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anthropologist A. L. Kroeber notes, “We have no record of cultureless human societies.”
W. David Marx • Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
Humaning
Oren Shai • 6 cards
Cultura: um conceito antropológico (Antropologia Social) (Portuguese Edition)
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The beginning of culture and the beginning of humanity are one and the same because culture is what we were made to do. There is no withdrawing from culture. Culture is inescapable. And that’s a good thing.
Tish Harrison Warren • Culture Making
Curation
Prabjyot Sudan • 4 cards
Miniminuteman’s outro to his Pompeii video:
... See moreWhile all of these are reasons that this story matters,I believe that there is one reason that eclipses all of them, and that is that it tries to honor the true story of this event. It is very easy for us to look at these plaster casts like they're some kind of artifact, a sculpture or a reproduction that
culture
Agalia Tan • 6 cards
Human cultural practices, like eating utensils or performing arts, may seem distinct but could share common roots, reflecting universal aspects of human experience.
Different eating tools (chopsticks, knives, forks) and performing arts (kabuki, opera, Aboriginal dance) appear culturally unique, but they might stem from shared human needs or
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