Culture

2. CULTURE
● from Latin word “cultura” stemming from
“colere”, meaning “to cultivate”.
● patterns of human activities and the
symbolic structures
● Primitive Culture, 1871
● “complex whole which includes,
knowledge, belief, art, law, morals,
custom, and any other capabilities and
habits acquired by man as a member of
society.”
Edward B. Tylor

3. CULTURE
● “a way of life”or “design for living”.

4. Characteristics of
Culture

5. 1. Culture is EVERYTHING
● it is what a person has, does, and thinks as a part of society.
● Types of culture:
●Material culture
●Non-material culture

6. 2. Culture is LEARNED
● while we are born into cultures, we are not born with culture.
● it is not biological, we do not inherit it.
● much of learned culture is unconscious.
● enculturation, acculturation, deculturation.
● Malakas
● Magand
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● Gregorio
● San Andres
● Santo Tomas

7. 3. Culture is SHARED
● we are able to act in a socially appropriate ways, as well as
predict what others will act.

8. 4. Culture is SYMBOLIC
● it is vary and only have meaning when people in a culture agree
on their use.

9. 5. Culture is DYNAMIC
● culture changes every time.

10. Why Culture
is Important?