Culture Is It Anyway, Culture, Values, Attitudes, And Traditions

Over the years the concept of culture has shaped people and what they believe in. According to the textbook culture is defined as a set of beliefs, traditions, and practices. The conception of culture can be described as material or nonmaterial. Material culture is described as everything that is a part of our constructed, physical environment. On the other hand, nonmaterial culture refers to values, beliefs, behaviors, and social normal. I believe culture can be defined and shaped in many ways. I feel that culture differs from one location to another because the natural environment has an impact on the culture. Also, some people come up with their own ideas and values. There are changes within cultures across time because people grow and develop

In this paper I will begin by defining personal culture and national culture. After, I will then elaborate my own personal and national culture. I will continue to talk about the subject with the person that I have chosen for my cultural group, my mother, and I will identify her personal and national culture. Lastly, I will talk about my own personality and how it has a connection with my own natural culture; knowing this is important, it lets us know who we are, and how we act with people who are from different cultures.

Growing up in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, I was unaware of other cultures. My parents were white middle-class, Anglo-Saxon, American’s. The world I was brought up in

Culture means the big things and the little things. Culture to me is the big, little, and everything in between. For a while I wasn’t sure what culture was. When I found out I realized I needed to find out what it meant to me. What I decided was this, Culture is family, traditions, and values. Culture is what I want to carry down to my children and the way I live my life. It is what I grew up with and around and how I will understand the choices of my life later on. Culture is so important. It is something I never realized was so essential in my life and once I saw it I never want to forget it and how it works into making me the person I am and will forever be.

Culture is the definition of a person, like the prologue to your favorite story. The not so scientific DNA that makes you, you. The influences and people that shape your behavior, and change your characteristics. It is the environment in which you are surrounded by. The reasons behind your peculiarity. Your culture is the most important thing, your culture is you. My culture is the constant of support that my family gives me, even if I do screw up sometimes. My culture is pureness of the love that I receive, and knowing how genuine it really is. My culture is the reliability of my friends, and the constant reassurance that they have my back. I am extremely family oriented and this allows me to succeed in tackling my dreams, one at a time.

When it comes to a boycott that relies on culture, would you think it works and succeeds? The answer simply is no. A boycott that depends on a culture does not work and succeed due to the fragile foundation it bases on; culture. Usually, the consumer cares about two things at marketplace when they do shopping: the commodity quality and the price. The consumer always seeks high quality products, and affordable prices. However, the consumer does not care about the personality and the identity of the producer that makes the commodities he buys. The client does not worry for example if the lingerie he wears produced by homosexual, lesbian, gay, or bisexual person. Second, the customer does not think about the shoes he wears if produced by niggers,

A person is defined, in large part, by their individual viewpoint, worldview, and self-view. These determine how we interact with others and the world. Of course, as many know, all people, especially during their childhood and adolescence but even during adulthood, act as sponges and absorb a lot of information from others, or even from Mother Nature, even if they believe otherwise. While a person’s viewpoints, worldview, self-view, and interactions with others are influenced by multiple factors, they are influenced and are defined by their personal social, emotional, cultural, and familial experiences by way of their culture identity and their social situation.

The difference between race and culture is ambiguous, as they overlap but can not be equated to each other. Race is inflexible because it is derived from evident ties to a location, only changing between generations. Culture, however, is fluid and changes within generations. What is commonplace between the two is how race affects culture through developments specific to a region. However, as argued in “‘Blaxicans’ and Other Reinvented Americans” by Richard Rodriguez their uncommon ground is far greater than what they share. Multiple aspects other than race affect culture even more so than race does, such as individuality, area of occupation rather than the area of origin, and other cultures. For this, culture has multiple definitions and opportunities

A person’s culture has such a major impact on what shapes them into the person they are. It shapes their views on life and how they should conduct themselves. From such a young age you are surrounded by what is considered to be your norms, but it comes from your culture. Your parents were taught certain morals and values and they in return carry them those traditions and incorporate them when raising and disciplining their child. As you grow up you carry those morals and value with you and it becomes a cycle. As a Jamaican/American I have certain traditions and values I know are significant attributes of my Jamaican culture, but living and growing up in America I know what parts of my culture are due to my American upbringing. I had the opportunity to interview a friend, Feyishara Oreagba, who comes from two Nigerian parents. Feyishara, Feyi for short, is a 21-year-old female, who spent some time living in London, but mostly grew up in America, Prince Georges County to be exact. Based on research and interviewing her I was able to gain more of an insight on the Nigerian culture and the differences in comparison to my culture. Learning about the culture has allowed me to also acquire information on how to care for people from the Nigerian culture.

