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This document provides an overview of material and nonmaterial culture. It defines material culture as the possessions of a group and nonmaterial culture as a society's beliefs, viewpoints, and ideas. It then lists 10 examples of objects and their associated nonmaterial cultural perspectives, such as pouring beer on the ground as an honorable gesture to ancestors or shaving a widow's head upon her husband's death so his spirit can remain in her hair. The conclusion distinguishes that while materials can be shared between cultures, the goals, beliefs, or meanings assigned to them define cultural differences.

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This document provides an overview of material and nonmaterial culture. It defines material culture as the possessions of a group and nonmaterial culture as a society's beliefs, viewpoints, and ideas. It then lists 10 examples of objects and their associated nonmaterial cultural perspectives, such as pouring beer on the ground as an honorable gesture to ancestors or shaving a widow's head upon her husband's death so his spirit can remain in her hair. The conclusion distinguishes that while materials can be shared between cultures, the goals, beliefs, or meanings assigned to them define cultural differences.

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Written Assignment Unit 2

Material and Nonmaterial Culture


University of The People
Introduction to Sociology: SOC 1502
Robert Green: Instructor
February 12, 2024
Introduction:

With regard to culture, we observe that people have come together in networks to survive and to

organize their regular habits and inclinations.

Distinction between Material culture and Nonmaterial culture is that the term material

culture refers to the possessions of a group of people and interestingly, nonmaterial culture

consists of a society's beliefs, viewpoints, and ideas, (Little 2016).

Here beneath are the 10 objects and their nonmaterial culture perspective

1. Beer: Imparting a beer to your predecessors in pouring it on the ground, which is an

honorable gesture to them, and they will watch out for you on the opposite side.

2. Money: Groups settle on a particular measure of cash that each part can contribute during

a month, then, saved and given to any group part that has an impending occasion like

wedding. The point is to help each other during monetary need.

3. Teeth: As a child loses his milk tooth, the father take it and toss it on the rooftop. It is

accepted that this training assists child's teeth with developing appropriately once more.

4. Hair: Shave a widow's head after her husband death. It is trusted that the spouse spirit

can stay in the wife's hair. Assuming she doesn't shave, it may bring misfortune, and

death.

5. Head: Head shakes rather than handshakes which is welcoming between 2 men when

they meet, they can welcome each other by essentially scouring their heads against one

another next to each other, this hello isn't so much for ladies.

6. Flag: It represents harmony, blood of nation's martyrs, wealth, and country's splendid

future.
7. Church: is an image of the Christian religion; a generally acknowledged of faith. It is

significant since it has a solid connection between God and human.

8. School: represents continuation of information in our society and the extraordinary worth

to education.

9. Home: Represents the extraordinary value that our society connect to the family.

10. Food: In case a family has an animal emblem, it can't eat that animal, which is viewed as

a spiritual defender.

This activity reveals to me that my culture is socialist not individualist and has a

neighborhood custom and the overall signs of flourishing are education, money, and huge

houses.

In conclusion, Similar materials can be used by any culture, but for different goals, convictions,

or beliefs.

Word Count: 390

Reference:
Little, W. (2016). Introduction to Sociology - 2nd Canadian Edition. Pressbooks.

https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology2ndedition/

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