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ART, THE HUMANITIES & CULTURE
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
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ACTIVITY: WHAT DO YOU SEE?
There are many possible interpretations of this photograph.
There is no right or wrong interpretation or perception.
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LECTURE OBJECTIVES
oDefine HumanitiesoDefine CultureoWhere Humanities and Culture IntersectoHumanities & Culture in Daily Life
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DEFINING HUMANITIES
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
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HOW DO WE DEFINE HUMANITIES?o Those branches of knowledge that
concern themselves with human beings and their culture.
o Distinguished in content and method from the physical and biological sciences and, somewhat parallel to the social sciences.
o Often placed in comparison to more “practical” studies, which are designed primarily to help us make a living.
Ultimately, we could define humanities as the study of how humans express themselves through arts from early history to modern day to day life.
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oEnglish and American StudiesoMiddle Eastern and African
StudiesoEast and South Asian StudiesoEuropean StudiesoCultural Studieso LinguisticsoPhilosophyoHistory
oArcheologyo LawoTheology and Religious
StudiesoCommunication and Media
StudiesoMusic oFilm StudiesoDrama and Theatre oPerforming Arts
HOW DO WE DEFINE HUMANITIES?
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DEFINING CULTURE WHAT COMPOSES CULTURE?
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HOW DO WE DEFINE CULTURE? According to Clyde Kluckhohn's Mirror for Man, culture is:
1. "the total way of life of a people"
2. "the social legacy the individual acquires from his group"
3. "a way of thinking, feeling, and believing"
4. "an abstraction from behavior"
5. “a theory … about the way in which a group of people in fact behave”
6. a "storehouse of pooled learning"
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HOW DO WE DEFINE CULTURE? 7. "a set of standardized orientations to recurrent problems"
8. "learned behavior"
9. “a mechanism for the … regulation of behavior”
10. "a set of techniques for adjusting both to the external environment and to other[s]"
11. "a [facilitator] of history"
12. “a behavioral map, sieve, or matrix”
Clyde Kluckhohn's Mirror for Man
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THE INTERSECTION OF
HUMANITIES & CULTURE
HOW ARE THE TWO RELATED?
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HOW ARE HUMANITIES & CULTURE RELATED? HUMANITIES X CULTUREo Humanities is the catalyst for
the creation of culture.
o Culture combines life experience and learned behavior.
o We learn culture through humanities and environment.
EXPRESSION HUMANITIES + CULTURE = EXPRESSION
o The humans express themselves through the humanities and culture
o The way we speak, sing, dress, think, and even the way we eat is influenced by humanities and culture.
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HUMANITIES & CULTURE IN DAILY LIFE
HOW DOES THIS AFFECT ME?
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ACTIVITY: WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Ask yourself:
• How much do I see in this picture?
• What is my interpretation of this piece of art?
• What does this represent?
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EVERYDAY EXAMPLES
o Perception
o Beliefs
o Behavior
o Communication
o Understanding
o Comprehension
o Expression
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CONCLUSION
o Humanities are branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture.
o Culture is the combination of life experience and learned behavior.
o Humanities + Culture = Expression
o Humanities and Culture influence us daily through self expression, comprehension and understanding.
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