Lesson 4 – Understanding Culture

Frenz Leo Panceras

It is about the capacity of one to look
through the CULTURAL ASPECT,
SOCIETY AND POLITICS, and
ANTHROPOLOGY.
And the intersection of these 3
ASPECTS.
The intersection of ANTHROPOLOGY,
SOCIOLOGY and POLITICAL SCIENCE
would make sense as we would begin
our quest for understanding ourselves
better.
“Better” Understanding takes place
only upon the “Social” dimensions of
our “Personal” lives.
 ANTHROPOLOGY
 the scientific study of HUMANITY or those aspects that
MAKES US HUMAN.
 SOCIOLOGY
 Is the systematic study of human SOCIAL LIFE.
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
 is the science of POLITICS and politics as a
GOVERNMENTAL determination of who gets what, why and
how.
  Franz Boas is considered
both the founder of
modern anthropology as
well as the father of
American Anthropology.

• Biological (or physical) Anthropology carry out systematic

studies of the non-cultural aspects of humans and near-humans.
• Cultural (or socio-cultural) Anthropology are interested in
learning about the cultural aspects of human societies all over the
world.
• Linguistic Anthropology studies the human process of
communication.
• Archaeology recovering the prehistory and early history of
societies and their cultures.
 Si Jeffrey
tisoy
1. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM – Use of
symbols; face-to-face interaction.
2. FUNCTIONALISM – Relationship between
the parts of society; how aspects of society
are functional.
3. CONFLICT THEORY – Competition of
scares resources; how the elite control the
poor
 Damo si
Michael Chix
Monarchy is a form of government in which a
legal person, the monarch, holds sovereign
authority until death or abdication.
Authoritarianism is a form of government
characterized by strong central power and
limited political freedoms.
Democracy is a system of government where
the citizens exercise power by voting.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
 deals with the FUNCTION
and STRUCTURE of HUMAN
SOCIETY.
 Due to varying social, personal and worldly
problems it make it obvious that it is difficult to
generalize human beings because of their
complexity.
 People often come into SOCIOLOGY believing they
already know what the need to know.
 It is difficult to make them realize what they think
already “know” . It is even more difficult to make
them realize that they already “know” is not
necessarily true.
There is a need for RATIONAL
PROOF and RECOGNITION.
It is commonly found in REASONING
and CAREFUL APPRAISAL.
Socrates best represents this
recognition.
Socrates’ method of investigation is a
continuous set of questions posed to
someone.
SOCRATICE IRONY – the act of playing
dumb or stupid to someone who is self
assured.
Method does not uncover truth it uncovers
UNTRUTH. Making them think more carefully.
And IDEA is rationally developed.
Revalues the purpose of SCIENCE in
these studies.
SCIENCE means careful observation.
Joel M. Charon like to view the world as
an “OBJECT”.
Acknowledgement of the process.
Total objectivity is impossible to achieve.
 Political Parties
 Religious Groups
 Fossil Evidences
 School
We Are
 Public Policy
 Ethnic Group
Children of
 Political Organization
 War and Foreign Affairs
Quiboloy
 Historical Research
 Economical Stability of a Country
Friendly reminder from
Papi Quiboloy lahat
kayo mag drink ng
water para swagger.