Components
This component of culture is the result of a combination of physical objects and rules such as computers and the internet etiquette
Technology
Features common to all cultures
What is culture?
The ideas and self-concepts of a group or society (e.g., artifacts, attitudes, beliefs, customs, norms, symbols, and values) in a particular place and time, passing from one generation to the next.
The rollerskating moms and kids in the lunch room in Fresh off the Boat demonstrated this
Ethnocentrism
Why might ethnocentrism cause a culture to stagnate?
Not open to new ideas
subcultures
Time between changes, when ideas and beliefs are adapting to new material conditions
Cultural lag
The 60s is widely known for this movement
counterculture
How does society enforce cultural norms?
By rewarding those who follow them and outcasting those who do not.
Organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system
Language
Subculture which rejects the major values, norms and practices of larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns
involves the spreading of culture traits - ideas and beliefs as well as material objects - from one society to another
Cultural diffusion
The "God Made a Farmer" superbowl commercial represented...
American Values
What can language tell us about a culture?
The words they have chosen to use tell what their values are.
The very basis of human culture - how we create our culture and communicate it
Tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior
Which perspective would agree with this analysis of culture?
Culture reflects and enforces the values of those who hold power. It encourages and maintains social inequality. Subcultures and countercultures challenge those in power. Ethnocentrism encourages discrimination against the powerless.
Conflict
The article on "DNA is not your Culture" shows that culture is ...
based on experiences, not your ethnic background
Why is it important to use cultural relativism when evaluating a culture?
Because differing values between cultures are not indicative of lack of morality or intelligence, etc.
Norms
Includes folkways, mores, and laws
The belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards rather than by applying the standards of another culture
cultural relativism
How is real culture different from ideal culture?
Real culture is the reality, or what is truly valued in a culture whereas ideal culture is what the members of a society claim to have.
Playing the card game barnga represented ...
How might values contradict each other within one culture?
The American value of family sometimes contradicts the value of hard work and success because people have to sacrifice one for the other.