First off this video explains culture very well. I never really thought of culture this way before and to be able to is a great learning experience. He brings up learning culture for example when you were a baby you drank milk. You learn to have milk and cereal if that’s what you have for breakfast. Many people form these cultures in their society. He explained about how some cultures may not eat all three meals a day. Some cultures may eat a dinner which could be spiritual. In some cultures hand shaking is frowned upon but is used frequently in the United States. I could see why so many cultures are shared amongst other people. It is very interesting to see the different cultures in the world. I have not experienced going to a different country but I have seen some people around here that do practice their different cultures and it is a good experience to see. (Hound89) 012
This video makes you think. I have been to another country and it is similar yet very different at the same time. The fact that the simple things that we don't even think twice about each day are just part of our culture and was taught to us. Just because someone does something different that us does not give us the right to judge them. jam012
I like what you are saying. We are all different in many way but the same in some. He does do a good job in explaining himself and what better way with food. We all have to eat! So we all can relate to food. The fact is that we all live day to day going through life not thinking of things that we do automatically that’s part of our culture. bfd6866012
He says culture is something that is learned, you don't come out of the womb knowing these things. It is a system of patterns that are symbolic. There are an array of cultures throughout the world. Some of the things that we do here in the US, do not mean the same things in another counter, that is because of our culture. We shake hands as a symbol of respect and in other countries it can mean something completely different. He brings up the example of putting milk on your cereal, why do we do that? It is something that is learned in our culture. Also, I thought the reference to the aspect of beauty was very interesting, and true. Going to another country can definitely cause culture shock. He talks about the social aspects of emotions, why people in certain situations act the way that they do. It provided a very good explanation of culture and keeps you wondering. jam012
I like your summary of what the person is explaining in the video. I agree with everything you mentioned. It does put other cultures into perspective about how they live their lives. Just because our culture puts milk on cereal and another culture puts sour cream on their cereal doesn't make it wrong. It is important to study culture with an open mind as its very unique in itself how not only our culture, but how others life their lives. People live their lives completely different and that's what makes culture interesting. Lawpro012
I agree with you summary I could not amagine going in to a different country after being in the United States my whole life. It is something I would like to do. Culture shock would hit me hard I know that for sure. There is so many things to learn just in one culture to try to learn more cultures would be really hard to do. (Hound89)012
Well this video definitely puts sociological culture into perspective. I haven't really put too much thought into other cultures aside from my own. I do have an open mind about how others live their lives but how it differs from my own culture is unique. I do agree with and understand most of the video however I'm not certain about one cultural trait that someone else may have. For example the gentleman in the video explained about the types of food people eat and when. This is a learned behavior only after a person has seen and tried it themselves. Which is a cognitive learning form. But when someone, in another culture, eats garlic for breakfast and not dinner because they don't want a bad taste in their mouth or bad breath as they sleep is a bit confusing. This certainly doesn't mean that's its wrong. I enjoy learning about other cultures. About how people live their lives through observation and learning is quite intriguing if you stop and think about it. Lawpro012
It is kind of funny. Why would a person decide to consume garlic for breakfast? Do they not realize that other people will have to smell that breath all throughout the day? It's kind of a not nice gesture. However, while it is cognitive learning, what we eat is a part of our culture. Think about it. People from Asia consume a lot of grains. Wouldn't it make sense as a part of their culture that they will have rice with their breakfast? But in a typical American culture, do we have rice for breakfast? People from Mexico eat a lot of corn and flour products. So, to consume those for breakfast would be part of their culture. Every time that we eat Chinese, Indian, Cantonese, Italian, we are partaking in part of their food culture. gogetit012
It's crazy to think that growing up you were brought up by your culture. Yes, your parents raised you but at the same time they are raising you from their culture and how they were brought up. You don't really think about some one elses culture unless you are put into a situation where it is noticeable. At first you are going to think "Woah, that's weird why are they doing it that way." Until you learn about culture and other cultures you would think yours is the right way or the normal way. If you never leave the town of Peoria Illinois you aren't going to run into alot of different cultures and than when you do finally run into a different culture you would be in a culture shock. But you are right it doesn't mean it is wrong. That is just the way they were brought up and raised. It's crazy how culture is more apart of our lives than we tend to think. Stayup012
This video was very entertaining. I enjoyed the way that he broke down culture. It is true that when we are born, we don't have any experiences. Who we are today, and what we have learned is entirely based upon our own learned life experiences. I have spent some time in other areas of the world, and it is true that cultures are different. It was different when in Germany, as I was sitting alone in a diner for someone to come and sit next to me at the table and talk with me as if we had known each other our entire lives. Here in the American culture, this is uncommon and unheard of. The only time that we really sit next to someone unknown and talk to them, is at a bar. But dinner? A meal? No, we just don't do that in our culture. As American's we are a very private and personal culture and while we generally have no issues with speaking with other people, we look at our meal times as very personal. gogetit012
I have never been out of the country. The closest was the the Virgin Islands and that is still considered the United States, even though it IS very different down there. I want to visit Germany so bad and I find it so fascinating that people would just come up to you and talk to you while you were eating alone. That is so unheard of here. People avoid other people likes it's their job here. It doesn't make sense to me but it is just how our culture is. And it would talk time in order for that to change. Starburst012
I am glad that you talked about your experience in another culture and how it is different from our culture. You are right, here if someone is eating alone then they are left alone because we are more private. Also here it is kind of going against a social norm to eat alone. I mean the only time people really eat alone is when they are at a fast food restaurant. Not many people go out to a nice restaurant and eat alone. RDH012
I thought your experience in Germany was rather interesting. I personally would absolutely love going to Germany and I do plan to some day. I completely agree with you, I think America is very much a private and personal culture with it comes to public outings such as eating at a diner. It's very interesting to me how different other cultures can be in even the smallest ways. Thank you for sharing your experience. -Blue22_012
Having been to other countries myself, I agree. Here in the U.S., we seem to be distant from one another compared to other countries. I enjoy meeting new people and saying hi to others in passing etc. I somewhat understand when I went to other countries as apart of the military, people were not always friendly. I believed that to be in part because of me being in the military and them not always wanting us to be there. I also feel while it's not everyone, Americans as a whole a lot of times are stuck up thinking "they're" better than others.
