UCSP starting points

• Gender - range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between masculinity and femininity.
• socioeconomic status - an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person’s work experience and of an individual or family’s economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation.
• ethnicity - cultural traits such as language, religion, or natural origin. When people integrate ethnicity as part of their identity and create a specific cultural, religious, or national community, they self-consciously form an ethnic group.
• religion - unified system of beliefs and practices. related to sacred things that unite into one single moral community.
• identity - distinctive characteristics that define an individual or are shares by those belonging to a particular group.
• food taboos - muslims; eating pork
• istambays - regarded as unruly, suspected as thefts, and other misdemeanors. They have difficulty in finding jobs due to inadequate opportunities in the Philippines.
• political dynasties - groups whose members are involved in politics. Political dynasties can be seen in families that have been part of the government for many generations.
• elections - formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.
• social change - transformations that alter the roles and status of people.
• political change - there is an alteration in the way power and authority are exercised in a particular state.
• anthropology - systematic study of man. It is important to fully comprehend the complex human species.
• anthropos - man
• logos - study or inquiry
• social anthropology - how social patterns develop across different societies.
• cultural anthropology - studies cultural variation.
• linguistic anthropology - studies language
• biological/cultural anthropology - process of human evolution, adaptation, and variation over time.
• andrew heywood - describes the systematic study as the process where people make, maintain, and modify rules governing society. It focuses on equality, freedom and justice.
• anthony giddens - defined sociology as the study of human social life, groups, and society. It attempts to provide a deeper assessment of individual and economic, political and social factors.
• sociology - study of social group or society.
• anthropology - study of man
• political science - systematic study of politics
• 4 branches of anthropology - social, cultural, linguistic, biological/cultural anthropology