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Lesson 3 - From The Perspective of Anthropology

Here are the pictures of my real and fictional heroes with a brief explanation for each: Real Hero: [PICTURE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.] Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. He fought against racial segregation and discrimination through nonviolent civil disobedience. He inspired me with his message of equality, justice and peaceful protest. He worked to bring people together and promote understanding despite our differences. Fictional Hero: [PICTURE OF SUPERMAN] Superman is a fictional superhero character who fights for "truth, justice, and the American way." He represents the ideal

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Lesson 3 - From The Perspective of Anthropology

Here are the pictures of my real and fictional heroes with a brief explanation for each: Real Hero: [PICTURE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.] Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. He fought against racial segregation and discrimination through nonviolent civil disobedience. He inspired me with his message of equality, justice and peaceful protest. He worked to bring people together and promote understanding despite our differences. Fictional Hero: [PICTURE OF SUPERMAN] Superman is a fictional superhero character who fights for "truth, justice, and the American way." He represents the ideal

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FROM THE PERSPECTIVE

OF ANTHROPOLOGY
What is Anthropology?

■ Is a field of the social sciences that


focuses on the study of man
■ This field includes man’s
physical/biological characteristics,
his social relationships and the
influences of his culture from the
dawn of civilization up to the present
What is Anthropology?
■ Anthropology makes the person aware
that what he is maybe determined by his
past and present condition, his biological
characteristics, the way he
communicates, the language that he
uses and the manner in which he
chooses to live his life.
■ The four subfields of Anthropology are
Archaeology, Biological Anthropology,
Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology
Archaeology

■ The study of the ancient and


recent human past through
material remains
■ Archaeological records consists
of artifacts, architecture,
biofacts, and cultural
landscapes
Archaeology

■ Archaeologists’ focus is the past


and how it may have contributed
to the present ways of how
people conduct their daily lives
■ Archaeologists discovered the
most important aspect of human
nature, which is survival
Biological Anthropology

■ Also called physical anthropology


■ Is the study of the past and
present evolution of the human
species and is especially
concerned with understanding
the causes of present human
diversity
Linguistic Anthropology
■ Studies the role of language in the social
lives of individuals and communities
■ Explores how language shapes
communication and how language and
modes of communication change over
time
■ An essential part of human
communication is language
■ Language is a system of communication
used by a particular country or
community
Linguistic Anthropology
■ Language identifies a group of people.
The words, sounds, symbols, writings
and signs that are used are reflections
of a group’s culture
■ Linguistic anthropologists’ interest
focuses on using language as a means
to discover a group’s manner of social
interaction and his worldview
■ English is the universal language
Cultural Anthropology

■ It is the study of human cultures,


their beliefs, practices, values, ideas,
technologies, economies and other
domains of social and cognitive
organization
■ Culture is described as a group of people’s way of life. It
includes their behaviors, beliefs, values and symbols that
they accept (usually unconsciously) that are socially
transmitted through communication and imitation from
generation to generation.
Theory of Cultural Determinism
■ A belief that the culture in which we are raised determines
who we are at emotional and behavioral levels
■ Positive implication of this theory suggests that human
beings can be shaped/formed to have the kind of life they
prefer it further means that there is no limit placed on the
human ability to be or to do whatever they set their minds
and hearts into.
■ Negative implication is that people have no control over
what they learn. They blindly accept the learning their
cultures exposed them to. Human beings are seen as
helpless and do only what their culture instructs them to do.
Theory of Cultural Relativism

■ Is the ability to understand a culture on its own terms and


not to make judgments using the standards of one’s own
culture.
■ The goal of this is promote understanding of cultural
practices that are not typically part of one’s own culture.
■ It leads to the view that no one culture is superior than
another culture when compared to systems of morality, law,
politics, etc.
Culture may manifest itself in people in
the following ways:
■ Symbols
■ Heroes
■ Rituals
■ Values
Symbols
■ Are the words, gestures, pictures
or objects that have a
recognized/accepted meaning in a
particular culture
■ Symbols are considered the most
superficial level of culture
■ Symbols can be shared or copied
by other cultures who find them
also fitting for their own culture
Heroes

■ Are persons from the past or


present who have
characteristics that are
important in a culture
■ They may be real of fictitious
and are models for behavior
Rituals

■ Are activities (may be


religious or social)
participated in by a group of
people for the fulfillment of
desired objectives and are
considered to be socially
essential
Values
■ Are considered to be the core of
every culture
■ Values are unconscious and can
neither be discussed nor be
directly observed but can only
be inferred from the way people
act and react to circumstances
and situations
■ Values involve human
tendencies/preferences towards
good or bad, right or wrong
THANK YOU!
Activity No. 4: From the Perspective of
Anthropology
Paste each picture of your real hero and fictional
hero. Explain why do you consider them as your
hero.

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