For this week’s blog assignment I was to ask three people to
tell me their definition of culture and diversity. Their answer are as follows:
Person #1:
Culture: “The norms and practices of a group of people.”
Diversity: “A wide range of different kinds of things or
people.”
Person #2:
Culture: “A person’s background. It shapes him and her into
who they are today”
Diversity: “What sets someone apart from others.”
Person #3
Culture: “A collection of beliefs, gender, race,
socio-economic status, language, values and more which guide our understanding
of the world.”
Diversity: “All the ways one is unique compared to others in
society.”
From what I have studied in this course, the people I have
talked to touched on a number of important of aspects of these two words. Their
responses about culture went beyond surface culture (artifacts, clothing,
foods, holiday) and focused on deep culture.
Some additional items I could add to these definitions are
as follows:
- - Culture is learned from what’s around you. It’s a set of rules that governs what we do. Culture and gender are always connected.
- - Some additional components to deep culture are: work, housing arrangements, religion, migration, ideas about education and many more.
This exercise was a good opportunity for me to think of my
own definition of culture and diversity. I have certainly learned a lot about
these two important words just from the first three weeks of this course.
Laura,
ReplyDeleteLike yourself, I have been learning a lot about myself in relation to culture and diversity in the last three weeks. Everyone I asked about culture and diversity gave me more surface answers instead of in depth as we are learning. Did you share any of your insights with the people you asked?
Laura
ReplyDeleteGood job on your blog post. I also think that I have learned a lot about culture and diversity in these past 3 weeks. I look forward to reading more of your posts during this course.