Interacting with CULTURES?....What does Culture mean?

Understanding culture could be critical for us because our individual cultural orientation is present in every interaction.Culture is thought of as food,traditions,music,clothing etc, also I could define it as a combination of values, behaviors or beliefs shared by a group of people.It doesnt refer only to the ones that were born into those groups but also to the ones that choose to belong to,such as religious or social groups.
Culture is 100% dynamic I have to say, It doesnt matter if you were born in a farm, in a small town, but you can still choose to live in a urban enviroment,in a big city or for example to grow up in a family with predetermined political belief or religion doesnt mean there wouldnt be possibility. of a cultural shift.
Culture goes beyond race,gender,sexual orientation,age etc, culture is communication, it reffers to implicit and explicit patterns under which we behave ourselves.
The following meanings were found on the Internet, all comments and critics are welcomed.

* CULTURE: is the system of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people.

http://www.tamu.edu/classes/cosc/choudhury/culture.html

*"Culture is a matrix of infinite possibilities and choices. From within the same culture matrix we can extract arguments and strategies for the degradation and ennoblement of our species, for its enslavement or liberation, for the suppression of its productive potential or its enhancement."

—Wole Sovinka, Nigerian Nobel Laureate

*Culture:
The system of shared beliefs, values, customs,
behaviors, and artifacts that the members of society
use to interact with their world and with one another.

Banks, J. A., & Banks, C. A. M. (Eds.).
(2004). Handbook of Research on
Multicultural Education (2nd. Ed.). San
Francisco:Jossey-Bass

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Ecommerce in islamic Perspective

Islam accepted the conduct of E-Commerce as a new way or technology to facilitate economic transactions. This is based on the Syariah (Islamic Law) legal values, namely the obligatory, recommended (Mandub),permissible , reprehensible , and forbidden Mustafa Omar mentioned in a interview that Islam is not against ECommerce;instead Islam basically encouraged ECommerce
as one of the new way of conducting business. He further explained that traditionally,business was conducted verbally face to face but today the two contracting parties are connected together via computer. However added that what is much of a consent in conducting E-Commerce
is the moral perspectives that lead to a more accountable and responsible trader.
On the other hand it is very important to consider E-Commerce not only as webshops, this is only a small part of the whole picture of
E-Economy. This singular focus leads to ignoring other, also important, aspects like the partners of communication. In Internet-shops it is always a person contacting a computer, but in a broader view of E-Commerce this need not always be the case: for example in B2B E-Commerce communication from computer to computer is very important.

The Internet is an unlimited space for the growth of any ecommerce industry , of any country and many possibilities and opportunities are constantly becoming available for anyone to create their own online business. This new media is an open area for communication and the exchanging of experiences and wide range of opportunities across the globe.
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