Have you ever wonder

why some people are

different from you and
from one another?
 Culture, Society, and
Politics as Conceptual
Tools
 Let’s define CONCEPT
-”The rational purport of a word or
conception”
(Pierce, 1998)
-Concepts are initially invented as icons
to capture phenomena and in the
process assist their users/inventors to
describe facets of social experience in
relation to the phenomena concerned.
Concepts as conceptual tools
-They allow us to form other concepts, or
relate concepts to each other, or even
deconstruct old ones and replace them
with something new.
-Concepts allow the discovery of new
aspects of a phenomenon.
-Concept can be conceived more as a
‘means’ rather than as an ‘end’.
 Examples
With the concept of culture,
anthropologists are able to explore
and make sense of the complex
processes and dynamics that
characterize the great variety of
“ways of living” practiced and
observed around the world.
Students as Social Beings
The categories that we posses as
individuals are a testament to the
operation of the presupposes
omnipotent forces which leave us
unsuspecting of their intrusive
and punitive implications in our
lives.
 These are
evidences of the
operation of
these forces.
• Our sociality is defined by the very
categories that we possess, the
categories assigned to us by
society at large.
• These categories that we possess
are not natural; rather, they are
socially constructed.
• Gender appears to be the most
fundamental, intrusive, and
limiting
• The totality of our sociality has
already been constructed for us.
Social Realities: Behavior and
Phenomenon
Situation 1. Gary graduated a
year ago. Despite being blessed
with several job offers, he chose
to remain jobless and hang
around with his barkada.
Togehter they love to istambay
in the town plaza especially at
night. TAMBAY
Situation 2. As a businessman,
Mang Leo is used to giving
“padulas” to his main suppliers in
order to expedite his business
transactions with them.BRIBERY

Situation 3. Members of the Seventh-

Day Adventist Church are strongly
prohibited from eating pork and food
with blood, as well as from smoking
and drinking alcoholic
beverages.FOOD TABOOS
Situation 4. Darius is openly gay.
He lives with his partner Garner.
He and Garner are both college
professors in the local city
college. SAME SEX
MARRIAGE
Situation 5. If grades were the
basis of Rusty’s standing in his
economic class, he would surely
fail the course. However, he was
given a passing grade by his
economics teacher, who
happened to be a childhood
friend of his mother. PADRINO
 Values and Beliefs as Behavior
Motivators
• Human behavior is propelled by
powerful motivators
• Values are a person’s or
collectivity’s principles or standards
of behavior and are considered as
judgment of what is important in life.
 Values and Beliefs as Behavior
Motivators

• Belief refers to firmly held opinion or

conviction, regardless of the lack of
verifiable evidence.
• Both values and beliefs are
commonly shared by a particular
culture.
Social Dynamics: Social, Political
and Cultural Change
Scenario 1. Taking selfies is
Alyssa’s preoccupation. It became
a habit when her parents gave her
a phone on her
birthday.SELFIEING
Scenario 2. Amina, a college
student, is living alone in Manila.
Both of her parents are OFWs
working in the Middle East. She
visits them every summer
break.TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY
Scenario 3. Kapitan Tim is the
incumbent mayor of the City of
Amin. His son, Timmy Jr. Is
currently running for
congressional seat of the district,
a position occupied by his mother
Cong. Valencia for about three
consecutive terms POLITICAL
DYNASTY
Scenario 4. As a youth volunteer, Verna
finds the rainy season a busy season
due to the frequency of typhoon-related
disasters. Sometimes she even spends
her own money to buy relief goods fro
typhoon victims. VOLUNTEERISM

Scenario 5. Michael almost missed the

chance to finish high school because he
had been absent most of the time playing
Mobile Legends (ML).GAME ADDICTION
 What is
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common among the
scenarios is that they may be all be
considered as manifestations of
cultural and political changes. New
technological platforms facilitating
communication, self-expression, and
interactions represent the cultural
change, while possession and
expressions of power represent the
political change.
 Evaluation
A. Choose the answer from the following
terms/concepts below.
*Cultural Change *Gender
*Political Change *Politics
*Culture *Beliefs *Values
1. The most fundamental, intrusive and
limiting social label attached to members
of society.
2. It encompasses the complex
processes and dynamics that
characterize the great variety of
“ways of living” practiced and
observed around the world.
3. These are a person’s or a
collectivity’s principles or
standards of behavior and are
considered as judgment of what is
important in life
4. It refers to firmly held opinion or
conviction, regardless of the
lack of verifiable evidence.
5. It is represented by new
technological platforms
facilitating communication, self-
expression, and interactions.
 Essay
Answer the question directly and
comprehensively.

What constitutes our sociality

as human being?
Performance
 The Compartmentalized Matrix

I am__________and I am a (boy/girl). The

following are the compartments representing
what I can and cannot do.

Things I can do Things I cannot do