2007-01-22 08:05:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate"), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity.
2007-01-22 08:35:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A broad question, but answerable nonetheless.
I think it depends on one persons opinion, I mean one person could define culture by the typical food of a certain country, but another person such as myself would define culture by the typical way of life in a country. In the Mediterreanean, close family bonds are highly valued, whereas in some countries in the west, they aren't really. This is of course, generalising, and so it would be hard to form one conclusion without using somesort of dictionary reference.
2007-01-22 16:15:24 · answer #2 · answered by clio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Culture has been defined as everything that is passed on from one person to another, except by genes. So human culture includes all knowledge, and everything recorded (except recorded in the genetic code).
Shakespeare is culture. Eastenders is culture. Science is culture. Picasso is culture. The photocopy you took of your bum at the last Christmas party is culture, if it was passed on to another human being...
2007-01-22 16:21:52 · answer #3 · answered by keith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
culture is customs and tradition of a certain community or society.(civilization)
2007-01-22 16:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by MACRENE PADASDAO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in a nut shell ,traditions and customs handed down from generation to generation ,social structure of a society,
2007-01-22 16:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