Refers to a lifestyle and human-made environment which includes all the material and non-material product of life that are transmitted from one generation to the next.
CULTURE
Types of Culture
MATERIAL AND NON-MATERIAL CULTURE
Comprises articles that are identified with the material part of our life.
MATERIAL CULTURE
dress, food, family products, school, materials, churches, temple, factories, etc.
MATERIAL CULTURE
Alludes to thoughts, standard, musing, and conviction.
NON-MATERIAL CULTURE
Symbols, language, values, and norms.
NON-MATERIAL CULTURE
7 Aspects of Culture
LANGUAGE
ACTION
IDENTITY
VALIDITY
HISTORY
SPACE
EXPERIENCE
Mother tongue, lingo, and dialect
LANGUAGE
Regime, work, justice, organization, religion, techniques, science and
ACTION
Self-consciousness and self-esteem
IDENTITY
Values, opinions, laws, and meaning
VALIDITY
Time, experience, milestone, and myths
HISTORY
Spatial experience, functional spaces, and living space
SPACE
Rituals, customs, and practices
EXPERIENCE
One of the founders of modern anthropology, characterize culture as a “complex whole” which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, law, moral, custom, and any other capabilities, and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
EDWARD BURNETT TAYLOR
Define culture as a “communicative knowledge”, “conversational understanding”, and “communicated idea”
ROBERT RANULP MARRET
Define culture as a cultivation is the process of transmitting and acquiring traditions as a result of which society is perpetuated.
RADCLIFFE BROWN
7 Characteristics of Culture
CULTURE IS SOCIAL
CULTURE VARIES
CULTURE IS SHARED
CULTURE IS LEARNED
CULTURE IS TRANSMITTED
CULTURE IS CONTINUOUS
CULTURE IS GRATIFYING
Culture does not exist in isolation; it is a product of society. It is developed though social interaction.
CULTURE IS SOCIAL
Every society has a culture of its own that differs from other societies. It is unique by itself, and it’s not uniform.
CULTURE VARIES
Culture is not an individual alone can possess. Culture is sociological sense, is shared.
CULTURE IS SHARED
Culture is not inborn, it is learned.
CULTURE IS LEARNED
Culture is always learned by people from others. Culture is made possible by language.
CULTURE IS TRANSMITTED
Main vehicle of culture
LANGUAGE