Module 1: Culture

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Culture

The cultural iceberg

In order to fostre meaningful cultural engagement, we need to define culture and understand how it functions.

Defining Culture

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Visible (Surface Culture)

Surface Culture

The cultural iceberg metaphor explains how some aspects of culture are very obvious, while the majority is more hidden. Select each concept to learn more.

Communication ...

Notions of...

Attitudes toward...

Concepts of...

Approaches to...

Invisible (Deep Culture)

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Culture

A community's expectations

Culture reflects a “set of agreed upon expectations” or a normative system in a social community. These shared expectations structure how individuals in the community act toward one another and how they likely may act toward people who do not share the same patterns of interpretation and behavior. The shared patterns that help us make meaning of our environment and determine appropriate behavior.

Surface Culture

Surface culture includes things like: Food, flags, festivals, fashion, holidays, music, performances, dances, games, arts & crafts, literature, language.

Notions of:

Courtesy and manners, friendship, leadership, cleanliness, modesty, beauty.

Attitudes toward...

Elders, adolescents, dependents, rules, expectations, work, authority, cooperation vs. competition, relationships with animals, age, sin, death.

Concepts of:

Self, time, past and future, fairness and justice, roles related to age, sex, class, family, etc.

Approaches to:

Religion, courtship, marriage, raising children, decision-making, problem-solving.

Communication:

Facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, personal space, touching, body language, conversational patterns in different social situations, handling and displaying of emotion, tone of voice.