Culture’s Intricate Meaning
The definition of culture is more complex than the simple understanding people have. Culture is widely shared, manmade, and is transmitted from generation to generation (Paige (1990, 2002). Brislin analyzes culture’s impact on our everyday lives, and claims there is invisibility within culture. People may not recognize other cultures including their own. Additionally, people may be aware of cultures, but they are unconscious about how one word or gesture arises from their cultural identity. We have a general understanding of the physical concept of culture. However, we fail to acknowledge the immense underlying components found underneath culture.
Reading about the complexity of culture has changed my perspective …show more content…
Once I arrived on campus, I thought more about my Hispanic culture. My physical detachment from my family and home, led me to think more about how I identified myself to others who did not know me or my culture. I realized how invisible I was to my own culture. After reading Kanter’s description of X and O’s, I reflected on how being an X (common) and an O (rare) affected my cultural identity. Throughout my life before college, I was an X. I never thought of what is was to be an O -to be a part of a scarce group. Following my separation from my family and home, I quickly became an O in a large community full of X’s. My cultural identity differentiated from the X’s and I found myself trying to avoid the limelight. I had unknowingly traveled between two worlds. Lugones mentioned world traveling as experiencing a world that is not our own. I analyzed my identity in both …show more content…
His model is similar to Lugones’ concept of world traveling. Therefore, it complements Bennett. Lugones’ describes world traveling as discovering another world. For instance Lugones’ mentions her inability to lover her mother. Similarly, I had difficulty loving and accepting my father’s customs and reasoning. Because I chose to travel into my father’s world, I was able to connect his upbringing with his behavior. Lugones’ exposition of world travelling serves as an essential component to seeing and understanding cultures through another person’s eyes. Lugones’ states that world traveling involves “playfulness.” Similar to Bennett’s stage of acceptance you must begin with an open mind. To successfully world travel, a person must have a loving perception. Lugones’ loving perception complements Bennett’s stage of adaptation. In order to adapt, an individual must have empathy, respect, and understanding of the other world. Bennett’s integration stage is comprehending our cultural identities in each world we travel to and being comfortable with their
The definition of culture is more complex than the simple understanding people have. Culture is widely shared, manmade, and is transmitted from generation to generation (Paige (1990, 2002). Brislin analyzes culture’s impact on our everyday lives, and claims there is invisibility within culture. People may not recognize other cultures including their own. Additionally, people may be aware of cultures, but they are unconscious about how one word or gesture arises from their cultural identity. We have a general understanding of the physical concept of culture. However, we fail to acknowledge the immense underlying components found underneath culture.
Reading about the complexity of culture has changed my perspective …show more content…
Once I arrived on campus, I thought more about my Hispanic culture. My physical detachment from my family and home, led me to think more about how I identified myself to others who did not know me or my culture. I realized how invisible I was to my own culture. After reading Kanter’s description of X and O’s, I reflected on how being an X (common) and an O (rare) affected my cultural identity. Throughout my life before college, I was an X. I never thought of what is was to be an O -to be a part of a scarce group. Following my separation from my family and home, I quickly became an O in a large community full of X’s. My cultural identity differentiated from the X’s and I found myself trying to avoid the limelight. I had unknowingly traveled between two worlds. Lugones mentioned world traveling as experiencing a world that is not our own. I analyzed my identity in both …show more content…
His model is similar to Lugones’ concept of world traveling. Therefore, it complements Bennett. Lugones’ describes world traveling as discovering another world. For instance Lugones’ mentions her inability to lover her mother. Similarly, I had difficulty loving and accepting my father’s customs and reasoning. Because I chose to travel into my father’s world, I was able to connect his upbringing with his behavior. Lugones’ exposition of world travelling serves as an essential component to seeing and understanding cultures through another person’s eyes. Lugones’ states that world traveling involves “playfulness.” Similar to Bennett’s stage of acceptance you must begin with an open mind. To successfully world travel, a person must have a loving perception. Lugones’ loving perception complements Bennett’s stage of adaptation. In order to adapt, an individual must have empathy, respect, and understanding of the other world. Bennett’s integration stage is comprehending our cultural identities in each world we travel to and being comfortable with their