culture

Examples of culture in the following topics:

• Ceramics in Neolithic China

  • The Yangshao culture was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China.
  • The culture flourished mainly in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi.
  • The Yangshao culture crafted pottery.
  • Unlike the later Longshan culture, the Yangshao culture did not use pottery wheels in pottery-making.
  • The Longshan culture was a late Neolithic culture in China, centered in the central and lower Yellow River and dated from about 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE.

• Cultural Wars of the 1990s

  • The term culture war in the United States generally refers to the conflict between conservative and liberal values.
  • "Culture war" is a translation from the German Kulturkampf, a term that was coined to describe the clash between cultural and religious groups in the campaign from 1871 to 1878, under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of the German Empire, against the influence of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Hunter described what he saw as a dramatic realignment and polarization that had transformed American politics and culture.
  • On the other hand, conservative cultural warriors' rhetoric helped Republicans gain control of Congress in 1994, and the subsequent impeachment of Clinton by Congress over a sex scandal is widely understood as having been a divisive culture war battle.
  • The culture wars also influenced the debate over public school history curricula in the United States in the 1990s.

• Meaning and Culture

  • The arts are a distinct subdivision of culture, and construction of meaning in the arts is a culturally-specific process.
  • Culture refers to the arts, customs, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
  • The meaning of art is often culturally specific, shared among the members of a given society and dependent upon cultural context.
  • German Sociologist Georg Simmel was a pioneer in studies of culture and society
  • Reconstruct the changing meaning of the term "culture" over the past two centuries

• Woodlands in the East

  • While there were many regionally distinct Woodlands cultures, trade between them was common and they shared the practice of burying their dead in earthen mounds, which has preserved many cultural artifacts.
  • Because of this trait the cultures are collectively known as the Mound builders.
  • The Adena culture is another well-known example.
  • After adopting maize agriculture the Mississippian culture became fully agrarian, as opposed to the hunting and gathering supplemented by part-time agriculture practiced by preceding woodland cultures.
  • This mound, located in Moundsville, West Virginia was built by the Adena culture.

• Eskimo

  • Inuit culture begins with the Pre-Dorset cultures as far back as 4000 BCE, and spans through the Thule cultures of 1000 CE until present day.
  • The Dorset culture, which became culturally distinct around 600 BCE, produced a significant amount of figurative art using mediums such as walrus ivory, bone, caribou antler, and on rare occasions, stone.
  • The Ipiutak culture represents a classical period of Inuit development.
  • The culture arose ca. 100–200 BCE and collapsed around 800 CE.
  • The Ipiutak culture arose ca. 100–200 BCE and collapsed around 800 CE.

• Jade in Neolithic China

  • The Liangzhu culture was the last Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China.
  • The Liangzhu culture (3400-2250 BCE) was the last Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China.
  • The most exemplary artifacts from the culture were its cong (cylinders).
  • Jade bi from the Liangzhu culture.
  • Describe the jade work and religious architecture of the Liangzhu culture.

• Introduction to Ancient Greece

  • Ancient Greek culture spans over a thousand years, from the earliest civilizations to the cultures that became the Ancient Greeks.
  • Ancient Greek culture covers over a thousand years of history, from the earliest civilizations in the area to the cultures that became the Ancient Greeks.
  • Greek culture is focused on their government, art, architecture, philosophy, and sport.
  • During the Bronze Age, several distinct cultures developed around the Aegean.
  • By 1050 BCE, the recognizable features of Mycenaean culture had disappeared.

• Pacific Arts Festival

  • The Pacific Arts Festival celebrates the arts of indigenous cultures in the Oceanic region.
  • It was conceived by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, former South Pacific Commission, as a means to stem the erosion of traditional cultural practices by sharing and exchanging culture at each festival.
  • The festival is not a competition but a cultural exchange, and it serves to both reunite people and reinforce regional identity and mutual appreciation of Pacific-wide culture.
  • The Pacific Cultural Council selects the host country, recognizing that each participating country desires the opportunity to showcase its unique indigenous culture by hosting the festival.
  • Entry to all artistic events is free to the public, thereby maximizing cultural outreach and inclusion.

• Rituals

  • The 19th century saw the widespread loss cultural artifacts of many cultures around the world.
  • Many cultural and religious communities, including Native Americans, insisted these were cultural and ancestral assets, but nonetheless saw them sold and placed behind glass.
  • Cultural items include human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony.
  • Cultural integrity can be compromised or wrongfully preserved through improper association in a museum context.
  • Compare and contrast the non-preservation of ritual and cultural art as perceived by Native American, Buddhist, and Islamic culture.

• The Southwest

  • Their culture formed in the American southwest after the cultivation of corn was introduced from Mexico around 1200 BCE.
  • The Hopi culture emerged in the Southwest in the 14th century.
  • The Hohokam are credited with being the first culture to master acid etching.
  • This shell was produced by the Hohokam culture of the Southwest.
  • Describe the Anasazi, Hopi, and Hohokam cultures of the American Southwest.