Thursday, October 27, 2011

Community

According to Wikipedia, community is a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household. This pretty much means that a community is a group of people who gather together and feel the same way about certain things. A community can be the people living in the area of a local high school, or huge fans of a certain sports team, or people coming together for a peaceful protest. Going to a community event is a great way to meet new people who have the same interests as you.


http://cec.vcn.bc.ca/cmp/whatcom.htm
This is a link that describes community in much more detailed levels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2T3evdj8xA&feature=relmfu
This is a youtube video which explains what community building is and how to accomplish it.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Resources for Defining Culture

1. http://www.culturalsavvy.com/culture.htm
This channel gives an in depth analysis of culture, what it means, cultural differences, how to identify them, how to manage them, how to solve them.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai9pRv_t3y8
This is a video that does a good job at explaining what culture is and includes bits of many different types of cultures.

3. http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/grade3/whatisa.html
This site explains the debate of nature vs. nurture, what causes cultural change, cultural formation, culture vs. civilization and race and culture.

4. http://anthro.palomar.edu/culture/culture_1.htm
This explains what culture is, the layers of culture, the comparison between culture and society, and if culture is only limited to humans.

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
This is the Wikipedia page explaining what culture is. It describes early modern discourses, 20th century discourses and also cultural change.