[🔗Building a Diverse Culture] [🔗Elements of culture] [🔗Cultural Iceberg]
🗺️Geographic Distribution
Why knowing where your culture is important:
Enviroment ➡️ Materials from the enviroment ➡️ affect their clothes, food, weapons etc.
Enviroment ➡️ Certain resources are limited ➡️ plays into their values
Areas, planets where the culture is primarily found
Migration patterns throughout the world
Influence of the environment on their everyday lives
🍵 Values, Beliefs and Traditions
Core values and principles that guide the culture's behavior and decision-making
Moral and ethical codes that shape their interactions with other cultures and their environment.
Beliefs about the universe, spirituality, the afterlife, and the nature of existence.
Rituals, ceremonies, and traditions that are significant to the culture's culture
Celebrations, Festivals, holidays, or coming-of-age rituals.
Customs related to birth, marriage, death
Belief Systems and Religion:
Religious or spiritual beliefs practiced by the culture
Deities mythologies and legends
Rituals, ceremonies connected to their faith
👯Relationship and Communication
Hierarchies and social classes within the culture
Systems of governance, including monarchies, democracies, councils, or communal decision-making. [see government template]
Gender roles, family structures
Interactions between different generations or age groups
Language and Communication:
Unique language(s) spoken by the culture
Dialects and variations within the language
Non-verbal communication, gestures
Written scripts, alphabets, or symbolic systems used for recording and transmitting knowledge.
Relationships and Interactions:
Protocols and etiquette for social interactions, greetings, and forms of address.
Values placed on community, cooperation, or individualism.
Attitudes towards outsiders, including hospitality, suspicion, or xenophobia.
Education, training, and knowledge transmission practices
Mythology or creation stories related to the culture
Historical events that shaped their culture and identity
Moments of triumph, struggle, or transformation in their history.
Conflicts, wars, or alliances that influenced their development and interactions with other Cultures.
How do they prerve the past? (Art, oral traditions, written texts, artifacts, monuments ?)
Are there any guardians of historical knowledge? (historians, scholars?)
Historical Figures and Heroes:
Notable individuals who played pivotal roles in their history
Legendary figures of inspiration within their culture.
Stories and folklore surrounding these historical figures and their impact on the culture
Cultural Revivals (If there was any)
Periods of cultural revivalthat brought about significant artistic or intellectual growth
Factors that sparked these revivals, like social movements, political changes, natural disasters or technological advancements.
How much of these revivals are still affecting them today?
Where do they keep their cultural items?
Interactions with Other Ethnicities/Cultures:
Relations with other culture in the past (conflict, alliances, trade, etc.)
Cultural exchange, assimilation, or integration with other groups
Prejudices, stereotypes, or tensions between different culture bleeding from past events
Describe their forms of artistic expressions: visual arts, music, dance, storytelling, theater, etc.
Cultural appreciation for literature, poetry, oral histories.
Traditional clothing styles and attires specific to the culture, fashion trends
Materials, colors, or patterns commonly used in their garments
Dresscode, Clothing related to social status, ceremonies, events (symbolic accesories, wedding gown, mourning attires, etc.)
Symbolism or cultural significance of specific garments and accessories
Architecture and Built Environment:
Unique architectural styles, construction materials, design principles.
Landmarks, sacred sites, structures of cultural importance.
Adaptations to their homeworld's environment ,technological advancements in their architecture
🎙️ Economics and Technology
Modes of production, distribution, and trade
Economic practices (bartering, currency, communal sharing)
Attitudes (or even predujices) towards wealth, resources, material possessions.
Economic activities and industries prominent
Technology and Advancements:
Technological prowess specific advancements
How their technology shapes their way of life and cultural practices
Interaction between traditional and advanced technologies
Traditional dishes, cooking techniques, culinary customs
Staple foods, spices, ingredients
Rituals and etiquette associated with food preparation, sharing, and dining
Sacred abd holiday dishes.
Impact of environmental conditions on their culinary practices
Political systems or governing structures within the culture
Leadership roles, decision-making processes, and power dynamics
Forms of governance (monarchy, democracy, tribal council, etc.)
Conflict Resolution and Justice:
Methods of conflict resolution
Cultural attitudes towards justice, punishment, and rehabilitation.
Traditional systems of governance, decision-making in matters of conflict
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