Culture

Culture

This week culture is something that my class is looking into. In the classes that I have taken here in College culture is something that I keep going back to. I have looked at culture through the Spanish and Anthropological lenses while at the same time looked at culture in ways that I think about before. I took a religions course and during class we talked about the culture of the religions we were studying. Culture is something that is defined differently in each field of study. Generally speaking culture is something that one grows up in but most times do not know what there culture actually is. Someone can say that they know what culture is but do not necessarily know how to explain it. 

How I define culture is a mixture of what I have come to learn. 

Culture: The ideals of human behavior what a person comes to know, it is how one was raised the values and beliefs that a person has. 

How Anthropology defines is:

Culture: The system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviours, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning (p7).University of Manitoba definition of culture

culture is the full range of learned human behavior patterns Palomer College

The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society. Oxford Living Dictionary

Famous Person

Laura Chinchilla Miranda

First Female President of Costa Rica 2010-2014

Political Affiliation: National Liberation Party 

Education:
Universidad de Costa Rica: Political Scientist 
Georgetown University: Master in Public Policy

Biography:
Laura Chinchilla Miranda started her career in politics as the first female Minister of Public Security between 1996-1998. Miranda was elected after Óscar Arias Sánchez an promised to continue what Arias had started. Promising to continue with free-market policies, pledged to tackle the rise of violent crime and drug trafficking. Miranda was the Vice President of Arias when he was in his presidency from 2006-2008. Best known for resolving the dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica border. Dredging the San Juan River Nicaragua Costa Rica claim a violation. Nicaragua responded by mobilizing there military while Costa Rica mobilized their police force in response. All that occurring in between October 2010 and 2011. In 2011 since Chinchilla filed a report in the International Court of Justice which order both countries to remove the troops. Though praised for the handling of the event she was later runoff over domestic affairs. The inability to institute tax reform and allegations over corruption in her administration was something that marred her presidency. She was a social conservative that opposed the thought of separation of church and state. At the same time stopping exploration of oil, highlighting emphasis on ecotourism.
Another thing that Chinchilla was known for was the fight against crime and drugs. She was quick to show commitment to the Central American Integration System called SICA by others. The things she was combating the way Costa Rica is used as a midway point between the drug cartels of Mexico and Colombia.


Sources and Links:
Encyclopedia Britannica
Georgetown University
Lonely Planet Costa Rica
Forbes
The Rough Guide to Costa Rica
Disclaimer: Everything written is from sources read with my own input.