Readings in

World
Cultural Comparisons

D.R.White, UC Irvine, Fall 2001

packet 1: research orientationÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ title pageÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝ1

1. Variables

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Focus on relationships between variables ÝÝÝÝ http://worldcultures.org/~drwhite/courses/trina.htmÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Index of SCCS CodesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ http://worldcultures.org/~drwhite/courses/stdsvars.htmlÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Variables in SPSS (*.sav)Ý files for analysisÝ http://worldcultures.org/~drwhite/courses/stdsstud.htmlÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

2. Spatial Linkages

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ White-Veit Atlas - Maps of VariablesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ http://worldcultures.org/~drwhite/ethnoatlas/index.htmlÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ see web page for individual maps!

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ White and Murdock - PinpointingÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ http://worldcultures.org/~drwhite/courses/STDSAMPL.htmÝÝÝ 18ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Maps of SocietiesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ --Murdock and White ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 23ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Bibliography for Coded VariablesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ --WhiteÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Maps of CivilizationsÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ --Wilkinson 1200-1300-1400-1500-1600-1700-1800-1900 27ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

3. Civilizational LinkagesÝ DefinitionsÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ --WilkinsonÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

4. A Sample StudyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 31

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ World-system and regional linkages as causally implicatedÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ (pagination below is within articles)

in local level conflicts at the Ethnographic HorizonÝÝ --WhiteÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 111-137ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝ

5. Reviews of LiteratureÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

Substantive ContributionsÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ --Ember and LevinsonÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝ79-139

Cross-Cultural Surveys TodayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ --Burton and WhiteÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 143-160ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

The purpose of this packet is to get you tuned to thinking of cultures in terms of patterns of variables that are partly self-organizing but also reflective of and affected by larger patterns (human patterns, contemporary worlds, symbiotic and co-evolutionary patterns).Ý Packets of culture, thought of in this way, are not discrete: Cultures are not units, they are local points of coherence or decoherence, intersecting patterns.Ý So in this course we take samples of how such variables play out for a particular human group at some pinpointed spatiotemporal locality, fully aware that the patterns of that locality embed and are embedded in patterns at other levels.Ý The sample constitutes something of a time machine, not oriented to the future, but to the past.Ý Many of the patterns we will see in the past will play themselves out, in amplified or dampened form, in those of the present and the future.

Hence you are not going to "compare" distinct units called "cultures."Ý You are going to engage in research on cultural comparisons on a world scale, and learn research skills that will be invaluable in your lives and careers, adopting the perspectives of anthropologists perceiving cultural patterns within a dynamic compass, and one within which the observer is among the observed.

The sample study is especially well attuned to viewing cultural phenomena at the civilization and world-systems level, the local level, and the intermediate levels, such as regional interactions global inter-societal interactions can be viewed.

Grading ñ see web - http://eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~drwhite/courses/WCC01.htm