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CULTURE
- Concept
- “Culture” stems from the Latin word ‘cultura’ that means cultivate the ground
- Scholars used the word ‘culture’ to denote ‘ universal human capacity’
- Tyler (1871) defined culture as a complex whole which includes language, knowledge, beliefs, art, moral, law, and other habits acquired as a member of a society
- “Culture” stems from the Latin word ‘cultura’ that means cultivate the ground
- Culture as learned
- Cultural orientation begins at birth,
- First language
- Socialization: behavior imposed by a society
- Beliefs: assumptions about ourselves and other people
- Values: what is right or wrong
- Traditions: customs, rituals, and practices pass down from one generation to another
- Cultural norms: expectations of appropriate behaviors
- Cultural shema: knowledge of the world can be used in thinking and communication
- Worldviews: philosophical beliefs about nature of humanity
- Cultural orientation begins at birth,
- Culture as
shared
- Culture is shared by members of groups
- Race: categorize people into different groups
- Ethnicity: people who share a common
culture
- Subcultures: the smaller group that exists in a larger culture
- Speech communities: people who use the same variety of
language
- Ingroups: groups with whom one feels emotionally
close
- Outgroups: groups with whom one feels no emotional
ties
- Culture is shared by members of groups
- Culture as relative
- Ethnocentrism: point of view that accepts one’s group’s standards as the best
- Ethnocentric mindset: individuals may make snap judgments about unfamiliar behaviors
- Ethnorevelatism: cultures can only be understood relative to one other and that behavior can be understood in a cultural context
- Ethnorevelatism: cultures can only be understood relative to one other and that behavior can be understood in a cultural context
- Ethnocentric mindset: individuals may make snap judgments about unfamiliar behaviors
- Ethnocentrism: point of view that accepts one’s group’s standards as the best
- Culture as dynamic and mediated
- Culture profile evolves as we mature and experience life
- We are exposed to new ways of being
- Culture is created and challenged through discourse
- Experience of culture can be affected by aspects of
ideo
- Intercultural interaction: people socializing in a different linguistic and cultural environment
- Intercultural interaction: people socializing in a different linguistic and cultural environment
- Experience of culture can be affected by aspects of
ideo
- Culture is created and challenged through discourse
- We are exposed to new ways of being
- Culture profile evolves as we mature and experience life
- Culture as individual, fragmentary and imaginary
- Each person has her own perception of cultural elements
- A particular language can mark our affiliation with a group
- Our understanding of “culture” depends on our social background
- Imagined community: how notions of culture are socially constructed
- Culture as nation: differences within national boundaries, ethnic groups, and races are obscured
- Each person has her own perception of cultural elements
- Culture as contested and as communication
- Culture is a code that we learn and share
- Culture is transmitted and learned through verbal and nonverbal communication
- Thanks to communication media we can preserve and pass along cultural elements
- Communication practices are transmitted by culture of each region
- Culture is a code that we learn and share
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