What is culture?

 

1. "Culture is the shared knowledge and schemes created by a set of people for perceiving, interpreting, expressing and responding to the social realities around them".

University of Minnesota.The Center for Advance Research of Language Acquisition (CARLA). Retrieved (February 3rd, 2010) from http://www.carla/.umn.edu/culture/definitions.html

2."Culture is the deeper level of basic assumptions and beliefs shared by members of an organization, that operate unconsciously and define in a basic 'taken for granted' fashion an organization's view of itself and its environment".

Washington State University. A Baseline Definition of Culture. Retrieved (February 3rd, 2010) from http://www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_culture/culture-definition.html

3. "Culture is both about a sense of identity, as an individual and a group, and about the creative expression or response to life".

Creative Exchange: The Network for Culture and Development. Retrieved (February 3rd, 2010) from http://www.creativexchange.org/chd/whatsculture