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Culture
Recall:
• We are social beings
• We live in groups
• We interact with each other in
groups
• Groups have an impact on us
Culture
• Culture is everything that is
learned and shared by members
of a social group. This includes
the values or ideas about what is
important to the people in the
group.
BELIEFS
ideas
VALUES
what is
good/bad
CULTURELearned
Shared
Passed on
MORES
Formal
behaviour
NORMS
behaviour
FOLKWAYS
manners
LAWS
rules
Suppose
• You were asked to pack a suitcase
with items that best describe your
culture, what would you include????
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Clothes
Music
Pictures
Games
Etc
The contents of your suitcase would
reveal your cultural baggage
Culture
Material
Non-material
• Things that are
created by
humans
• Buildings
• Autos
• Computers
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Behaviours
Symbols
Attitudes
Values of the
culture
Causes of Cultural
Variation
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Environment / Geography
Invention and Discovery
Isolation or Integration
Basic Values / Goals
Environment / Geography
• The area in which a group of
people live will determine, to
some extent the type of culture
they develop.
 Climate: type and style of clothing,
physical features
 Natural Resources: development of
economic base, housing styles
 Topography: settlement patterns
Invention and Discovery
• One group of people will not
necessarily invent or discover the
same things as another group; or
they may use the same discovery but
in unique ways.
 Europeans had advantages in warfare over
the First Nations due to the discovery of
gunpowder
 Central American First Nations discovered
the wheel but only used it on toys.
 Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Isolation or Integration
• A culture may develop without
interacting with other cultures, it
may develop in isolation and will
therefore develop in a different way
than other cultures.
 Certain tribal cultures, Mennonites, Amish
 Cultural Diffusion- when one culture is spread from
one location to another
ie: American Culture of TV, Internet, tea (orginally
from China), globalization, Disney in Japan
Basic Values / Goals
• Those things which are
considered worthwhile and
good to any group of people are
that group’s basic values.
 North America—technology is progress
 First Nations---harmony with the land
 Canadian-equality and fairness in a
democratic society
 Japan---work ethic
Culture Terms
• Cultural relativism is the
belief that it is important to
respect the diversity of other
cultures; behaviours and
customs of any culture must
be viewed and analyzed by the
culture’s own standards.
• Ethnocentrism is the belief
that one’s culture is standard
and thus, superior to others.
Culture Terms
Multiculturalism is the
practice of maintaining the
unique characteristics of
each cultural group in a
society that includes one or
more different cultures.
New ideas and art forms are
among the benefits of a
multicultural society. Being
exposed to different
cultures can enrich the
lives of individuals and
benefit society as a whole.
Cultural Terms
• Subcultures are a group
of people that share
certain values and beliefs
with the larger culture,
but have characteristics
that members share only
with each other.
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First Nations
Acadians
Military
Teenagers
Culture Terms
• Acculturation is the process by
which members of subordinate
racial and ethnic groups become
absorbed into the dominant culture
(Also known as cultural
assimilation). The members of an
ethnic group adopt the dominant
group traits, such as language,
dress, values, religion and food
preferences.
 “melting pot”