FACULTY : Ramesh KumarTopic related to Culture

New Life College OfNursing

Date :25-02-2016

FACULTY : Ramesh KumarTopic related to Culture

New Life College OfNursing

Date :25-02-2016

At the end of session participants will beable to know about:

Unit 7

oDefine CultureoDefine Cultural change

oTypes of cultureoInfluence responsible for culture changeoProcess of Process Of Cultural Change

At the end of session participants will beable to know about:

Unit 7

oDefine CultureoDefine Cultural change

oTypes of cultureoInfluence responsible for culture changeoProcess of Process Of Cultural Change

Culture means a way ofliving and away of life.

Culture means thatthere are certain waysand reasons in whichindividuals and group ofpeople speak, conductthemselves, celebrateholidays, and expresstheir belief systems

Culture means thatthere are certain waysand reasons in whichindividuals and group ofpeople speak, conductthemselves, celebrateholidays, and expresstheir belief systems

Cultural change is modification ofsociety through innovation,invention , discovery or contact toother culture

1- Material Culture2-Non-Material Culture

MATERIAL CULTUREphysical things that we can see or touch, all the

artifacts of a group of people (artifacts of life …stuff).

Everything we build or make. Food and clothing. Buildings and communication systems.

MATERIAL CULTUREphysical things that we can see or touch, all the

artifacts of a group of people (artifacts of life …stuff).

Everything we build or make. Food and clothing. Buildings and communication systems.

Nonmaterial Culture is the invisible (eek)

and intangible parts of culture Beliefs Values Norms/Rules Language

Religion and valuesLaws and political systemsNorms - folkways, and laws

Nonmaterial Culture is the invisible (eek)

and intangible parts of culture Beliefs Values Norms/Rules Language

Religion and valuesLaws and political systemsNorms - folkways, and laws

Material culture tends to changemore rapidly than non-material

culture

FOODSLife styleCLOTHINGMUSIC

BUILDINGS etc

Material culture tends to changemore rapidly than non-material

culture

FOODSLife styleCLOTHINGMUSIC

BUILDINGS etc

Many cultural changes in the modernworld have been generated, directly or

indirectly, by the dominance andexpansion of Western societies, such

as clothes

When a group or a society is in contactwith a more powerful society, the weaker

group is often obligated to acquirecultural elements from the dominant

group

When a group or a society is in contactwith a more powerful society, the weaker

group is often obligated to acquirecultural elements from the dominant

group

Discovery and invention have beenprimary sources of culture change. Yet onlywhen a society accepts an invention ordiscovery and uses it regularly can culturechange.

Cultures are always changing.Because cultures consist of learned

patterns of behavior and belief,cultural traits can be unlearned and

learned a new as human needschange.

Cultures are always changing.Because cultures consist of learned

patterns of behavior and belief,cultural traits can be unlearned and

learned a new as human needschange.

There are three general sources ofinfluence or pressure that are responsiblefor both change and resistance to it:

1. Diffusion

2. Revolution

3 Transculturation

There are three general sources ofinfluence or pressure that are responsiblefor both change and resistance to it:

1. Diffusion

2. Revolution

3 Transculturation

Diffusion is the process bywhich cultural elements are

borrowed from another societyand incorporated into the culture

of the recipient group.

Diffusion is a selective not automaticprocess. A society accepting a foreigncultural trait is likely to adapt it in away that effectively use it with the

society’s own traditions.

Diffusion is the process bywhich cultural elements are

borrowed from another societyand incorporated into the culture

of the recipient group.

Diffusion is a selective not automaticprocess. A society accepting a foreigncultural trait is likely to adapt it in away that effectively use it with the

society’s own traditions.

Diffusion is the movement of thingsand ideas from one culture to another.

When diffusion occurs, the form of a traitmay move from one society to another but

not its original cultural meaning.

For instance, when McDonald's firstbrought their American style hamburgersto Moscow and Beijing, they were accepted

as luxury foods for special occasionsbecause they were relatively expensive and

exotic.

Diffusion is the movement of thingsand ideas from one culture to another.

When diffusion occurs, the form of a traitmay move from one society to another but

not its original cultural meaning.

For instance, when McDonald's firstbrought their American style hamburgersto Moscow and Beijing, they were accepted

as luxury foods for special occasionsbecause they were relatively expensive and

exotic.

DIFFUSION

Revolution is the mostdramatic and perhaps rapidway a culture can change.

Usually revolutions indicate a violentreplacement of a society’s rulers.Usually revolutions indicate a violentreplacement of a society’s rulers.

Transculturation is whathappens to an individual when he or

she moves to another society andadopts its culture. Immigrants whosuccessfully learn the language and

accept as their own the culturalpatterns of their adopted country have

transculturated.

Transculturation is whathappens to an individual when he or

she moves to another society andadopts its culture. Immigrants whosuccessfully learn the language and

accept as their own the culturalpatterns of their adopted country have

transculturated.

E.Denny S.Earl’s Sociology ForNurses 2nd edition 2010.E.Denny S.Earl’s Sociology For

Nurses 2nd edition 2010.