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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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| In 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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| Beliefs or
Worldview,
the ideas we have about how the universe operates. Religious beliefs ––
and more. |
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