Upon successful completion of this chapter, you should be able to: - Explain how an apparently marginal activity, such as Newfoundland gardening,is related to some of the central human issues of our time.
- Explain the value of adopting a holistic perspective in the study of
culture.
- Use a diagram to illustrate the holistic connections of culture and
explain how one component of culture could affect another.
- Identify and distinguish six types of holistic connections between parts
of a culture.
- Show why whole cultures should also be seen in holistic perspective with
other cultures.
- Identify the origins of holism in ethnographic fieldwork.
- Define embeddedness and apply it to the interactions of cultural institutions
in one society.
- Explain two problems arising in the holistic perspective and propose how
they might be minimized.
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