Thursday, September 27, 2012
Culture
What does culture mean to you ? Culture is what you belief, your knowledge, norms language behavior and material object shared by people. Culture can be passed from generation to generation and some it is referred to as the way of life. Culture consists of both material and non material elements. Material elements are like objects we can see and touch by people in a particular culture , objects like clothes, toys,painting, and housing which you can find in a museum. Non material culture refers to the idea of a culture like values, beliefs, ways on how to understand and live in the world. The idea and practice of culture makes up an entire way of life affecting how people eat, work, love, think and live . The element of culture which are Value, which is how people judge the world especially in terms of what is worthwhile like wealth, equals and success. The second one is belief which is people's opinion that people accept as facts like god exist. The third one is Knowledge, which is informations , understanding that make People communicate like language, mathematic and sociological insights . Another element is Norms which is rules and what people expect to be a appropriate behavior . Behavior which is also one of the element is the action associated with a group that help produce a distinct way of life like appropriate sexual behavior . The last one is Object and artifact like items that can be touch physically like food clothes and music. Values, knowledge, beliefs and norms are the idea of a culture which help to shape people's view toward the world, providing unwritten guidebook on what to think and how to behave
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Reading your blog made me understand more on ch.3 about culture. Its true how people have their own culture and its passed down from generation to generation. I also agree on how culture can afffect how a person can think, believe, even to eat or wear what they have to wear according to their values. We having that knowledge and living in New York City alone makes us open our eyes and to some people not discriminate on their culture cause whats normal to them may be weird to us but who are we to judge when we live a certain type of way as well. Nice Post =)
ReplyDeletei agree with our fellow classmate, culture can affect how a person can think. your blog was well written i liked it very well. i agree about how the element of culture which are Value, which is how people judge the world especially in terms of what is worthwhile like wealth, equals and success.this was well written. and am looking forward to reading more of your blogs
ReplyDeleteI like your breakdown of culture and how it pertains to us individually. I recently learned in my anthropology class that there are levels of culture like international, national, and subculture. For example subcultures are different cultural traditions associated with subgroups in the same nation. This could relate to religious practices with Jews, Baptists, or Roman Catholics.
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