Names from Cultural field
He is a Russian-language poet, Turkologist, politician, and anti-nuclear activist who wrote about Turkic influence on The Tale of Igor’s Campaign (Slovo o Polku Igoreve).
Olzhas Suleimenov
Who is digital nomad?
Professionals or entrepreneurs of a particular field who are not tied to a specific physical place in their work. They usually work via the Internet.
Language, rituals, customs and traditions etc. are examples of....culture
Non-material
Why Sapir-Wharf hypothesis is considered as hypothesis?
Their arguments have not been proven yet
A culture that is concerned with the external, mechanical and utilitarian object.
Material culture
The first Kazakh opera and who is the composer?
Yevgeny Brusilovsky "Kyz-Zhibek"
What is Tengrism?
Ethnic and old state Turko-Mongolic religion originating in the Eurasian steppes, based on folk shamanism, animism and generally centered around the titular sky god Tengri
What is sufism
Mystical branch of Islam seeks direct personal experience of the divine, often through practices like chanting, music, and dance.
What can you tell about symbolic view of culture?
Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner regarded culture as the system of signs which are created by human activity and which need practices and context.
The author and director of the film My Name is Kozha
Berdibek Sokpakbaev, Abdulla Karsakbayev
Who is considered the founder of Kazakh modern art and one of the most prominent figures in the development of Kazakh painting?
Abilkhan Kasteev
Classical types of nomadism
semi-nomadic, semi-settled, distant, yaylak
What is ‘cultural meme’ and who first introduced this term?
concept introduced by Richard Dawkens and stands for a popular, repeatable, transferable cultural unit that is similar to human genes.
What is pragmatics in semiotics according to Charles Morris?
how signs affect human behaviour
what is morality?
Set of personal or social standards for good or bad behavior and character
The director of the first Kazakh sound film and the year it was released
Moisei Levin "Amangeldy", 1938
Material achievements of nomadic tribes in ancient time
chariots, weapons, metallic industry, jewelry animal style, yurt (tent), pants, boots, felts, Golden Man, domestication of horses
What is semiosis? and who used semiosis in semiotics
The process of sign interpretation, Charles Peirce
What is hard and soft version of Sapir-Wharf hypothesis?
Hard - 1. Language definitely determines the thoughts.
Soft - 2. Language influences on some aspects of behavior and perceptions of the world.
Which famous Kazakh actor starred in the films Trans-Siberian Railway and Kyz Zhibek?
Asanali Ashimov
Who did introduce the term 'Culture studies' and when?
An American anthropologist Leslie A.White in 1949
Who is Toxaris / Toxarid and what do you know about him?
An educated Scythian who, during the time of Solon, arrived in Athens together with Anacharsis (see entry) and lived there until the end of his days. He was respected by everyone, including for his skills as a physician. Lucian dedicated a special work to him (a dialogue on friendship).
What is cultural code? And who first used this concept?
Culture code is a key method developed by Clotaire Rapaille to understanding the type of culture, unique cultural features encoded in some form of information to identify the culture.
The Swiss researcher who developed the theory of semiotics and regarded the language as a complex sign system and how he called this discipline?
Ferdinand de Saussure, semiology
What is paradox? Examples of paradox in morality?
Contradictory statements, thoughts, meanings against the established norms; e.g. war, abortion, murder, lie, etc.