Anthropology › Section C · The culture concept › Topic C.3
The elements of culture
Tylor's "complex whole" is too big to study all at once. Anthropologists break it into three building blocks, what people make, what they do and what they think, and then trace how the blocks connect.
In this topic
- Make, do, think
- What we make: material culture
- Technology means know-how
- What we do: cultural practices
- What we think: frames and roles
- Norms and values
- Ideologies and worldviews
- Worked example: a wedding
- Worked example: a misread frame
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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