What is ‘culture’ and why should it matter to us today?

What is ‘culture’ and why should it matter to us today?

Reading 1: Culture (pp. 26–30) in: Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2017). What is
anthropology? London: Pluto Press. Second Edition.
Reading 2: Chapter 2, Culture (pp.17–37) in: Kottak, Conrad P. (2016).
Mirror for humanity: A concise introduction to cultural anthropology. New
York: McGraw-Hill (tenth edition)

I have attached appropriate books.

Please address two parts of the question what is culture and why should it matter to us today.
Also please acknowledge the discussion about culture as a set of rules to control the society
• Consider how ‘culture’ is often seen as synonymous with: customs, practices, rituals,
religion, language, food, clothes, etc. But it is also associated with ethnicity, territory,
society, and nation. Furthermore, ‘culture’ has been described in terms of providing a
social function, and associated with rules and forms of social control.
• Think carefully about the question: Who is ‘us’ and where are ‘we’? Maybe culture matters
more in some locations than others?

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