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How do we communicate?Behave?Think?Subculture- “any group of people who’s specialized values, norms, beliefs, or use of material culture sets them apart from the other people in a society.”Quantitative surveyEthnography- qualitative research. They emerge them self in whatever cultural group or surroundings. Field work.How do I wrap my head around the way people speak?It sounds like nonsense and “jibberish”. We are missing a key piece of the culture—language.Subculture has all of the characteristics of culture, but on a smaller scale.Look at things that are closer to the surface. musicLook at the gestures, appearances, what are their codes of behavior and what is their value and beliefsPeople who cant be themselves in the mainstream find a place in a subculture. And that is how they interpret the world. Mainstream is oppressive. Subcultures. To them life is boring and they cant express who they really are. They look to the subcultures to be who they truly are, they let out they true feelings.If you get a buzzCulture is on of the fundamental elements of social life.What is culture?Encompasses all of human civilization and touches on almost every aspect of social life.Culture- is the entire way of life of a group of people/ language and gestures to style of dress and standards of beauty from musicForms the basic beliefs and assumptions about the world and the way things work and defines good and bad.Culture is learned rather than innate.How has culture been studied?Sociologist study things closer to hime. “othering” studying the unusual extraordinary or deviant in cultural groups.Horace Miner- “body ritual among the nacirema”Material cultureIs any physical object to which we give social meaning.Symbolic cultureReflects tge ideas and beliefs of a group of peopleSpecific rule or customCommunicateSigns or symbolsNumbers and letters are the most common signsGestures- clapping sugns that we can make with our bodyBody language don’t reguire any wordsLanguage- most iprotrant means of communication.Values- set of shared beliefsHeavy metalAnything that makes you stand out is what they seekVisually physically they try to go out of the normThe use of the word fuckMaterial cuture- graphic gnarly imageryThis all related to the values and beliefsSubcultures are formed to solve issuesChapter Three 09/17/2012How do we communicate?Behave?Think?Subculture- “any group of people who’s specialized values, norms, beliefs, or use of material culture sets them apart from the other people in a society.”Quantitative surveyEthnography- qualitative research. They emerge them self in whatever cultural group or surroundings. Field work. How do I wrap my head around the way people speak?It sounds like nonsense and “jibberish”. We are missing a key piece of the culture—language. Subculture has all of the characteristics of culture, but on a smaller scale. Look at things that are closer to the surface. musicLook at the gestures, appearances, what are their codes of behavior and what is their value and beliefsPeople who cant be themselves in the mainstream find a place in a subculture. And that is how they interpret the world. Mainstream is oppressive. Subcultures. To them life is boring and they cant express who they really are. They look to the subcultures to be who they truly are, they let out they true feelings. If you get a buzzAll of Chapter book notesBefore online quiz09/17/2012Culture is on of the fundamental elements of social life.What is culture?- Encompasses all of human civilization and touches on almost every aspect of social life. - Culture- is the entire way of life of a group of people/ language andgestures to style of dress and standards of beauty from music - Forms the basic beliefs and assumptions about the world and the way things work and defines good and bad. - Culture is learned rather than innate. -How has culture been studied? - Sociologist study things closer to hime. “othering” studying the unusual extraordinary or deviant in cultural groups. Horace Miner- “body ritual among the nacirema” Material culture- Is any physical object to which we give social meaning.-Symbolic culture- Reflects tge ideas and beliefs of a group of people- Specific rule or custom- Communicateo Signs or symbolso Numbers and letters are the most common signso Gestures- clapping sugns that we can make with our bodyo Body language don’t reguire any wordso Language- most iprotrant means of communication.oValues- set of shared beliefsChapter 3 09/17/2012Heavy metal- Anything that makes you stand out is what they seek- Visually physically they try to go out of the norm- The use of the word fuck- Material cuture- graphic gnarly imagery- This all related to the values and beliefs- Subcultures are formed to solve


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