The Self in

anthropological
perspective
Let’s do this!

“Taga-___
ka kon___”

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Essential term to remember:
enculturation
collective identity
Personal identity
acculturation

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 Enculturation

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Refers to the internalizing and the subjective process of
adopting a transmitted culture from a generation to the next.
(Laird & Tedam, 2019, p. 10)

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enculturation isn’t limited only to language but also to
environment.

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 Collective identity
refers to connecting to the patterns of behavior observed
in a cultural group. (Polletta & Jasper, 2001)

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 The struggle to resist collective identity of the community you
belong to, especially if it is negative, is how to see your “personal
identity”.

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 Collective identity vs.
personal identity
▸ In anthropological understanding, you ▸ Collective identity refers
develop a personal identity when you to connecting to the
reach the point of self-awareness in the patterns of behavior
enculturation process (Haviland, 1996). observed in a cultural
▸ In other words, finding your personal group (Polletta & Jasper,
identity means “building of the Self” 2001).
based on “how same you are or how
different you are with the people around
you.”

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 Acculturation

▸ “
Acculturation is acquiring cultural practices when you meet a
different culture aside from the culture where you grow up
(Seremetakis, 2017).

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CULTURAL PHENOMENA

“…describes the impact of

moving from a familiar
culture to one that is
unfamiliar.

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 ”…referring to attitudes,
patterns, judgments or
expectations “packed” in our
home cultures that we carry
with us.”

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CULTURAL PHENOMENA

…is the emotional and

psychological distress suffered
by some people when they
return home after a number of
years overseas.

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ASSIMILATION
A complex idea can be
conveyed with just a single
still image, namely making it
possible to absorb large
amounts of data quickly.

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questions
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