Culture

Culture is like an iceberg…

Elements of Culture

Culture

KnowledgeLanguageValuesCustomsMaterial Objects

Learned “Enculturation”

SharedPatternedMutually ConstructedSymbolicArbitraryInternalized

How Culture Began

Formed around cultural hearths Iraq Mesopotamia Egypt Nile River India Indus River China Huang He River

How Culture Began

Agriculture Surplus Settlement

Civilization – highly organized, city-based societies with advanced knowledge of farming, trade, government, art, & science

Specialized labor

Industrial Revolution, Informational Revolution

Internal Forces External Forces

Culture changes evolution

Technology is the key

Diffusion – spreading

Acculturation – adopting Assimilation Integration Separation Marginalization

How Does Culture Change?

Cultural Regions

Why is Culture Important?