2. Anthropological Analysis of a Culture
Introduction (1 para)
Part 1 — Introduce the Culture, Society, or Community (1 para)
Part 2 — Age or Gender (1 para)
Part 3 — Ethnicity and Race (1 para)
Part 4 — Social Structure, Class (1 para)
Conclusion (1 para)
References — textbook, source for demographics, 2 sources
3. Anthropological Analysis of a Culture
Purpose is to describe the culture in terms of the categories
And then interact with the textbook by connecting it to the text.
4. Anthropological Analysis of a Culture
Prepare 5-minutes in class next Wednesday
Discuss and feedback before turning it in
12. Social Structure
1. Theories of Social Organization
2. Types of Societies
3. Types of Economics
4. Social Institutions
5. Social Networks
6. Social Change
13. Meyer House
Clark High School
Stan
Dad Mom
Vicki Jerri-Ann
Principle Wilson
Mr. Potter Mrs. Grammar
Bud
Dunner
Tessa
Alicia
Vanessa
Bartholemew
Mean girls
dating
Best friend
Sesame
My cat
Brutus the
Drug Dealer
The World of High School
Lizzy
S
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l
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D
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g
Church
Synagogue
Wilson’s
Secretary
married
After hours
Hank
Jocks
Jake
Rochelle
Cassi
14. Describe the Social Structure
GCU — students, ia/graders, faculty, admin staff, donors, parents, dean(s),
Mega Church — visitors, members, deacons, pastoral staff, board, denomination, alumni members (moved away but still visit).
Mission Organization — missionaries, near believers (
fi
eld), new believers (
fi
eld), admin staff, directors, donors
O
ffi
ce Worker — worker, of
fi
ce colleagues, boss, wife, family, church peers, parents
Anatevka (Fiddler on the Roof) — Tevya, family, the rabbi, Lazar Wulf the Butcher, Police, Christian citizens,
End of the Spear —
World of the Dog — dog, sibling dog, cat, gold
fi
sh, human parents, favorite daughter (owner), squirrel outside the
window, dog next door, mail man/woman, the vet
16. Social Structure
The distinctive stable arrangement of institutions whereby human beings in a society
interact and live together.
Form, W. and Wilterdink, . Nico (2022, November 13). Social structure. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-structure
17. Karl Marx
1818-1883
Societies are essentially economic
Societies exist to make money
Structure exists to bene
fi
t those in power
Form, W. and Wilterdink, . Nico (2022, November 13). Social structure. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-structure
18. Karl Marx
Marxism
Bourgeoisie — those who control the means of production
Proletariat — working class who produce
Form, W. and Wilterdink, . Nico (2022, November 13). Social structure. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-structure
19. Karl Marx
All social change is class struggle
Form, W. and Wilterdink, . Nico (2022, November 13). Social structure. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-structure
20. Herbert Spencer
1820-1903
Society is an organism
Comprised of interdependent parts like the
organs in a body
Form, W. and Wilterdink, . Nico (2022, November 13). Social structure. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-structure
21. Emile Durkheim
1858 - 1917
Societies are more than economic
Structural Functionalism
Form, W. and Wilterdink, . Nico (2022, November 13). Social structure. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-structure
22. Structural Functionalism
A school of thought according to which each of the institutions, relationships, roles,
and norms that together constitute a society serves a purpose, and each is
indispensable for the continued existence of the others and of society as a whole.
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2022, February 7). structural functionalism. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/structural-functionalism
23. Structural Functionalism
The parts of a society are interdependent and that this interdependency imposes
structure on the behavior of institutions and their members
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2022, February 7). structural functionalism. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/structural-functionalism
24. Max Weber
1864 - 1920
Social structure is multidimensional
Mitzman, A. (2023, February 13). Max Weber. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Max-Weber-German-sociologist
25. Max Weber
Dimensions of Strati
fi
cation
1. Social Class (class, race)
2. Status (social capital)
3. Power (authority)
Bland, T. & Chen, V. (23 Apr 2021). Class, status, and power. Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosc053.pub2
26. Weber’s Three Dimensions
1. Social Class — race, caste, economic class
2. Social Status — social capital or in
fl
uence, not tied to economic class
3. Social Power — authority, power
27. Example: British Society
1. Social Class — Lord George Bentnick, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert
2. Social Status — Writer, Speakers (ex. Jane Austin, Charles Dickens)
3. Social Power — Members of Parliament (ex. PM William Gladstone)
28. Example: American Society
1. Social Class — Millionaires like Henry Ford, J.P. Getty,
2. Social Status — Elizabeth Taylor, Martin Luther King Jr., Elvis Presley
3. Social Power — Sen. McCarthy, J Edgar Hoover, President LBJ
29. Weber’s View of Religion
1. Religious belief underlie the way a society functions
2. Religious beliefs drive social change
30. Weber’s View of Religion
Idea of a “Christian Worldview” that drives societies
33. Band Societies
Small groups of people who live together as
nomads on the peripheries of larger societies.
They live close to nature and draw largely on the
resources of the land they inhabit.
Moreau, Campbell, & Greener. (2014). E
ff
ective intercultural communication. Baker, p. 83
37. Tribal Societies
groups that have a large enough agricultural base (in both
plants and animals) to enable them to remain in one location
rather than moving with the seasons.
Moreau, Campbell, & Greener. (2014). E
ff
ective intercultural communication. Baker, p. 85
38. Tribal Societies
Share a common ethnic and linguistic identity and feel that
they share a common heritage. Developed social structure,
multiple families, tend the land, raise animals
Sioux Indian Tribe, Dances with Wolves
40. Peasant & Multigroup
Villages with de
fi
ned industries, means of
trade, food, and specialized social roles.
Moreau, Campbell, & Greener. (2014). E
ff
ective intercultural communication. Baker, p. 86
41. Peasant & Multigroup
At least two classes of people, social
strati
fi
cation, social tensions within the
village, De
fi
ned institutions
Anatevka, Fiddler on the Roof
43. Urban Societies
Cities, centers of power and economic
trade, serving a larger political state, with
multiple institutions, multiple ethnicities and
classes
51. Reciprocity (Barter System)
• Generalized — individual exchanges with no established standards
• Balanced — individual exchanges, immediate, established standards
• Negative — Barter, seeking pro
fi
t (receive more than you give)
Howell & Paris, 2019, pp. 173-176
53. Market Economy
• Established system of exchange
• Usually involves established currencies
Howell & Paris, 2019, pp. 173-176
54. Benchmark Questions
1. What type of society is the community
2. What type of economy is the society
3. What is the social structure, and what are people’s roles?
