Sociology of culture

A sweet, savory strawberry Everyday, I tend to overlook and ignore what my culture has to offer me because in my perspective, my cultural identity never had significant value. I just never questioned the importance of my cultural identity. But as we slowly visit the individual cultural topic, I realized the many aspects of how my own cultural identity is influenced by my family names, religion, and food. My cultural identity is a simple strawberry. A strawberry can be frozen,…

Cultural Identity My culture can be described as chicken, it can be interpreted in many different ways. Chicken is able to be fried, baked, or grilled. My culture varies as well. I have a variety of education, values, and religion. These are only some of the ways I’m able to express myself or show myself through my culture. Some things in my culture may not be that alike with other cultures, but this way you feel individual and unique. My education, has to deal with what my culture wishes to…

lifestyle and how I connect with other students. I have learnt from being considered a student is that there is a lot of emphasis on drinking culture and the idea of being poor or stressed a lot of the time, however it is also these aspects of the student lifestyle that have helped me connect and socialise with other students. Being a part of student culture has also enabled me with a sense of belonging as when coming to university, almost everyone is in the in the same situations in regards to…

that society is a complex system whose various parts work together to produce stability and that sociology should investigate their relationships”. (A.Giddens 2013 P.18) “Society is made up of power struggles”. (www.youtube.com-sydney brown) Conflict Theory holds the view that society is based on inequality, with some members of society benefiting at the expense of others. Conflict theorists in sociology, see’s society as separate…

1.0 INTRODUCTION Culture has links with tourist behavior as it is an element that is closely linked to existing cultures around the world to make decisions and ways of life that affect the diversity of religion. Culture has certainly affected many elements throughout our lives consciously or not. Culture is something that has many features in terms of art, multi-racial lifestyle, belief in various religions and races and more to do with it. Culture plays an important role in the form of…

Touring the Smithsonian Museums with the Sociology class was fascinating. Some scholars observed in wonder of the various Native American clothing and toys that were displayed. Others gasped at the astonishing display of the John Bull locomotive that peaks ones interest in the railroad bridge. A lot of the scholars did not notice the significance of the Civil War Union Draft Wheel until after they read the markers explaining the power that these types of wheels possessed. Each exhibit was…

believe that these encapsulate in the most simplest of ways, my true nature. Generally speaking, personal culture is the set of principles or morals to which a person runs his/her life, their own personal set of rules or guidelines. This culture can be cultivated over time and fashioned in any way. However, my father, Rick Anderson, had the greatest impact on the development of my personal culture. He still to this day influences the decisions I make, like a voice that rings in my head. He…

Culture is the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group. The characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time. My culture identity is a way to tell people who I am and where I came from. Expressing my culture identity can be a way of telling people that I am proud of how and where I was raised. My Culture identity consist of Food, Clothes, and Music. Food is a really big part of my culture identity. I have…

groups from their earliest interactions with others” (pg. 9). It's important that people recognize their background and how it influences their identity and perceptions. As stated in the text, “We all have unique identities that we develop within our cultures, but these identities are not fixed or static” (Trumbull and Pacheco 8). There are various aspects of a person’s life that may determine his or her cultural identity. For instance music, clothing, language, and food. These elements can…

individuals to connect with people from all parts of the planet. However, even in this digital age, some cultures like the Yanomamos still live separate from the rest of the world. The Yanomamos live in the Amazonian rainforest along the Brazilian border. Anthropologists argue that this group is deeply rooted into their cultural cocoon and this is a phenomenon which enables them to preserve their culture and protect their community from foreign diseases. It is evident from the video that there…