LESSON 2: Etymology of Culture

Society

is commonly defined as a group of people sharing a common culture

Republic Act 7356

Law Creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts

Culture

is typically defined as that complex whole which encompasses beliefs, practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symboles, knowledge, and everything that a person learns and shares as a member of society

Cultivatio

Latin word culture comes from ; evokes inherently developmental notions such as growth, maturation, and progress

Popular Culture

cultural practices, beliefs & activities of the massives ; targeted at teenagers within society

Enculturation

learning one’s own culture

Acculturation

learning others culture

Cultural Assimilation

when an ethnic minority sacrifices its own culture to integrate into society

Typology

types ; study of different types of development

Exposfacto

having retrospective effect or force

1. Underdeveloped

2. Developing

3. Developed Societies

3 Classifications of Society

Independent

free of political and economic structures which inhibit cultural sovereignty

Equitable

effectively creating and distributing cultural opportunities for cultural development and educational growth

Dynamic

continuously developing in pace with scientific, technological, social, economic, and political changes both in national and international levels

Progressive

developing the vast potential of all Filipinos as responsible change agents of society

Humanistic

ensuring the freedom and creativity of the human spirit

Pluralistic

fostering deep respect for the cultural identity of each locality, region, or ethno-linguistic locality, as well as elements assimilated from other cultures through the natural process of acculturation

Democratic

encouraging and supporting the participation of the vast masses of our people in its programs and projects

Non-partisan

open to all people and institution, regardless of creed, affiliation, ideology, ethnic origin, age, gender or class, with no organized group or sector having monopoly of its services

Liberative

having concern for the decolonization and emancipation of the Filipino psycho inorder to ensure the full flowering of Filipino culture

Material Culture

objects or belonging of a group of people

Non-material Culture

consists of the ideas, attitudes, and beliefs of a society

1. Learned

2. Symbolic

3. Integrated

4. Shared

5. All-encompasing

5 Characteristics of Culture:

Learned

because we acquire cultural understanding through experience and observation through the process of enculturation

Symbolic

as it provides meanings to every human expression be it in words or deeds, with both verbal and nonverbal symbols whose meanings are formed an accepted by societies through their own processes

Shared

because it is rooted in and is transmitted in/by/through groups/societies

Dynamic

flexible and adaptive because it lends itself to change or transform

Integrated

because it relies on social patterns or systems that are embedded in societies

Chauvinism

the sense of superiority that ethnic or national groups have of themselves relative to others

Horticulture Societies

one in which people subsist through the cultivation of plants for food consumption without the use of mechanized tools or the use of animals to pull plows

Etymology for culture

cultivation

Degrowth

it is among the alternative models of sustainable development that shifts away from profit motive versus the common good, from luxury to simplicity

1. Environmental

2. Social

3. Economic

3 pillars of sustainability:

Hunting-and-gathering Societies

refers to relatively small and simple societies in which people sustain themselves through hunting and gathering food