Exploring Arts and Culture

EXPLORING ARTS
AND CULTURE
Arvhelynn C. Litang
Subject Teacher
REDISCOVERING
CULTURE
Man is a social animal.
Cultures as defined by social scientists pertains to

the set of values, beliefs, and attitudes that a person
or group of individuals may posses.
Culture may be deemed as heterogenous.

CULTURE AND ARTS
Culture then becomes the gateway to understanding people.
Fernandez (2016) attested that culture is an accumulation of

shared knowledge, experiences, values, attitudes,
hierarchies, meanings beliefs, notions of time and space,
religion, roles, and concepts of the universe, and material
objects and possessions acquired by people in a contiguous
space through generations.
Men have utilized different forms of arts like dancing,

singing, acting, drawing and the like in order to not only
understand themselves and other people but of grasping their
humanness.
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Culture and Society are two distinct conceptions and
should not be confused. (Newhill and La Paglia, 1977).
Culture denotes the way of living in which has the

society creates to satisfy its basic needs. On the other
hand, Society is consisting of people that share a
common way of living.
Only human societies make cultures, people cannot

survive without culture.
KEY CONCEPTS ON CULTURE
1. Culture is a total pattern.

The personality of a person, so with his behavior, is
affected by culture.
His common acts of sleeping, eating, resting, and

even expressing despair and showing affection such
as love are influenced by culture.
Same with the songs, dances, rituals and other acts

that can be handed down to the next era.
2. Culture has structure.

For a culture to exist, it needs a structure.
A Filipino tribal village for example may not occur if

there are no units and groupings forming patterns of
behaviors and these varying groups relate to others in
forming a summed pattern of a Filipino way of life.
Culture may change as with time as there are

relatively new factors are introduced.
3. Culture is learned/adapted.
Culture shapes and molds an individual.
It is through culture that man learns to adapt in his

present society and acts according to the standards or
norms in a particular community.
Culture co exists within a structure, man has to

constantly learn and adapt with others in order to
survive.
4. Culture is shared.
This concept of culture is often manifested as people

living together in geographic locations share the same
principles, and practices.
Cebuano-Visayan found its roots in Cebu but people

in Mindanao shares the same langauge through
variations are manifested.
5. Culture is influential.
Studies have revealed that the pre-historic Filipinos

have already manifested its own identity long before
the colonizers came to this land.
When one is subjected under the influence of another,

then greater chances lie that one will inherit, if not be
accustomed, to those things you are been exposed to.
6. Culture is transmitted.
Culture can be passed on from one generation to the

next.
It is sufficed to say that culture does not only change

but can be transmitted and on how these are passed
on from one group to another may be affected by
various factors.
7. Culture is dynamic/culture change.

Anthropologists and sociologists often reveal in their
studies that there is a varying rate of culture change
and this is attributed to commitment of culture to
growth and development.
The culture of hunting has already extinguished not

because men failed to manifest creativity but relatively
due to the substantial changes in pattern of man’s
existence.
8. Culture differences.
No two persons are alike.
Bennet (1992) claimed that this reality can be traced into

man’s artistic, literary, and philosophical aspects of
culture, which have increased in variety.
The spread of Western influences across the continents has

suppressed many of these unique differences.
Fernandez (2016) testified that cultural differences

manifest themselves in varying ways and differing levels of
depth of Art.
ELEMENTS OF
CULTURE
John W. Bennet (1992) of Washington University has
categorized the elements of culture. And these are
enumerated below:
a. Trait. This serves as the quality which makes one person or

thing different from another.
b. Complex. The situation involved and even the materials

used are forming part on how this element exists.
c. Pattern. The existence of regular and repeated way of

doing things such as the reliable sample of traits, acts,
tendencies or other observable characteristics of a person,
group or institution.
ELEMENTS OF
CULTURE
d. Meanings. The derived idea represented by a word,
phrase, or even the idea expressed in a work of writing, art
and others.
e. Functions. This is identified by the observer and not by

culture bearers.
f. Institutions. Groups of activities with specific need-

satisfaction and how they function. These can be families and
other group of individuals. While under political are
community organizations, and government and also
economic category which comprises cooperative labor,
housing and private entities.
Points to remember:
Culture has been called as (1) it is pattern of living

“blueprint for living”. which people are expected to
follow.
“Cultured” person is endowed
with remarkably good set of (2) every person is born into
manners, knows what to do an existing culture which he
when confronted with must learn and which shapes
situations and develops his life.
appreciation for literature, art
and music.

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EXPLORING ARTS

Man is a social animal.

Cultures as defined by social scientists pertains to

Culture may be deemed as heterogenous.

Fernandez (2016) attested that culture is an accumulation of

Men have utilized different forms of arts like dancing,

Culture denotes the way of living in which has the

Only human societies make cultures, people cannot

1. Culture is a total pattern.

His common acts of sleeping, eating, resting, and

Same with the songs, dances, rituals and other acts

2. Culture has structure.

A Filipino tribal village for example may not occur if

Culture may change as with time as there are

It is through culture that man learns to adapt in his

Culture co exists within a structure, man has to

This concept of culture is often manifested as people

Cebuano-Visayan found its roots in Cebu but people

Studies have revealed that the pre-historic Filipinos

When one is subjected under the influence of another,

Culture can be passed on from one generation to the

It is sufficed to say that culture does not only change

7. Culture is dynamic/culture change.

The culture of hunting has already extinguished not

Bennet (1992) claimed that this reality can be traced into

The spread of Western influences across the continents has

Fernandez (2016) testified that cultural differences

a. Trait. This serves as the quality which makes one person or

b. Complex. The situation involved and even the materials

c. Pattern. The existence of regular and repeated way of

e. Functions. This is identified by the observer and not by

f. Institutions. Groups of activities with specific need-

Culture has been called as (1) it is pattern of living

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