Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Defining culture

http://www.blurtit.com/q470255.html
Blurtit
is is a question-answer site where anybody can ask or answer, so validity may be a little questionable. On this answer, the author includes where the word "culture" comes from, mostly focusing on the origins of the term.

http://madisonian.net/2006/12/20/defining-culture/
The Madisonian is a website that focuses on technology and society. There are multiple references and seems very reliable. The authors are all highly-esteemed professors at universities, or someone else within the administration of the schools.

http://www.roshan-institute.org/474552
According to the to headline,
this website "promotes cultural understanding through education and communication". It includes bulletpoints on the various aspects of culture, along with succinct details for each point.

http://www.carla.umn.edu/culture/definitions.html
This is under a program at the University of Minnesota, so seeing as it is from an academic institute it is very reliable. The article focuses on strictly defining the term of culture, with multiple definitions from different people, all together on one page.

http://www.anthrobase.com/Dic/eng/def/culture.htm
This site is a dictionary for anthropology. This specific page uses little sources, mostly referencing others works already on the site, with scarce external references. However, it seems put together very well, and many of the other references have external sources. It is loaded with useful information.


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