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| CHANGE
and the DIMENSIONS |
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| To make changes in any one dimension
has repercussions in each of the other dimensions. To introduce a
new method of obtaining water in a community, for example, requires the
introduction of new social institutions, or reorganising of existing ones.
to maintain the new water system. |
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| To change something in one cultural
dimension not only requires changes in other dimensions, it causes changes
in other dimensions. |
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| Learning any new ways of doing things
will require the learning of both new values and new perceptions.
Changes in any dimension will start changes, like the ripples of water
on a calm lake when you throw a stone into it, and ultimately all six dimensions
will change. |
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| Since all resulting changes do not
immediately appear simultaneously, we use the term “culture lag” to
describe elements that delay. |
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| Here is a diagram that can be used
as a framework for discussion of social change and the inter relationships
between cultural dimensions. |
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