Symbolic Codes as Cultural Identity Frames

Abstract

The contours of cultural identity can take various forms, but mainly through the persistence of symbolic codes and patterns that are constantly present across its multiple manifestations. When expressing key aspects of an identity mark, cultural codes appear in different contexts and on other material supports but can consistently be recognized as such. A symbolic code synthesizes and condenses, in a synthetic way and with maximum simplicity, the entire evolution of how reality has been represented, be it the universe, man, or community. Symbolic codes play an essential role in mediating encounters between people of diverse cultures, an opening that entails tattering, advancement, connection, empathy, and everything that is being moved by each person who experiences the encounter.