Remembering What One Knows and the Construction of the Past: A Comparison of Cultural Consensus Theory and Cultural Schema Theory
Cultural consensus theory and cultural models theory present distinct perspectives about the nature of individual and cultural knowledge. Anthropologists have not really explored the implications of these differences, nor have they examined these differing perspectives in situations where both are p...
Published in: | Ethos |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Wiley
2000
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Feth.2000.28.3.275 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 |
id |
crwiley:10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
crwiley:10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 2024-09-15T17:39:50+00:00 Remembering What One Knows and the Construction of the Past: A Comparison of Cultural Consensus Theory and Cultural Schema Theory Garro, Linda C. 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Feth.2000.28.3.275 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ethos volume 28, issue 3, page 275-319 ISSN 0091-2131 1548-1352 journal-article 2000 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 2024-09-05T05:05:01Z Cultural consensus theory and cultural models theory present distinct perspectives about the nature of individual and cultural knowledge. Anthropologists have not really explored the implications of these differences, nor have they examined these differing perspectives in situations where both are plausible alternatives. Through an analysis of patterns in how individuals diagnosed with diabetes and living in an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) community talked about diabetes and the judgments they made about the relevancy of culturally plausible illness causes, I find, for this data set at least, that cultural models theory provides a better fit. Nevertheless, cultural consensus analysis played a critical role in this determination. Some ideas about the nature of collective memory are examined in light of my findings. Article in Journal/Newspaper anishina* Wiley Online Library Ethos 28 3 275 319 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Wiley Online Library |
op_collection_id |
crwiley |
language |
English |
description |
Cultural consensus theory and cultural models theory present distinct perspectives about the nature of individual and cultural knowledge. Anthropologists have not really explored the implications of these differences, nor have they examined these differing perspectives in situations where both are plausible alternatives. Through an analysis of patterns in how individuals diagnosed with diabetes and living in an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) community talked about diabetes and the judgments they made about the relevancy of culturally plausible illness causes, I find, for this data set at least, that cultural models theory provides a better fit. Nevertheless, cultural consensus analysis played a critical role in this determination. Some ideas about the nature of collective memory are examined in light of my findings. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Garro, Linda C. |
spellingShingle |
Garro, Linda C. Remembering What One Knows and the Construction of the Past: A Comparison of Cultural Consensus Theory and Cultural Schema Theory |
author_facet |
Garro, Linda C. |
author_sort |
Garro, Linda C. |
title |
Remembering What One Knows and the Construction of the Past: A Comparison of Cultural Consensus Theory and Cultural Schema Theory |
title_short |
Remembering What One Knows and the Construction of the Past: A Comparison of Cultural Consensus Theory and Cultural Schema Theory |
title_full |
Remembering What One Knows and the Construction of the Past: A Comparison of Cultural Consensus Theory and Cultural Schema Theory |
title_fullStr |
Remembering What One Knows and the Construction of the Past: A Comparison of Cultural Consensus Theory and Cultural Schema Theory |
title_full_unstemmed |
Remembering What One Knows and the Construction of the Past: A Comparison of Cultural Consensus Theory and Cultural Schema Theory |
title_sort |
remembering what one knows and the construction of the past: a comparison of cultural consensus theory and cultural schema theory |
publisher |
Wiley |
publishDate |
2000 |
url |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Feth.2000.28.3.275 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 |
genre |
anishina* |
genre_facet |
anishina* |
op_source |
Ethos volume 28, issue 3, page 275-319 ISSN 0091-2131 1548-1352 |
op_rights |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1525/eth.2000.28.3.275 |
container_title |
Ethos |
container_volume |
28 |
container_issue |
3 |
container_start_page |
275 |
op_container_end_page |
319 |
_version_ |
1810482784728252416 |