UNDERSTANDING CULTURE-AND-SOCIETY-Lesson-1.ppt

Understanding Culture, Social And Political

1. CULTURE AND SOCIETY Understanding Culture Society and Politics KIM ARTHUR B. CARGULLO Subject Teacher

2. Objectives:

3. Culture Comes form the Latin word Cultura meaning “Care” and Cultus meaning “ Civilization”. It can be defined as complicated system of behaviors that share and practice by a given group of people or society. (Harper 2010) “Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.” Thomas Carlyle

4. Culture “Refers to complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as members of society.” Edward B. Taylor A ll the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation.

5. Types of Culture Material Culture Refers to tangible things such as food, technological tools, architectural structures, fashion and accessories. Non-Material Culture Refers to intangible things such as ideas, language and symbols, religion, behaviors, gesture and habits.

6. Elements of Culture The major elements of culture are: Symbols Language Norms V alues, A rtifacts

7. Symbols is anything that is used to stand for something else.

8. Language is a system of words and symbols used to communicate with other people. This includes full languages as we usually think of them, such as Filipino, English, Spanish, French, etc. but, it also includes body language, slang, and common phrases that are unique to certain groups of people.

9. Norms Refers to  the standards we live by . They are the shared expectations and rules that guide behavior of people within social groups. Cultural norms are learned and reinforced from parents, friends, teachers and others while growing up in a society.

10. Norms Folkways - pattern of repetitive behavior which becomes habitual and conventional part of living. “Customs” Mores – The Set of Ethical standards and Moral Obligations as dictates of reason that distinguish human acts as right or wrong, bad from good.

11. Norms Technology – the practical application of knowledge in converting raw materials into finished products.

12. Values It is the culture's core beliefs about what's good or right . We all have cultural values. These are sometimes called 'cultural value preferences'. They're informed by the cultures we most associate ourselves with. These values are neither positive nor negative - they're just differences.

13. A rtifacts  Refers to items that contains vital information about the people and the culture they relates to or for which they were used . Cultural artifacts may be economic, political, religious, or social so long as they are representative of that society.

14. Let’s find out!

15. Ethnocentrism the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture. Part of ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own race, ethnic or cultural group is the most important or that some or all aspects of its culture are superior to those of other groups.

16. Examples of Ethnocentrism

17. Cultural Relativism   refers to  the view that ethical and social standards reflect the cultural context from which they are derived. Cultural relativists uphold that cultures differ fundamentally from one another, and so do the moral frameworks that structure relations within different societies.

18. Examples of Cultural Relativism

19. Identification: ___________1. It comes form the Latin word Cultura meaning “Care” and Cultus meaning “ Civilization”. __________2. R efers to  the view that ethical and social standards reflect the cultural context from which they are derived. ___________3. Is the pattern of repetitive behavior which becomes habitual and conventional part of living. “Customs” ___________4. The set of ethical standards and moral obligations as dictates of reason that distinguish human acts as right or wrong, bad from good. ___________5. It is a system of words and symbols used to communicate with other people.

20. Answers 1. Culture 2. Cultural Relativism 3. Folkways 4. Mores 5. Language

21. Assignment Evolution of Man. Cultural Evolution of Man