The 12 Domains of Culture Flashcards
What is The 12 Domains of Culture?
- Broad categories (domains) under which humans commonly organize cultural knowledge, belief, and behavior. These domains are rarely mutually-exclusive and almost never totally independent
What are the 12 Domains?
- Family & Kinship
- Religion & Spirituality
- Sex & Gender
- Political & Social Relations
- Economics & Resources
- Time & Space
- Language & Communication
- Technology & Material
- History & Myth
- Sustenance & Health
- Aesthetics & Recreation
- Learning & Knowledge
Family & Kinship
Related Elements: Marriage, children, family size, & structure, mating, decent, inheritance, residence, relations, etc.
Religion & Spirituality
Related Elements: Origins, deities, worship, community, birth/death/life/afterlife, rules, rituals, etc
Sex & Gender
Related Elements: Categories, roles, identities, responsibilities, reproduction, labor, etc.
Political & Social Relations
Related Elements: Community, ethnic, regional, national, status/leadership, law, etc
Economics & Resources
Related Elements: Productions, redistribution, accumulation, exchange, etc.
Time & Space
Related Elements: Orientation, purposes, measurement, relations, etc
Technology & Material
Related Elements: Production, adoption, functions, changes, etc.
History & Myth
Related Elements: Creation, origins, ends, events, individuals, agency, etc
Sustenance & Health
Related Elements: Food & drink production, distribution, collection, consumption, illness, healing, wellness, etc.
Aesthetics & Recreation
Related Elements: Art, music, sport, clothing, adornment, rest, leisure, etc.
Learning & Knowledge
Related Elements: Experiential, community, professional, formal, etc
Language & Communication
Related Elements: Verbal & non-verbal, direct & indirect, high & low context, emotional & neutral, etc.
