Thursday, September 30, 2010
unity.
During the past two weeks in class we have talked a ton about culture. It was so interesting to partake in the activity where we went around the class room and tried to name where the people were located based on their possessions. I found this to be very informative and actually fun. You think you may know someone based on their culture and what we, as Americans, assocate as their culture. One thing that alot of places valued was family and technology. those were the most common things i noticed that united all the places as one to make up the world. We may all live a thousand miles from eachother but we do have certain things in common and i think that is important to remember because although I may be more comfotable with my own culture that doesn't mean I can't connect to another.
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i agree! In America we tend to forget the common things among different people and only look at the differences. Technology and family are two things that help connect people around the world. It would be interesting to see if the author did another (updated) book on people's possessions how it would have changed from his last book. I bet tv and computers would be still very valued.
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