What is culture and how does it inform my identity? Grade 9 Seminar Unit 2.
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What is culture and how does it inform my identity?
Grade 9 Seminar
Unit 2
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Why is this important?
• Search for identity is a key component to growing up• Sense of self is important to self-actualization• Secondarily and to support this human development
goal, it is an IB imperative– Seeing our planet as a community with personal and
economic interdependence– Environmental awareness and our connectedness
ecologically– Understanding our own culture to build tolerance which in
turn builds world peace
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Who am I?
• One thing that informs or helps create our sense of identity is our culture.
• That leads to the questions– What is a culture?– How does it affect me?
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Things that show: The tip of the iceberg
• Clothing styles• Folk culture: dancing, music, stories• High culture: music, art, literature • Games and sport• Food• To some extent, religions
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What might not be so obvious
• Notions of modesty• Concepts of beauty• Child-raising• Relationship to nature• How we deal with others• Work and careers• Sense of justice• Leadership• Display of emotion• Concepts of past and future• Approaches to Problem
solving
• Time and life tempo
• Courtship, marriage, and sex
• Cleanliness
• Status and mobility
• Gender roles
• Facial expression and body language
• Friendship
• Competition
• Physical space
• Religious practice
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Culture: What is it?
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But isn’t it deeper than that?
• http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html
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This week
• Think about your culture and how it shows up in your life – Your family life– Your beliefs– Your tastes– Your attitudes