Challenge 4 How to cope with cultural dilemmas in an increasingly globalized world?

The evolutionary concept of culture

· Some cultures are better and more right than others

· Some cultures rank higher than others on a “developing ladder”4

The relativistic concept of culture

· All cultures are equal

· Culture as homogenic islands

· Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual’s human beliefs and activities should be understood by other in terms of that individual’s own culture

What is culture?
Culture is not something that you have

· Culture is created among people when they interact

· Culture is tacit knowledge, the meanings and values that we share – but we do not know it beforehand

· Everyone in a culture does know share the same values

· Culture may not be seen as e.g. national culture (homogenic cultures)

· There are always differences within a culture – there can be certain dominating logics, but everyone agree about that logic

· The cultures are constantly moving - and there will always be negotiations

· We are moving between several different cultures, never stagnating