What Are The Basic Elements Of All Cultures?
All cultures have features that result from basic needs shared by all people. Every culture has methods of obtaining food and shelter. It also has family relationships including forms of marriage and systems of kinship. A culture has religious beliefs and a set of practices to express them. All societies have forms of artistic expression such as carving, painting and music. In addition, all cultures have some type of scientific knowledge. This knowledge may be folklore about the plants people eat and the animals they hunt, or it may be a highly developed science.
How Do Cultures Differ?
Cultures differ in their details from one part of the world to another. For example, eating is a biological need. But what people eat, when and how they eat, and how food is prepared differs from culture to culture.
How Do You Incorporate Culture in a TOK Presentation?
If you were doing a presentation on perception, and you are talking about how people perceive beauty, then culture is an important factor you must mention.
For, the definition of beauty is determined by culture. An example of a
presentation would be a keynote presentation, where you show how the
definition of beauty changes depending on culture.
Looking at the two images below, it becomes clear that the definition of
beauty differs from culture to culture.
