UNDERSTANDING

CULTURE, SOCIETY AND

POLITICS
Prepared by: Ms. Kimberly L. Villavera
ACTIVITY
Cultural Differences
•What are some cultural differences
between Asia and America? Can you
think of any more?
 AMERICA ASIA
- A lot of families have pets -Pet ownership is increasing but
less common
-Business people greet with a
handshake
-People are more independent in the
West.
For example, after high school,
students go to univertsity away from
home.

- It’s less common to bring back

souveniers.
 Concept Of Culture
• Culture thus refers to a human-made environment which
includes all the material and nonmaterial products of
group life that are transmitted from one generation to the
next. These may be transmitted through symbols,
constituting the distinctive achievements of human
groups, including their embodiment as artefacts.
 Aspects Of Culture
LANGUAGE - Mother tongue and Dialect
ACTIONS - Regime, Justice, Organization, Work,
Religion, Techniques, Science, Art-

IDENTITY - Self-consciousness, self-esteem

VALIDITY -values, opinions, laws, metaphors,
meanings
HISTORY -time experience, milestone, myths
SPACE -spatial experience, functional spaces,
living space
EXPERIENCE -rituals, customs, practices
 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
OF CULTURE

•1. CULTURE is learned and acquired

•2. CULTURE is shared by a group of people
•3. CULTURE is cumulative
•4. CULTURE changes
•5. CULTURE is dynamic
•6. CULTURE gives us a scope of passable
standards of conduct
•7. CULTURE is diverse
•8. CULTURE is ideational