SOC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cultural Relativism, Culture Shock, Cultural Imperialism
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When individuals live in a group, they adapt to specific knowledge, language, values, beliefs and behaviours, etc. We learn this culture by adapting from our parents or elders behaviour. In our generation, there"s more sensitivity to climate change and mental illnesses. The internet became a big medium for self expression. Some cultures can be materialistic in nature (traditional clothings, foods, architecture, houses) and nonmaterial in nature (religion, respect to older people in japan for example, language) Symbols: represent something, have shared meaning, can be good or bad. Similarities in culture; a way to survive such as basic survival. The differences in cultures, sometimes we think our own culture is superior, thinking their food is disgusting for example, ethnocentrism can be negative (bad) or positive (good) ethnocentrism. We might even be shocked by other people s culture and experience a thing called culture shock.
