WHAT IS CULTURE

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Definitions of Culture

by scientist

Damen, L. (1987)

Culture is learned and shared human patterns

or models for living; day- to-day living patterns.

these patterns and models pervade all

aspects of human social interaction. Culture is

mankind's primary adaptive mechanism

Culture is the collective

programming of the mind which

distinguishes the members of one

category of people from another

Hofstede, G. (1984)

Lederach, J.P.

(1995)

Culture is the shared knowledge and schemes

created by a set of people for perceiving,

interpreting, expressing, and responding to the social realities around

them

Conclusion of definiti

on

Culture is the system of shared beliefs, values, customs,

behaviours, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with

one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning.

Why culture is important ??Culture is important because when the word

"culture" is mentioned, we can think of many things as "cultural", such as language,

clothings,etc because we classify cultures of different places. Culture is so important that it is more than its distinct visible features, if we extends this to the inner self of a person, to

members within a society, further to the whole community, maybe we can find some answers

by finding out how they are affected by culture,and also since culture can form

invisible bonds between members in the community, this can hold people with the same cultural background together, passing on the

values.

The examples

of different culture in the other countries

Shaking the head in a horizontal direction in most countries means ”no”, while in India it means “yes”, and in hindi language the voice lowers in pitch at the end of

a question.Showing the thumb held upwards means in Latin America, especially Brazil, but also in many other countries “everything’s ok”, while it is understood in some Islamic countries as well as Sardinia and Greece as a rude sexual sign. Laughing is connoted in most countries with happiness - in Japan it is often a sign of confusion, insecureness and embarrassment.

The examples of different culture in the another

countries

“Everything ok” is shown in western

European countries with the sign of the

thumb and forefinger forming an “O”. In Japan “now we may

talk about money”, in southern France the contrary (“nothing, without any value”), in Spain, some Latin American countries, Eastern Europe and

Russia it is an indecent sexual sign.

In North America as well as in Arabic

countries the pauses between words aren’t

too long, while in Japan pauses can give a contradictory sense to the spoken words by the meaning of pauses. Enduring

silence is perceived as comfortable in Japan, while in Europe and

North America it may cause insecureness

and embarrassment..

The examples of different culture in the another countries

In the UK Ireland and Commonwealth countries, the

word „compromise” has a positive meaning (as a consent,

an agreement where both parties win something); in the

USA it may rather have negative connotations (as both parties

lose something).In Mediterranean European

countries, Latin America and Sub Saharan Africa, it is normal, or at least widely tolerated, to arrive

half an hour late for a dinner invitaiton, whereas in Germany and Switzerland this would be

extremely rude.

The examples of different culture in the another countries

In dinner, in many Asian countries

and Central America it is well-

mannered to leave right after the dinner: the ones who don’t

leave may indicate they

have not eaten enough. In the

Indian Sub-Continent,

European and North American countries this is considered rude, indicating that the guest only

wanted to eat but wouldn’t enjoy

the company with the hosts.

In Africa, saying to a female

friend one has not seen for a while that she

has put on weight means

she is physically healthier than before or had a

nice holiday, whereas this

would be considered as

an insult in Europe, North America and

Australia.

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