Define material culture and symbolic culture. Provide one example of a cultural object, and explain this object in terms of both material and symbolic culture.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies, but should include a definition of material culture as encompassing all the artifacts (or "stuff") in which culture is reflected or manifested. Material culture shapes the objects we are surrounded by--from homes, clothes, phones, toys, cars, and so on. Symbolic culture includes nonmaterial, intangible aspects of culture, such as values and norms. Many items can be used as examples, but the answer should cover what they symbolize, as well as how culture has shaped the material aspects of said objects.
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