Transcript Maori Haka NZ Maori haka v Ireland

Maori Haka
NZ Maori haka v Ireland
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Sociology and Culture
If culture is so hard to define,
why to Sociologists try?
Review
What is culture?
What are the three key social sciences that
attempt to examine social behaviour?
Define: 1. structural functionalism
2. symbolic interactionalist
3. conflict
4. feminist
5. post modern
2 New Terms
(yes write these down)
Cultural Materialism: Human social life is a
response to the needs of survival and then
the wants of people who have met those
needs. Therefore, human cultural groups
can be studied through an examination of
their “ things” and how they get them.
Sociobiology: Human behaviour can be
explained through evolution and genetics.
People ultimately want to reproduce, eat,
and defend their food, mates, and
offsspring.
Categorization of
approaches to culture
Example
Max Headroom Coke
Commercial (Video)
Japanese Divorce
Ceremony (CNN Video)
Suri Lip Plates (Video)
Horror of Female
Circumcision
(Video/Disturbing)
Quiet Kid in Prison (Video)
Dos Equis Commercial Most Interesting Man In The
World - YouTube
American Idol Simon and
Ryan Fight (video)
Category (1. Your
Guess) (2. Mine)
Reason for your
guess
Categorization of
approaches to culture “Answers”
Example
Category
Max Headroom Coke
Commercial (Video)
Cultural Materalism
Japanese Divorce
Ceremony (CNN Video)
Structural Functionalist
Suri Lip Plates (Video)
Symbolic Interactionalist
Horror of Female
Circumcision
(Video/Disturbing)
Feminist
Quiet Kid in Prison (Video)
Post Modern
Dos Equis Commercial Most Interesting Man In The
World - YouTube
Sociobiology
American Idol Simon and
Ryan Fight (video)
Conflict
Reason