Cultural Preservation

Definition

Cultural Preservation involves maintaining and preserving cultural heritage, traditions, languages, and identities from being lost over time.

Analogy

Imagine Cultural Preservation as a museum curator who ensures that valuable artifacts are kept safe, maintained properly, and displayed for everyone to learn from them.

Related terms

Cultural Heritage: This term refers to expressions of culture passed down from generation to generation. It’s like those precious artifacts in our museum analogy.

Ethnography: This is a scientific research strategy often used in anthropology where researchers immerse themselves in cultures they study - kind of like curators doing detailed research on each artifact they display.

Intangible Cultural Heritage: Unlike physical artifacts, this includes practices, representations, expressions or knowledge considered valuable by communities - think oral traditions or rituals; these are like invisible yet invaluable exhibits in our museum.