GROUNDING DEVELOPMENT IN CULTURE: HOW TO STUDY THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURE ON DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT. One way to understand the unfolding of human development is to consider it a culturally situated phenomenon. The present paper aims to provide a grounded perspective on how culture influences human development, specifically one in which shared practices, artifacts, ways of relating,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Psychologia-Paedagogia |
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| Online Access: | https://studiapsypaed.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2-2014-5.pdf |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT. One way to understand the unfolding of human development is
to consider it a culturally situated phenomenon. The present paper aims to
provide a grounded perspective on how culture influences human development,
specifically one in which shared practices, artifacts, ways of relating, and
institutions become more important than the abstract norms of a culture in
shaping development. We will analyze thus how development might become
grounded in culture through the specific tools, cultural tasks and bodily
actions that children from a culture are exposed to via parental practices. In
the end, we discuss the implications of such a perspective for studying the
interaction between culture and development. |
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| ISSN: | 1221-8111 2065-9431 |