Cultural anthropology

CULTURE
1. The things people learn in order to be able to function in their society.
2. Biology Vs Culture = Human beheaviour.
Cultural Relativism
1. Studying another culture from its own point of view without emposing our own cultural views.
2. E.g. Clean and unclean hands.
  1. Mcdonald's Big Mac adverts in the Middle East.
3. E.g. What is 'edible' food?
  1. The horse meat scandal.
  2. The whistling steak.
Human ecology
1. Cultural ecology
2. Ecosystem
3. Systems theory
  1. A series of interrelationships which underlie and integrated entity.
  2. E.g. Grey squirrels out competing red squirrels.
    1. Positive feedback mechanism.
Trophic levels
1. Species interrelationships = food webs.
  1. These webs have levels.
2. Producers - Primary Consumers - Secondary consumers - etc...
3. The 10% rule.
4. Humans are both primary and secondary consumers.
  1. Omnivores
Making a living
1. Technology
  1. E.g. Clothes to keep us warm.
  2. Energy
    1. Fuel
    2. Food
2. Human Ecology
  1. Humans have to...
    1. Eat
    2. Defecate
    3. Mate
    4. Capture energy
  2. Communities
    1. Allocation of tasks.
    2. Division of labour.
      1. Age
      2. Gender
  3. Humans as an integral part of an ecosystem.
    1. E.g. Different groups in Australia.
    2. The ways in which we see our environment.
Status and role
1. How others see us and behave towards us.
2. E.g. You can be a sister and a daughter at the same time.
3. Making a living
  1. Increasing technology
  2. Mobilisation of people
  3. Access to resources
  4. Social interaction
4. Ownership
  1. Can be linked to other aspects of society such as kinship.
  2. Share cropping.
    1. Some groups may hand over a % of there produce in return for the use of the land.

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