I like how he brook up culture and explained it and ware we learned it form , learned, shared, pattern, constructed, symbolic, arbitrary, alternant. Then he goes on and explains how culture makes up social emotion in its sociological prospective, the way you understands the others persons expression of emotion, human behavior emergent, actions are influences by the people internal and external events and social structure. I never really thought about culture being learned from are caregivers and our society. How different it is from family to family, state to state, country to country. Then you look at the outside forces that can change your culture like religion, military, marriage, technology and time. You would think it would be very easy in this day and age for people to except other people’s cultures with all the new technology and education we have today. I think what a culture shock it would be if a 100 years ago for a group of people of a different religion would try to move into Mclean County that was predominantly protestant and catholic. Because they did not have the same technology we have today. bfd6866012
I agree, it’s hard to imagine that so many things can shape our culture and that we can affect other cultures. I disagree about people not understanding other cultures. Yes, we have the technology to learn about other cultures but that’s not what people use it for. They use it for mundane stuff or only to look at things that pertain to their cultural interests. Techie_012
Now unlike the other video, I thought this guy did a very well job of explaining culture. He first starts off by saying that everything that defines culture happens in society. He then discusses how culture is: learned, shared, patterned, mutually constructed, symbolic, arbitrary, and the beauty of culture. He also does a well job of going into detail about each other these and which I enjoyed listening too. He talks about how culture is learned, you are not just born with the ability to know how to behave in society, in your society. Every culture is different and where you grow up at is how you learn how to act in society. Then he goes into detail about the others and how they relate to culture and how the society is shaped by these. At the end of the video he also talks about social emotions and the sociological perspective on that. He says that their is four different ideas in sociological emotions. This was an overall good video and I got a lot from it. Starburst012
I also thought this guy did a good job at explaining culture from an in-depth standpoint. I have not yet seen the other video, so I cannot make any comparisons with you there. But I can agree that this video was effective at explanation.
This video is very informative, the 7 of a culture: Learned, Shared, Patterned, Mutually Constructed, Symbolic, Arbitrary, and internalized. He gives good examples to explain each one. I liked the example for learned. You don’t think about how you learned to drink milk would be a culture. I also liked the patterned example about going to bed at 6PM. I grew up on a farm and we always went to bed early when I was young. His explanation of Arbitrary was good also. I agree with how he described everything and it makes you think more about how we became a part of the culture we live in, as a culture in our society and how we become a part of a sub-culture. Every choice we make could move us from one culture to another in our society. I enjoyed the video a lot, he was very informative and gave great reason’s to his main points. It made me think about how my culture and sub-culture’s have grown and how society has shaped the cultures I am a part of and how I may have affected other people and the culture’s they fall in. Techie012
His opening questions about what makes you part of a culture are the same questions I have. He then went on to talk about seven different parts of culture which kind of answered those questions for me. My high school has always been welcoming to hosting many foreign exchange students and they all adopted well into our culture. But just like he said, when they go back home do they now have the American culture with them? One of the students that came though was from France. While talking to her and getting to know her more I found out our cultures are more similar than different. Besides her slight accent, you wouldn't have known that she was from France because she seemed like any other teenager. I believe that everyone has a lot in common with their cultures, but we just chose to to pick out the differences and focus on those instead of the similarities. RDH012
I think this is one of the more interesting video that has been put up on this blog website that regards sociology. I personally think culture is extremely fun to learn about. The fact that other places are different in so many ways is fascinating to me. This video explain how culture differs in society in a way that is very easily understood. He explains culture as a group of people that share and pass on cultural strategies with something and then responding to their surroundings in a way that make them unique in their own way. It makes them different from any other group of people by the way they live their lives. He then begins to explain that within different cultures there can even be subcultures. Subcultures are a cultural group within a larger culture. They often have beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture. -Blue22_012
I found the video interesting. The video talks about what we eat during certain meals and how many meals we eat. Also what we may classify as beauty from one culture to another. There are many different cultures in our society. I remember when I was young, living next to a Vietnamese family, the food smelled a lot different from what we ate in my family. When I was in the military and worked my 90 days in the chief's mess hall, there was a lot of Filipino food that was made to accommodate the majority of the people there. It definitely makes sense how the "norm" for one culture can be very different for another culture. This doesn't give us the right to judge. For example, shaking hands here is a sign of respect where in another country or culture, within our society, it may be kissing on each cheek. I've been to Hong Kong, while controlled by Great Britain, they had military in there mall with machine guns. When I went to Singapore, we knew not to litter, I don't even remember people chewing gum or smoking there. In Jabahali and Bahrain, it seemed the thing to smoke there were bidis (pronounced beedies) instead of cigarettes like here in the U.S. It is important to know and understand the ways of cultures we visit in order not to offend one another. Just learning other cultures allows us to become closer to one another and realize we are all not as different as sometimes suggested. DaBullsandBears012
I particularly, did not find this video all that entertaining as the other ones. I’m not saying that the other videos were (and this one) were intended to be entertaining, I just feel as though the man in this clip talked so much about one subject, culture. He talked so much in a way that it seemed very drawn out, where the other clips really got the point across in shorter time. With that aside, I do agree with the man’s “seven different aspects of culture.” I agree because it is true. It is true that culture is learned and shared. I haven’t learned a single norm/more/taboo without it being shared to me by my mom, dad, or older brother. His examples are quite extraordinary. They are very random yet specific, but they do kind of make sense. This video overall was effective in giving a more in-depth explanation of culture.
