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Theoretical Foundations According to the
and Research Background Merriam-Webster culture
1. Culture would be defined as:
Without knowing culture - The integrated pattern of
and cultural diversities of a human knowledge, belief,
conflicting context, peace and behavior that depends
builders have no capability upon the capacity for
of confronting the problems learning and transmitting
and building peace. knowledge to succeeding
Therefore, the main generations.
culture under which the - The customary beliefs,
variety of people are social forms, and material
interconnected and traits of a racial, religious,
coexisted, is the channel or social group; also, the
through which peace characteristic features of
practitioners would set up everyday existence (such as
their peacemaking mission. diversions or a way of life)
Indeed, culture is the social shared by people in a place
behavior and norms found or time.
in human societies, and it is - The set of shared
considered a central attitudes, values, goals, and
concept in anthropology, practices that characterizes
encompassing the range of an institution or organization.
phenomena that are (Ref: Macionis and Gerber,
transmitted through social 2011)
learning in human societies.
