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• Literacy
  '''Literacy''' has [[traditionally]] been [[described]] as the [[ability]] to [[read]] ...se printed and written [[materials]] associated with varying [[contexts]]. Literacy involves a [[continuum]] of [[learning]] in enabling [[individuals]] to ach
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• Re-public
  ==American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition == ...epublic. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. https://dictionary.referenc
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• Archaeology
  ...left behind, which includes [[artifacts]], [[architecture]], biofacts and cultural landscapes (the archaeological record). Because archaeology employs a wide ...gy has various [[goals]], which range from studying human [[evolution]] to cultural evolution and understanding culture [[history]].
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• Storyteller
  ...red]] in every [[culture]] as a means of [[entertainment]], [[education]], cultural preservation and in order to instill [[moral]] [[values]]. Crucial elements ...ing remains the dominant [[medium]] of learning in many countries with low literacy rates.
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• Mission
  :c : a team of specialists or [[cultural]] [[leaders]] sent to a foreign country ...]], and provide humanitarian work to improve [[economic]] [[development]], literacy, [[education]], [[health]] care, and orphanages.
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• Orbital Calendar - 2012
  :*local-system geo-spatial map literacy ...he [[human]] [[body]] to describe planetary movements, and using [[culture|cultural]] [[history]] to create an interpretive [[context]].
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• Oral Tradition
  ...a general sense, "oral tradition" refers to the transmission of [[culture|cultural]] material through vocal utterance, and was long held to be a key descripto ...ought]] and its verbal expression in societies where the technologies of [[literacy]] (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population.
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• Orality
  ...ought]] and its verbal expression in societies where the technologies of [[literacy]] (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population. ==The impact of literacy on culture==
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• Language
  ...fined and whose membership may expand or contract, depending on social and cultural consensus. They are all "dialects" because, at different levels, they all r ...same way. They do so without formal training, and they do so in social and cultural contexts that differ in terms of what kinds of linguistic interactions are
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• Intellectual
  ...otable expertise in culture and the arts, expertise which allows them some cultural authority, which they then use to speak in public on other matters. ...tters" and those who did not. The distinction thus had great weight when [[literacy]] was not widespread. "Men of letters" were also termed literati (from the
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• Fathom
  ...E.D.; Kett, Joseph F; Trefi, James (2002). The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0618226478.
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• Cultural
  ...ocial interactions, statuses and institutions, and [[cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologists]] focus on norms and values. This division of labor reflec ...civilized than others, and some people as more cultured than others. Some cultural theorists have thus tried to eliminate popular or mass culture from the def
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• Culture
  ...ocial interactions, statuses and institutions, and [[cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologists]] focus on norms and values. This division of labor reflec ...civilized than others, and some people as more cultured than others. Some cultural theorists have thus tried to eliminate popular or mass culture from the def
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• Humanity
  ...umanities are [[anthropology]], [[area studies]], [[communications]] and [[cultural studies]], although these are often regarded as social sciences. ...s of what constitutes dance are dependent on [[Society|social]], [[Culture|cultural]], [[aesthetic]] [[artistic]] and [[moral]] constraints and range from func
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• Civilization
  ...l of social complexity and organization, and by their diverse economic and cultural activities. ...vernment, social stratification, economic systems, [[literacy]], and other cultural traits.
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• What Is Narrative: Ricoeur, Bakhtin, and Process Approaches
  Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry, Swinburne University, ...ns, perceptions, and experiences are conceived, understood and mediated by cultural and personal narratives, and that the struggle for recognition is played ou
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• 2012-01-12-Conversations with Monjoronson 38
  ...habited and there is a global communication network, and the education and literacy level of populations is fairly high, there is a tremendous need for side-st ...ciety and western democracies, I am speaking about a societal as well as a cultural paradigm shift. It will affect all aspects of your lives—of your social
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• Information science
  ...st as early as the time of the [[Abyssinian Empire]] with the emergence of cultural depositories, what is today known as libraries and archives.<ref>Clark, Joh ...is defined as "the [[information society]]". Information transmission and literacy are essential concerns in establishing an ethical foundation that promotes
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• Human Being
  ...inner city and suburban slums. Benefits of urban living include increased literacy, access to the global canon of human knowledge and decreased susceptibility ...res where emotion is considered separate from physiological state. In some cultural medical theories, to provide an example, emotion is considered so synonymou
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• God
  ...ianity]], [[Islam]] and the [[Bahá'í Faith]]. Though there are significant cultural divergences that are implied by these different names, "God" remains the co * [https://www.aish.com/literacy/concepts/Understanding_God.asp Jewish Literacy].
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