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WHAT IS CULTURE
???
Created by :
Group 1
YASHINTA 11.06.0.061FANCA EFANA 11.06.0.063ASRIKO 11.06.0.064JUNITA MARIA 11.06.0.100DESI 11.06.0.098ILA NURKHOIRIAH 11.06.0.079MUTI 11.06.0.076DIAN SARI DEWI 11.06.0.062
Definitions of Culture
by scientist
Damen, L. (1987)
Culture is learned and shared human patterns
or models for living; day- to-day living patterns.
these patterns and models pervade all
aspects of human social interaction. Culture is
mankind's primary adaptive mechanism
Culture is the collective
programming of the mind which
distinguishes the members of one
category of people from another
Hofstede, G. (1984)
Lederach, J.P.
(1995)
Culture is the shared knowledge and schemes
created by a set of people for perceiving,
interpreting, expressing, and responding to the social realities around
them
Conclusion of definiti
on
Culture is the system of shared beliefs, values, customs,
behaviours, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with
one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning.
Why culture is important ??Culture is important because when the word
"culture" is mentioned, we can think of many things as "cultural", such as language,
clothings,etc because we classify cultures of different places. Culture is so important that it is more than its distinct visible features, if we extends this to the inner self of a person, to
members within a society, further to the whole community, maybe we can find some answers
by finding out how they are affected by culture,and also since culture can form
invisible bonds between members in the community, this can hold people with the same cultural background together, passing on the
values.
The examples
of different culture in the other countries
Shaking the head in a horizontal direction in most countries means ”no”, while in India it means “yes”, and in hindi language the voice lowers in pitch at the end of
a question.Showing the thumb held upwards means in Latin America, especially Brazil, but also in many other countries “everything’s ok”, while it is understood in some Islamic countries as well as Sardinia and Greece as a rude sexual sign. Laughing is connoted in most countries with happiness - in Japan it is often a sign of confusion, insecureness and embarrassment.
The examples of different culture in the another
countries
“Everything ok” is shown in western
European countries with the sign of the
thumb and forefinger forming an “O”. In Japan “now we may
talk about money”, in southern France the contrary (“nothing, without any value”), in Spain, some Latin American countries, Eastern Europe and
Russia it is an indecent sexual sign.
In North America as well as in Arabic
countries the pauses between words aren’t
too long, while in Japan pauses can give a contradictory sense to the spoken words by the meaning of pauses. Enduring
silence is perceived as comfortable in Japan, while in Europe and
North America it may cause insecureness
and embarrassment..
The examples of different culture in the another countries
In the UK Ireland and Commonwealth countries, the
word „compromise” has a positive meaning (as a consent,
an agreement where both parties win something); in the
USA it may rather have negative connotations (as both parties
lose something).In Mediterranean European
countries, Latin America and Sub Saharan Africa, it is normal, or at least widely tolerated, to arrive
half an hour late for a dinner invitaiton, whereas in Germany and Switzerland this would be
extremely rude.
The examples of different culture in the another countries
In dinner, in many Asian countries
and Central America it is well-
mannered to leave right after the dinner: the ones who don’t
leave may indicate they
have not eaten enough. In the
Indian Sub-Continent,
European and North American countries this is considered rude, indicating that the guest only
wanted to eat but wouldn’t enjoy
the company with the hosts.
In Africa, saying to a female
friend one has not seen for a while that she
has put on weight means
she is physically healthier than before or had a
nice holiday, whereas this
would be considered as
an insult in Europe, North America and
Australia.
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