Week 5: Dahl culture article

Question 1

What is the essentialism view on culture? (3)

Answer 1

1. Culture is something you have
2. People belong to a culture and culture may predict how people behave
3. People are governed by culture

Question 2

What is the non-essentialism view on culture (3)

Answer 2

1. Culture is something you do
2. Culture can be between anyone and everywhere
3. People negotiate or make the culture

Question 3

What is the phenomenological approach of culture?

Answer 3

1. Culture is something the individual is and does
2. People are carriers of culture

Question 4

Researches using the dynamic constructivist approach on culture usually agree on (5)

Answer 4

1. Historical differences causing different points of departure and tradition
2. Culture is complex and changing
3. Perceptions and rules may be contradictive
4. Culture is something one does
5. Culture does not predict actions and behaviors of individuals