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The Meaning of Culture

The Meaning of Culture. What is Culture?.

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The Meaning of Culture

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  1. The Meaning of Culture

  2. What is Culture? • Americans eat oysters but not snails. The French eat snails but not locusts. The Zulus eat locusts but not fish. The Jews eat fish but not pork. The Hindus eat pork and not beef. The Russians eat beef but not snakes. The Chinese eat snakes (and most everything else) but not people.

  3. Part 1: The Basics

  4. What is Culture? • DEFINITION: all shared products of human groups, including physical objects and beliefs, values and behaviors • Determines how we view the world

  5. What is Culture? • Sociological perspective of culture • Culture & human intelligence • Culture v. Society

  6. What is Culture? • Material Culture: • Physical objects, resources & spaces • Nonmaterial Culture: • Abstract human ideas (beliefs, values, rules, norms, morals, language, institutions) • Culture is dynamic, not static

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