module 2: ´´culture and the cultural diamond´´by wendy Griswold

Question 1

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the meaning of cuklture

Answer 1

• difficult to define
• included in many aspects of life (beliefs, values, sybolic meaning)
  expressed as:
  1. national customs
  2. high vs pop culture
  3. personal practices

Question 2

the two main approaches to culture

Answer 2

1.humanities perspective´´high culture´´: culture is the best and most refined achievemnt in human civilization.
- sees culture as superior to society.
2. social science perpextive ´´culture as a way of life´´:
- cultue is everyhting people do and create
- view culture as dynamic and shaped by social intyeractions

Question 3

describe the cultural diamond

Answer 3

• analyze culture and its relationship to society

1. cultural object–> anything that has meaninbg
2. creators–> people producing culture
3. receivers–> people experiencing/interpreting cultural objects
4. social world–> ECON. POLI, SOCI enviroemtnt where culture is created and consumed.

Question 4

examples of cultural analysis using the diamond

Answer 4

-Example: Bread as a Cultural Object
- crries many meanings
in western societies it was once a sign of modernizaion
in nigeria it signifies wealth and status
- example>: pop culture
Hip-hop and rap music started as a form of resistance but became mainstream over time