Culture

1. Culture

2. 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’?

3. 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

4. Opener: flags as symbols • 1. What does the American flag symbolize? • 2. What does the Confederate flag symbolize?

5. Unit 2: Culture • Culture 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

6. 1. Symbols • Symbols in the form of words, gestures, and actions express meaning

7. 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

8. 2. Language • A symbolic system by which one generation transmits culture to the next.

9. 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

10. 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?

11. WBEZ • https://soundcloud.com/curiouscity/annie-minoff-accents-feature • Is having an accent important? • How do regional accents impact our national culture?

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14. 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. 

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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?

18. 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?

19. Loaded language • “You guys” • Mailman • Freshman • Fireman • Mankind • “This sucks” • The “F” word • “Retarded”

20. 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…”

21. 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?

22. Homework: • Restaurant observation • Due Wednesday, October 15th

23. 3. Values • Abstract standards of what ought to be

24. 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

25. 4. Beliefs • Specific statements that people who share a culture hold to be true

26. 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

27. 5. Norms • Norms guide human behavior • Mores: have great moral significance • Folkways: are matters of everyday politeness

28. 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