CONCEPTS, ASPECTS, AND

CHANGES OF CULTURE
AND SOCIETY
CHANGE IS THE ONLY PERMANENT IN THIS
WORLD -HERACLITUS
CONCEPT MAP: CULTURE AND SOCIETY
MARCO DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TAGALOG
WELL, NOT UNTIL HE MET HIS NEW CIRCLE OF
FRIENDS. THEY WERE SPEAKING THE SAID LANGUAGE.
HIS USUAL INTERACTIONS AND BONDING WITH THEM
MADE HIM WELL VERSED IN SUCH LANGUAGE,
MAKING HIM A GOOD COMMUNICATOR IN FILIPINO.

CULTURE IS………………………………..
SLOACI
THE WAY FILIPINOS CELBRATE NEW YEAR IS TRULY DIFFERENT
FROM THE WAY CHINESE CONDUCT THE SAME EVENT.
PINOYS HAVE IT EVERY END OF DECEMBER, WHILE CHINESE
HOLD IT BY THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. IN THIS MANNER THE
TWO RACES ARE OBSERVING DIFFERENT BELIEFS, PRACTICES
AND TRADITIONS.

CULTURE IS……………………………………

VYATREI
A GAY FASHION DESIGNER, ROBERTA MIGRATED IN THE U.S.A SINCE
2001. THIS YEAR, HE VISITED HIS FORMER EMPLOYER IN THE
PHILIPPINE TO BE THE GUEST SPEAKER OF AN EVENT. ROBERTA WAS
ABLE TO INTRODUCE NEW FASHION TECHNIQUES HE HAD LEARNEDE
FROM THE STATES.

CULTURE IS………………………………….

SDHEAR
KARLO AND ANDREA USED TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS,
VALENTINES, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TOGETHER. THESE
CELEBRATIONS HAD BEEN PART OF THEIR LIFE AS
SWEETHEARTS, MAKING THEIR LIFE SATISFIED AND IDEAL.

CULTURE IS ………………………………..
GRAGIN YTIF
MRS. ISABELLA OWNED A FAMOUS RESTAURANT IN TRHEIR
HOMETOWN. ITS BESTSELLERS WERE THE UNQUE RECIPES OF
BULALO AND KARE-KARE. ACCORDING TO HER, THEIR FAMILY
MANAGED TO RUN THE BUSINESS DESPITE ALL THE
CHALLENGES. IN FACT, SHE INHERITED THE BUSINESS FROM
HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER.

CULTURE IS …………………………………….

CUOSINTIUTO
ANSELMO IS A PROUD GRANDFATHER TO HIS 12 GRANDCHILDREN.
HE OFTEN SHARED HIS CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WITH THEM
INCLUDING STORIES DURING THE OLD TIMES. HE ALSO
DEMONSTRATED FILIPINO VALUES SUCH AS SAYING “OPO”,
PAGMAMANO, ETC. ALL THESE TRAITS WERE BEING TRANSFERRED
TO AND PRACTICED BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN

CULTURE IS……………………….

TRNASMIEDTT
EVANGELISTA FAMILY WAS KNOWN FOR THEIR
RELIGIOSITY , FRANCIS, THE YOUNGEST OF THE FAMILY,
LEARNED HOW TO PRAY THE HOLY ROSARY AND
THE”ORACION” AT THE AGE OF 10 ACCORDING TO HOM,
HIS GRANDPARENTS WRE THE ONES. WQHO TAUGHT HIM
THE PROPERE WAY OF PRAYING.

CULTURE IS…………………………
ELEADRN
CULTURE-FEATURE AS A HUMAN OR SOCIETY
-INTRICATE SYSTEM THAT CAN BE
MANIFESTED BY OUR BELIEFS, PRACTICES AND
VALUES, ATTITUDES, LAWS NORMS, ARTIFACTS,
SYMBOL AND KNOWLEDGE.
ASPECTS OF CULTURE

• DYNAMIC, FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTIVE

• SHARED AND CONTESTED

• LEARNED THROUGH SOCIALIZATION AND ENCULTURATION

• IT CAN BE TRANSMITTED.
CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE
• CULTURE IS SOCIAL BECAUSE IT IS THE PRODUCT OF
BEHAVIOR.
• CULTURE VARIES FROM SOCIETY TO SOCIETY
• CULTURE IS SHARED
• CULTURE IS LEARNED
• CULTURE IS TRANSMITTED AMONG MEMBERS OF
SOCIETY
• CULTURE IS CONTINOUS AND CUMULATIVE.
• CULTURE IS GRATIFYING AND IDEALISTIC.
EDWARD TYLOR ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF
MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY, CHARACTERIZE
CULTURE AS A “COMPLEX WHOLE”
ELEMENTS OF CULTURE

• KNOWLEDGE- ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED

• BELIEFS- ACCEPTED REALITY
• SOCIAL NORMS- ESTABLISHED EXPECTATION OF SOCIETY
FOLKWAYS-PATTERN OF REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR
MORES-SET OF ETHICAL AND MORAL STANDARDS
VALUES- HELP US TO DEVELOP OUR PERSONALITY
TECHNOLOGY- PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF
KNOWLEDGE
TYPES OF CULTURE
• NON MATERIAL CULTURE (INTANGIBLE)

• MATERIAL CULTURE ( (TANGIBLE)

SOCIETY- COMPLEX NETWORK OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERCONNECTED.
ORGANIZED GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SHARES A COMMON INTEREST OR
GOALS.

FAMILY- IS THE BASIC UNIT OF SOCIETY.

SOCIAL CHANGE- VARIATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS IN THE SOCIAL PATTERNS.

POLITICS
HEALTH
ECONOMY
GEOGRAPHIC
CALAMITIES/ CLIMATE
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL CHANGE?

SOCIAL CHANGE---------------------CULTURAL CHANGE( ALTERATIONS T O

THE ELEMENTS OF CULTURE)

“A NATION’S CULTURE RESIDES IN THE HEARTS AND IN THE SOUL OF ITS

PEOPLE”.
-MAHATMA GHANDI-