2.3 Cultural context of Today's Systems
Discussion points
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Conceptions and definitions of culture from a cybernetics perspective.
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Cybernetically framed case studies of cultural transmissions and transformations, including historical examples and the roles of mass media, the Internet and social media.
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Cybernetic understandings of the relations between culture and ‘personality’ and other individual differences.
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Cybernetic understandings of the interactions between different cultures, including studies and commentaries on what some authorities refer to as the ‘clash of civilisations’ and others as ‘intercultural conversations’.
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Using cybernetic understandings of complex systems to change culturally transmitted attitudes and behaviour (for example, in: counterterrorism, the rehabilitation of criminals, countering alienation and addressing problems of mental health).