Culture Diversity



Culture Diversity

Part A: Introduction

Culture, as a concept, is one of the most complex ideas in academic use today. It is defined and applied in various and often incompatible ways and is the site of significant disagreement between academic disciplines regarding the fundamental character of human social life and the manner in which it is to be studied.

The aim of the paper is to discuss the cultural diversity among different groups of people to understand how people spend their lives. In the paper, we will discuss the cultural aspects of anthropologists and Asians. It would include how they spend their life, what are their practices and what are their likes and dislikes. It would also include their role in the society.

Part B: Sources Used

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Data retrieved from: http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/

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Part D: Cultures

Cultural Aspects Of Anthropologists

For anthropologists, culture tends to refer to symbolic systems of beliefs, values, and shared understandings that render the world meaningful and intelligible for a particular group of people. While these systems-which provide the basis for such elementary concepts as food and kinship and even, influence how individuals experience time, space, and other aspects of reality-often appear to their adherents as natural and objective, they in fact represent variable, socially agreed-upon models. In turn, humans must themselves construct these models in order to find order and meaning in a world lacking an inherent sense of either.

Some anthropologists allege that the culture concept oversimplifies and stereotypes whole societies, erroneously treating them as isolated and uniform while underplaying individuality and diversity of opinion. Others maintain, however, that the concept has never entailed such assumptions, and that culture is simply a useful way to think about the beliefs and shared understandings that make it possible for humans to understand their world.

Cultural Aspects Of Asians

Asians are very unique when it comes to their cultural diversity. The names of the natives of the country has strongly influenced by the culture, as there are many traditional names which are very unique in one culture, but you would not them in other cultures. Like in Asia the tradition is to out their family names after their name. Furthermore, symbolic reference involves much more than merely matching a word or other symbol to its counterpart in the “real world” of objects. In a famous example, Edward Sapir illustrated that when someone uses the word house in the general sense, they do not think of any one house, but of any and all houses that have ever existed or could possibly exist, as well as the set of collective beliefs, attitudes, and judgments associated with that class of objects. This is what is called a ...