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CULTURE
OPENER: CULTURE SHOCK?Have you ever experienced culture shock?
Explain the situation and how you felt. What do we respond to when we experience ‘culture shock’?
EXAMPLES OF CULTURE SHOCK: Describe the culture shock: what caused the ‘shock’?
How did they respond to the culture shock?
Doing Fieldwork Among the Yanomamo
Culture Shock Linked to Deaths of Refugees
OPENER: FLAGS AS SYMBOLS 1. What does the American flag symbolize? 2. What does the Confederate flag symbolize?
UNIT 2: CULTURECulture is a way of life
Culture is shared by members of a society Culture shapes how we act, think, and feel
Culture is human—it is a product of evolution
1. SYMBOLS Symbols in the form of words, gestures, and actions express meaning
1. SYMBOLS (FROM CLASS) Uncle Sam
;)
Gang signs
Hug
“Ok” symbol
Peace sign
<3
Yin-Yang symbol
Deathly hallows symbol
Apple
#
Pride flag
Snapchat ghost
Breast cancer ribbon
Twitter bird
Instagram camera
Street signs/stop signs/caution signs
2. LANGUAGE A symbolic system by which one generation transmits culture to the next.
2. LANGUAGE (FROM CLASS) Lol
Omg
Bae
Tbh
Merch
Shade
Raining cats and dogs
What’s up?
Finna
Yolo
Music
Turn up
Text lingo generally
Slang generally
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OPENER Read the passage, ”Too Hot for Hockey,” aloud to your partner
Complete the survey on the back of the worksheet
Questions to consider: How does language influence culture? How does culture influence language? What does language transmit?
WBEZ https://soundcloud.com/curiouscity/annie-minoff-accents-feature
Is having an accent important? How do regional accents impact our national culture?
LANGUAGE Page 46
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Ya’aburnee (Arabic): “You bury me.” It’s a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person, because of how difficult it would be to live without them.
The online dictionary that lists this word calls it “morbid and beautiful.” It’s the “How Could I Live Without You?” slickly insincere cliché of dating, polished into a more earnest, poetic term.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Forelsket: (Norwegian): The euphoria you experience when you’re first falling in love.
This is a wonderful term for that blissful state, when all your senses are acute for the beloved, the pins and needles thrill of the novelty. There’s a phrase in English for this, but it’s clunky. It’s “New Relationship Energy,” or NRE.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Yuanfen (Chinese): A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Pena ajena (Mexican Spanish): The embarrassment you feel watching someone else's humiliation
______________________________________________________________ Is it important that some phrases are not able to be translated easily into English?
How do these phrases or words reveal elements of the culture of the speakers?
LANGUAGE AND POWER: SWEARING AND INSULTS
Are there any trends among the words we use to insult people?
Think of insults that you use regularly. What is the LITERAL meaning of the words? What are implied insult or FIGURATIVE meaning of the words? Do these insults impact our culture as a whole?
LOADED LANGUAGE “You guys”
Mailman
Freshman
Fireman
Mankind
“This sucks”
The “F” word
“Retarded”
USING ACCURATE AND CONSIDERATE LANGUAGE “What boy/girl are you bringing to the dance?” “Are you bringing a date?”
“He’s being a little b**** about going.” “He’s scared to go.”
“White people are all racist.” “I have personally met several white people who…”
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CLOSER: What do you lose if you do not speak the native language of a given culture? What do you miss? What interactions become difficult? What might you avoid? Who might you turn to, or tend to interact with?
HOMEWORK:Restaurant observationDue Wednesday, October 15th
3. VALUES Abstract standards of what ought to be
3. VALUES (FROM CLASS) Family and friends: always there
for each other
Giving back to the community
Giving gifts on holidays
Having expensive things
Appreciate what you have
Money
Being respectful
Follow the rules
Respect
Be kind
Education
Following rends
Everyone’s life is valued the same
Technology has all the answers
Talk through issues face to face
Virginity
Save money/financial stability
4. BELIEFS Specific statements that people who share a culture hold to be true
4. BELIEFS (FROM CLASS) Pray (go to church)
Christianity
You should be married before kids/sex
Going to school is important
Pray before eating with family
Different religions
Go to church every Sunday
Haram is a sin
Buddha
If you live a bad life, you pay in the end
An apple a day takes the doctor away
Money and power are important
God
Karma gets you
If you finish college you can get a good career
What goes around comes around
5. NORMS Norms guide human behavior
Mores: have great moral significance Folkways: are matters of everyday politeness
5. NORMS (FROM CLASS) Get to class on time
Say ‘bless you’ if someone sneezes
When someone opens the door for you, say thank you
Manners (saying thank you)
Don’t talk back to parents
Pick something up if someone drops it
Look both ways before you cross the street
Apologizing when you bump into someone
Saying excuse me when someone is in your way
Saying please
Opening the door for someone
Getting up for old people on the bus