Hello everyone > Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 06:48:41 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MD] What is culture in the MOQ? > >Khoo: >>If I recall my Sociology 101, culture is defined as the sum total of >>knowledge that groups of humans share. > >Steve: > This is an SOM definition of culture since SOMists only know about > intellectual patterns but not social patterns. > > Handshakes are certainly part of culture but are not knowledge.
Dan comments: I think the MOQ defines culture as the collection of social and intellectual patterns of value of a given people. Handshakes are social patterns until a person begins to study them. At that point, they become intellectual patterns of value. For instance... One of my "jobs" is to work with the general public and I only get paid if they "hire" me to work with them. I know that they have to want to work with me before they hire me. I know that the quickest and surest way to have someone want to work with me is to have them like me. I know that people tend to like people who are similar to themselves. The first time I meet someone, invariably we shake hands. I know that I only have a few micro-seconds to share a bit of knowledge with that person before they make up their mind if they like me or not. By imitating their handshake I let them know that I am a kind of person who is just like they are. Some people are hand squeezers, some are hand pumpers, some are limp wristed. Some are two handers. Etc, etc, etc. It doesn't matter. Whatever style they use, I use in return. Now I understand most people are not consciously aware of the bit of knowledge that I just shared with them. But they know nonetheless. I am intellectually manipulating the socially symbolic handshake to gain a desired end. Thoughts? Dan Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
