Cognitive anthropology

2009 ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Levinson
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Anthropology

scholarly journals Contradictions in Counter-Intuitive Beliefs and Naïve Dialecticism

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Samson
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural Psychology ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cognitive Anthropology ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Role Of Religion

AbstractIn an article aimed at complementing Boyer and Sperber's (relatively structural) views of counter-intuitive concepts and their robustness in the religious domain, Franks (2003) has recently drawn attention to the fact that the tolerance of such conflict or contradiction appears to be less domain-specific in some cultures, such as those found in East Asia. This paper follows up on this important point by highlighting the similarities and differences of the tolerance for contradictions evident in East Asian 'naïve dialecticism' and nonnatural religious representations. It is argued that, despite their dissimilarity with respect to the content represented, both types of tolerances may be structurally similar. Both could also be anchored in intuition, albeit in qualitatively different ways. Given the general tolerance of psychological contradiction among persons of East Asian cultures and the potential role of religion, the question whether there is a place for the study of 'tolerance of contradiction' in cross-cultural psychology and cognitive anthropology is raised.

Theorizing Cultural Models

2019 ◽  
pp. 206-262
Author(s):  
Christian Smith ◽  
Bridget Ritz ◽  
Michael Rotolo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Models ◽  
Cognitive Anthropology ◽  
Internal Dimension

This chapter reconsiders the post-Parsonian theory of culture by examining the cognitive anthropology school. Here, the internal dimension of culture is understood as most basically cognitively constituted in neurological systems, organized in networks of structurally durable beliefs and schemas, often widely shared by varieties of types of populations, and motivationally directive of action and practices. The chapter focuses on driving home a few limited but crucial points in a larger argument—namely, that culture can be coherent, consensual, reasonable, internalized, and teleological in its orientation to guiding life practices. This is not an argument for a return to Parsonianism, since the chapter's approach is different from that in important ways. Instead, this chapter hopes to advance into a post-post-Parsonian era that corrects the numerous over-reactions and mistakes of the dominant approach of recent decades.

Cultural Network Analysis

2010 ◽  
pp. 237-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winston R. Sieck ◽  
Louise J. Rasmussen ◽  
Paul Smart
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Cognitive Anthropology ◽  
Strategic Communications ◽  
Naturalistic Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Training ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Interdisciplinary Synthesis

The purpose of this chapter is to describe a rigorous, end-to-end methodology for modeling culture as networks of ideas that are distributed among members of a population. The method, Cultural Network Analysis (CNA), represents an interdisciplinary synthesis of techniques drawn from the fields of cognitive anthropology, cultural and cognitive psychology, naturalistic decision making, and decision analysis. CNA is used to develop cultural models for groups and populations, typically depicted as a network representation of the culturally shared concepts, causal beliefs, and values that influence key decisions. CNA can be usefully employed for a variety of applications, including the design of tools to support multinational collaborative planning and decision making, the development of situated cultural training programs, and characterizing the cognition of target audiences to support strategic communications campaigns.

Experiencing Community

2020 ◽  
pp. 129-148
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cassidy Parker
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Community Psychology ◽  
Cognitive Anthropology ◽  
Psychological Sense Of Community ◽  
Cultural Communities ◽  
Psychological Sense

Chapter 6 explores how scholars define the word community within community psychology and cultural and cognitive anthropology. The chapter begins with how individuals see themselves in groups using David McMillan and David Chavis’s psychological sense of community. Next, the reader is introduced to Edith and Victor Turner’s communitas to speak to how communities work for individuals. Etienne Wenger and Jean Lave’s communities of practice is then discussed to aid educators’ understanding of how communities are built. The chapter encourages readers to consider the action cycle of Jeff Duncan-Andrade and Ernest Morrell’s critical counter-cultural communities of practice. At the end of the chapter, challenges to building and sustaining community are proposed, with questions for reflection.

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