In today’s modern society New Zealand is a multi-cultural country and different people and cultures over the years have attained cultural attitudes, values and beliefs differently; therefore, multi-cultural characteristics are different to others within New Zealand. In this reflexive journal, my personal model of reflexive communication practice will focus on my understanding of personal, cultural, professional and political practices and how I perceive myself in today’s New Zealand society.
According to Yep (1998, p. 99, as cited in Guo, 2016) identity describes who we are as an individual in the world and a person’s conception of self; within a particular social, geographical, cultural, and political background. Furthermore, in a social context, …show more content…
In addition, enculturation is a part of my life and this started from when I was born to today’s society and I learnt this through being raised and born into the culture I was raised into (DeVito, O’Rourke, O’Neill, 2000, p. 99). When I was born my parents sent me to a Kōhanga (Kindergarten) and I was taught to only speak Māori. Once I turned five, I attended a bilingual Māori primary school and was encouraged to continue speaking Māori and learn by Māori values these of which include: the importance of unity, hospitality and caring for others. Furthermore, in high school I discontinued learning my Māori language and culture due to the beginning of deconstruction of my personal identity. For this reason, my personal identity was stereotyped heavily throughout high school and I choose to discontinue my cultural values; stereotypes shown by Samovar, Porter and McDaniel (2010, p. 41-42) are a collection of unfounded norms that in all cultures make about the individualities of various groups. Although Māori people are stereotyped, I was hurt by this and decided I no longer wanted to be stereotyped to be lazy, incompetent and untrustworthy so I decided to continue learning and expand my knowledge on Māori culture at the University of
According to Yep (1998, p. 99, as cited in Guo, 2016) identity describes who we are as an individual in the world and a person’s conception of self; within a particular social, geographical, cultural, and political background. Furthermore, in a social context, …show more content…
In addition, enculturation is a part of my life and this started from when I was born to today’s society and I learnt this through being raised and born into the culture I was raised into (DeVito, O’Rourke, O’Neill, 2000, p. 99). When I was born my parents sent me to a Kōhanga (Kindergarten) and I was taught to only speak Māori. Once I turned five, I attended a bilingual Māori primary school and was encouraged to continue speaking Māori and learn by Māori values these of which include: the importance of unity, hospitality and caring for others. Furthermore, in high school I discontinued learning my Māori language and culture due to the beginning of deconstruction of my personal identity. For this reason, my personal identity was stereotyped heavily throughout high school and I choose to discontinue my cultural values; stereotypes shown by Samovar, Porter and McDaniel (2010, p. 41-42) are a collection of unfounded norms that in all cultures make about the individualities of various groups. Although Māori people are stereotyped, I was hurt by this and decided I no longer wanted to be stereotyped to be lazy, incompetent and untrustworthy so I decided to continue learning and expand my knowledge on Māori culture at the University of