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The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to classify, codify and communicate their experiences symbolically. This capacity is long been taken as a defining feature of the genus Homo. However, primatologists such as Jane Goodall have identified aspects of culture among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.Goodall, J. 1986. The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior.

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著名人とか、判断が難しいですよね。 : http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/Society_and_Culture/Relationships/Encounter/Social_Networking/Twitter/Celebrities_Twitter/
toilet_lunch (ngys) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:12:51 -0000
著名人とか、判断が難しいですよね。 : http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/Society_and_Culture/Relationships/Encounter/Social_Networking/Twitter/Celebrities_Twitter/
@H_Y_T これのことかと。http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/Society_and_Culture/Relationships/Encounter/Social_Networking/Twitter/Celebrities_Twitter/
aikarey (aika) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:00:39 -0000
@H_Y_T これのことかと。http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/Society_and_Culture/Relationships/Encounter/Social_Networking/Twitter/Celebrities_Twitter/
...and in our submissions we should write that a free open internet is central to the expression of culture in modern society #nocleanfeed
emmygrrl (Emily Andersen) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:36:43 -0000
...and in our submissions we should write that a free open internet is central to the expression of culture in modern society #nocleanfeed
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/at-what-point-does-internet-filtering-become-censorship-20091216-kwx5.html
cannastar (Will) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:32:17 -0000
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/at-what-point-does-internet-filtering-become-censorship-20091216-kwx5.html
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Well said. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/at-what-point-does-internet-filtering-become-censorship-20091216-kwx5.html
TuesdayAddams (Tuesday Addams) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:07:04 -0000
Well said. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/at-what-point-does-internet-filtering-become-censorship-20091216-kwx5.html

 
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