A short summary of grid-group cultural theory
Here’s a short article from the Guardian newspaper from 2007 that explains grid-group cultural theory quite succinctly. It describes a lecture the anthropologist Mary Douglas gave for the Young Foundation in conjunction with University College London.
Here’s a Fourcultures take on the value of Mary Douglas’s work in this area – a way of trying not to fool yourself.
And here’s a diagram, courtesy of People&Place:
June 9, 2010 at 8:13 am |
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