STRUCTURALISM

STRUCTURALIST
-aim to understand the underlying meaning involved in human thought as expressed in cultural
acts.

KINSHIP
-Kinship has traditionally been one of the key topics in social and cultural anthropology. There
are two principal reasons for this: First, although not all human groups are constituted on the
basis of kinship, all humans have kinship as individuals and are related to other individuals
through it. The sorts of tribal, classless, economically unspecialized societies that
anthropologists have mostly though no longer exclusively studied, kinship has appeared to be
the main or even sole form of social organization.

POINTS OF REACTION
-structure as a product of human creation, even though the participants may not be conscious
of the structure

HISTORICAL CONTEXT
-human thought precedes observation and social and cultural phenomena derives from
universal human cognition.

3 FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN MIND

People follow rules
Reciprocity is the simplest way to create social relationships
A gift binds both the giver and recipient in a continuing social relationship. Such social
structures, according to Levi-Strauss, mirrors cognitive structures, the way in which
mankind thinks and understands.

METHOD OF STRUCTURALISM
-Focuses on the effects of universal patterns in human thought on cultural phenomena. , of
universal human knowledge.Between societal norms and the mind's thought process is
ingrained so deeply within individual cultures.

HOW ARE YOU LINKED TOGETHER BASED ON STRUCTURALISM?

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP
ILLUSTRATION OF STRUCTURE
REFERENCES:

http://anthropology.ua.edu/cultures/cultures.php?version=1&culture=Structuralism
http://anthrotheory.pbworks.com/w/page/29532639/Structuralism