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Generational Cultures

Discover the dimensions of generational cultures, from values and rituals to cultural differences and cognitive beliefs. Uncover the roots of generational gaps and the impact on society.

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Generational Cultures

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  1. GenerationalCultures An Introduction

  2. Culture

  3. rituals jokes written rules Consciousmyths clothing Subconscious symbols values unwritten rules time perception assumptions word meanings truth

  4. Dimensions of Culture

  5. Material Culture • Artifacts

  6. MaterialCulture • Artifacts • Spatial Arrangements

  7. Behavioral Culture • Rules

  8. Rules • Slang/Jargon Get ‘R Done Groovy Wazzup? imho10-4, Good Buddy blingGrand Silence Behavioral Culture

  9. Behavioral Culture • Rules • Slang/Jargon • Rituals

  10. Desirable Personal Characteristics • Desirable Outcomes • Emotional Connotations Values

  11. Cognitive Culture • Truth

  12. Cognitive Culture • Truth • Time

  13. Cognitive Culture • Truth • Time • Human Nature

  14. Cognitive Culture • Truth • Time • Human Nature • Cause and Effect

  15. Cognitive Culture • Truth • Time • Human Nature • Cause and Effect • Shared Meanings

  16. From country to country • From ethnic group to ethnic group • From one socio-economic class to another • Between “straights” and “gays” • Between men and women Cultural Differences

  17. From country to country • From ethnic group to ethnic group • From one socio-economic class to another • Between “straights” and “gays” • Between men and women • Between generations Cultural Differences

  18. The Roots of Generational Cultures

  19. Pre-birth “Experiences”

  20. Questions?

  21. Crystallizing Events

  22. Yes, Virginia There IS a Generation Gap!

  23. “All later experiences thus tend to receive their meaning from this original set, whether they appear as its verification and fulfillment or its negation and antithesis… Any two generations following one another always fight different opponents, both within and without. While the older people may still be fighting one battle, in such a fashion that all their feelings and efforts and even their concepts and categories of thought are determined by that adversary, for the younger people, this adversary may be simply non-existent: their primary orientation is an entirely different one.” (Karl Mannheim)

  24. Generations in Religious Life

  25. Generational Cultures In the United States

  26. The Greatest Generation:1915-1929

  27. The Silent Generation1930-1945

  28. The Baby Boomers1946-1961

  29. Generation X1962-1981

  30. Millennials1982-1995

  31. The Next Generation1996-???

  32. The Gift of Generations “It is important that people of different generations speak to one another, or everyone loses out.”

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