WHAT IS CULTURE?

A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the

behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept,
generally without thinking about them, and that are
passed along by communication and imitation from one
generation to the next.

CULTURE AND SOCIETY

Culture and society are co-existent one does not or cannot
exist without the other culture and society may have some
common elements but the two are not the same they are not
identical the essential difference is that society is composed
of people while culture consists of knowledge, ideas, customs,
traditions, folkways, mores, skills, institutions, organizations
and artifacts. Culture change cause societys lines change
some societies by to protect themselves from the invasion of
how much culture from other countries, technology in its
many homes has now increased the speed or cultural
diffusion and has broadened the distribution of cultural
elements. Society sociologist often uses either word
interchangeably to refer to the complex whole.

The fundamental concepts of society, culture, persons, environment, time and

the concepts of power, authority, gender and technology are to be integrated
across The Social and Cultural World.

FORMS OF CULTURE
High Culture linked with the elite, upper class society, those families and individuals with
an ascribed status position. It is often associated with the arts such as opera, ballet and
classical music, sports such as polo and lacrosse, and leisure pursuits such as hunting and
shooting. Clearly, high culture is associated with a small elite in society, who, it is argued,
operate a system of social closure not allowing entry to outsiders thus ensuring that
high culture maintains its elite and exclusive position.
Subculture is culture enjoyed by a small group within society. In this sense, it is a
minority part of majority culture. They have distinct norms and values, which make them,
sub-section of society. Examples of subcultures in the UK include youth groups such as
emus and skaters, or religious groups such as the Scientologists (New Age Traveler
Groups).
Popular Culture suggested that it borrows the idea from high culture and popularizes it,
making it available for the masses. Thereby it is depicted to be a product of the media
dominated world; that it is a positive force because it brings people of different
backgrounds together in a common culture.
Multiculturalism depicted to be very similar to cultural diversity, other definitions align
multiculturalism with different ethnic groups living alongside each other.
Global Culture - Globalization is the process by which events in one part of the world come
to influence what happens elsewhere in the world. They has become interconnected;
socially, politically and economically. A global culture is a key feature of globalization; they
emerged due to patterns of migration, trends in international travel and the spread of the
media, exposing people to the same images of the same dominant world companies.

HIGH CULTURE
June in Ljubljana is a festival heralding the beginning of summer in
Ljubljana and bringing high culture to the city streets. From 8 to 21
June, Ljubljana's Congressing trig square, renovated last year, will host
a programmed of entertainment, music and children's events during the
day, and prestigious opera and theatre performances in the evening.

GLOBAL CULTURE

SYMBOLIC COMPONENTS OF CULTURE

is the spread of cultural itemssuch as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages etc.
between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another. It is distinct
from the diffusion of innovations within a specific culture.

GROWTH AND SPREAD OF CULTURE

CHARACTERISTIC OF CULTURE

Culture is learned. It is not biological; we do not inherit it.

Much of learning culture is unconscious. We learn culture from
families, peers, institutions, and media. The process of
learning culture is known as enculturation. While all humans
have basic biological needs such as food, sleep, and sex, the
way we fulfill those needs varies cross-culturally.

Culture is shared. Because we share culture with other

members of our group, we are able to act in socially
appropriate ways as well as predict how others will act.
Despite the shared nature of culture, that does not mean that
culture is homogenous (the same). The multiple cultural
worlds that exist in any society are discussed in detail below.

Culture is base on symbols. A symbol is something that

stands for something else. Symbols vary cross-culturally and
are arbitrary. They only have meaning when people in a
culture agree on their use. Language, money and art are all
symbols. Language is the most important symbolic
component of culture.

Culture is integrated. This known as holism, or the

various parts of a culture interconnected. All aspects of a
culture related to one another and truly understand a culture,
one must learn about all of its parts, not only a few.

Culture is dynamic. This simply means that cultures

interact and change. Because most cultures are in contact
with other cultures, they exchange ideas and symbols. All
cultures change, otherwise, they would have problems
adapting to changing environments. In addition, because
cultures are integrated, if one component in the system
changes, it is likely that the entire system must adjust

CULTURAL INTEGRATION
AND VARIATION

ASPECTS OF CULTURAL VARIATION

Three

aspects of the self (private, public, collective) with

different probabilities in different kinds of social
environments were sample. Three dimensions of cultural
variation (individualismcollectivism, tightnesslooseness,
cultural complexity) discussed in relation to the sampling of
these three aspects of self. The more complex the culture,
the more frequent the sampling of the public and private
self and the less frequent the sampling of the collective
self. The more individualistic the culture, the more frequent
the sampling of the private self and the less frequent the
sampling of the collective self. Collectivism, external
threat, competition without groups, and common fate
increase the sampling of the collective self. Cultural
homogeneity results in tightness and in the sampling of the
collective self. The article outlines theoretical links among
aspects of the environment, child-rearing patterns, and
cultural patterns, which are link to differential sampling of
aspects of the self. Such sampling has implications for
social behavior.

ATTITUDE TOWARDS CULTURAL

VARIATION

CULTURAL LAG AND CULTURAL SURVIVAL

MARIE

JOY AMORADO
ELSA CABALAN
RUBY ROSELLE

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