Noun
cultural literacy (countable and uncountable, plural cultural literacies)
Knowledge of and ability to discuss the history of and major concepts underlying a culture, particularly one's own and those of one's peers.
Critics of contemporary culture generally posit a steep decline in cultural literacy.
Harris is now the first Douglas L. Manship Sr.-Dori J. Maynard Chair in Race, Media & Cultural Literacy at the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication—a role that’s the first of its kind in the country. Source: Internet