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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(2), pp. 169 - 182
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050206
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The Interaction of Development and Culture
Ivan Manyonga *
Institute of Development Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
ABSTRACT
The interaction of development and culture is an interesting discourse in the field of international development. In this field many studies on culture employs qualitative methodologies to obtain answers but, this paper uses quantitative approach to ignite a deep qualitative explanation on the fusion of culture and development. To establish the impact of development on culture change, access to electricity is treated as the main indicator of community development. Two provinces in Zimbabwe with contrasting levels of development were purposefully sampled in order to test the formulated working hypothesis that, "development has an effect on main attributes of an indigenous culture". This was followed by administration of an identical survey instrument carrying main attributes of indigenous Zimbabwean culture in the sampled two provinces. Multiple regression analysis techniques using Ordinal Least Squares were performed on the collected provincial data. Results failed to reject the research working hypothesis on the following attributes of culture; Language use among youth, indecent assault criminal cases, traditional and contemporary music while the working hypothesis was rejected on love relationships, dressing, and foreign music, language use with elders, robbery and drug use criminal cases.
KEYWORDS
Culture Attributes, Development, Harare Province, Manicaland Province, Regression Models
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[1] Ivan Manyonga , "The Interaction of Development and Culture," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 169 - 182, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050206.
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Ivan Manyonga (2017). The Interaction of Development and Culture. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(2), 169 - 182. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050206.