# culture (social)

a common set of knowledge, practice, art, language and sign is among people and persists in a space through time

- Computed level: L22 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: culture

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [knowledge](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-knowledge.cognitive), [practice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-practice.skill), [art](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-art.creative), [language](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-language.communication), [sign](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sign.symbolic), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** the common knowledge, practice, art, language and sign are among people and persist in a space through time

**Novel properties:**
- shared meaning
- group identity
- collective tradition

## Examples
- The oral transmission of the Iliad across 500 years in ancient Greek villages preserved Homeric dialect and heroic ethos. *(institutions)*
- The continuous practice of tea ceremony in Kyoto’s Urasenke school since the 16th century maintains choreography, utensils, and seasonal rituals. *(culture)*
- Linux kernel development since 1991 sustains shared coding norms, version control practices, and contributor hierarchies across global servers. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [ahead of its time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ahead-of-its-time.premature) (L23)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-culture.social*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-culture.social.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*