3.1 What is culture?

Question 1

Something to be aware of when using culture labels like “Asian culture” or “Latin culture” or “British culture” 3 points

Answer 1

1-It can be reductive, as it reduces diverse continents or countries into one solid coherent culture
2-It can easily drift into stereotyping
3-for example, if you think of the term “British culture”, one could immediately ask whether such a thing exists: not only is Great Britain made up of distinct and distinguished nations, but its population is varied and comes from a variety of backgrounds

Question 2

What relationships are especially relevant in the context of the disciplines of language and area studies?

Answer 2

the complex relationships between culture, language and nation

Question 3

Culture fills your heart 2 points

Answer 3

Some definitions of culture suggest that is an emotional and not rational quality,
2 which could imply that culture is a vague sentiment

Question 4

If you had to pick only 4 components to define culture what would you pick 2 points

Answer 4

1 the 4 components would be Customs (social habits, recipe for acting in a give circumstance) , Language, Traditions, Beliefs
2 It could be argue that it would be too simplistic as culture is made up of many different aspects, ranging from tradition to ethnicity to technology, or history

Question 5

the iceberg 5 points

Answer 5

1- implies that a big part of what we call culture is hidden and may not be obvious to someone comes from a different culture
2-some of the elements that make this part are beliefs, values, thought patterns or myths
3 and they are implicitly learned, unconscious, difficult to change, subjective knowledge
4 while the part you see is explicitly learned, conscious, easily changed, objective knowledge
5 the iceberg also suggest that people may not be fully aware of the individual cogs that make up their own culture or of the process through which their culture was learnt (implicit)

Question 6

whats the short definition of culture for anthropologists and other behavioral scientists

Answer 6

Culture is the full range of learned human behaviour patterns

Question 7

What did Edward B Tylor say culture is 2 points

Answer 7

in 1871, he said that culture is “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
2 since Tylor’s time, the concept of culture has become the central focus of anthropology

Question 8

is culture something we learn o transmit
2 points

Answer 8

1culture is something that humans learn and are able to transmit.
2 language plays a central role in the learning and transmission of culture