Monday, September 19, 2011

First Post

WHAT IS CULTURE? WHAT IS YOUR CULTURE? HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR CULTURE TO YOU?


I believe culture is the traditions and beliefs held by people belonging to a community.  In that sense, my culture is some amalgamation of nerd culture, internet culture, dance culture, and academia.  I associate with all kinds of people in these contexts on a weekly basis (at least), but I don't participate in the traditions, rituals and beliefs of the group per se.  I'm not passionate about anything exclusively, so it all depends on context; I behave differently when in differing situations.  Because of this, my culture is not very important to me.  I could easily find new cultures to participate in, but I don't think I'll ever really belong to a culture.