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Hometown/Province of your father and/or mother
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Cultural Practice (At least one [1])
Product/Tourist Spot (At least one [1])
Current Political/Social Issue
Concept of Anthropology
Concept of Sociology
Concept of Political Science
The study of humanity
The study of humankind
ANTHROPOLOGY
It includes topics such as human origin,
globalization, social change, and world history.
It is the study of humankind in all times and all
places.
It is the study of humanity including our
prehistoric origins and contemporary human
diversity.
Discover what makes people different from one
another
Discover what all people have in common
Look at one’s own culture more objectively, like an
outsider
Produce new knowledge and new theories
Fields
Cultural Anthropology – Refers to the study
of living people and their cultures including
variation and change. It deals with the
description and analysis of the forms and
styles and the social lives of past and
present ages. Cultural anthropologists also
study art, religion, migration, marriage,
and family.
Fields
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Linguistic Anthropology – Refers to
the study of communication, mainly
(but not exclusively) among humans.
It includes the study of
communication’s origins, history,
and contemporary variation.
Fields
Archaeology - Refers to the study
of past human cultures through
their material remains. It is the
study of past human cultures
through the recovery and analysis
of artifacts.
Biological anthropology – Also known as
“physical anthropology”, this refers to
the study of humans as biological
organisms including their evolution and
contemporary variation. It seeks to
describe the distribution of hereditary
variations among contemporary
populations and to sort out and measure
the relative contributions made by
heredity, environment, and culture to
human biology.
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Derived from the Latin word socius, meaning
"associate" and the Greek word logos, meaning
“study of knowledge”
August Comte (Father of Sociology)
Studies human civilization
Systematic study of groups and societies
Focuses on various social connections, institutions,
organizations, structures, and processes
Gathers social inputs
Obtain possible theories and principles about
society;
Critically study the nature of humanity; and
Appreciate that all things are interdependent with
each other.
Broaden our familiarity on sociological facts;
and
Expose our minds to the different
perspectives on attaining the truth.
Social Organization – This includes the study of
social institutions, social inequality, social mobility,
religious groups, and bureaucracy.
Social Psychology – This area focuses on the study of
human nature and its emphasis on social processes as
they affect individual or responses which are called
“social stimuli”.
Applied Sociology – This is concerned with the
specific intent of yielding practical applications for
human behavior and organizations. The goal of
Applied Sociology is to assist in resolving social
problems through the use of sociological research
Population Studies – This area includes size, growth,
demographic characteristics, composition, migration, changes,
and quality vis-à-vis economic, political, and social systems.
Human Ecology – It pertains to the study of the effects of various
social organizations (religious
organizations, political institutions and etc.) to the population’s
behavior.
Sociological Theory and Research – It focuses on the discovery
of theoretical tools, methods, and techniques to scientifically
explain a particular sociological issue.
Social Change – It studies factors that cause social organization
and social disorganization like calamity, drug abuse, drastic and
gradual social change, health and welfare problems, political
instability, unemployment and underemployment, child and
women’s issue, etc.
Culture
Definition to Culture
Importance of Culture
Characteristics of Culture
Components of Culture
Major Theoretical
Perspectives
Ethnocentrism vs.
Xenocentrism
“A person may escape society for a while, but he can never
escape culture.”
-Joseph H. Fichter
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• Originated from the Latin word cultura - “to
cultivate”
• A complex whole which includes knowledge,
belief, customs and any other capabilities and
habits acquired by people
• A way of life, a national identity, an attitude and
consolidated beliefs and a complex system of
shared social elements within a particular
society
• Culture It is defined as the custom beliefs, social
forms, and traits that defines a specific racial,
religious or social group
• Design for living or a blue-print for social
behavior
• Provides people with ready-made solutions to
common social problems
• Ensures the survival of the heritage of
humankind
• Develops one’s attitudes and values
• Maintains biological functioning of the group
“No Culture can live if it attempts
to be exclusive.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
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Norms- specific guidelines for behavior based on
values
Prescriptive Norm- refers to what people should
do
Proscriptive Norms- suggests what people
should not do
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Folkways- conventions of everyday life that members
of society are expected to follow
Fashions
Fads
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Mores - reflect strongly-held values and whose
violation involves a strong negative societal reaction
Technology - are skills or objects associated with some
material and utilitarian objects
Laws - are sometimes based on mores or enacted to
protect the people from the bad effects of outdated
mores
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Language - a system of symbols with
specific meanings in a given society that
allows people to communicate with one
another
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Symbol - refers to objects, gestures,
words or images that convey a certain
idea or belief
Values – refers to the standard of the
desirability of things
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High Culture Theory by Matthew Arnold
• Culture is the study of perfection
• A high culture has three immortal notions:
Beauty
Intelligence
Knowledge
Ordinary/ Popular Culture by Raymond Williams
• Culture is ordinary as it is part of everyday life
• Culture has two aspects:
The known meanings and directions which
its members are trained to
The new observations and meanings which
are offered and tested
High Culture in Modern Time
• High culture is the “cultural patterns that distinguish a
society’s elite” (Macionis 2003)
• Examples:
Social dances (Cha Cha, Tango, Waltz and etc.)
Classical music (Beethoven, Mozart and the like)
Paintings of Da Vinci, Fernando Amorsolo
Ballet dance
Popular Culture in Modern Time
•Popular culture refers to “cultural patterns that are
widespread among a society’s population” (Macionis 2003)
•Examples:
Street dancing (break dance, rap and hip hop)
Loose and ragged mode of clothing
Graffiti (a.k.a. vandalism)
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• Refers to the belief in the superiority of one's own
race and preference for one's own culture and
products
• Examples:
Sinocentric view by Confucius
Nazism under Adolf Hitler
• Refers to the preference for the products, styles, or
ideas of someone else's culture rather than of one's
own
• Examples:
In United States , European products like wine and
cheese are believed to be better than those produced
locally
Some Indian women believe that a fairer skin is more
beautiful than their natural brown complexion
