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  Culture and ChangeEveryone on Earth today belongs to a social group that has a culture. Field Museum anthropologists with the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change explain the creation of culture as the ongoing process where historical and environmental forces collide with human ingenuity. All people create culture, though the form and details of that culture may not be obvious or may be transparent to the people living in that culture. Your own culture just seems normal or natural to you because it is what you do everyday—though your traditions might seem very odd to those from other cultures who have their own ways of doing things that work well for them. Common Concerns, Different Responses Culture is shaped by the common concerns that all humans have: where and how to obtain food, clothing, and shelter, and how to express themselves artistically and spiritually. How each group of people answers these needs varies, resulting in different responses, or different cultural practices and traditions. Taken as a whole, these responses make up a unique culture. Anthropologists are interested in unraveling and understanding the patterns of diverse responses that make up human cultures. Continue to How Culture Changes. >> |
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