CultureMs. Crathorne

What is culture?

Culture is a reflection of who and what we are. It refers to everything connected with the way humans live in groups.

Canadian Culture

Canadian Flag

Beaver

Money

The Loon

Hockey

Poutine

Tim Hortons

Maple Leaf

What is included in culture?

1. Physical environment (interaction with environment)

2. History (origins/changes over time)3. Political Life (organization/security)4. Social Life (interaction/values/traditions)5. Economic Life (earning a living)

Nova Scotia

PEI New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labradour

Physical Setting

History

Political Life

Social Life

Economic Life

Values and TraditionsValues Traditions

Is there a culture specific to Atlantic Canada?

The Bluenose

Anne of Green Gables

Acadian Culture

Farmer’s Dairy

Highland/Irish Dancing

Two different traits

Cultural Traits

Hereditary Traits

What is the difference?

Two different traits

Hereditary traits : The genetic transmission of traits or characteristics that are passed from generation to generation

Cultural traits : Traits that are based on your culture

Which is Which?

Art

Beliefs about good and evil

Calendars

Community organization

Cooking

Education

Government

Hairstyles

Language

Marriage

Music

Religion

Personal names

Material Culture vs Non-Material culture

Non-material culture

Elements of culture that are not physical.

Examples?

Material Culture

Physical objects produced by/used by the society to which you belong

Examples?

Popular Culture vs Tradition CulturePopular

CultureCulture shared by many groups in society.

Examples?

Tradition Culture

Made up of practices established over many generations.

Example: Each family may have their own Christmas traditions, birthday traditions etc

Ceremonies

Can you think of different types of material culture from around the world?

Non-material Culture

Spoken language, ideas, stories, myths, legends, religious beliefs, and ways of behaving

Examples from Atlantic Canada

Evangeline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIJKmFisrPg

Behaviour : Non-material Culture

Do all cultures have the same type of acceptable behaviour?

What are some examples of behaviour that is acceptable in some cultures but not others?

Behaviour Examples

In India it’s very normal to have physical contact with someone you don’t know when walking down the street

In Islamic culture the right hand is used for food and the left hand is used for when in the bathroom and cleaning

Reason: The right hands of thieves and other criminals are punitively amputated. It was inconvenient but he or she is thereby virtually excluded from many social interactions.

Behaviour

We don’t stand in an elevator facing the other people

Not everyone shakes handsIn other cultures men often don’t shake hands with women

Scott Manor House

Scott Manor House - Story

It was the first house built in Bedford

The very last family to live in that house claim that there is a ghost

The daughter did not make her bed one day but when she arrived home from school – her bed was made

This happened everyday

This is a story about that house that gets passed along

The Music Room

Built by Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent

Built for his mistress – Thérèse Bernadine Mongenent

Built in the late 1700s

Legend says that when it was built the paths spelled her name

There is a legend that she roams along the shore by the building

Popular Culture

Movies, music, books

Items that are shared by many groups in society

Does pop culture change over time? Why? What influences it?

What are items of popular culture today?