Download Anthropology of Everydayness Cultural Theory and Social Practice

ANTHRO CLUB, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, and
Humanities Department, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah
Anthropology of Everydayness
Cultural Theory and Social Practice
Presentation of Dr. Lolita Nikolova complimented by a
talk of Danielle Lin and poster-exhibit of students from
SLCC and UU
March 11, 2005, Stewart Bldg, Room 214, 1:00 PM
The Theory of Everydayness and
Education
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The poster-exhibit of students from
SLCC and UU
Why do we need traditions?
Anthropology of everydayness and
prehistoric research
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The meaning of the settlement burials in
the Neolithic
The emergence of the earliest cemeteries
in Anatolia and in the Balkans.
The role of the signs in the Vinča culture
in the Balkans
Tradition and Everydayness
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Tradition and everydayness
Tradition and events
Everydayness vs. event
The traditions connect generations,
stabilize us socially and psychologically
and they are one of the best cultural
tools for personal satisfaction
The Theory of the Everydayness and the Hot Topics of the
Contemporary Anthropology
 What is the specific of the anthropology as a
science?
 How does anthropology of everydayness relate to
the other schools of anthropological research?
 Complementary theories and methodologies
 Anthropology of everydayness is not only
anthropography but also attempts to
deconstruct the visible and the invisible
elements of the everydayness in order to
characterize the nature of the culture change
and the evolution of the human society and
human interactions.
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The Anthropology of everydayness is a
call for characterizing culture changes as
interrelated interactions and comparative
analysis of the different hierarchical social
subsystems within the everydayness that
in many cases have been accepted for
granted while in fact consist of hidden
characteristics that can be revealed by
research in depth at different hierarchical
levels.
Structural and functional comparative
analysis
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Individual
Couples
Microsocial group
Mezosocial group
Macrosocial groups
Super-macrosocial group
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Everydayness as a cultural
theory employs the principals
of deconstructing the
everydayness as a interactive
culture system with different
degrees of complexity
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In the past many of the anthropological
problems of the social groups related to
the leading ideologies in the socialistic and
capitalistic countries. Today we have
recognized that the problems are in the
very nature of the democracy, which is
very delicate as a structure and allow even
whole social groups to practice abnormal
internal and/or external behavior within
the most democratic social structures.
Perspectives of research of the everydayness as
an anthropological problem
 Everydayness and diversity of the culture
 Integration, globalization and individualization
 Power
 Quality
 Morality
 Everydayness, humanities and cultural
reproduction
 Children
 Disable people
 Elderly
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Many people in the world live their
lives today just waiting something to
happen tomorrow. And usually it
never happens. So, anthropology of
everydayness is also a philosophy,
philosophy to find the meaning and
to enjoy the every moment of our life
and to practice humanity.