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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Center for the Study of Southern Culture - A focal point for innovative education and research about the American South at the University of Mississippi.
East Coast Migrant Head Start Project - Project provides continuity of Head Start services to children of migrant farm workers on the east coast of the United States. Includes organization information, links to delegate agencies, employment needs, and agency wide calendar.
Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network - A group of organizations that work together to help the working poor through outreach education programs, youth training, support relevant legislation, and stress reduction techniques. Page includes list of publications and events.
Southern Culture - Curriculum and resources for distance-learning course on the history and culture of the South, offered through Vance-Granville Community College. Topics include the Agrarian South, race, religion, politics, social class, family and gender, and symbols and stereotypes.
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