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Project 1: Orientation


Humanities: Those branches of knowledge, such as philosophy, literature, and art, that are concerned with human thought and culture; the liberal arts.

 

History: A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events.

 

Art: The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.

 

Literature: The body of written works of a language, period, or culture. Imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value.

 

Society: The totality of social relationships among humans. A group of humans broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture.

 

Culture: The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population.

 

Sub-culture: A cultural subgroup differentiated by status, ethnic background, residence, religion, or other factors that functionally unify the group and act collectively on each member.

 

Family: A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.

 

Community: A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government. The district or locality in which such a group lives.

 

Socio-Economics: Involving of both social and economic factors

 

Film: A movie. Movies considered as a group.

Summary
 
      These words are related in that they all are weaved in together and that the human race is made up of all of these components. For example, humanities is made up of art, and literature that are concerned with society and its history. You can also see that these words are part of a hierarchy such that a society is made up of communities which are made up of many cultures. In those cultures there are sub-cultures and then there are the families that  make those up. The study of humanities brings us closer to being more open to other cultures and backgrounds and it takes all of these things to come closer to fully understand each other.