The social artistic and scientific heritage of a community or society. The intergenerational
communication of
information , other than
genetic information, in the form of material artefacts (e.g., tools, weapons, buildings, works of art) distinctive forms of
behavior (e.g., songs, rituals, institutions, organizational forms) and
systems of distinctions (classifications, histories, knowledge
code d in
symbol s, ideas or beliefs). Culture incorporates individual and collective responses to environmental conditions and its content is continually subjected to
evolution ary processes such as
random mutation, recombination and selection. (
Krippendorff )
