Cultural diversity through artefacts. What do artefacts such as buildings, sounds, dances and household items tell us about culture?

1. HUNTING FOR WISDOM
IN THE FOREST
Teacher Dainora Maumevičienė
Team members :Laura Končiūtė
Eva Mrkvova
Hassan Iddy
Ditta Harangi
David López Sánchez
Paulo Roberto Rio Parada

2. Hunting for wisdom in the forest?

3. Introduction
 There are all types of artifacts surrounding us
every day.
 How artifacts can be different or similar
between countries.

4. Structure
 Conception and types of artifacts.
 Differences and similarities of artifacts among
countries.
 Conclusions.

5. The concept of an artifact
 Artifact: something made by man.
 Mainly an object of the material world.
 Expression of culture that becomes a media of
communication.
 Carriers of knowledge, wisdom and
history, traditions.

6. Types of artefacts
 Cultural artefacts
 Social artefacts
 Virtual artefacts
 Sonic artefacts
 Digital artefacts
 Natural artefacts

7. Sonic as cultural artifacts
 How do different cultures sound?
 All cultures have their own musical forms.
 An approach to the sound of a place is an
approach to their intangible heritage.

8. Sonic as a cultural artifacts
 A Spanish example:
 its history can be traced in culture
and folklore;
 the influence of Iberian, Celtic, Roman,
Catholic and Muslim cultures;
 different traditions and different kinds of
music .

9. Sonic as a cultural artifact
 A Spanish example:
 the traditional music of each of
the regions have distinct characteristics;
 different instruments.
A Spanish guitar
A Basque Txistu

10. Tools
 A means of achieving things in the world which
are acquired during development and passed
on to subsequent generations.
 The inventive use of tools is what makes, and
has made, humans human.

11. Examples of tools - plates

12. Cups/pottery

13. Shoes

14. Architecture
• Lithuania The Czech Republic

15. Decoration inside the house
Lithuania The Czech Republic
Lithuania The Czech Republic

16. What is this??
Jogo do Pião

17. Conclusion
 All kinds of artifacts are connected in between.
 Cultural artifacts from different countries have
an impact on human lives.
 Artifacts on the one hand make us different but
at the same time similar.
 Artifacts send us a message.

19. Thank you for you attention!