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Culture. Story ßERUTLUC ßCULTURE Culture ßA source of freedom because it allows us to make and remake our world.

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1 Culture

2 Story ßERUTLUC ßCULTURE

3 Culture ßA source of freedom because it allows us to make and remake our world.

4 Culture shock

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9 Other examples of culture shock ßJapanese fancy toilet ßFrance – Versailles ßUS. From Japan ßEgypt – Plowing ßEgypt - Tipping

10 Components of Culture ßMaterial culture ßComputers ßNonmaterial culture ßReligion, ideas, values, beliefs, customs

11 Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis ßWorld perceived with cultural lens of language

12 How does culture control us? ßNorms ßGuidelines for behavior ßPrescriptive “should do” ßProscriptive “should not do” ßFolkways ßMores ßTaboos ßSanctions

13 How do cultures change? ßInvention ßDiscovery ßDiffusion

14 Culture lag ßDifferent cultural elements change at different rates

15 Cultural Diversity ßIdeal VS Real culture ßSubculture ßPoets, musicians, Amish ßCounterculture ßCultural patterns that oppose those that are widely held ßMilitia groups ßNew cultures ßImmigrants (Asia and Latin America)

16 Interpreting Culture ßEthnocentrism ßJudging a culture by your own standards ßCultural relativism ßJudging another culture by its own standards

17 Cultural Universals ßPart of every known culture ßHeterosexuality ßMarriage ßMusic ßStatus levels


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