跨文化交际英文版8-Understanding-Culture.pptVIP

Unit 8 Understanding Culture In today’s class, we’ll… understand the definitions of culture; identify the ingredients of culture; describe the features of culture. I. What is Culture? Culture is everything. Culture is opera, art, and ballet. Culture may be defined as what a society does and thinks. What really binds men together is their culture. A culture is a collections of beliefs, habits, living patterns and behaviors which are held more or less in common by people who occupy particular geographic areas. Define culture from different perspectives From Intellectual Perspective From Anthropological Perspective From Social Perspective From Intercultural Communication Perspective From Intellectual Perspective According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, culture is “the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively”. From Anthropological Perspective Culture is “the customs, civilizations, and achievements of a particular time or people”. This is an anthropologist’s definition. From Social Perspective Culture is what a society does and thinks. Culture covers everything of a society. From Intercultural Communication Perspective Culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values, and norms, which affect the behavior of a relatively large group of people. What is Culture That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. ---Edward B. Tylor II. Three Ingredients of Culture Case Study??? It was my first visit to Chongqing. I felt uneasy when I asked the way to some place. In my hometown in the North, directions are given in terms of East, West, North and South. We may easily find the way when local people there tell you whether the place is in the direction of North or South; while in Chongqing the local people tell you the way in terms of direction on t