Culture in depth

When having my interview with Andrew, I came to learn about many different meanings of what culture is.

My first thought of what cultures was about the types of traditions that different countries have, meanwhile according to the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1) it is "the way of life of a people, including their attitudes, values, beliefs, arts, sciences, modes of perception, and habits of thought and activity". Though these definitions are quite different from each other, they are not wrong, and they do link with one another.

Culture can be about the art and science of a place and for Bristol, this also links with the culture of the locals, which can be about what the area is good at. In this case how Bristol has a culture of art, such as poetry and music, with Caleb Parkin being Bristol's current city poet and Bristol has a history of a variety of music genres, that were either introduced or created that is still prominent to this day. Also, as the Oxford definition, culture can be about a person's daily life, from when they get up in the more, to if they like to read or go to the pub on the weekend and other feature on how the person wants to live their lives.

Link backing with the culture of a person’s life, culture can also be the norm worldwide, for example, a big change of culture does be the introduction to technology, such as phone, and the internet. This creates a great change in how people view topics, carry out task and interactive with people compare to 10 years prior.

C.P Snow a novelist and a physical chemist, thought that the culture of sciences and the culture of art/humanities never integrate to simply put it, this could be the clear case in the past (1900- 1960), however nowadays, especially according to the Bristol Culture of Development, this is not the case. Culture is about the creator and creation and in a world where science and technology are more accessible, without a second thought, the world has a culture, where art and science go hand in hand, as people now can use science simply for the means of art and vice versa.

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References:

(1) Blackburn, S. (2008). The Oxford dictionary of philosophy. [online] Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available from: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199541430.001.0001/acref-9780199541430 [Accessed 29 Apr. 2021].

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