Explain
When we are born, our surrounding cultures immediately begin to shape us into who we are as people. Culture is rooted - it reflects the values and beliefs of those who came before us - yet, it is malleable and dynamic enough to be completely transformed in a matter of generations. For thousands of years, human culture and the natural environment have been bound up with one another, which reflects a long arc of a give-and-take relationship between people and the planet. During that time, the foundations of cultural traditions have been laid. In an era where a changing climate threatens this relationship, we must ask ourselves: What does culture mean to us? What must be changed our cultures? What should be preserved in our cultures as we respond to a changing climate?
Explore: What Is Culture?
- What is Culture? Palomar College
- What is Culture? University of Minnesota
- What is Culture? Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- What is Culture? Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Cultures, Subcultures, and Counter Cultures: Crash Course Sociology #11 CrashCourse
- What is Culture? Live Science
Is Culture Always Integrated?
- Cultural integration in Hong Kong has to be a two-way street South China Morning Post
- What is the Definition of Cultural Integration? Reference
- How Technology is Changing Cultural Integration And Business Strategy The Innovation Enterprise
- With Cultural Integration ‘People Will Always Need to Create Others’ Truth Dig
- Mixed Reality for Cross-Cultural Integration: Using Positive Technology to Share Experiences and Promote Communication Frontiers in Psychology
- Cultural Integration in Germany Semantic Scholar
How Is Culture Experienced?
- Six dimensions of national culture – The Hofstede Model Scholar Works
- What’s behind the insane popularity of ‘Baby Shark’? Let’s examine. WNGO
- Alaska Native’s Loss of Social & Cultural Integrity Alaskool
What Do The Science Say About Culture?
- Cultural Integration and Its Discontents’ SSC
- Sociology of Culture iResearch
- What is Cultural Anthropology? National Park Service
What Does Literature Say About Culture?
- The top 10 stories that shaped the world BBC
- Does Literature Shape or Reflect Culture Review of how 5 stories reflect culture Literature Affects Culture
- 7 Reasons Why Literature is So Important The Odyssey Online
What Stories Are There About Culture?
- 13 Delightful Children’s Stories From Around the World The Culture Trip
- African Cultural Stories Afriprov
- Life Lessons and Morals: 5 Stories from the Yoruba Language and Culture Thoughtivity
- The Moral of the Story Vision
- The Importance of Literature and Culture Transfer – Redefining Minority and Migrant Cultures
How Does Culture Humanize? How Is It Embodied?
- The embodied mind: when biology meets culture and society Nature.com
- Culture as Humanization Springer
- How Do the Arts Humanize Culture? Paraclete Press
What Is The Relationship Between Culture And Societal Disruption?
- Art is thriving in a time of cultural disruption The Irish Times
- Genre and Cultural Disruption: Libertinism and the Early English Novel University of Alberta
- Accidents Should Happen: Cultural Disruption through Alternative Media Sagepub
- Why cities need cultural disruption WeForum
- Toward a Psychology of Social Change: A Typology of Social Change Frontiers in Psychology
- Move over America, Europe is dealing with its own brand of political and cultural disruption Fleishman Hillard
- The Guardian View on Climate Change and Social Disruption: how one form of chaos breeds another The Guardian
- What is disruption, Really? 8 Examples and What to Learn From Them Startup Grind
- Disruptive Innovation for Social Change Harvard Business Review
What Is Cultural Diffusion?
- World Geography: Cultural Diffusion Chris Daniels
- Cultural Diffusion: Meaning, Types, and Examples Historyplex
- How jeans conquered the world BBC
- When national culture is disrupted: Cultural continuity and resistance to Muslim immigrants Sagepub
- Recognising the Social Deprivation and Cultural Disruption is Key to Preserve Wildlife. Fairplanet
Engage
1. Do you believe you have an individual responsibility to challenge, or otherwise be critical of cultural norms? Why or why not?
2. How do you describe how culture is constructed? In addition, how is culture preserved and changed?
3. Identify three ways in which culture shapes our everyday lives.
4. Cultural Reflections (15 minutes)
Take a moment to reflect on your relationships to the cultures of which you are a part and then respond to the following on one page. Ask yourself: How has culture influenced/informed my identity, my values, and my actions? What has culture taught me? What do I cherish? And, what do I wish to challenge?
Experience
Podcasts allow us to experience the values and stories of neighbors from around the world. We encourage you to Take a Listen: