Visible and Invisible Culture

What is culture?

• Culture is the beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors shared by a group of people.
• Culture is the geography of a region.
• Culture is the clothing worn by a group of people.
• Culture is the language spoken by a group of people.

What are examples of visible culture?

• Religion, customs, traditions

• Music, food, technology

• Clothing, art, architecture, and language

• Geography, climate, history

What is an example of deep culture?

• Language, religion, customs, and social institutions

• Education, healthcare, and government.

• Geography, climate, and natural resources.

• Food, clothing, and music.

What is an example of invisible culture?

• Religious practices

• Unspoken rules and norms

• Traditional clothing

• Language barriers

Can you give examples of your own culture?

What are stereotypes?

• Unbiased and accurate beliefs or ideas about a particular group of people or things.
• Widely held but oversimplified and generalized beliefs or ideas about a particular group of people or things.
• Individualized and specific beliefs or ideas about a particular group of people or things.
• Flexible and adaptable beliefs or ideas about a particular group of people or things.

What are some examples of stereotyping ideas?

• Believing that all people from a certain country are lazy or unintelligent.
• Believing that all elderly people are forgetful and incapable of learning new things.
• Assuming that all members of a certain race or ethnicity have the same characteristics or abilities, believing that all women are emotional and nurturing, or assuming that all men are aggressive and dominant.
• Assuming that all teenagers are rebellious and disrespectful.

Write some examples of sterotypes

I find the topic of culture

• interesting

• not so interesting

• neutral

• boring

How does Danish culture compares to for example American culture?