This video was very good and I enjoyed listening to him break down the culture. When you live day to day you don't really think about other peoples cultures unless you are faced with some one from a different culture. You don't think about other cultures "signs" and how our thumbs up or our "dinner" may mean something totally different to other people and their culture. I never really thought about how culture has affected my life before this class and learning how culture is shared makes me realize the things in my life were learned more or less from my culture and where I was raised up. I liked how he brought up in the video that some cultures think of "dinner" as breakfast because dinner is the big meal. So if you were to go a different part of the world and you hear someone is going to eat dinner at 9 in the morning you might think they are crazy but to them that is the norm. You don't really think how different you culture is from others until you are put in a position otherwise. Your normal may be different to someone else normal that lives in lets say Afghanistan or Iraq. Not ones culture is more normal than another but to you or me it may look weird to us. Understanding Sociology and culture though helps us realize that we may be different but that is what we were taught and how we grew up. Stayup012
Its so awesome to hear how a word as simple as dinner can mean something insanely different to just another person. To us dinner is when everyone in the family should be home, all sitting around the table, nice home cooked meal that mom, and possibly sister have cooked, and everyone tells about there day. While in another country dinner consist of people on the run eating their cereal bar as they rush out the door. It's amazing to hear how differ our world ca really be isn't it? Saxophone012
I do agree with how he explained dinner. I would have never thought that as being the first meal of the day, but it does make sense due to it being the biggest meal. Also, culture doesn't just have to be the difference in living in the U.S compared to Iraq. We could have all grown up in Peoria and still have different culture. He did state in the video how his society would go to bed at 730. In a lot of homes that probably is true. But just because we live next door doesn't mean we all go to bed at 730. It just shows you how different things are. lilred012
The video does great at explaining how different cultures change. The handshaking for instance. In the Hinted states that is a sign of respect. While in other countries it could be as bad and saying hello with a giant F U sign attached to your forehead. Its all about the culture and what you were raised in. Culture shock plays a huge factor as well, you might not think its a bad thing for us in america to always be welcoming and greeting, sometimes with a hug, while over on the middle east, if you were to great someone with a hug that could result in you going to jail. It's all about the culture you were raised in, and also having the respect to learn there cultures as well. Saxophone012
I've always found culture shock to be a hilarious concept when I'm not the person experiencing it. ;) To think that something as friendly as a hug could mean the exact opposite to other cultures is amusingly befuddling, but you are absolutely right. If we don't stop to consider our actions when people communicating with people from different backgrounds, we risk potentially relaying information to them that is the exact opposite of what was intended. I was always taught that communication is 20% what we say and 80% how we say it. This can always be a challenge with other cultures. -YellowUmbrella012
This was a great video to explain the many different cultures values, I guess is what I would call it. We are born into culture. It is something we apply to our every day lives. It something we learn as children and apply it to our adult lives. The example with the baby drinking milk, then milk with cereal. Its something we get as children. As we grow into adults we can apply different way of it. Instead of milk and cereal my breakfast is usually eggs and a protein shake. But like he explains in the video, people might not have access to certain ideas, so there routine would be different. Its so hard to define culture as one definition. As I would see something, could be totally different to how someone else is seeing it. Culture is something you are raised into, not just something you know at birth. lilred012
I agree. It also makes me think of how there are so many cultures within our cultures. Such as the milk with cereal, or ketchup on eggs, or monkey bread during Christmas time. We all assume that because we were raised in the same country with the same religious background, live in the same area, speak the same language that we all have the same culture. I've come to find that we are all still different on many levels and subcultures are very relevant within our societies with common elements. hbaby31012
Culture really is (to me) the most interesting part of humanity. The fact that we are all the same species with so much in common, and still have this ability to be so different in different parts of the world is so intriguing to me. It's what sets us apart. Can you imagine how boring things might be if we were all of the same culture? Maybe we would all think more similarly, so we would be less likely to be as innovative as we are currently. Though, I suppose that growing up in America we are all sort of predisposed to having an appreciation for other cultures since we are such a melting pot of various backgrounds on our own. -YellowUmbrella012
I think culture is very interesting too. And just like you said I think it's really cool how we are the same species, but there are so many things different that we do. What we find acceptable here maybe not be acceptable in other cultures and how we do things can be nowhere close to how others do things. Things would be pretty boring if everyone did the same thing! crjgirl012
He explained culture really well. It explains that what we think & do here may not be the same as another place does in their culture. The gentleman talking in this video put a lot in perspective for me. He said just a hand gesture could be a different meaning in a different culture. In ours, it could be "ok" and in another it could mean something offensive. Not only that, but he also explained how we in the United States uses the word "dinner" as our meal at the end of the day, but in other places "dinner" is ate at the beginning of the day and is typically the biggest meal and supper is at the end of the day. I just found that to be extremely interesting. crjgirl012
