Definitions Flashcards
What is Culture?
Cultureis the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, and arts.
What is heritage?
Heritageis the full range of inherited traditions, monuments, objects, and culture. Most important, it is the range of contemporary activities, meanings, and behaviors that we draw from them.
What is Globalization?
Globalization is said to be the process by which the world becomes more accessible and interconnected through the use of technology, transportation, and commerce.
What is Technology?
Thebest definition of technologyis the study and transformation of techniques, tools, and machines created by humans.Technologyallows humans to study and evolve the physical elements that are present in their lives.
What is Diaspora?
Diaspora refers to people who are scattered from their homeland to places across the globe.
What is Socialization?
Socialization is the process through which people are taught to be proficient members of society. It describes the ways that people come to understand societal norms and expectations, to accept society’s beliefs, and to be aware of societal values.
What is Preservation?
Preservation is the activity or process of keeping something valued alive, intact, or free from damage or decay preservation of state parks/monuments preservation of an old tradition
What is Tradition?
Tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.
What is sub-culture?
A sub-culture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates itself from the parent culture to which it.belongs, often maintaoning some of its founding principles. Sub-Culture develops their own norms and values regrading cultural, political and sexual matters.Example: Rastafarian
What is Cultural Diffusion?
Cultural Diffusion is simply the sharing or the spreading of different cultures throughout the world
List of tangible and intangible aspects of Caribbean Cultures that have been assimilated from cultures outside the region.
Tangible= Food,Arts, Dress Intangible= Music, Traditional Skills, Peforming Arts