Question

1. Describe the infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure of the culture in your home area. How do people obtain food, shelter, and other basic necessities in your area? What tools or equipment are relied upon to make a living in the area? How are these necessary tools or equipment obtained? What does a typical household look like? Which people have the most power? How would you describe the area's belief and value system?

2. Based on your observations, present a cultural analysis of your area similar to the description of the Kapauku culture in Chapter 2. How do the infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure of the culture in your home area affect each other?
3. Based on this experience, how well do you think the barrel model works for describing the culture in your home area? Did using the model help you discover or understand something about your culture that you hadn't thought about before? Is there anything that you would change to improve the model? Provide details from your experience doing this activity to explain your responses.

Answer 1

1. The infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure of the culture in my home area is largely based on a capitalist system. People obtain food, shelter, and other basic necessities through either working for money or trading goods and services. The tools and equipment relied upon to make a living vary from job to job, but generally include access to technology, transportation, and banking. These necessary tools and equipment are obtained through either purchase or lease. A typical household consists of a family unit with a father, mother, and children. The people with the most power are typically those with the most money and influence in the local community. The area's belief and value system is largely based on the values of hard work, self-reliance, and the pursuit of success, both financially and academically.

2. The infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure of the culture in my home area are inextricably linked. The infrastructure, such as access to technology, transportation, and banking, is necessary for people to make a living and sustain their families. The social structure is largely based on the capitalist system, and the people with the most power are those with the most money and influence in the community. This in turn affects the superstructure, which is the belief and value system of the area, which is largely based on the values of hard work, self-reliance, and the pursuit of success.

3. I think the barrel model works quite well for describing the culture in my home area. Using the model helped me to understand how the infrastructure, social structure, and superstructure of the culture are all connected and how they affect each other. I think the model is quite effective, although I would suggest adding an additional layer to the model to account for the global influences that impact my home area.

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