I liked this aspect too! It’s not something everyone is very aware of everyday if you aren't bilingual or encounter many other cultures everyday. I think we tend to forget how things we say or do can be perceived by other cultures or subcultures. When I was younger, we called it dinner, but in some of my friend’s families they call it supper. When I was younger, I thought everyone called it dinner, it was different to me to call it supper. GoGreen012
I liked his explanation of culture in this video. This was a new take (to me) on how to define a culture. We aren’t born with culture, but we learn it. There were certain things that it seemed is shared global, like having milk when we are infants. But when we are adults we have milk and cereal for breakfast. I really liked this example, in America, you wouldn’t see someone eating orange juice or sour cream with cereal, but this is our shared culture. We have subcultures within our own culture, such as farmers or people who work third shift. People who work third shift have a different pattern for when they eat and when they go to sleep or when they do various activities. I would say this is a subculture within our own. I also liked his example of the word “door”, I how the same word in a different language can have a completely different meaning. I am well aware of this fact, but I generally don’t think about it on a day to day basis. GoGreen012
It's like having a cultural DNA that can change and morph into something new. We learn culture and it is so rooted inside of us we don't even realize it. So other cultures can really surprise us. But when you can become a part of another culture and live amongst it and value it you can change your cultural DNA. It's a very interesting thing. Learning from other cultures can help us grow as people. We can think differently than we did before or view something differently. We can mix aspects from different cultures that we have lived in that can make us better people. Something we never could have seen without the help of another culture. ScientistSalarian012
I never really began to understand how much of a culture I inherited until I worked alongside a doctor that was Muslim. Her took her religion very seriously and practiced it everyday as her way of life. In comparison, it made me start looking at all the differences we had, the foods we ate, the way we raise our children differently, how different our practices in religion were and our outlook on life in general had some differences. The beginning of our relationship was like a culture shock, I felt out of my element when I was around her and I sensed that same vibe from her as well, but the more that we had to interact and count on each the more I realized and learned about my culture as well as hers. We shared a lot of common ground on things and learned to come to a mutual respect. We shared our differences in food and religion and our relationship became stronger. Culture intertwines with one another more than we know and I do agree that the more we learn about other cultures, the more we recognize about our own cultures. Hbaby31012
Culture is a part of who we are no matter where we live or were raised. Culture is something that we learn from the society we belong to and were raised in. We learn our culture we aren't born with it and what I find fascinating is that culture has such a huge influence on who we are and yet it changes. I look at how things are now culturally different from when I was a child and I have talked to people of a variety of ages that talk about how much culture has changed over the course of their life. I feel like our culture at least here in America is changing more rapidly than in the past. Now this is just my observation but it really has to do with the technological advances that we are making. Also a big factor to that is how quickly we create something new. The "vanishing point" in which how long it takes before an advancement is made. Look at our cellphones. Always upgrading and new every year and that really affects us as a people. We want the newest and the best constantly, and not all of us but society as a whole. Especially the children now seeing society act like this will carry that with them. I think ahead to the technological advances that we are supposed to achieve in the next ten years and how will that affect our culture. By 2030 we are supposed to be able to record our dreams and have virtual reality through contact lenses and toilets that every time you flush will give you a read out of what's in your body and what nutrition you are lacking plus any bad things you need to go to the doctor for. Can you imagine how those things will change our culture? ScientistSalarian012
Culture is everywhere like you say. You can not go anywhere without finding a new culture. It is interesting how much culture plays a role in who we are. My family is christian and raised me this way. I was christian until college and realized there was so much more I was never exposed to. I was in culture shock and still in my hometown. It is amazing how much technology has change culture also. It has made it easier for a culture to begin at one side of the world and end up at the other in a few days. Zipping012
While he explains culture you realize all societies have one. He describes what makes a culture and how to communicate cultures between societies. He says what makes a culture isn't set or defined. Is it based off of language, food, friends, religion, or other things that pull a society together. A society is a group of people that have something in common only within part of society. He says there learned, shared, pattern, mutually constructive, symbolic, arbitrary, and eternalized. Culture is not something you are born with you learn it so it is something that is passed down. Culture is nurture and not nature at least usually. Deaf society is a culture that is a culture but it is nature and nurture. Naturally the person is deaf and when you see another deaf person you are within a small society that bands together. Also within societies there are sub cultures. My family may do something different for holidays than others but we have a larger culture. Culture is interesting and it is why we have different words for different things in each society. In one area they may say soda and another says pop. It is a culture within itself. Zipping012
First off this video explains culture very well. I never really thought of culture this way before and to be able to is a great learning experience. He brings up learning culture for example when you were a baby you drank milk. You learn to have milk and cereal if that’s what you have for breakfast. Many people form these cultures in their society. He explained about how some cultures may not eat all three meals a day. Some cultures may eat a dinner which could be spiritual. In some cultures hand shaking is frowned upon but is used frequently in the United States. I could see why so many cultures are shared amongst other people. It is very interesting to see the different cultures in the world. I have not experienced going to a different country but I have seen some people around here that do practice their different cultures and it is a good experience to see. (Hound89) 012
