000			02873cam a2200241 i 4500
001			0000269621
003			0001
008			181219s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780199908042 (paperback)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
042			_apcc
082	0	0	_a306 _223
084			_a306 _bBEN-C
100	1		_aBennardo, Giovanni.
245	1	0	_aCultural models _h[Book] : _bgenesis, methods, and experiences / _cGiovanni Bennardo, Victor C. de Munck.
300			_aix, 325 pages : _c23 cm.
365			_a01 _b0.00
520			_aThis book is about cultural models. Cultural models are defined as molar organizations of knowledge. Their internal structure consists of a 'core' component and 'peripheral' nodes that are filled by default values. These values are instantiated, i.e., changed to specific values or left at their default values, when the individual experiences 'events' of any type. Thus, the possibility arises for recognizing and categorizing events as representative of the same cultural model even if they slightly differ in each of their specific occurrences. Cultural models play an important role in the generation of one's behavior. They correlate well with those of others and the behaviors they help shape are usually interpreted by others as intended. A proposal is then advanced to consider cultural models as fundamental units of analysis for an approach to culture that goes beyond the dichotomy between the individual (culture only in mind) and the collective (culture only in the social realm). The genesis of the concept of cultural model is traced from Kant to contemporary scholars. The concept underwent a number of transformations (including label) while it crossed and received further and unique elaborations within disciplines like philosophy, psychology, anthropology, sociology, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. A methodological trajectory is outlined that blends qualitative and quantitative techniques that cross-feed each other in the gargantuan effort to discover cultural models. A survey follows of the extensive research about cultural models carried out with populations of North Americans, Europeans, Latino- and Native-Americans , Asians (including South Asians and South-East Asians), Pacific Islanders, and Africans. The results of the survey generated the opportunity to propose an empirically motivated typology of cultural models rooted in the primary difference between foundational and molar types. The book closes with a suggestion of a number of avenues that the authors recognize the research on cultural models could be traversing in the near future.
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aCulture _vCase studies.
700	1		_aDe Munck, Victor C.
852			_p59091 _95725.00 _h306 BEN-C _vSecond Wind _b2nd Floor _dBooks _t1 _q1-New _aJZL-CUI
999			_c73021 _d73021