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Presenter: Ms. N. Lewis
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The pattern of living that directs human social life.
Everything that humans learn and the things they
learn to use.
◦ language, religions, science, art, notions of right
and wrong, explanations of the meaning of life
According to Ralph Linton ( 1945) “ the culture of the society is the way of life of its members; the collection of ideas and habits which they learn, share and transmit from generation to generation"
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According to Jennifer Mohammad (2007) the culture being
the “Way of life of a people” is limited and must be
deconstructed. This is so because culture imbues all patterns
and processes in which people engage. For example, the
way of life could be worshipping, voting, earning a living and
interacting with different social groups. However, if we should
look at worshipping this is not the way of life for all.
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Values - standards for assessing good and
bad
Norms – behavioral expectations
Role – norms associated with a particular
position
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Culture is shared among a group. It is not
peculiar to one or a few persons, but it is
common to all members of society.
Culture is learnt- learning plays a key role in
transmission of culture from one generation
to the other.
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Culture is transmittable- culture comes
down from the past, is not created by any
one person or generation, and continues
beyond the individuals lifespan.
Culture is dynamic- it varies overtime and
place.
Culture is symbolic- it is meaningful to
people. Symbols are things or behaviours to
which people give meaning. For
example,national flag
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Culture is adaptive- in order to survive, culture must adapt to changes in societies.
Culture is dynamic- it is varies over time and place. It is not static
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Music, dance festivals, food, artefacts, Norms , values, beliefs, languages technology, places of worship, architecture
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CULTURE
MATERIAL CULTURE NON MATERIAL
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Popular Culture, high culture, mass culture and global culture are examples of cultural products.
Popular Culture- refers to music, visual and performing arts, literature, festivals, cuisine, poetry, artistic and designer creations that are promoted through the efforts of the mass media and foreign media.
Mass culture- refers to the lifestyle and values promoted through the mass media.
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Global Culture- this refers to culture which
has become popular with the use of ICTs
during the era of globalization.
Cyberculture- refers to the culture that has
emerged or emerging, from the use of
computer networks for communication
network entertainment and business.
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This view of culture was put forward by Raymond Williams in 1958.
He opposed the notion of the “ way of life” and “cultural products” and argued that culture is the process by which common meanings come to be accepted, debated and modified by people in society.
Culture is ordinary because it develops in every individual according to his or her experience.
It is not something that has a tangible existence.
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Culture is the meaning people have for something are those meaning are represented in ordinary life through behaviours, acts rituals and norms and so on. Thus, one can say culture is symbolic.
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It focuses not on the specific patterns of behaviour but on how people come to develop those sense of behaviour in the first place.
People live together and develop symbols which have significant meaning. Languages, gestures, habits, religion, marriage, aspirations act as symbols for a set of shared meaning and values.
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Culture is created and maintained through communication. For a society cultural reproduction becomes a major goal and this ensured through different ways of teaching the culture to members so that the shared values and norms are constantly reproduced.
Culture is learnt through the process of socialization which is part of Enculturation.
Culture is learnt via cultural diffusion that is the culture is spread from one society to the other.
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A popular way of using culture is to refer to a characteristic set of values and attitudes shared by a specific group or subculture within a larger group.
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Complete activities 2.8 & 2.15 on pages 43 and 54.