Primary Message Systems

According to Hall, (p. 37) Primary Message Systems of culture must meet three criteria:

A. They must be rooted in Biological Activity

B. They must be able to isolated and analyzed individually

C. At the same time, they must be reflected in the rest of culture and have the rest of culture reflected in them.

They are:

Interaction:
-a natural urge to want to interact with people
-highest form of interaction is speech and reinforced by tone of voice and gesture
-you define who you are by negative or positive interactions
-everything grows from interaction
-gender roles apply to it
-interacting is the basic of all the PMS because you are always interacting, just as you are always communicating with people

Association:
-biological needs, family unit which our initial association
-association also provides safety
- gender rules apply to association
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Subsistence:
-beg. of time.. how to survive.. natural instincts
-food shelter water
-basic needs, taking what you need to get by
-Subsistence-->Temporality is referred to the circle of life. life continuously changes. full of rhythms and cycles. mother nature is a good example of subsistence. when the environment changes species change to adapt to their surroundings in order to live and survive to become the more dominant species.




Bisexuality:
-Gender roles, how we behave is determined by our sex at birth
-isolated male/female
-Subsistence - reproduction, survival of species.
-Interaction - younger kids playing with other children similar to themselves.
-Territory -  certain roles that women/men play the opposite gender usually does not.
-Association -  women's clubs, military, sports teams.




Territoriality:
-has to deal with the use, possession, and conflict over space.
-territory, by itself, is the space YOU, as a person, occupy.
-territory and sustinece, competing over resources in said territory
- territory and play: territory established based on game rules (e.g- safe area in tag)
- territory in defense- conflicts arise when space is occupied by animals or even nature (i.e cutting down trees)
-territory by association: more space indicated higher standing in a kingdom/workplace.





Temporality:
Isolation- Time cannot be recovered when lost.
Biology- Heart beat, Circadian rhythm, internal processes
Subsistence- Food, Breathing... you don't eat you body tells you, then you die.
Defense- Time as speed attacks or attacking when not ready
Interaction- Language and poetry




Learning:




Play:





Defense:







Exploitation (use of materials):