ReplyDeleteThis video makes you think. I have been to another country and it is similar yet very different at the same time. The fact that the simple things that we don't even think twice about each day are just part of our culture and was taught to us. Just because someone does something different that us does not give us the right to judge them. jam012
DeleteI like what you are saying. We are all different in many way but the same in some. He does do a good job in explaining himself and what better way with food. We all have to eat! So we all can relate to food. The fact is that we all live day to day going through life not thinking of things that we do automatically that’s part of our culture. bfd6866012
DeleteHe says culture is something that is learned, you don't come out of the womb knowing these things. It is a system of patterns that are symbolic. There are an array of cultures throughout the world. Some of the things that we do here in the US, do not mean the same things in another counter, that is because of our culture. We shake hands as a symbol of respect and in other countries it can mean something completely different. He brings up the example of putting milk on your cereal, why do we do that? It is something that is learned in our culture. Also, I thought the reference to the aspect of beauty was very interesting, and true. Going to another country can definitely cause culture shock. He talks about the social aspects of emotions, why people in certain situations act the way that they do. It provided a very good explanation of culture and keeps you wondering. jam012
ReplyDeleteI like your summary of what the person is explaining in the video. I agree with everything you mentioned. It does put other cultures into perspective about how they live their lives. Just because our culture puts milk on cereal and another culture puts sour cream on their cereal doesn't make it wrong. It is important to study culture with an open mind as its very unique in itself how not only our culture, but how others life their lives. People live their lives completely different and that's what makes culture interesting. Lawpro012
DeleteI agree with you summary I could not amagine going in to a different country after being in the United States my whole life. It is something I would like to do. Culture shock would hit me hard I know that for sure. There is so many things to learn just in one culture to try to learn more cultures would be really hard to do. (Hound89)012
DeleteWell this video definitely puts sociological culture into perspective. I haven't really put too much thought into other cultures aside from my own. I do have an open mind about how others live their lives but how it differs from my own culture is unique. I do agree with and understand most of the video however I'm not certain about one cultural trait that someone else may have. For example the gentleman in the video explained about the types of food people eat and when. This is a learned behavior only after a person has seen and tried it themselves. Which is a cognitive learning form. But when someone, in another culture, eats garlic for breakfast and not dinner because they don't want a bad taste in their mouth or bad breath as they sleep is a bit confusing. This certainly doesn't mean that's its wrong. I enjoy learning about other cultures. About how people live their lives through observation and learning is quite intriguing if you stop and think about it. Lawpro012
ReplyDeleteIt is kind of funny. Why would a person decide to consume garlic for breakfast? Do they not realize that other people will have to smell that breath all throughout the day? It's kind of a not nice gesture.
DeleteHowever, while it is cognitive learning, what we eat is a part of our culture. Think about it. People from Asia consume a lot of grains. Wouldn't it make sense as a part of their culture that they will have rice with their breakfast? But in a typical American culture, do we have rice for breakfast? People from Mexico eat a lot of corn and flour products. So, to consume those for breakfast would be part of their culture.
Every time that we eat Chinese, Indian, Cantonese, Italian, we are partaking in part of their food culture. gogetit012
It's crazy to think that growing up you were brought up by your culture. Yes, your parents raised you but at the same time they are raising you from their culture and how they were brought up. You don't really think about some one elses culture unless you are put into a situation where it is noticeable. At first you are going to think "Woah, that's weird why are they doing it that way." Until you learn about culture and other cultures you would think yours is the right way or the normal way. If you never leave the town of Peoria Illinois you aren't going to run into alot of different cultures and than when you do finally run into a different culture you would be in a culture shock. But you are right it doesn't mean it is wrong. That is just the way they were brought up and raised. It's crazy how culture is more apart of our lives than we tend to think.
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This video was very entertaining. I enjoyed the way that he broke down culture. It is true that when we are born, we don't have any experiences. Who we are today, and what we have learned is entirely based upon our own learned life experiences. I have spent some time in other areas of the world, and it is true that cultures are different. It was different when in Germany, as I was sitting alone in a diner for someone to come and sit next to me at the table and talk with me as if we had known each other our entire lives. Here in the American culture, this is uncommon and unheard of. The only time that we really sit next to someone unknown and talk to them, is at a bar. But dinner? A meal? No, we just don't do that in our culture. As American's we are a very private and personal culture and while we generally have no issues with speaking with other people, we look at our meal times as very personal. gogetit012
ReplyDeleteI have never been out of the country. The closest was the the Virgin Islands and that is still considered the United States, even though it IS very different down there. I want to visit Germany so bad and I find it so fascinating that people would just come up to you and talk to you while you were eating alone. That is so unheard of here. People avoid other people likes it's their job here. It doesn't make sense to me but it is just how our culture is. And it would talk time in order for that to change.
