ANTH 101 1st Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Last Lecture I Enculturation II Types of Research III Vocabulary Outline of Current Lecture II How do we make meaning III Myth Ritual and Religion Current Lecture II How do we make meaning A we are looking at how people experience the world B Play framing orienting context consciously adopted by players somehow pleasurable related to what is non play everyone plays allows for behavioral flexibility adaptation evolution C Metacommunication communication about the process of communication itself D Framing cognitive boundary that we learn in our society from culturization E Reflexivity critical thinking about the way one thinks reflection on one s own experience F Art play with form producing some aesthetically successful transformation representation sculpture drawing and painting dance theater mine music literature and oral narrative film photography mass media production festivals and national celebrations G Form refers to the rules of art H Style a schema that is recognized within a culture as appropriate to a given medium I Aesthetically Successful the creator of the piece of art responds positively or negative to it indifference III Myth Ritual and Religion These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute A Myths stories that recount how various aspects of the world came to be the way they are makes like meaningful for those who accept them form the core of all religious systems stories that define and reinforce our beliefs which we learn in the practices of our society B Ritual repetitive social practice composed of a sequence of symbolic activities in the form of dance song speech gestures or the manipulation of objects set off from the social routines of everyday life formal and performed in sacred context convey information about the culture of the participants and the participants themselves inherently social and participation implies social commitment C Rites of Passage rituals that serve to mark the movement and transformation of an individual from one social position to another Separation participant withdraws from the group and begins moving from one place to another Liminality transition between states Incorporation participant reenters society with a new status
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