LOOKING THROUGH

THE EYES OF AN
ATHROPOLOGIST
AND A SOCIOLOGIST
UCSP
OBJECTIVES
AT THE END OF THE LESSON, THE
STUDENTS SHALL BE ABLE TO:
1. DEFINE PERSPECTIVE
2. EXPLAIN ANTHROPOLOGICAL
AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
ON CULTURE AND SOCIETY
IF YOU WERE AN ANT, WHAT
ARE YOUR LIMITATIONS OR
DISABILITIES?WHAT ABOUT
WHAT YOU ARE GOOD AT?
ANSWER:
MANY ANT SPECIES
HAVE POOR VISION
BUT WITH KEEN SENSE
OF SMELL
CONSIDER THIS….

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED

WHY DO ANTS FORM A LINE
THAT STRETCHES FROM THE
LOCATION OF THEIR COLONY
TO A LOCATED FALLEN PREY
OR FOOD SOURCE?
 TRIVIA
ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, THESE
CREATURES DO SENSE AND NAVIGATE
THE WORLD THROUGH PHEROMONES,
WHICH THEY USE IN FORAGING FOOD
DOWN TO COMMUNICATING WITH
THEIR FELLOW ANTS ITS (FOOD)
EXACT LOCATION.
BASED ON THIS ACTIVITY,
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

THE ANSWER:

PERSPECTIVE-TAKING, WHICH IS
UNDERSTOOD AS HOW YOU SENSE THE
WORLD AROUND YOU
SHOULD YOU POSSESS SUCH INHERENT
TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
EXPLORING THE WORLD OF ANTS
THROUGH VISUAL EXPERIENCE
GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CHARACTERIZE THEM BUT SUCH
ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE DO COME
FROM…
THE SCIENTIFIC AND OBJECTIVE
STUDY OF THEIR ANATOMY AND
BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE LENS OF
AN EXPERT (2ND LOOK)
SUCH PERSON IS CALLED A MYRMECOLOGIST,
WHILE THE FIELD THAT HE IS INTERESTED HIM IS
CALLED MYRMECOLOGY.
 REACT

IGNORANCE BREEDS
MISUNDERSTANDING
AND LOSSES
 CONSIDER THIS…
ALL BLACKS ARE INFERIOR TO
THE WHITES BECAUSE OF THEIR
ANCESTRAL PAST AS SLAVES
AND BELIEF IN VOODOO;
BARACK OBAMA IS BLACK
THEREFORE, BARACK OBAMA IS
INFERIOR TO THE WHITES….
• FOR THIS VERY REASON,
WE NEED EXPERT OPINION
FROM PROFESSIONALS OR
EXPERTS ON CERTAIN
ISSUES/FIELDS THAT WE
MAYBE DEFICIENT IN
•.
KNOWLEDGE
PRACTICES
DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY
 I OBJECT! I
AM NOT
YOUR
IKKK, IKK, IKK MAKING! I
(TRANSLATED AS I AM CREATED
AM PROUD OF YOU IN GOD’S
MY GREAT, IMAGE
GREAT,
GRANDSON)!

COMMUNICATION
AND
SOCIALIZATION
ANTHROPOLOGY - THE FOCUS IS ON THE
ENTIRETY OF MAN
 SOCIOLOGY-THE FOCUS IS ON
SOCIETY, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
 SUCH DEDICATION IN
ONE’S FIELD COULD COME
WITH A COSTLY PRICE
 AHU!
FOOD! AHU!
FOOD!
I DON’T
WANT TO
BE
ROASTED
ALIVE!
OMG!

AND SO, IT HAPPENS. THE MUCH AWAITED CHASE HAS

STARTED.
 WITH THE GRAPHIC IMAGES
SHOWN TO YOU, WHO DO YOU
THINK ARE THESE EXPERTS
WHO ARE WILLING TO STUDY
CULTURE AND SOCIETY?
ANTHROPOLOGIST
THE FATHER OF MODERN CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
PROLIFIC WRITER AND
ANTHROPOLOGIST
SOCIOLOGIST
.
•.

.
WHAT DO ANTHROPOLOGIST
AND SOCIOLOGIST HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT CULTURE?
WHAT DO ANTHROPOLOGIST
AND SOCIOLOGIST HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT CULTURE?