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I am glad that you talked about your experience in another culture and how it is different from our culture. You are right, here if someone is eating alone then they are left alone because we are more private. Also here it is kind of going against a social norm to eat alone. I mean the only time people really eat alone is when they are at a fast food restaurant. Not many people go out to a nice restaurant and eat alone. RDH012
DeleteI thought your experience in Germany was rather interesting. I personally would absolutely love going to Germany and I do plan to some day. I completely agree with you, I think America is very much a private and personal culture with it comes to public outings such as eating at a diner. It's very interesting to me how different other cultures can be in even the smallest ways. Thank you for sharing your experience. -Blue22_012
DeleteHaving been to other countries myself, I agree. Here in the U.S., we seem to be distant from one another compared to other countries. I enjoy meeting new people and saying hi to others in passing etc. I somewhat understand when I went to other countries as apart of the military, people were not always friendly. I believed that to be in part because of me being in the military and them not always wanting us to be there. I also feel while it's not everyone, Americans as a whole a lot of times are stuck up thinking "they're" better than others.
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DeleteI like how he brook up culture and explained it and ware we learned it form , learned, shared, pattern, constructed, symbolic, arbitrary, alternant. Then he goes on and explains how culture makes up social emotion in its sociological prospective, the way you understands the others persons expression of emotion, human behavior emergent, actions are influences by the people internal and external events and social structure.
ReplyDeleteI never really thought about culture being learned from are caregivers and our society. How different it is from family to family, state to state, country to country. Then you look at the outside forces that can change your culture like religion, military, marriage, technology and time.
You would think it would be very easy in this day and age for people to except other people’s cultures with all the new technology and education we have today. I think what a culture shock it would be if a 100 years ago for a group of people of a different religion would try to move into Mclean County that was predominantly protestant and catholic. Because they did not have the same technology we have today. bfd6866012
I agree, it’s hard to imagine that so many things can shape our culture and that we can affect other cultures. I disagree about people not understanding other cultures. Yes, we have the technology to learn about other cultures but that’s not what people use it for. They use it for mundane stuff or only to look at things that pertain to their cultural interests.
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Now unlike the other video, I thought this guy did a very well job of explaining culture. He first starts off by saying that everything that defines culture happens in society. He then discusses how culture is: learned, shared, patterned, mutually constructed, symbolic, arbitrary, and the beauty of culture. He also does a well job of going into detail about each other these and which I enjoyed listening too. He talks about how culture is learned, you are not just born with the ability to know how to behave in society, in your society. Every culture is different and where you grow up at is how you learn how to act in society. Then he goes into detail about the others and how they relate to culture and how the society is shaped by these. At the end of the video he also talks about social emotions and the sociological perspective on that. He says that their is four different ideas in sociological emotions. This was an overall good video and I got a lot from it.
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I also thought this guy did a good job at explaining culture from an in-depth standpoint. I have not yet seen the other video, so I cannot make any comparisons with you there. But I can agree that this video was effective at explanation.
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This video is very informative, the 7 of a culture: Learned, Shared, Patterned, Mutually Constructed, Symbolic, Arbitrary, and internalized. He gives good examples to explain each one. I liked the example for learned. You don’t think about how you learned to drink milk would be a culture. I also liked the patterned example about going to bed at 6PM. I grew up on a farm and we always went to bed early when I was young. His explanation of Arbitrary was good also. I agree with how he described everything and it makes you think more about how we became a part of the culture we live in, as a culture in our society and how we become a part of a sub-culture. Every choice we make could move us from one culture to another in our society. I enjoyed the video a lot, he was very informative and gave great reason’s to his main points. It made me think about how my culture and sub-culture’s have grown and how society has shaped the cultures I am a part of and how I may have affected other people and the culture’s they fall in.
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His opening questions about what makes you part of a culture are the same questions I have. He then went on to talk about seven different parts of culture which kind of answered those questions for me. My high school has always been welcoming to hosting many foreign exchange students and they all adopted well into our culture. But just like he said, when they go back home do they now have the American culture with them? One of the students that came though was from France. While talking to her and getting to know her more I found out our cultures are more similar than different. Besides her slight accent, you wouldn't have known that she was from France because she seemed like any other teenager. I believe that everyone has a lot in common with their cultures, but we just chose to to pick out the differences and focus on those instead of the similarities. RDH012
ReplyDeleteI think this is one of the more interesting video that has been put up on this blog website that regards sociology. I personally think culture is extremely fun to learn about. The fact that other places are different in so many ways is fascinating to me. This video explain how culture differs in society in a way that is very easily understood. He explains culture as a group of people that share and pass on cultural strategies with something and then responding to their surroundings in a way that make them unique in their own way. It makes them different from any other group of people by the way they live their lives. He then begins to explain that within different cultures there can even be subcultures. Subcultures are a cultural group within a larger culture. They often have beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture. -Blue22_012
ReplyDeleteI found the video interesting. The video talks about what we eat during certain meals and how many meals we eat. Also what we may classify as beauty from one culture to another. There are many different cultures in our society. I remember when I was young, living next to a Vietnamese family, the food smelled a lot different from what we ate in my family. When I was in the military and worked my 90 days in the chief's mess hall, there was a lot of Filipino food that was made to accommodate the majority of the people there. It definitely makes sense how the "norm" for one culture can be very different for another culture. This doesn't give us the right to judge. For example, shaking hands here is a sign of respect where in another country or culture, within our society, it may be kissing on each cheek. I've been to Hong Kong, while controlled by Great Britain, they had military in there mall with machine guns. When I went to Singapore, we knew not to litter, I don't even remember people chewing gum or smoking there. In Jabahali and Bahrain, it seemed the thing to smoke there were bidis (pronounced beedies) instead of cigarettes like here in the U.S. It is important to know and understand the ways of cultures we visit in order not to offend one another. Just learning other cultures allows us to become closer to one another and realize we are all not as different as sometimes suggested.
