It's been a while, but as my two blog readers know: I'm not big into introductions or what I have been doing since, so let's break down our topic, shall we?
Identity is what makes oneself from the other; how about group identity? We'll just make it a plural: a group's identity are the characteristics that distinguish it from say, a group b) (one from another). Substitute group for culture, but as an adjective and you have already created a noticeable distinction when cultural identity is compared with it's older, vague root: group identity. (for those who have just woken up, cultural identity varies from group in the way that culture revolves around shared behavious, group is a collection of something... now that I think about it, using a term as vague as group identity, the term alone can be confused with mathematics... AND THAT IS ANOTHER DISTINCTION FROM CULTURAL TO GROUP...............I swear I'll do my best not to do that to you again).
What determines a culture? the term is broad, yet most of us have a general picture of how the culture revolves around inherited customs and languages, yet are prone to change.
There are factors that affect cultural identity. Internet has given humans the opportunity to turn mass-media into something unmeasurable, as well as made communication instant and accesible. How does internet affect culture? Popularity is spread globally and trends are followed by many countries at once. The internet is blending the likes of people in the format of celebrities and mass-media products.
In every country you will find the same phones and even phrases from the US can be found in countries that are non-english speaking, such as my country: Mexico. Now, Internet might be able to influence some aspects of the culture, yet there is a social/religious/society format that existed, exists and will exist, unless it slowly fades away and replacement comes. I can't talk for many countries, but I know mine just fine, so here are factors I take into account and give credit as important aspects of the identity of Mexican culture:
Language is a major factor of how Mexico is percieved, and it's various accents are easilty spotted.
The ethnicity is mixed or "mestizos", the ancestors of mexicans are similar to most of South America, except for countries with stronger indigenous ancestry. Our belief and moral system is Judeo-Christian, which makes a belief/values culture bridge between countries, further closing up those differences.
There is something that is purely my opinion, and that is Mexican culture is problematic: ever since the Second World War, with the expansion of the moderness of American lifestyle, Mexico has been living in the shadow of trends from many countries, with a weak following to what is developed inside the country. Mexico has always had influential artists, yet their following is small, as the main focus of our identity revolves around copying US "lifestyles".
I gave my dad a book about Mexico in the 1940's and we were laughing about how the word "ok" being implemented into our dictionary of slang is the figurative way the Americans have set a flag in Mexican territory and many others. It might just be the bridge to that unevitable blending of identities.
In a world so connected, old customs might be in danger, yet that is how culture works, it blends and it changes. Multiculturalism, Internet and of course, migration give countries' culture things to have in common, despite their root differences.
Identity is what makes oneself from the other; how about group identity? We'll just make it a plural: a group's identity are the characteristics that distinguish it from say, a group b) (one from another). Substitute group for culture, but as an adjective and you have already created a noticeable distinction when cultural identity is compared with it's older, vague root: group identity. (for those who have just woken up, cultural identity varies from group in the way that culture revolves around shared behavious, group is a collection of something... now that I think about it, using a term as vague as group identity, the term alone can be confused with mathematics... AND THAT IS ANOTHER DISTINCTION FROM CULTURAL TO GROUP...............I swear I'll do my best not to do that to you again).
What determines a culture? the term is broad, yet most of us have a general picture of how the culture revolves around inherited customs and languages, yet are prone to change.
There are factors that affect cultural identity. Internet has given humans the opportunity to turn mass-media into something unmeasurable, as well as made communication instant and accesible. How does internet affect culture? Popularity is spread globally and trends are followed by many countries at once. The internet is blending the likes of people in the format of celebrities and mass-media products.
In every country you will find the same phones and even phrases from the US can be found in countries that are non-english speaking, such as my country: Mexico. Now, Internet might be able to influence some aspects of the culture, yet there is a social/religious/society format that existed, exists and will exist, unless it slowly fades away and replacement comes. I can't talk for many countries, but I know mine just fine, so here are factors I take into account and give credit as important aspects of the identity of Mexican culture:
Language is a major factor of how Mexico is percieved, and it's various accents are easilty spotted.
The ethnicity is mixed or "mestizos", the ancestors of mexicans are similar to most of South America, except for countries with stronger indigenous ancestry. Our belief and moral system is Judeo-Christian, which makes a belief/values culture bridge between countries, further closing up those differences.
There is something that is purely my opinion, and that is Mexican culture is problematic: ever since the Second World War, with the expansion of the moderness of American lifestyle, Mexico has been living in the shadow of trends from many countries, with a weak following to what is developed inside the country. Mexico has always had influential artists, yet their following is small, as the main focus of our identity revolves around copying US "lifestyles".
I gave my dad a book about Mexico in the 1940's and we were laughing about how the word "ok" being implemented into our dictionary of slang is the figurative way the Americans have set a flag in Mexican territory and many others. It might just be the bridge to that unevitable blending of identities.
In a world so connected, old customs might be in danger, yet that is how culture works, it blends and it changes. Multiculturalism, Internet and of course, migration give countries' culture things to have in common, despite their root differences.