ICCE Intermediate

CULTURESession one

‘what is culture?’

Adrian L Hawkes

What is Culture?Where does it come from?

What makes it?It is the effect of family and pressures by

Politics ReligionEducation Art Media Economics

?What are the easy things to spot that demonstrate differences in culture?

!Differences in Cultures

that are obviousThings like:-

Food GREETINGS

DRESS

LANGUAGE

The four pillars of cultureBusiness / economicsEducation / familyMedia / entertainment / advertisingPolitics / government / religion

Are the four pillars on which all culture rests

Culture is not staticIt is constantly changing though sometime we are not aware of that factIt is becoming almost generic, and we are, on a world wide basis subject to world pressure on local culture ‘ the global village effect’In the micro you only have to go to your neighbours to experience cultural change

The most powerful global influencer of culture

Is probably Film ‘movies’And they as we know predominantly come from Hollywood in the WestOr from Bolliwood in the East

We all watch American movies…We are all culturally affected…

Why this course is important!

We need to understand who we areWe need to understand why we areWe need a point of reference in any attempt to help othersWe live in an increasing global world and to understand other cultures particularly in our cross cultural exchanges our reference points on cultural understanding become more and more important

Adrian L HawkesFor CEE. ICCE Intermediate studiesFor Barnabas Training 27th January 2005Kennington College Degree course Jan 2008Kennington College Degree Course Jan 2009ICCE Intermediate Prep October 2016