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I particularly, did not find this video all that entertaining as the other ones. I’m not saying that the other videos were (and this one) were intended to be entertaining, I just feel as though the man in this clip talked so much about one subject, culture. He talked so much in a way that it seemed very drawn out, where the other clips really got the point across in shorter time.
ReplyDeleteWith that aside, I do agree with the man’s “seven different aspects of culture.” I agree because it is true. It is true that culture is learned and shared. I haven’t learned a single norm/more/taboo without it being shared to me by my mom, dad, or older brother. His examples are quite extraordinary. They are very random yet specific, but they do kind of make sense. This video overall was effective in giving a more in-depth explanation of culture.
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This video was very good and I enjoyed listening to him break down the culture. When you live day to day you don't really think about other peoples cultures unless you are faced with some one from a different culture. You don't think about other cultures "signs" and how our thumbs up or our "dinner" may mean something totally different to other people and their culture. I never really thought about how culture has affected my life before this class and learning how culture is shared makes me realize the things in my life were learned more or less from my culture and where I was raised up. I liked how he brought up in the video that some cultures think of "dinner" as breakfast because dinner is the big meal. So if you were to go a different part of the world and you hear someone is going to eat dinner at 9 in the morning you might think they are crazy but to them that is the norm. You don't really think how different you culture is from others until you are put in a position otherwise. Your normal may be different to someone else normal that lives in lets say Afghanistan or Iraq. Not ones culture is more normal than another but to you or me it may look weird to us. Understanding Sociology and culture though helps us realize that we may be different but that is what we were taught and how we grew up.
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Its so awesome to hear how a word as simple as dinner can mean something insanely different to just another person. To us dinner is when everyone in the family should be home, all sitting around the table, nice home cooked meal that mom, and possibly sister have cooked, and everyone tells about there day. While in another country dinner consist of people on the run eating their cereal bar as they rush out the door. It's amazing to hear how differ our world ca really be isn't it? Saxophone012
DeleteI do agree with how he explained dinner. I would have never thought that as being the first meal of the day, but it does make sense due to it being the biggest meal. Also, culture doesn't just have to be the difference in living in the U.S compared to Iraq. We could have all grown up in Peoria and still have different culture. He did state in the video how his society would go to bed at 730. In a lot of homes that probably is true. But just because we live next door doesn't mean we all go to bed at 730. It just shows you how different things are.
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The video does great at explaining how different cultures change. The handshaking for instance. In the Hinted states that is a sign of respect. While in other countries it could be as bad and saying hello with a giant F U sign attached to your forehead. Its all about the culture and what you were raised in. Culture shock plays a huge factor as well, you might not think its a bad thing for us in america to always be welcoming and greeting, sometimes with a hug, while over on the middle east, if you were to great someone with a hug that could result in you going to jail. It's all about the culture you were raised in, and also having the respect to learn there cultures as well. Saxophone012
ReplyDeleteI've always found culture shock to be a hilarious concept when I'm not the person experiencing it. ;)
DeleteTo think that something as friendly as a hug could mean the exact opposite to other cultures is amusingly befuddling, but you are absolutely right. If we don't stop to consider our actions when people communicating with people from different backgrounds, we risk potentially relaying information to them that is the exact opposite of what was intended. I was always taught that communication is 20% what we say and 80% how we say it. This can always be a challenge with other cultures.
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This was a great video to explain the many different cultures values, I guess is what I would call it. We are born into culture. It is something we apply to our every day lives. It something we learn as children and apply it to our adult lives. The example with the baby drinking milk, then milk with cereal. Its something we get as children. As we grow into adults we can apply different way of it. Instead of milk and cereal my breakfast is usually eggs and a protein shake. But like he explains in the video, people might not have access to certain ideas, so there routine would be different. Its so hard to define culture as one definition. As I would see something, could be totally different to how someone else is seeing it. Culture is something you are raised into, not just something you know at birth.
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I agree. It also makes me think of how there are so many cultures within our cultures. Such as the milk with cereal, or ketchup on eggs, or monkey bread during Christmas time. We all assume that because we were raised in the same country with the same religious background, live in the same area, speak the same language that we all have the same culture. I've come to find that we are all still different on many levels and subcultures are very relevant within our societies with common elements. hbaby31012
DeleteCulture really is (to me) the most interesting part of humanity. The fact that we are all the same species with so much in common, and still have this ability to be so different in different parts of the world is so intriguing to me. It's what sets us apart. Can you imagine how boring things might be if we were all of the same culture? Maybe we would all think more similarly, so we would be less likely to be as innovative as we are currently. Though, I suppose that growing up in America we are all sort of predisposed to having an appreciation for other cultures since we are such a melting pot of various backgrounds on our own.
