Daily Language Blooper
Outside a Hong-Kong tailor shop:
"Ladies may have a fit upstairs."
In a Bangkok dry cleaners:
"Drop your trousers here for best results."
Outside a Paris dress shop:
"Dresses for street walking."
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Review - Group Thoughts
1. During Part III we bring to fruition the themes of
colonialism and empire which have caused war and division among nations .
We continue to analyze religion as a cultural determinant of the future
well-being of mankind. We strive to see that each continent and each
ethnic group have learned patterns of behavior that enable them to
survive. But patterns of behavior continue to evolve, subject to the
pressures of change.
2. Re-examine the course objectives:
A.
Understand the concept of culture.
B. Recognize variability in human
behavior.
C. Contrast cultures inherited in their
own family, and
country with other societal views of human behavior.
D. Gain an awareness of the process
of bringing about socio-cultural change.
E. Foster understanding among
culturally diverse peoples.
Part Three
provides an opportunity to focus on contrasting cultural patterns each of us
assumed by virtue of what we learned from the families in which we were born.
1. Today and throughout week 15, we will continue to hear
family tree briefings presented by individual class members. We can
perhaps discover that in spite of linguistic and geographical similarities,
there are indeed interesting differences between the families in which each of
us learned to be ourselves. But be sure to begin by becoming confident
that your homework is up to the standard prepared by your classmates.
2 Watch excerpts from The
King and I. This video is based on a true story
which took place during the 1860s. A rather forward-looking Thai king
created near Bangkok a Chinese Pagoda, Greek statuary, some elements of French
culture, a Dutch windmill, and a Chinese pagoda, you can visit
today. Anna and the King of Siam is the story of a British
schoolteacher and the cultural relations occurring among the king, his people,
and the British schoolmarm.. In today's class we observe and compare the life of two
East Asian children.
3. If we were listening to
family tree briefings from students in Thailand, we would discover that
rural and urban living there are as different as they are in the United States.
Thatched homes on stilts and water buffalo help people till the soil in the
country. Streets in small towns may be unpaved. Mothers raise large
families, and boys expect to serve a few years in saffron monk's robes at some
time during their young adulthood. Bangkok is "New York" of many peoples
crowded into occupations and living conditions which also support a boat-people
along the city's extensive waterways.
Influences in American families may be considerably different.
You have the opportunity to listen or to share your favorite stories about the
persons or events which helped you learn to be the sort of person you have
become. You were not born the way you are. Your stories must
necessarily reflect the experience given you by those who socialized you to your
present culture.
1. During Part III we bring to fruition the themes of
colonialism and empire which have caused war and division among nations .
We continue to analyze religion as a cultural determinant of the future
well-being of mankind. We strive to see that each continent and each
ethnic group have learned patterns of behavior that enable them to
survive. But patterns of behavior continue to evolve, subject to the
pressures of change.
2. During today's class meeting we observed schoolchildren at the
court of the King of Siam during the 1860s. Because we are introducing
ourselves and giving the first few family tree briefings, it seemed appropriate
to both continue our sojourn amongst Asian peoples, and to include a culture
like Thailand which sought at that historic time to replicate for its own people
the great cultures in found in France, Greece, China, and America. We have
continued the theme of education for the young in today's class, but will
continue to see
cultures of great contrast, and yet behaviors and values in both nations we have
visited are not quite the same as we might experience in American families.
3. If you have not yet briefed your family tree, use the
link to the Book Report on the PSY 119 course homepage to begin thinking about
the essay you will write which satisfies the requirement for a final exam.
1. Read Chapter Twenty-Nine "Polyandry - Multiple Spouses in
Tibet and Pahari India" pages 152-158 in
Cross-Cultural Perspectives in
America. Answer the following questions in your notebook:
