ANTH245 2007-09-10

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ANTH 245: Lecture for SEPT 10 2007

SESSION 1

Business

1. Readings to be posted on Blackboard
2. Blogging can take place after the class

Review of Bateson

1. Patterns
2. Levels
3. Social Context
   1. Relationships exist at a "wider" level
   2. The social context of a message is part of the code
   3. e.g. Who is saying this? Can they be trusted?
   4. Confers validity to the message
4. "Purposive Mind" and "Greater Mind"
   1. The unconscious mind is the location of "codes"
      1. Purposive Mind perceives messages

The unconscious mind connects the "purposive mind" to the Greater Mind

The purposeive mind normally perceives "arcs" within wider circuits

Communication and schismogenesis

The social context

Mutual influence

Greater Mind

Arcs and Circuits