CULTURE

Culture consists of all the shared values, beliefs and practices of human groups

What is culture?

MATERIAL CULTURE

The physical objects that people create and use

Examples: Automobiles Books Buildings Clothing Cooking utensils

Abstract human creations Examples:

Beliefs Ideas Languages Political & Economic

systems Rules Work practices

NON MATERIAL CULTURE

MANY PEOPLE WILL USE CULTURE & SOCIETY INTERCHANGEABLY

Society: a group of people who have organized and share a common culture and feeling of unity

SOCIETY VS. CULTURE Culture represents beliefs and practices of

a group of people

Society represents the people that make up those groups

Can’t have one without the other – although different

A number of different types of Culture together make up a Society

COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

TECHNOLOGY

Knowledge and tools people use for practical purposes

SYMBOLS

Anything that represents something else and has a shared meaning attached to it

LANGUAGE

Organization of written or spoken symbols into a standardized system

標準化されたシステムへの書かれていたか、または話されていた記号の構成。

Η οργάνωση των γραπτών ή προφορικών συμβόλων σε ένα τυποποιημένο σύστημα.

Organisationen av skriftliga eller talade symboler in i ett standardiserat system.

VALUES

Shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable

NORMS

Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.

4 Main Types of Norms

1. Folkways 2. Mores3. Laws4. Taboos

FOLKWAYS

Norms that describe socially acceptable behavior but do not have great moral significance attached to them

Examples: Shaking someone’s

hand you just met Not burping at the

dinner table

MORES

Have great moral significance attached to them – not necessarily against the law though

Examples: Religious doctrines

like premarital sex Lying Cheating on

someone

LAWS

Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government

Examples:

TABOOS

Norm held by a society or culture so strongly that a violation typically results in extreme disgust

Examples: Racist comments Child Abuse Eating Pork in Muslim

countries