enculturation
Learning one's culture
Enculturation is the process of learning the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a culture—typically one's own culture during childhood.
Unlike acculturation, which describes adapting to a foreign culture, enculturation is how people absorb their native culture through observation, participation, and instruction: Children undergo enculturation through family rituals, schooling, and media.
The term appears mainly in anthropology and sociology.
Internalizing cultural norms
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
- child-rearingRaising and nurturing offspring
mentoring · intergenerational · modeling · imitation · observation · guidance · apprenticeship · tutelage
Fitting to new conditions
- integrationCombining into a whole
- conformityAdherence to norms
- biculturalismHaving two cultural identities
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
melting-pot · pluralism · multiculturalism · intercultural · hybridization · homogenization · minority
Ceremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
rites-of-passage · taboos · mores · legends · proverbs · festivals · coming-of-age · initiation
Expected behavioral standards
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
attitudes · ideology · religion · spirituality · cosmology · ethos · principles · expectations
Absorbing ideas as one's own
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- schemaOrganized representational structure
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- belongingState of fitting in
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
motherland · diaspora · indigenous · native · ethnocentrism · pride · self-concept
Systematic study of peoples
- ethnologyComparative study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- kinshipState of being related
- structuralismAnalysis through underlying systems
functionalism · symbolism · post-structuralism · colonialism · globalization
socialization
Internalizing cultural norms
- upbringingChildhood care and training
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- parentingNurturing and guiding children
child-rearing · mentoring · intergenerational · modeling · imitation · observation · guidance · apprenticeship · tutelage · elders
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- integrationCombining into a whole
- conformityAdherence to norms
- biculturalismHaving two cultural identities
code-switching · melting-pot · pluralism · multiculturalism · intercultural · hybridization · homogenization · minority
rituals
Ceremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
mythology · rites-of-passage · taboos · mores · legends · proverbs · festivals · coming-of-age · initiation · heirlooms
norms
Expected behavioral standards
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- moralityRight and wrong principles
ethics · attitudes · ideology · religion · spirituality · cosmology · ethos · principles · expectations
internalization
Absorbing ideas as one's own
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
schema · habituation · conditioning · developmental · childhood
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
roots · motherland · diaspora · indigenous · native · ethnocentrism · pride · self-concept
ethnography
Systematic study of peoples
- ethnologyComparative study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- kinshipState of being related
structuralism · functionalism · symbolism · post-structuralism · colonialism · globalization
enculturationcultural alienation
Disconnection from one's heritage
deracination · cultural displacement · uprootedness · anomie · cultural amnesia
enculturationformal education
Systematic study in institutions
enculturationcultural isolation
Separation from outside societies
social exclusion · marginalization · alienation · estrangement · detachment
culture, cultural, agriculture, multicultural, culturally, horticulture, subculture, acculturation, counterculture