What is Culture?

In your own words, what do you think culture is?

A strange concept, belonging in the culture forum - NOT HERE!!!!!

For me culture is an evolving thing. People define what culture is.

Originally posted by CulturalGuy
For me culture is an evolving thing. People define what culture is.

We find you in a pensive mood

This is for my culture class, I am doing a survey.

Please help sincerely if you can.

Originally posted by CulturalGuy
This is for my culture class, I am doing a survey.

Please help sincerely if you can.

Culture is what seperates us form our animalistic roots. In around 80,000 bc the climate softened, allowing our predecessors time free from there fight for survival, allowing them to develop language etc. From there to now culture was the means by which our attitude to the world has developed (be it positively or negatively

Excellent!!! Thank you, I am going to put this to my survey. God bless you all who can help.

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Originally posted by duecer
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That was my next point

Hah! That's funny!

But seriously, I think culture is a living thing and ever changing. The activities of human beings, the language they speak, the way they react to certain behaviours, their history and even geography can shape "culture".

We can see culture in movies, music, literature, lifestyle, art, theater and film and things like that.

Chess is a culture for example! There is certain language and certain behaviours around chess...

Please add your definition like: Language is culture

or history is culture etc...

Internet chat is culture.🙂

Originally posted by CulturalGuy
Hah! That's funny!

But seriously, I think culture is a living thing and ever changing. The activities of human beings, the language they speak, the way they react to certain behaviours, their history and even geography can shape "culture".

We can see culture in movies, music, literature, lifestyle, art, theater and film and things like that.

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Please add your definition like: Language is culture

or history is culture etc...

Culture is a word used in many different contexts. Its meaning depends upon how it used within each context. We are all grappling for meaning in the world, and culture is too abstract to spend time trying to find a precise definition

I am not looking precise deifinition. Just ideas like:

For me culture is talking

For me culture is people. etc...There is no exact definiton. My task is to gather as many ideas as possible to create this cultural survey..

I just need to know what people think when they first hear the word culture.

That's all.,

Yeah but whats the point? You may as well make a survey asking people what they beleive the colour of gods beard to be

1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
2. that which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc.
3. a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.
4. development or improvement of the mind by education or training.
5. the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the drug culture.
6. Anthropology. the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.
7. Biology. a. the cultivation of microorganisms, as bacteria, or of tissues, for scientific study, medicinal use, etc.
b. the product or growth resulting from such cultivation.

8. the act or practice of cultivating the soil; tillage.
9. the raising of plants or animals, esp. with a view to their improvement.
10. the product or growth resulting from such cultivation.
–verb (used with object) 11. to subject to culture; cultivate.
12. Biology. a. to grow (microorganisms, tissues, etc.) in or on a controlled or defined medium.
b. to introduce (living material) into a culture medium.