Anthropology › Section C · The culture concept › Topic C.1
Culture as the familiar and taken for granted
The ways of life you grew up with feel like plain common sense, so normal that you rarely notice them. Anthropology starts by noticing them, because what feels most natural is often the clearest sign of culture at work.
In this topic
- What feels like home
- Culture as a whole way of life
- Why culture feels natural
- Making the familiar strange
- Worked example: reading a floor plan
- Culture across the four fields
- Culture as adaptation
- Worked example: a greeting
- Universals and particulars
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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