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WHO AM I? WHO ARE YOU? WHO ARE WE? CULTURAL MARKERS THAT DIVIDE AND UNITE. 1 ST Philippine Conference-Workshop on Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education FRANCISCO A. DATAR, P h.D. Department of Anthropology, U.P. Diliman 18 – 20 February 2010 Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City. N.
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WHO AM I? WHO ARE YOU?WHO ARE WE?CULTURAL MARKERS THAT DIVIDE AND UNITE 1STPhilippine Conference-Workshop on Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education FRANCISCO A. DATAR, Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, U.P. Diliman 18 – 20 February 2010 Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City
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You put your hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say “Excuse, excuse” when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.
You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.
CULTURE is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society (E. B. Tylor 1871)
Judging another culture or people by the values and standards of one’s own.
The view that cultural traditions must be understood within the context of a particular society’s responses to problems and opportunities.
Societies in which there exists a diversity of cultural patterns.
Looking at other societies with respect and without prejudice.