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| Each
cultural or social dimension is like a mathematical dimension in space
(height, depth, width) in that they are analytical qualities, not empirical;
the removal of any one dimension, by definition, removes all dimensions. |
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| All
of these are learned, composed of systems of symbols, are social (beliefs
and behaviour not human individuals) and not transmitted or stored by genes.
See: the six dimensions. |
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| Technology:
We need to use the word "tools" and explain the (1) inventing, (2)
using and (3 teaching of others to invent and use them is the cultural
dimension, not the physical tools themselves. |
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Economics, this is called "capital," wealth produced not for immediate
consumption but to increase further production., |
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| Economy:
We need to refer to the production and distribution of wealth, which did
not need money in earlier societies and in some elements of our society
today, eg home and with friends. |
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| Wealth
is anything that has value and it has value to the extent it is useful
and scarce. |
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| It
could include goods and services, but goods only in terms of the services
they provide. |
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| Money
is not wealth, but is a measure and a means of storing and exchanging wealth. |
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| The
economic dimension of culture is not just business, buying, selling.
These things are specific to this culture in Canada, but not universal
among all cultures and societies. |
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| Political
Dimension relates to power and influence. |
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| It
includes authority and types of authority (traditional, bureaucratic or
charismatic). |
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| Politics
is not the same as ideology (which belongs to the values dimension) or
only party politics (which are institutions that are not universal). |
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| The
social, Interactional or Institutional
dimension refers to patterns of interaction, social organisation, meanings
we attach to each other, our presentations of selves, roles. |
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| Examples
include family or class. |
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| Values,
Ideology, Aesthetic: The shared values that we apply to judgements such
as good or bad, beautiful or ugly, right or wrong. |
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| Perceptual,
Beliefs or
Worldview,
the ideas we have about how the universe operates. Religious beliefs --
and more. |
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