cultural outlook

     


culture...the idea's and belief's that individuals develop about the world...being from Dominican republic one norm/element of my culture that i grew up with was every morning saying "suong mami" or "suong papi" (don't know if i spelled it correctly lol)... that is a form of "non-material" culture witch are the ideas and belief that people develop about their lives and world that differs from material culture witch are physical things people make and use in the physical environment they inhabitant an example of that may be the current culture of the u.s. is technology i.e. everyone has laptops, and cell phones and are on Facebook most of the time... the other elements that make up culture along with norms are material culture, symbols, language, ritual's, and value's now even though person's may be from the same area they and may share some of the same aspects of culture human experience differs from every individual...within cultures their are sub cultures and counter cultures both of these allow for culture as an entity of itself to become diverse in a lot of different aspects but this may backlash if it causes culture shock...their are a lot of subsets within culture that can be determined by the elements some things that fall into these categories are found in the first picture...me being Dominican a cuisine that my country eats a lot is fried plantains and sometimes my mother mashes them and makes something called "mangu"...dance/music is another thing that may Dominicans and other native Spanish countries coin as a big developer of their culture from reggaeton to salsa and bachata their are also many festivals and fun street life in parts of the Dominican republic that express some what of a national culture their...the second picture takes more of a societal view of how culture effects the individual it put the "paradigm" or way of thinking at the center of the equation and then allows for the viewing of how that affects not only culture i.e. rituals/routines and stories but also control systems and power structures...

i leave you with this how does your culture shape your reality?? what outlook does that give you on society?? and do you think it may cloud you from the chaos/order dichotomy that society holds itself to...

<(^^)> ...sorry blog assignment was late lol =)