Material And Nonmaterial Culture Analysis

Culture combines the way we think, our actions, and everything that comes together to make us who we are today. There are two aspects of human culture, they include nonmaterial and material.

Material and nonmaterial are different from each other but come together to form as one, in a culture. They combine both thoughts and things. Material are "physical things created by members of a society", and nonmaterial are "ideas created by members of a society" (Macionis, 2016, Chapter 2.1). In this essay I will identify material and nonmaterial cultures, and the elements of culture in the story.

"Culture shapes not only what we do, but also what we think and how we feel-elements of what we commonly, but wrongly, describe as "human nature" (Macionis, 2016, Chapter 2.1). Material culture are the physical objects and resources used to define our culture. Some examples include our homes, households,

The officer's badge stating, "Protect and Serve", and lastly when she realized she was wrong, and that "the officer was only carrying out her duty to maintain public safety." The material culture elements used was her vehicle, t-shirt, and license and insurance verification. Those objects characterize as material, because they are physical objects they own or go along with her culture. The nonmaterial elements used was the officer's Southern accent, her nervous statement, and the officer's duty to maintain public safety. These ideas characterize as nonmaterial because they are beliefs, values, and languages that were carried out. The officer's Southern accent was an example of language, and her nervous statement and the officer's duty to maintain public safety are values and