Ucsp 1st Meeting

UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE,
SOCIETY, AND
POLITICS
Instructor:
Thrysha Clair B. Trillo
SCOPE
This course uses insights from Anthropology, Political
Science, and Sociology to develop students’ awareness of
cultural, social and political dynamics, and sensitivity to
cultural diversity; provide them with an understanding of
how culture, human agency, society and politics work; and
engage them in the examination of the country’s current
human development goals.
SCOPE
At the end of the course, students should acquire
ideas about human cultures, human agency, society
and politics; recognize cultural relativism and social
inclusiveness to overcome prejudices; and develop
social and cultural competence to guide their
interactions with groups, communities, networks,
and institutions.
CLASS RULES
Be on time Ask questions Be respectful
Participate Take notes Don't cheat

GRADING
MAJOR EXAMS (QUARTERLY EXAMS) 30%
PERFORMANCE TASKS 35%
PROGRESSIVE ASSESSMENTS
(QUIZZES, HOMEWORK, AND 25%
OTHER ACTIVITIES)
ATTENDANCE/BEHAVIOR 10%
100%
CLASS SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
9:45-11:45 AM
WELCOME
TO
UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE, SOCIETY,
AND POLITICS
CLASS
LESSON 1:
THE NATURE, GOALS,
AND PERSPECTIVES OF
ANTHROPOLOGY,
SOCIOLOGY AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE
ANTHROPOLOGY
it studies human, human behaviour and
human societies around the world. It is a
comparative science that examines all
societies. The term anthropology means
scientific study of man or human beings.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropologists believed that
culture is the most essential part
of society, which is then molded
by both the natural and the
social environment.
ANTHROPOLOGY
The goal of studying anthropology
is to understand the origin of
human evolution and the diverse
forms of its existence throughout
time.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES
• cross-cultural or comparative
emphasis
• its evolutionary/historical
emphasis
• its ecological emphasis, and
• its holistic emphasis .
SOCIOLOGY
study of human social relationships and
institutions. Sociology’s subject matter is
diverse, ranging from crime to religion,
from the family to the state, from the
divisions of race and social class to the
shared beliefs of a common culture, and
from social stability to radical change in
whole societies.
SOCIOLOGY
The purpose of sociology is to
understand how human action
and consciousness both shape
and are shaped by surrounding
cultural and social structures.
SOCIOLOGY
The goal of sociology is to help
you understand how human
action and consciousness both
shape and are shaped by the
surrounding cultural and social
structures.
SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
• the functionalist perspective;
• the conflict perspective; and
• the symbolic interaction
perspective.
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
• is a social science that deals
with humans and their
interactions
• it is a discipline that deals with
several aspects such as the
study of state and government.
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
The goal of Political Science is to
constantly deepen the knowledge,
discover progress and protect the
quality of life within a group,
community, country, and the
world.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PERSPECTIVE
It sticks to the political arena and
to the realm of politics, either
dealing with situations with two
competing sides or the lateral
decisions that affect the group as a
whole.
LESSON 2:
CONCEPT, ASPECT,
CHANGES OF
CULTURE
AND SOCIETY
THE CONCEPT OF SOCIETY
MEANING AND NATURE OF
SOCIETY
• According to sociologists, a society
is a group of people with common
territory, interaction, and culture.
MEANING AND NATURE OF
SOCIETY
Society is derived from the Latin term societas, from
socius, which means companion or associate. Thus, it
refers to all people, collectively regarded as constituting
a community of related, interdependent individuals
living in a definite place, following a certain mode of
life (Ariola, 2012).
MEANING AND NATURE
OF SOCIETY
Arcinas (2016) defined society as group of people
who share a common territory and culture. It is a
group of people living together in a definite territory,
having a sense of belongingness, mutually
interdependent of each other, and follow a certain
way of life.
TWO TYPES OF
DEFINING SOCIETY
• FUNCTIONAL DEFINITION
• STRUCTURAL DEFINITION
FUNCTIONAL POINT OF
VIEW
From the functional point of view, society is defined
as a complex of groups in reciprocal relationships,
interacting upon one another, enabling human
organisms to carry on their life-activities and
helping each person to fulfill his wishes and
accomplish his interests in association with his
fellows.
STRUCTURAL POINT OF
VIEW
From the structural point of view, society is the total
social heritage of folkways, mores and institutions; of
habits, sentiments and ideals. The important aspect of
society is the system of relationships, the pattern of
the norms of interaction by which the members of the
society maintain themselves.
REASONS PEOPLE LIVE
TOGETHER AS SOCIETY
a. for survival
b. feeling of gregariousness
c. specialization
CHARACTERISTICS
OF SOCIETY
• It is a social system
• It is relatively large
• It socializes its members and from those from
without.
• It endures, produces and sustains its members for
generations.
• It holds its members through a common culture
• It has clearly-defined geographical territory
MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF
SOCIETY
• It provides a system of socialization.
• It provides the basic needs of its members.
• It regulates and controls people’s behavior.
• It provides the means of social participation.
• It provides mutual support to the members.
DISSOLUTION OF
SOCIETY
There are several ways by which a society is
dissolved:
(1) when the people kill each other through civil
revolution;
(2) when an outside force exterminates the members
of the society;
(3) when the members become apathetic among
DISSOLUTION OF
SOCIETY
(4) when a small society is absorbed by a stronger
and larger society by means of conquest or territorial
absorption;
(5) when an existing society is submerged in water
killing all the people and other living things in it; or
(6) when the people living in such a society voluntarily
attach themselves to another existing society.
THE
CONCEPT OF
CULTURE

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