01:920:101 Lecture Notes - Government Cut, Kims, Military Demarcation Line
27 Sep 2013
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2: why focus on north and south korea, u. s. military involvement on the korean peninsula dates back to the end of world. South have had a profound effect on korean culture and on the meaning of being. Korean: core concept 1: in the most general sense, culture is the way of life of a people. Culture consists of material and nonmaterial components: material culture - all natural and human-created objects to which people have attached meaning. Examples include beliefs, values, norms, symbols, and language: beliefs - conceptions that people accept as true that concern how the world operates and where the individual fits in relationship to others. The role of geographic and historical forces: core concept 2: geographic and historical forces shape culture. Sociologists operate under the assumption that culture acts as a mediator between people and their surroundings: material and nonmaterial aspects of culture represent responses to historical and geographic challenges and circumstances.
