Names from Cultural Studies
Who introduced Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf
Who are the nomads?
A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas
Language, rituals, customs and traditions etc. are examples of....culture
Non-material
Why Sapir-Wharf hypothesis is considered as hypothesis?
Their arguments have not been proven yet
A culture that is concerned with the external, mechanical and utilitarian object.
Material culture
He is a Russian-language poet, Turkologist, politician, and anti-nuclear activist who wrote about Turkic influence on The Tale of Igor’s Campaign (Slovo o Polku Igoreve).
Olzhas Suleimenov
What is Tengrism?
Ethnic and old state Turko-Mongolic religion originating in the Eurasian steppes, based on folk shamanism, animism and generally centered around the titular sky god Tengri
belief in the existence of one god?
belief in the existence of more than one god?
monotheism
polytheism
What can you tell about symbolic view of culture?
Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner regarded culture as the system of signs which are created by human activity and which need practices and context.
what is morality?
Set of personal or social standards for good or bad behavior and character
Who did introduce the term 'Culture studies' and when?
An American anthropologist Leslie A.White in 1949
Who is digital nomad?
Professionals or entrepreneurs of a particular field who are not tied to a specific physical place in their work. They usually work via the Internet.
What is ‘cultural meme’ and who introduced this term?
concept introduced by Richard Dawkens and stands for a popular, repeatable, transferable cultural unit that is similar to human genes.
What is pragmatics in semiotics according to Charles Morris?
how signs affect human behaviour
What are animism, fetishism, totemism?
religious beliefs: 1) belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
2) religious worship of inanimate material objects
3) system of belief in which humans are said to have kinship or a mystical relationship with a spirit-being
The Swiss researcher who developed the theory of semiotics and regarded the language as a complex sign system and how he called this discipline?
Ferdinand de Saussure, semiology
Material achievements of nomadic Saka tribes.
Chariots, weapons, metallic industry, jewelry animal style, yurt (tent), pants, Golden Man, domestication of horses;
What is semiosis? and who used semiosis in semiotics
The process of sign interpretation, Charles Peirce
What is hard and soft version of Sapir-Wharf hypothesis?
Hard - 1. Language definitely determines the thoughts.
Soft - 2. Language influences on some aspects of behavior and perceptions of the world.
Please, explain what means 'subculture' and give examples.
Cultural patterns that set apart a segment of a society's population (punks, hippies, hipsters, emos, goths).
Who, when and where (work) did introduce the term ‘animism’ to science after Stahl?
Edward Tylor, in 1871 in his book "Primitive culture"
Who is Anakharsis and what do you know about him?
a Scythian thinker, philosopher; he was a member of Ariopagus; he was from a royal family; he was a politician and knew personally Salon, Ancient Greek ruler, he took part in Olympic Games; he is known for his quotations.
What is cultural code? And who first used this concept?
Culture code is a key method developed by Clotaire Rapaille to understanding the type of culture, unique cultural features encoded in some form of information to identify the culture.
Ferdinand de Saussure analysed semiotics through language, whereas semiotics of Charles Pierce focused on …
...cognitive aspects of semiotics (how people interpret signs and this process is called semiosis, so when a person tries to understand a sign people rely on multiple inferences and finally can reveal the full meaning of object).
What is paradox? Examples of paradox in morality?
Contradictory statements, thoughts, meanings against the established norms; e.g. war, abortion, murder, lie, etc.