UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE,
SOCIETY AND POLITICS
ACTIVITY: My Biology, My Destiny
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Most Essential TOPICS
Starting points for Defining Culture and
Society from the Becoming a
the understanding How Society is
Perspective of Member of
culture, society Organized
Anthropology and Society
and politics Sociology
Cultural, Social Social and Responding to
and Political Political Social, Cultural
Institution Stratification and Political
Change
MET 1:
Starting Points for the
Understanding
Culture, Society and
Politics
MET #1: STARTING POINTS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS
SECTION I. The Diversified Human Society
SECTION II. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SECTION III. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
as Scientific Endeavor
CONTENT STANDARDS
The learners demonstrate an understanding of:
1. Human cultural variation, social differences, social change,
and political identities;
2. The significance of studying culture, society and politics; and
3. The rationale for studying anthropology, political science, and
sociology
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
The learners:
1. Acknowledge human cultural variation, social differences, social
change, and political identities
2. Appreciates the value of disciplines of Anthropology,
Sociology and Political Science as social sciences
3. Adopt an open and critical attitude toward different
social,
political and cultural phenomenon
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
What is Culture?
What is Culture ?
What are the significance of culture?
What is Society?
What is Sociology?
What is the significance of society?
What is Politics?
What is Politics?
What are the different views of politics?
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
CULTURE?
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT IS CULTURE?
The sum of an individual’s way of life,
ranging from the food he or she eats, the
clothes he or she wears, and the house
where he or she lives.
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT ARE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
CULTURE?
1. Culture makes it possible for man to adapt
2. Culture establishes patterns of acceptable
behavior
3. Culture conveys and facilitate meaning
4. Culture produces manmade things
5. Culture contributes to overall satisfaction
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
SOCIETY?
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT IS SOCIETY?
Generally defined as an organized
group or groups of interdependent
people who share a common territory,
language and culture, who act together
for collective survival and well-being.
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
STUDYING SOCIETY?
Provides us an idea on its
importance in creating
an equal, just and
humane society.
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
POLITICS?
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT IS POLITICS?
Refers to the “theory, art and practice
of the government”.
The political institution is a relatively
stable cluster of statuses, general norms,
and role behavior.
Section II. Significance of Culture, Society and Politics
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT
VIEWS OF POLITICS?
1. Public affair
2. Art of government
3. Power and distribution of resources
4. Consensus and compromise
5. Academics
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
What is Anthropology as the Study of Human Beings?
What is Anthropology?
What are the subfields of Anthropology?
What is Sociology as the Study of Human Societies?
What is Sociology?
What are the sociological perspective in understanding sociology?
UCSP as a Hybrid Course
What are the importance of studying UCSP?
Section II. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
ANTHROPOLOGY?
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
Can be easily defined as the scientific
study of humanity.
The most common tool that aid
Anthropologists in studying humanity is
archeology.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
A science that deals with the study of human beings and
their humanity through the examination of a people’s
biological and cultural past and comparing these
with that of another group or community.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
WHAT ARE THE SUBFIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY?
1. Socio-cultural/ Cultural Anthropology
2. Biological/ Physical Anthropology
3. Archaeology
4. Anthropological Linguistics
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SUBFIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
1. Socio-cultural/ Cultural Anthropology
The study of human culture and its
influences on the daily lives of the people.
The study of the differences and similarities
of various cultures and how they correlate
with each other.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SUBFIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
2. Biological/ Physical Anthropology
Studies the biological or physical
aspects of human beings such as
but not limited to genetics,
paleoanthropology, evolutionary
science and population diversity.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SUBFIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
3. Archaeology
The study of the cultural heritage of
the past through examination of the
physical remains and ruins of past
cultures.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SUBFIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
4. Anthropological Linguistics
Deals with the influences of language and
symbols to human culture.
Communication is an essential tool for
passing culture from generation to
generation.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
SOCIOLOGY?
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY?
Defined as the scientific study of the
society which necessarily entails the
study of all human activities in the society.
It helps people how to understand the
realities of the everyday social life and will
eventually unravel the many mysteries of
human life.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
WHAT ARE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE IN
UNDERSTANDING SOCIOLOGY?
1. The Functionalist Perspective
2. Symbolic Interactionism
a. Self-Awareness
b. Shared Symbols
3. Social Conflict Perspective
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: 1. Functionalist
Sees the society as composed of different but interdependent
integral parts and these parts play a vital role in keeping the
society together in-tact and functioning.
The society can be seen as a composition of different parts
such as the government, the church, schools and
other social institutions.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: 2. Symbolic Interactionism
It is a term coined by the notable sociologist
Herbert Blumer.
The way individuals interact and communicate
with each other can be characterized by
symbolism.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: 2. Symbolic Interactionism
It includes studying human
conversations, responses and
interpretation.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Symbolic Interactionism: a. Self-Awareness
Interaction with other people can
happen if individuals are aware that
they exist and that they have their
own individuality and personality
different from others.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Symbolic Interactionism: b. Shared Symbols
Once a meaning or concept is attached
to a thing or even an idea, a symbol
arises.
Symbols fill the society in all walks of
life.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: 3. Social Conflict
The society is full of different groups socially stratified.
The stratification could arise from economic status,
different ideologies and other means of stratification.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
UCSP AS A HYBRID COURSE
The product of culture, society ad politics
is a product of the intermingling of the
three social science disciplines namely
anthropology, sociology and political
science.
Now the society and human beings
become the center of all attention.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
UCSP AS A HYBRID COURSE
However, there is also another inescapable
consequence of society and humanity, this
is politics.
Human beings are not only social creatures
but also political animals who will always
form organizations that will cater to the
needs of the entire populations.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING CSP
1. The study of culture, society and politics stimulates social awareness.
2. It can help solve social problems that besiege everyone in
the
society.
3. It can help people to connect themselves not only to the environment
but to other people as well.
4. It lets human beings know their real essence as a human being who
is not separate from nature but actually a part of all the natural
processes happening in nature.
5. To arouse the social consciousness/ awareness of the students.
6. To develop the concept of civilian responsibility.
Section III. Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED
FOR THIS SECTION?
