As you read in the course lectures, CULTURE IS…A set of attitudes, behaviors, and symbols shared by a large group of people and usually communicated from one generation to the next.

Culture is used in every aspect of our lives

The meaning of culture is relative

Culture is an abstraction

Culture is learned NOT innate

Culture is a collective, shared experience

Culture manifests in products (explicit)

Culture creates meaning systems (implicit)

Culture is a mode of transmission

Culture is expressed in varying degrees

Culture has historical context

Culture is stable but not static

Culture is learned

Most, if not all, of our “identities” have an attached culture. (race, class, gender, fandom, religion etc.)

Think of a culture you are a part of -no matter how niche or specific- and explain how it functions using at least 3 of the 12 points above?