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Definition
Society is the hardware, culture is the software.
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Definition
Society is the hardware, culture is the software.
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Thinkers
Bronislaw Malinowski — participant observation; culture exists to satisfy biological and psychological needs.
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Definition
Society is the hardware, culture is the software.
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Thinkers
Hoebel | Anthropology and Sociology are closely related
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Definition
Society is a collection of individuals united by relations or modes of behaviour that distinguish them from others.
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Example / case study
Herbert Risley: Racial theory of caste; The People of India. Thurston: Castes & Tribes of Southern India. Beginning: Institutionalisation of anthropology (Dept. of Anthropology, Calcutta University – 1920). Nature: Empirical fieldwork, study of social institutions.
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Definition
Empiricism – observation-based, scientific & systematic.
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Example / case study
Volunteering, clubs, social groups, exercise groups.
Short notes for this Anthropology syllabus heading.