Unit 1 Flashcards
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When did the concept of culture appear?
The enlightenment period. Around the 18th century
What does culture mean?
It come from latin, and stems from agriculture.
It is about cultivating the mind
What was culture identified as when the concept first appeared?
Civilization. It was connected with people that had refined manners
What is Hofstede’s iceberg model an example of?
Culture shapes us in manners that we can’t see. A mental software is created from everything that we experience throughout life, especially in early childhood
What are some of the aspects to a culture that we do not see?
beauty standars, individualism, collectivism
the belief that your culture/ethnicity is the correct way to act. The best way to act
Ethnocentrism
Is there only one definition of a culture?
no. it is polemic.
What do A.R Holliday say about the discourses of culture?
We both construct, and are constructed by, the discourses of culture
What do Fay B say about the impacts of other cultures on our own?
Both the rejection and acceptance of another culture are equally impacting ones culture.
how do we distinguish migrants on time of changed residency?
Short-term (more than three months, but less than a year)
long-term(at least one year
What are reasons to the growth of migration?
conflicts, inequality, violence, environmental disasters, family unifications as well as easier menas for travelling
Who can we understand when studying cultures?
Ourselves and others
What are these factors to?
- Economic factor: development of a global marketplace
- Education: student mobility
- Arts: museums, festivals, international movies
- Gastronomy
- Social media
- Political initiatives
- International institutions
- Religions together in one place
- Sports
The growth of cultural diversity
Two modern inventions that have played an important role in globalization
Transport improvements and technological improvements
A term coined by McLuhan, talking about how the world will “get smaller” and be as a village. They will be connected through technology, media, transport and they will create a shared group mind
The “Global village”
Why did it take time to study culture as a dynamic phenomenon?
It is constantly reconstructed, and due to the ethnocentrism
8 Components of cultures
- Values
- symbols
- heroes
- rituals
- Norms
- Religion
- Language
- ethnicity
Abstract and general ideas that are important to us
Values
What is one of the most important comparative international research in social science?
The world values survey.
What did the world values survey study?
the attitudes/ opinions and values of people in the world
Societies create new ones all the time, and the reality for humans are found in the meaning things carry with them
Symbols
The things people say or do as a result of their attitudes, beliefs or values
Behavior
People who can be considered as models for behavior
Heroes
How to greet, social and religious ceremonies
Rituals
