Intercultural Field Experience

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I chose to do my intercultural field experience and research paper on the rave community the event I took part in was called "Escape" on the October 27 and 28. I decided to experience this culture because I feel the social construct society has agreed to place on this culture is an extremely negative one, According to Kathryn Sorrells in "Intercultural communication Global and Social Justice" "social constructs exist only because people agree to act like and think like they exist and agree to follow certain conventions and rule associated with the constructed" (54). The connotation and stigma against ravers society have placed is one that does not courage others to want to experience their culture. Before experiencing this event for myself

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