Here are the photographs of the tribal people that I was telling you about
in class today. They live on Siberut which is an island off of West Sumatra in Indonesia. I was there thirty years ago. It took three days paddling up a river in a canoe to get there.
I took the photos on the night that I arrived at the village - the medicine
men performed a dance to help a woman
who was unconscious because a branch had fallen on her head.
I cannot show you most of the photographs because that would be culturally inappropriate.
7.Aspects of Emirati Culture Video - Team ___ PowerPoint
8.A paragraph (handwritten) explaining the concepts “salad bowl” and “melting pot” when discussing immigration policies. (assignment not done yet)
·In the next class after Monday, I will be having a meeting with your team.
·We will be discussing how the team is working together and if certain students need to be working alone!!
·Please make sure that all your team members have completed and uploaded all assignments.
·Hopefully you will all have computers and will be able to show me your blogs (Please come to the meeting with your blogs open)
Some students are complaining about the difficult words in Cultural Diversity. I have noticed that these students are the same ones who are not listening, looking at the ceiling or talking to their friends rather than checking the meaning of words on their mobile or laptop. I suggest that these students study the glossary and vocabulary lists.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Aspects of Cultural Diversity Make sure that you understand the different types of cultural diversity. What are the ten aspects of cultural
diversity which we are going to concentrate on in this course? You read about them in "What is Cultural Diversity"?
Race
Ethnicity
Language
Religion
Value and belief systems
Disability
Class
Gender
Age
Educational background
The cultural diversity is a strength and an
asset, and we value diversity of opinions, perspectives and interests. - Melbourne University
Quiz – What are
Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?
True or False? If
FALSE, write the TRUE answer.
1.A Multicultural society can be described as a society
with a single set of values.
2.A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate
cultures.
3.One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting
different cultures.
4.Cultural Diversity can be represented by a
“melting pot”
5.Acculturation means learning the culture of
your birth country.
Define in your own
words:
1.“Melting
Pot”
2.“Salad
Bowl”
3.“Assimilation”
4.“Acculturation”
5.“Enculturation”
Complete the
sentence with words from the text:
Acculturation often results in
changes to ____________________, _______________________and
___________________________________, as well as changes in food, ____________________
and __________________________________.
Give a synonym:
varied
respect
dominate
multiple
central
interacting
specific
represents
adopt
Give the opposite:
varied
respect
gradually
multiple
common
dominant group
specific
contrasted with
adopt
Culture and
Personality in Anthropology
Read the section about Culture and Personality in
Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-
1.Define
“Anthropology” in your own words
2.Define
“movement” in this context
3.What
do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example
4.Read
this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies
and cultures: “socialization creates personality
patterns. It
helps shape people’s
emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and
function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of
culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices
such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different
personality types.”
5.Read
this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all
humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes
deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”
6.Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a
link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to
your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a
different society. Reflect. Give examples.
LSS 2053 Cultural Diversity – Course Goal 1 –
Sub-outcomes 2 and 6
What are: Multiculturalism, Assimilation &
Acculturation?
1) Multiculturalism is an ideology that promotes the institutionalization
of communities containing multiple cultures.
It is generally applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the
organizational level, e.g. schools, businesses,
neighborhoods, cities, or nations.
In a political
context the term is used for a wide variety of meanings, ranging from the
advocacy of equal respect to the various cultures in a society, to a policy of
promoting the maintenance of cultural
diversity. A common aspect
of many such policies is that they avoid presenting any specific ethnic,
religious, or cultural community values as central.[3]
Multiculturalism
is often contrasted with the concepts of assimilation
and has been described as a "salad bowl" rather than a "melting pot."[4]
Look at the two diagrams above. Which one represents
“multiculturalism” and which one is “assimilation”?
2) Assimilation (from Latin assimilatio; "to
render similar") may refer to:
Cultural
assimilation, the
process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and
attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs.
Think of the word “similar” which will help you remember
“assimilation”.
3) Acculturation
Acculturation explains the process of cultural and
psychological change that results following meeting between cultures.[1]
The effects of acculturation can be seen at multiple levels in both interacting
cultures. At the group level, acculturation often results in changes to
culture, customs, and social institutions. Noticeable group level effects of
acculturation often include changes in food, clothing, and language. At the
individual level, differences in the way individuals acculturate have been
shown to be associated not just with changes in daily behavior, but with
numerous measures of psychological and physical well-being. As enculturation
is used to describe the process of first-culture learning, acculturation can be
thought of as second-culture learning.
Acculturation is a process in which members of one cultural
group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group. Although acculturation
is usually in the direction of a minority group adopting habits and language
patterns of the dominant group, acculturation can be reciprocal--that is, the
dominant group also adopts patterns typical of the minority group. Assimilation
of one cultural group into another may be evidenced by changes in language
preference, adoption of common attitudes and values, member- ship in common
social groups and institutions, and loss of separate political or ethnic
identification.
What is the difference between assimilation, and
acculturation?
Assimilation means to become the same as the main mass (you
cannot be distinguished from anyone or anything else). Acculturation
is getting used to the way people are, but not become just like everyone else.
You keep some of your original uniqueness yet (ideally) fit in as part of the
total mix.
4) Culture and Personality in Anthropology
(By Petrina
Kelly,Xia Chao, Andrew Scruggs, Lucy
Lawrence, Katherine Mcghee-Snow)
The
culture and personality movement was a core of anthropology in the first half
of the 20th century. It attempts to find general traits repeating in
a specific culture to lead to a discovery of a national character, model
personality types and configurations of personality by seeking the individual
characteristics and personalities. The field of personality and culture gives
special attention to socialization of
children and enculturation. Theorists of culture and personality school
argue that socialization creates
personality patterns. It helps shape
people’s emotions,
thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as
productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and
personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as
childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality
types.
The
study of culture and personality draws many of its constructs from
psychoanalysis and social development as applied for social and cultural
phenomena. Freud’s
psychoanalysis states that all humans are the same when born, but childrearing
in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from
each other. According to this perspective, the scholars of culture and
personality school study distinctive personality types in particular societies
and attribute the traits to different child-rearing practices such as feeding,
talking and toilet training. This concept is demonstrated in the work of
anthropologists, such as Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict, Barbara Rogoff and
Shirley Brice Heath.
an·thro·pol·o·gy(nthr-pl-j)
n.The
scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and
cultural development of humans.
