Factors Of Nature And Culture's Impact On Cultures

Cultures play an extremely important role in our nationality because it determines who we are, what we eat, how we dress, what language we speak and how we behave. These are all the aspects of the cultures that are passed down from generation to generation. However, cultures can also be affected by many other factors. According to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s theory (Kohls 1981), one of the factors that can have an impact on cultures is nature. As explained in Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s theory, there are five common human concerns which are the human nature, man-nature relationship, the idea of time, activity, and social relationship with others (Kohls 1981). One of the human concern that shows nature can impact cultures is the man-nature relationship.

The natural environment in which a culture is surrounded by will often influence the clothing that is worn. For example, in the Human Planet (2011) deserts episode the Tubu women of the Mali culture will wear long, thin clothing that protects them from the intense sun and heat that is experienced in this environment. This suggests that depending on the physical surrounding that a culture exists in, people may have to adapt their dress code to suit the environmental conditions. Nature also endangers cultures

For example, in one of the Human Planet (2011) episode shows how Huli Wigmen of Papua New Guinea dress into a costume where they decorate the costume with bird’s feather so that they can impress and attract the women to get married to the men. They said it is “passed through generations” (Human Planet 2011). This shows us that people learn from their history and past traditions into the future instead of being impacted by nature. Furthermore, the miners of Ijen Crater culture is to work in a volcano so that they can support the whole family. In the episode, it shows us how time sense in the present influences their lifestyle. Miners already knew the consequences of doing this job, which is it