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Center for Research in Traditional Culture of the Americas A California NonProfit Public Benefit Corporation Home About the Center The Center for Research in Traditional Culture of the Americas also referred to as CRITCAis a scientific research center with objectives based in the anthropological study of traditional culture. Traditional culture consists of the shared practices and lifeways of a group with a common past present and future. The group can be ancient historic or modern but has a shared understanding of the crafts industries foods arts rituals and celebrations tools and other cultural components with continuity from the past. Traditional culture is viewed broadly by the Center to include prehistory history and ethnography.