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Being
objective about culture makes you strange
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The term "strange
fish" is slang for someone who is aware of culture.
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It comes from the proverb, "It is
a strange fish that knows the existence of water."
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live within our culture, which we also carry about with us. |
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be a fish is to be unaware of water. |
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the fish can move through different kinds of water, such as going from
a river to the ocean, but it is still water. |
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A fish that jumps out of water to
rid itself of lice, experiences non water briefly.
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us to be aware of culture, which is what makes us human, we need to remove
ourselves from culture. |
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from our culture that we usually live in, to an exotic or different culture,
does not take us out of culture, but is just a move between different
kinds (like the river and ocean, both water). |
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that makes us odd, especially if we shift our values and behaviour. |
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we use the sociological concept of culture, which is equivalent to the
total socio-cultural system (not just art and dance), composed of everything
we learn, and what gives us our humanity. |
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community, for example, is a social or cultural entity, not the individuals
which may compose it at any one time. |
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