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Discover the essence of culture as the accumulation of beliefs, customs, values, and behaviors shared through generations. Unveil the dimensions, styles, and evolving features of cultures worldwide. Learn to approach cultures analytically and interpret them with caution.
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What is culture? • Culture is the total accumulation of beliefs, customs, values, behaviors, institutions and communication patterns that are shared, learned and passed down through the generations in an identifiable group of people.
Characteristics of all cultures 1. Culture has many dimensions: Political, Legal, Religion, Medicine, Food, etc
2. Culture has many styles: Ruling, the ruled, Regional, Sub-cultures, etc
4. Culture has many evolving features: Some more coherent and some not
Cultures are always changing • Changes in behaviors and customs • Changes in basic patterns and values
Beginning to do culture • seeing your culture the way others who are not a part of it see it • looking at your culture in comparison with other cultures
The goal is to learn to approach your own culture more analytically and to encourage us to be cautious when interpreting another culture.