What is Culture? Iceberg example… The beliefs and behaviors of a society Culture consists of abstract ideas, values, and perceptions of the world that inform and are reflected in people’s behavior Culture is the lens through which we view our world, it “invents” our reality Iceberg example…

Culture is like an Iceberg…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VCJ1ybkjnA (Chimp Culture) Culture is Learned Rather than inherited biologically Enculturation: The transmission of culture from one generation to the next Mammals in general display cultural behavior (I.e. we all have the urge to eat/sleep, but when we do/with whom/in what order is determined by our social relationships). With humans, our social rules are more varied and complex. Ex: Social animals…Lions, dogs, chimpanzees… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VCJ1ybkjnA (Chimp Culture) If animals display cultural behavior as do we, should we also view animals through an Anthropological perspective? Sub disciplines of Primate Behavior and Animal Communication deal with this question.

Society vs. Culture Society: a bunch of people living and working together Culture: how those people live and work together. Example: Having two gay people kiss in an advertisement is culture, passing laws that allow homosexuals to marry is society. There can be no culture without a society, there are no known human societies that do not exhibit culture.

So... This slide is from 2018 …true or false? Youth Sub Cultures at SBHS: Jocks Enthusiasts Band Geeks Activists Hype Beasts Asians Alternative Vsco Sound Cloud Rappers