UCSP 1 Flashcards
is commonly defined as a group of people sharing common culture
society
is typically defined as “that complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of society
culture
Culture’s root word means
cultivated land, cultivation
which shows how humans’ ability to till the land - to engage in agriculture to produce food - forms part of the foundation of what we now call as culture
cultivated land, cultivation
the term “culture” originally evoked the notion of
cultivatio
which itself evokes inherently developmental notions such as growth, maturation, and progress
cultivatio
a short step from the original, biological idea of cultivating crops to the educational idea of developing or “cultivating” a person’s mind or character
culture
pathway to civilization
rice cultivation
rice cultivation
pathway to civilization
Republic Act (RA) No. 7356
Law Creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Law Creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Republic Act (RA) No. 7356
a manifestation of the freedom or belief and of expression and is human right to be accorded due respect and allowed to flourish
culture
It further relates — to “national identity,” as the former “reflects and shapes values, beliefs, aspirations, thereby defining a people’s national identity.”
culture
culture is understood as being consisted of both (2) aspects
material and non-material aspects
“objects or belongings of a group of people” such as “metro passes and bus tokens, automobiles, stores, and the physical structures where people worship”
identified by griffiths and keirn (2015)
Examples of material culture in Philippine context: (8)
-Centuries old Roman Catholic churches
-Mosques
-Ancient porcelains or clay pottery
-Paintings and exhibits or museums
-Jeepneys
-Videoke
-Books
-Religious statues or secular monument
Nonmaterial cultures examples: (5)
-Religious faith
-Fatalism (belief in kapalaran or fate/destiny
-Bayanihan
-Love for music and singing
-Respect for the elderly
CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE (5)
-culture is learned
-culture is symbolic
-culture is shared
-culture is dynamic
-culture is integrated
we acquire cultural understanding through experience and observation through the process of enculturation - the means in which individuals obtain and transmit aspects of their society’s culture.
culture is learned
it provides meaning to every human expression be it in words or deeds, with both verbal and nonverbal symbols whose meanings are formed and accepted by societies through their own processes.
culture is symbolic
Folk tales, epics, folk songs - which constitutes major portions of our country’s oral literature - have been passed from one generation to another, surviving centuries of Western colonization, and are now even preserved in written form through language.
culture is learned
it is rooted in and is transmitted in/by/through groups/societies. Indeed culture is commonly known as the shared ideas, beliefs, values, concepts, memories which prevail in a society.
culture is shared
it is dynamic, flexible, and adaptive because it lends itself to change or transformation. Any given culture may borrow or adopt positive elements from other cultures, and it can also change or transform as times change or precisely, to adapt to changing times
culture is dynamic
it relies on social patterns or systems that are embedded in societies. It is also all-encompassing as it includes all aspects of one society’s way of life. In many occasions, culture is also expressed in terms of core values or values that most people in a society accepts, appreciates, and cultivates as their own.
culture is integrated
