CMN 2181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tim Hortons, Folklore, Hijab

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2181
• Professor: Peruvemba Jaya

Document Summary

In this chapter, culture is defined as a particular way of life of a group of people, comprising the deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, traditions, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, worldviews, material objects and geographic territory. The inner core of culture: dodo (1998) conceptualized culture as comprising of three layers or levels: the inner core, the intermediate layer and the outer layer, history deposit and carrier of cultural heritage. The outer layer of culture: the outer layer involves institutions of culture (economic, healthcare, political system) Institutions are the formalized systems including religion, economy, politics, family, healthcare and education: the outer layer of cultural, systems handles numerous aspects of a culture(cid:495)s survival in ways that are accepted and often sanctioned by law. Folk culture: folk culture refers to the localized lifestyle of culture, folk culture often informs popular culture and even high culture. It is usually handed down through oral tradition, and related to a sense of community.