ANT 1520 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Totem, Ethnocentrism, Idiosyncrasy
5 Aug 2020
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Culture is the result of the accumulation of experiences. Culture is a complex system of knowledge and customs that characterizes a given population and that is passed on to subsequent generations. Language, habits and values are some of the aspects that are part of culture. The word culture comes from the latin meaning "to cultivate", "to till" or "to care" and refers to cultivating knowledge and education, in the sense of the intellectual capacity that a people or civilization acquires. Culture is the result of the accumulation of experiences and the adaptation to different circumstances that a population had during a long period. Culture guarantees the survival of the social group. The united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (unesco) defined culture as. Culture is characterized by being learned, shared and dynamic, that is, it adapts to the context in order to guarantee the survival of the social group.
