Cultural dynamics

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CULTURAL DYNAMICS
Production, grounding, interpretation, memory

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WHAT IS CULTURAL DYNAMICS ?
Cultural dynamics is concerned with the formation,
maintenance, and transformation of culture over time.
Cultural information = ideas + practices
*Culture – set of non-genetically transmissible information that is
available, accessible and applicable for a group of people

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Social transmission of cultural information
1. Production – S remembers cultural information and translates it
into transmissible form
2. Grounding – establishing mutual understanding about the produced
cultural information between the S and R
3. Interpretation – R interprets the grounded cultural information and
translates it into a retainable form
4. Memory - interpreted information is remembered for later use and
production

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Social transmission of cultural information
1. Production – S remembers cultural information and translates it
into transmissible form
2. Grounding – establishing mutual understanding about the produced
cultural information between the S and R
3. Interpretation – R interprets the grounded cultural information and
translates it into a retainable form
4. Memory - interpreted information is remembered for later use and
production

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Social transmission of cultural information
1. Production both inter- and intrapersonal and translates it into
transmissible form
2. Grounding interpersonal about the produced cultural information
between the S and R
3. Interpretation both inter- and intrapersonal information and
translates it into a retainable form
4. Memory intrapersonal is remembered for later use and production

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THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR AND ITS
MEMORY
Production: there have been millions of the information producers
among the people who survived the war. This kind of information is
emotive, morally relevant and socially desirable
Grounding: suddenly after the war, the information about it has been
shared and led to mutual understanding about the produced cultural
information
Interpretation: at this stage receivers interpret the grounded
information to be retained in their memory. This process is based on
their experience during the war and many other determinants.
Memory: there were a lot of films, books and other products of culture
devoted to war with people’s contemplations about it . The war is
firmly ingrained within culture bearers. Moreover, arguably there could
be a retrieval induced forgetting effect, because after The Great
Patriotic war the previous large-scale wars were relatively forgotten