The document outlines the differences between the study of culture and cultural studies. The study of culture deals with academic disciplines like sociology, anthropology, and English literature and examines culture without a defined origin point. Cultural studies is a broader field constituted by ideas, images, and social practices that provides frameworks for discussing objects. While cultural studies rejects institutional legitimacy, the Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies was formed at the University of Birmingham in the 1960s and helped establish self-defined cultural studies in various regions globally.