Anthropology › Section C · The culture concept › Topic C.6
The paradoxes of culture and cultural change
Culture lasts for generations yet never stands still; it belongs to a place yet travels the world; it is agreed upon yet argued over; it is shared yet different for everyone. These four paradoxes explain how cultures change and why they survive change.
In this topic
- A tent with a solar panel
- Paradox 1: continuous but changing
- Contact, power and blending
- Paradox 2: bounded but mobile
- Paradox 3: consensual but contested
- Paradox 4: shared but varied
- Revival and invented tradition
- Worked example: tea in Britain
- Worked example: naming the change
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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