
scientific student
- He can tell a lot about the
person because of the
appearance of the hat.
- ex: Sherlock Holmes is known for reading people
- The objects tell you about
the culture, and the culture
tells you about the objects.
- Reading people by
their appearance and
body language.
- On the Nature of Theory
- Theories & Concepts related
to them help us understand
various areas of life.
- A theory is a way of seeing,
an optic, that focuses on a
specific subject matter.
- Durham & Kellner point out
that all theories are partial,
so you always have to
recognize their limitations.
- Multiplying theories &
methods at one's
disposal helps to
grasps the diverse
dimensions of an
object...provide richer
& more
comprehensive
understanding of
cultural artifacts &
practices under
scrutiny.
- Multiplying theories &
methods at one's
disposal helps to
grasps the diverse
dimensions of an
object...provide richer
& more
comprehensive
understanding of
cultural artifacts &
practices under
scrutiny.
- Theories are like goggles
that help determine the
way we see the world.
- Theories & Concepts related
to them help us understand
various areas of life.
- Nietzsche & Perspectivism
- German philosopher who adopts perspectivist approach that involves recognizing
the importance of different theories & methodologies to understand.
- Look at everything from
multiple perspectives.
- We all have a "a kind of lust to rule."
- Look at everything from
multiple perspectives.
- German philosopher who adopts perspectivist approach that involves recognizing
the importance of different theories & methodologies to understand.
- Rashomon Problem
- Film that poses the question:
- What do we do when theorists from
different disciplines disagree about how to
interpret it?
- What do we do when theorists from
different disciplines disagree about how to
interpret it?
- Film that poses the question:
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