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I think culture is very interesting too. And just like you said I think it's really cool how we are the same species, but there are so many things different that we do. What we find acceptable here maybe not be acceptable in other cultures and how we do things can be nowhere close to how others do things. Things would be pretty boring if everyone did the same thing!
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He explained culture really well. It explains that what we think & do here may not be the same as another place does in their culture. The gentleman talking in this video put a lot in perspective for me. He said just a hand gesture could be a different meaning in a different culture. In ours, it could be "ok" and in another it could mean something offensive. Not only that, but he also explained how we in the United States uses the word "dinner" as our meal at the end of the day, but in other places "dinner" is ate at the beginning of the day and is typically the biggest meal and supper is at the end of the day. I just found that to be extremely interesting.
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I liked this aspect too! It’s not something everyone is very aware of everyday if you aren't bilingual or encounter many other cultures everyday. I think we tend to forget how things we say or do can be perceived by other cultures or subcultures. When I was younger, we called it dinner, but in some of my friend’s families they call it supper. When I was younger, I thought everyone called it dinner, it was different to me to call it supper. GoGreen012
DeleteI liked his explanation of culture in this video. This was a new take (to me) on how to define a culture. We aren’t born with culture, but we learn it. There were certain things that it seemed is shared global, like having milk when we are infants. But when we are adults we have milk and cereal for breakfast. I really liked this example, in America, you wouldn’t see someone eating orange juice or sour cream with cereal, but this is our shared culture. We have subcultures within our own culture, such as farmers or people who work third shift. People who work third shift have a different pattern for when they eat and when they go to sleep or when they do various activities. I would say this is a subculture within our own. I also liked his example of the word “door”, I how the same word in a different language can have a completely different meaning. I am well aware of this fact, but I generally don’t think about it on a day to day basis. GoGreen012
ReplyDeleteIt's like having a cultural DNA that can change and morph into something new. We learn culture and it is so rooted inside of us we don't even realize it. So other cultures can really surprise us. But when you can become a part of another culture and live amongst it and value it you can change your cultural DNA. It's a very interesting thing. Learning from other cultures can help us grow as people. We can think differently than we did before or view something differently. We can mix aspects from different cultures that we have lived in that can make us better people. Something we never could have seen without the help of another culture.
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I never really began to understand how much of a culture I inherited until I worked alongside a doctor that was Muslim. Her took her religion very seriously and practiced it everyday as her way of life. In comparison, it made me start looking at all the differences we had, the foods we ate, the way we raise our children differently, how different our practices in religion were and our outlook on life in general had some differences. The beginning of our relationship was like a culture shock, I felt out of my element when I was around her and I sensed that same vibe from her as well, but the more that we had to interact and count on each the more I realized and learned about my culture as well as hers. We shared a lot of common ground on things and learned to come to a mutual respect. We shared our differences in food and religion and our relationship became stronger. Culture intertwines with one another more than we know and I do agree that the more we learn about other cultures, the more we recognize about our own cultures. Hbaby31012
ReplyDeleteCulture is a part of who we are no matter where we live or were raised. Culture is something that we learn from the society we belong to and were raised in. We learn our culture we aren't born with it and what I find fascinating is that culture has such a huge influence on who we are and yet it changes. I look at how things are now culturally different from when I was a child and I have talked to people of a variety of ages that talk about how much culture has changed over the course of their life. I feel like our culture at least here in America is changing more rapidly than in the past. Now this is just my observation but it really has to do with the technological advances that we are making. Also a big factor to that is how quickly we create something new. The "vanishing point" in which how long it takes before an advancement is made. Look at our cellphones. Always upgrading and new every year and that really affects us as a people. We want the newest and the best constantly, and not all of us but society as a whole. Especially the children now seeing society act like this will carry that with them. I think ahead to the technological advances that we are supposed to achieve in the next ten years and how will that affect our culture. By 2030 we are supposed to be able to record our dreams and have virtual reality through contact lenses and toilets that every time you flush will give you a read out of what's in your body and what nutrition you are lacking plus any bad things you need to go to the doctor for. Can you imagine how those things will change our culture?
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Culture is everywhere like you say. You can not go anywhere without finding a new culture. It is interesting how much culture plays a role in who we are. My family is christian and raised me this way. I was christian until college and realized there was so much more I was never exposed to. I was in culture shock and still in my hometown. It is amazing how much technology has change culture also. It has made it easier for a culture to begin at one side of the world and end up at the other in a few days. Zipping012
DeleteWhile he explains culture you realize all societies have one. He describes what makes a culture and how to communicate cultures between societies. He says what makes a culture isn't set or defined. Is it based off of language, food, friends, religion, or other things that pull a society together. A society is a group of people that have something in common only within part of society. He says there learned, shared, pattern, mutually constructive, symbolic, arbitrary, and eternalized. Culture is not something you are born with you learn it so it is something that is passed down. Culture is nurture and not nature at least usually. Deaf society is a culture that is a culture but it is nature and nurture. Naturally the person is deaf and when you see another deaf person you are within a small society that bands together. Also within societies there are sub cultures. My family may do something different for holidays than others but we have a larger culture. Culture is interesting and it is why we have different words for different things in each society. In one area they may say soda and another says pop. It is a culture within itself. Zipping012
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