1. Generational Cultures An Introduction

2. Culture

3. rituals jokes written rules Conscious myths clothing Subconscious symbols valuesunwritten rules time perception assumptions word meaningstruth

4. Dimensions of Culture

5. Material Culture Artifacts

6. Material Culture Artifacts Spatial Arrangements

7. Behavioral Culture Rules

8. Behavioral Culture Rules Slang/Jargon Get ‘R Done Groovy Wazzup? imho 10-4, Good Buddy bling Grand Silence

9. Behavioral Culture Rules Slang/Jargon Rituals

10. Values Desirable Personal Characteristics Desirable Outcomes Emotional Connotations

11. Cognitive Culture Truth

12. Cognitive Culture Truth Time

13. Cognitive Culture Truth Time Human Nature

14. Cognitive Culture Truth Time Human Nature Cause and Effect

15. Cognitive Culture Truth Time Human Nature Cause and Effect Shared Meanings

16. Cultural Differences  From country to country  From ethnic group to ethnic group  From one socio-economic class to another  Between “straights” and “gays”  Between men and women

17. Cultural Differences  From country to country  From ethnic group to ethnic group  From one socio-economic class to another  Between “straights” and “gays”  Between men and women  Between generations

18. The Roots of Generational Cultures

19. Pre-birth “Experiences”

22. Questions?

23. Crystallizing Events

24. Yes, Virginia There IS a Generation Gap!

25. “All later experiences thus tend to receive their meaning from this original set, whether they appear as its verification and fulfillment or its negation and antithesis… Any two generations following one another always fight different opponents, both within and without. While the older people may still be fighting one battle, in such a fashion that all their feelings and efforts and even their concepts and categories of thought are determined by that adversary, for the younger people, this adversary may be simply non-existent: their primary orientation is an entirely different one.” (Karl Mannheim)

27. Generations in Religious Life

28. Generational Cultures In the United States

29. The Greatest Generation: 1915-1929

30. The Silent Generation 1930-1945

31. The Baby Boomers 1946-1961

32. Generation X 1962-1981

33. Millennials 1982-1995

34. The Next Generation 1996-???

35. The Gift of Generations “It is important that people of different generations speak to one another, or everyone loses out.”