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The document discusses several aspects of culture including that culture is dynamic, flexible and adaptive in responding to changes. It is shared among members of a society through socialization and enculturation, but can also be contested. Culture is transmitted and learned through social and patterned interactions, and involves integrated forms of communication like language.

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Aspect

The document discusses several aspects of culture including that culture is dynamic, flexible and adaptive in responding to changes. It is shared among members of a society through socialization and enculturation, but can also be contested. Culture is transmitted and learned through social and patterned interactions, and involves integrated forms of communication like language.

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Aspects of Culture

a. Dynamic, Flexible, Adaptive

Dynamic: Culture is dynamic as it responds to the changing needs of time, alongside to the motion and
actions within and around it. When one aspect changes within a system, culture easily responds to it.

Example: In the culture of China, binding of foot is part of their lives. Through this, the beauty of women
is being portrayed and emphasized through out the country. But because of the development of
technology and medical stuffs, further studies about foot binding were conducted. After analyzing the
studies, foot binding is now being condemned in China.

Flexible: Culture is capable of being flexible to be able to face any challenges that life would bring.

Example: Amish people are very strict and particular with their culture. They still make decision-making
balanced in a sense that both their organization and culture can survive the inevitable changes around
them, especially through modern times.

Adaptive: People use technology, ideas and activities in order to survive and expand the human culture
and society, this only depicts that culture is adaptive.

Example: Technology usage has been a part of the evolving modern culture in which people need the
gadget to survive in this era. For example, people are using smartphones to spread and share one's
culture.

There are different aspects of culture like art, music, language, food, daily life, clothing, and religion to
name a few. These aspects of culture show us that culture is dynamic, flexible, and adaptive.

Culture constantly changes and adapts to the current state of society. It continuously restores itself
whenever customs do not fit in the current situation anymore. It does not remain stagnant.

Examples:

In the aspect of music, we can see that music may change from time to time. The traditional music
during the 1920s was mostly jazz, ragtime, and broadway music while the popular music during the
1970s was disco music.

Because we are now more inclined to use computers and tablets especially when playing games, some
children are not able to play street games anymore. This pushed some game developers to introduce
Filipino street games as video games.

When it comes to language, we can also see how culture adapts to changing times. We have already
developed new words related to the internet like memes, netizens, vines, and others.

b. Shared and contested (given the reality of Social Differentiation)

We, humans, are the basic unit of culture, therefore sharing it to other people is a must even though
there is a social differentiation. Through the culture of a society, people within this area will be able to
perform their roles and functions. They can act based on the standard societal ways.

Culture is learned and acquired through different interactions with people. Culture is a shared learning
experience. Because culture constantly changes, we get to share the learning process with other people.

If culture is learned and shared, it is also contested in various ways and situations. Because of diversity,
culture is subjected to debate and analysis.
c. learned through socialization or enculturation
Socialization – is the rules and by which we learn and internalize the rules and patterns of
behaviour that are affected by culture.(the actual process)
Enculturation – is the process by which youngster learns and adopt the ways and manners of
their culture. (product of socialization process)

d. patterned social interactions


Social Interaction - Is the process by which people act and react in relation to others.
Human beings rely on social structure to make sense of everyday life.
Social structure – guides human behaviour rather than rigidly determining it.

e. Integrated and at times unstable


Culture is integrated
In order to keep the culture functioning all aspect of culture must be integrated.
For example:
The language must be able to describe all the functions within the culture in order for
ideas and ideals to be transmitted from one person to another.

f. Transmitted through socialization/enculturation


Culture building through socialization
An organization’s culture is transmitted through its members through socialization processes
Socialization – is the process by which members learn and internalize the values and norms of
organization’s culture.
How is culture transmitted?
Enculturation – a process of learning culture of one group. Learning your native culture from
birth to death
Speak Cebuano
Learn to plant sugarcane
Learn to handle animals
Learn to hold utensils

g. requires language and other forms of communication


Culture and language style – everything that can be said in one language cannot be said in
another, meanings are not directly translatable. Speech forms such as teasing, charm, flattery, lying, or
directness have different values in different cultures.

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