The BBFC classifies films for the purposes of informing adults and protecting children from images that may shock or disturb them. ...
Classification can also be used as a tool for biological purposes. RA Crowson states that "In all branches of natural history…Classification…has always occupied a central position." its purposes being to segment and sort areas, species and artefacts in manageable blocks of information which can be understood by others. ... This results in a hierarchical system of classification with the highest category consisting of all living things. ... This relatively universal means of classification means that all scientists can look at the classification of an organism and from that have some knowledge of the organism itself. This is a conscious system of classification and differs from our everyday Ad-hoc Classifications. ... Likewise though the early classification of homosexuality as an illness is now defunct, the classification of sexual orientation, categorising people as gay, straight or BI-sexual is still necessary. While sexual orientation is not an ad-hoc classification, this example shows how though some classifications may become defunct, related classifications still abound, and are still vital and necessary in the world, and will probably continue to be. ... Classification facilities diversity.
We use classification as a way of establishing our identity. ... The first classification that someone must make about himself or herself in the quest for identity is the most fundamental. ... We have to think, because classification relies on differences as well as similarities. We may also need to redefine our own classification systems because the superficial classifications we apply to others can not stand up to the scrutiny of relating them to ourselves. ... Berger supports this with his comparison of Haitian and New York methods of classification. ... Same behaviour but a different classification, depending on whom is doing the classifying. Neither classification is wrong, although a New York psychiatrist with no belief in the super natural would say that the diagnosis of the Haitian witch doctor was wrong, while the Haitian witch doctor, if he has knowledge of modern psychiatric diagnoses would berate the psychiatrist for his close mindedness. ... If by classifying a person as black you assume that they are ignorant, stupid and sub-human then you are not mis-using classification, but attributing negative attributes to a classification. ...
This brings us to the question; can we ever absolutely decide that someone elses system of classification is wrong? As we’ve said children are raised to take social reality, and the classification systems used by our parents for granted. ... It would not be until you ventured outside your society into another where people sat on chairs that you would have any idea of the different classification of chairs.
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