Typical boring school lecture. Everything explained in abstract metaphysical terms, why not use mathematical equations. The meaning of culture should be explained in a way that is useful and can be observed.
It's been tried. Many times. There are a number of reasons cultural analysis does not lend itself to mathematical expression. I'll let you look them up if you care to. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by metaphysical in this context, as anthropological approaches involve empirical observation and description, then the abstraction of patterns. The effort is neither cosmological nor ontological (except in very rare cases), and these are the focus of metaphysics.
Ok, I was being sarcastic, because after listening to your very thorough presentation, I still have no idea what culture is. While you thoughtfully insert concrete examples, the overall language and terminology is too abstract, and only useful in an academic setting. Not too mention that our brains definitely can't handle that many concepts in 24 minutes. Sure, one should struggle to learn new ideas, but culture is too important a subject that should be understood by normal human beings in non-academic settings. After all, it is something that affects people, not just be written about in scientific journals.
Yes, well that's part of the problem with posting videos that are one component of a hybrid course to a public TH-cam channel. At Miami, these videos are embedded in an interactive course that meets physically two days a week to discuss, analyze and debate, flesh out ideas and engage in activities designed to reinforce key ideas. I originally posted these on TH-cam because I was having problems with our university's course management system. When it was fixed, I left them up because some people found them useful, or so they say in their comments.
Thank you for your elaborative explanation .
You are welcome. I’m pleased you found it useful
So where does gays figure into this 🤔
Typical boring school lecture. Everything explained in abstract metaphysical terms, why not use mathematical equations. The meaning of culture should be explained in a way that is useful and can be observed.
It's been tried. Many times. There are a number of reasons cultural analysis does not lend itself to mathematical expression. I'll let you look them up if you care to. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by metaphysical in this context, as anthropological approaches involve empirical observation and description, then the abstraction of patterns. The effort is neither cosmological nor ontological (except in very rare cases), and these are the focus of metaphysics.
Ok, I was being sarcastic, because after listening to your very thorough presentation, I still have no idea what culture is. While you thoughtfully insert concrete examples, the overall language and terminology is too abstract, and only useful in an academic setting. Not too mention that our brains definitely can't handle that many concepts in 24 minutes. Sure, one should struggle to learn new ideas, but culture is too important a subject that should be understood by normal human beings in non-academic settings. After all, it is something that affects people, not just be written about in scientific journals.
Yes, well that's part of the problem with posting videos that are one component of a hybrid course to a public TH-cam channel. At Miami, these videos are embedded in an interactive course that meets physically two days a week to discuss, analyze and debate, flesh out ideas and engage in activities designed to reinforce key ideas. I originally posted these on TH-cam because I was having problems with our university's course management system. When it was fixed, I left them up because some people found them useful, or so they say in their comments.