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Structuration TheoryStructuration theory, in anthropology, maintains that a repeated cultural practice builds social structure, and that practices are dictated by the social structure. This theory explains how culture endures, yet allows for cultural (that is, social) change. Instigators of social change are called generative actors, and promote cultural change by defying cultural normatives. Noted examples include Galileo and Rosa Parks. Cultural change can also occur gradually as people reinterpret their cultural ideology. Such change would probably best be explained through the approach of historical particularism, which attempts to explain the origin of cultural ideas. Anthony Giddens formulated a sociological structuration theory. See also structuralism.
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