Chapter 3-culture Flashcards
Culture
The language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that are passed down from one generation to the next
Material culture
Jewelerry, art, buildings, weapons and machines
Non material culture
Language, beliefs, values, and gestures
Sapir-whorf hypothesis
Our languages determines our consciousness, and hence our perceptions of objects and events
Pierre Bordieu and cultural capital
Culture shares many of the properties that characterize economic capital
Mores
Norms you absolutely must follow. Nakedness in public. Murder. Etc.
Values in Canadian society
Pluralism/pluralistic society
Native peoples in Canada
Value contradictions and social change
Technology in the global village
Technology establishes the framework for non material culture
Harold inns
Marshall McLuhan 1911-1980 Canadian educator and philosopher
Cultural lag and cultural change
William ogburn
A groups material culture usually changes first, with the non material culture lagging behind
Cultural diffusion
Spread out our culture to other parts of the world
Cultural leveling
Cultures start becoming more and more similar through contact