The journey of prehistoric human culture on the Texas coast begins with how hunting and gathering populations adapted to the opportunities and limitations of their shoreline and nearby prairie environments. All the while using limited technology strengthened by first-hand knowledge about the location and seasonal availability of important subsistence resources within their homeland. Before my bioregion is explored, its best that I depict the history of the state that I live that spreads across the millennia. When European explorers and colonists first arrived in the region, beginning in the 1500s, the indigenous coastal peoples practiced a mix of subsistence economies which included rigorous fishing in the shoreline bays and lagoons,

Culture affects the values, attitudes and beliefs of the people of a country. Hofstede refers to this aspect of culture as “the programming of the mind.” Studying a culture helps understand how and why people respond in certain ways in certain situations. Therefore, when studying a culture it is important to examine values, attitudes, beliefs, practices and artifacts in such detail that we have an understanding of what it is that makes the people of that culture “tick”. Perhaps this is why culture is sometimes referred to as the “software of the mind.” Germany is at an advantage because the country has experienced previous subpar growth and subpar inflation under the euro (Cwik & Wieland, 2011). Germany instantly became a powerhouse success 10 years after the euro was adopted while other countries were struggling. The development of Germany after the euro gave the locals an advantage, compare to most countries because the unit labor cost was advantageous for the EU. According to Dullien and Fritsche (2009) German competitiveness still seems to be within the range experienced in other currency unions.

The concept of culture is something that defines many aspects of one’s life. From physical objects to different ways of thinking, culture adds significance to human life and makes groups of people distinct from one another. Culture is essentially a group of people who come together with similar interests and points of view. According to the Center for Advanced Language Acquisition of the University of Minnesota, “culture is defined as the shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs, and affective understanding that are learned through a process of socialization.” From a more sociological perspective, culture is a way in which people come together in order to fulfill their needs. These shared patterns and ideas identify the members of a culture group while also distinguishing those of another group.” Culture is one of the things that sets the United States apart from the rest of the world. Not that the rest of the world is not cultural, but the circumstance here is different. Many people of different cultural backroads come to this country in search of a better life. As a consequence, the United States has become a place where many cultures merge together like a colossal pot soup.

Tóhaŋni waŋžíla iyápi iyóhi šni! In Lakota translation means “one language is never enough.” Language can be viewed as a verbal expression of culture. It is used to support and carry culture and cultural ties. Language provides us with many of the categories we use for expression of our thoughts, so it is natural to assume that our thinking is influenced by the language. The principles and levies in the country we grow up in shape the way we think to a certain extent. Culture is indistinguishable allied to language. Without language, culture cannot be completely assimilated nor cannot be efficiently expressed and transmitted. Both language and culture are unified that it is difficult to define the limitations of language and culture, and whether language influences culture or vice-versa. Exploring the relationship between language and culture, we can generally agree that language and culture are meticulously related.

One of the most influential and central concepts of anthropology is the nature and concept of culture. The concept and idea of culture dominated 20th century thought, and can be used as an explanation as well as an object of fascination for many anthropologists today. While there are various theories and approaches to culture and the interpretation of it, I would solely like to examine the Cultural Relativist approach, and the Boasian thinkers associated with this particular approach. I would also like to examine how the current time period in which the cultural relativist approach emerged truly conflicts with the dominant politics. In specifics, I would like to examine Franz Boas himself, but most notably Ruth Benedict, and the paradoxes that have occurred within the period after her publications.

The issue on the table is one of cultural traditions and mores which depending from which part of the world you live in, display a diverse and varied set of actions and behaviors which have been practiced over centuries but the advent of globalization have threatened these cultural traditions and mores.