2. CULTURE OF CULTURES
DEFINITIONS, PROBLEMS, THEORIES
FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW:
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Online class about:
1. Introduction to the sociology of culture 2. Concept of a "mainstream" 3. Ethnocentrism 4. Counterculture (and subculture) 5. Symbolic interactionism 6. Cultural functionalism versus Conflict theory 7. Cultural relativism |
1. Have a look at the short video lecture below:
Prepare the answers to the following questions:
1. Is there a point to discuss culture in singular term?
2. Who decide about what is a meanistream culture?
3. the term "melting pot"? What is it? What do you think of it?
4. How do we judge other culture? What's ethnocentrism?
5. What's counterculture?
6. What's cultural diffusion?
7. What is symbolic interactionism?
8. Explain the relationship between cultural functionalism and conflict theory?
1. Is there a point to discuss culture in singular term?
2. Who decide about what is a meanistream culture?
3. the term "melting pot"? What is it? What do you think of it?
4. How do we judge other culture? What's ethnocentrism?
5. What's counterculture?
6. What's cultural diffusion?
7. What is symbolic interactionism?
8. Explain the relationship between cultural functionalism and conflict theory?
2. Read the text about cultural relativism (see the link to the texts or open the PDF, attached below), answer the questions:
cultural_relativism__definition___examples__article__|_khan_academy.pdf |
https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-culture/culture/a/cultural-relativism-article
1. What is the definition of cultural relativism?
2. What is Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
2. What is Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?