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HOW WE VIEW CULTURES

HOW WE VIEW CULTURES. DO WE OR SHOULD WE JUDGE?. HOW WE VIEW CULTURES.

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HOW WE VIEW CULTURES

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  1. HOW WE VIEW CULTURES DO WE OR SHOULD WE JUDGE?

  2. HOW WE VIEW CULTURES • JOURNAL: For your warm up, take 5 minutes and DEFINE CULTURE. After you have offered a “generic” definition, DEFINE YOUR CULTURE in 3-5 sentences [THINK in terms of how would you explain yourself to someone who has never lived in Arlington or the US]. DISCUSS

  3. HOW WE DEFINE CULTURE " Culture is the system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. " umanitoba.ca " Culture is the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations. " Merriam Webster Dictionary " Culture is a shared, learned, symbolic system of values, beliefs and attitudes that shapes and influences perception and behavior -- an abstract mental blueprint or mental code. " eou.edu " Culture is the totality of socially transmitted behaviorpatterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. " The Free Dictionary

  4. HOW YOU VIEW CULTURE • RE-visit YOUR JOURNAL RESPONSE: • Did you DESCRIBE YOUR BEHAVIOR in any manner? Why or why not? Why is behavior an important aspect of culture? TAKE 5

  5. HOW WE VIEW CULTURES Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate,") generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. In general, the term culture denotes the whole product of an individual, group or society of intelligent beings. It includes technology, art, science, as well as moral systems and the characteristic behaviors and habits of the selected intelligent entities. In particular, it has specific more detailed meanings in different domains of human activities.

  6. HOW WE VIEW CULTURES Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to classify, codify and communicate their experiences symbolically. This capacity has long been taken as a defining feature of the humans. However, primatologists have identified aspects of culture among human's closest relatives in the animal kingdom.[1] It can be also said that culture is the way people live in accordance to beliefs, language, history, or the way they dress. (Wikipedia.com)

  7. HOW WE VIEW CULTURES ACTIVITY_#1: http://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html (article copy) Assignment:READ the article (10-15 minutes). Go back to your original definition in your journal and re-read it. Is your definition still valid? How would you apply your definition to this culture. Use the breakdown below to write your POST REFLECTION. IN YOUR JOURNAL, write a 1 page reflection in which you include the following: 1. (1st Paragraph): React to the culture described in the article 3-5 sentences. 2. (2nd Paragraph): Consider the following questions--Could you adapt to this culture? Would you experience culture shock if suddenly placed in this culture? 4-8 sentences. 3. (3rd Paragraph): Address the question--What is a savage? Relate your definition to the article. 3-5 sentences. LAST TEN:As a class, we will discuss this article AFTER you have read and written your personal reflection.

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