Concept information
Preferred term
cultural adaptation
Definition
- Cultural adaptation is a relatively new concept used to define the specific capacity of human beings and human societies to overcome changes of their natural and social environment by modifications to their culture. The scale of culture changes depends on the extent of habitat changes and could vary from slight modifications in livelihood systems (productive and procurement activity, mode of life, dwellings and settlements characteristics, exchange systems, clothing, and so on)to principal transformation of the whole cultural system, including its social, ethnic, psychological, and ideological spheres. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Adaptation, Cultural]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cultural_adaptation
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