UCSP PPT Part 1

Understanding
Culture, Society and

Politics
Starting points for the understanding
of
culture, society, and politics
Articulation of Human
cultural Variation, Social
Differences and Political
Identities
CULTURE - is a way of life of a
group of people--the behaviours, beliefs,
values, and symbols that they accept, AND
that are passed along by communication from
one generation to the next.
CULTURAL VARIATIONS
- Refer to the differences in
social behaviors that
different cultures exhibit
around the world.
RELIGION- comes from ‘religare’
a Latin word means ‘to bind together’. It is
a system of beliefs and practices as
well as systems of actions directed
toward entities which are above men. It
is an organized system of ideas about
the spiritual sphere or the supernatural.
ETHNICITY - is the
expression of the set of
cultural ideas held by a
distinct ethics or indigenous
group
NATIONALITY- is the legal
relationship that binds a person
and a country. It allows the
state to protect and have
jurisdiction over a person
SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
- are the differences among
the individuals on the basis
of social characteristics and
qualities.
GENDER- is the socially-
constructed characteristics of
being male or female. It
serves as guide on how males
and females think and act
about themselves.
GENDER VS. SEX
SOCIO-ECONOMIC- refers to the
category of persons who have more
or less the same socio-economic
privileges: These are
Upper class,
Middle class,
and Lower class
EXCEPTIONALITY
- refers to the state of being intellectually gifted
and/or having physically or mentally challenged
conditions:
a. Personality/ behavior
b. Communication (learning disability, speech
impairment, and hearing problems)
c. Intellect (mild intellectual & mental development
disabilities)
d. Physical appearance (blind-low vision)
e. Or a combination of more than one specific
exceptionality/disability
VARIATION WITHIN CULTURES:
1. SUBCULTURE
- is a segment of society which
shares a distinctive pattern of mores,
folkways, and values which differ from the
pattern of larger society. These are groups
that have specific cultural traits that set them
apart from the dominant culture.
2. COUNTER CULTURE
- is a group whose values
and norms place it at odds with
mainstream society or a group that
actively rejects dominant cultural
values and norms.
Such as . racism (Civil Rights movement), sexism (modern Feminist movement) and homophobia (Gay rights movement)
3. HIGH CULTURE
- Consist of classical music,
opera, ballet, live theatre and other
activities, usually patronized by
elite audiences (upper class)
4. POPCULTURE (POPULAR)
- defined by the interaction
between people in their daily
activities. (ex: Fashion, movies,
foods) The mass media keeps
popular culture updated
POLITICAL IDENTITY
is almost always associated with a group
affiliation and describes the ways in which
being a member of a particular group might
express specific political opinions and
attitudes. Various factors can construct an
identity, including race, nationality, where a
person lives and a person's gender and
sexuality.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9x6Qx_zYmk
According to Panopio (2007),
changes in culture bring in society
and human beings; likewise,
changes in society and human
beings bring change in culture and
politics. This phenomenon is called
social dynamics.
SOCIAL CHANGE
- refers to an alteration of mechanism
within the social structure, characterized by
changes in human interactions and
relationships, cultural symbols, rules of
behavior, social organizations, or value
systems.
CULTURAL CHANGE
- is the modification of a
society through innovation,
invention, discovery, or
contact with other societies.
POLITICAL CHANGE
- the change in the governmental
and political system of a state
through transition of leadership,
clash of ideologies, etc
SOURCES/ AGENTS OF CHANGE :
1. INNOVATION 2. ACTION OF LEADERS 3. SOCIAL CONFLICTS

- is a social - represents a trigger to (SOCIAL
social change. A leader is CONTRADICTIONS)
creation and someone who has the - is defined as the
institutionalization power to influence others or struggles for agency or
of new ideas. It is who is in charge or in power in society. It occurs
the invention of command of a social when two or more actors
situation. Authority is oppose each other in social
something new it
legitimate power in which interaction, reciprocally
can be an idea, a people believe the exerting social power in an
process, a differences in power is just effort to attain scarce or
practice, a device, and proper, that is, people incompatible goals and
or a tool. see leaders as entitled to prevent the opponent from
give orders. attaining them.

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1. INNOVATION 2. ACTION OF LEADERS 3. SOCIAL CONFLICTS

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