Module 2.1 Towards defining what is indefinable – culture and its dimensions Task 1
What is culture? Read the definitions of culture and choose the one closest to your understanding of culture.
a) “Culture is a system, a dynamic whole that creates and is created by people, places, and practices. The system and its components are inseparable and engaged in mutual determination: the whole organizes the parts, and the parts organize the whole” (Causadias, 2020, p. 311).
b) “[Culture is] that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society” (Tylor, 1871, p. 1).
c) Anthropologists have described culture as systems of beliefs, ideals, behavior, and traditions related to specific populations (Rogoff, 2003; Shweder, 2000).
d) Snowdon (2018) defined culture as behavior patterns that have some continuity across generations among specific groups or populations, varying across different people but remaining somewhat consistent within each one (Snowdon, 2018).
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