Introduction

In 1942, the American cultural anthropologist, Margaret Mead claimed – “[w]e are our culture” (Mead 1942/1943:21). She even put the word ‘are’ in italics seemingly to emphasize the point that culture defines us in some way. Whatever we may be, we could only be our own culture and not someone else’s it appeared; which only served to underscore the uniqueness of individuals and their communities.