1. trying to make out the objective (i.e. material, biological, bodily) circumstances that influence people in another culture (factors like economy, power and ecology, but also the aesthetical quality { the texture } of a culture or place); by
2. letting these same objective circumstances influence your own subjective consciousness - emotionally, intellectually, physically - while all the time trying to keep track of how the changed circumstances change your attitudes and views.

1. "cognitive system"
2. "that which power can create" (close to ideology, legitimation - beauty is an important part of this) [for people to accept power, its legitimation must be very satisfactory - subtle, beautiful, fascinating, intelligent, even true... otherwise there will be chronic problems for the state]
3. "the echo of a successful structure of legitimation"
4. "the remains of a non-echoing, but still meaningful structure of legitimation" (e.g. art of Australian Aborigines)
5. "non-vulgarity" - the ability to "discern quality", to "conquer echos".

Defining this last (5) is very difficult.  It has to do with ideas and/or objects/patterns with beauty, balance, health, joy.  But in reality it's more complex because the roots of these patterns are so manifold that they always contain elements of pathology.  Being "cultured" in the real sense therefore involves the ability and or fight to sustain/ perceive/sift out these qualities.  A certain amount of mistakenness will always accompany this ability.  For e.g. anthropology extremely important to be conscious of this.