Today
in Human Geography we started a PowerPoint on cultures. We first went over the
definition of culture. Mr. Schick, as usual, went out of his way to get three
sources for the same definition. Overall, a summary of the three definition is
that a culture, or culture, is a behavior or knowledge shared by a group of
people, that are usually passed from generation to generation. There was a long
list of points on the next slide that covered what culture could be and then
some. However, there was another slide with the key elements, being language,
values, norms, and beliefs, social activity and interaction, and the arts and
sciences. Language, by definition, is a set of symbols used to assign and
communicate meaning. Language can be represented as the spoken word or written
symbols. Language also enables us to find meaning for the things in and around
us, and communicate about it. Beliefs can be represented by religion, faith
(which I thought was the same thing as religion), or family. Norms a behaviors
or activities that are considered to be ‘normal’ by the culture there. Norms
can be anything culture related, as long as it is present in the way a society
acts.
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