Culture shock #9

Last Monday we saw a outsourced movie . The event starts in a downtown office when Todd's boss send Todd to India . The movie shows us that many people are suffering from bias . Todd didn't accept the Indian culture firstly and he was shocked from their culture and he got problems . After few days their was holi and he joined them and he begin to make friends . Then he started to ask his employee about how they will be comfort with there job . He falls in in love with one of his workers but he was shocked that she was engaged when she was 4 years old .Todd got back to home and he didn't forgot the Indian culture , he still have calls from his friends in India

Exercise # 8

Cultural Dimensions in Outsourced

As you watch the film, answer the questions and write down any examples of different cultural dimensions. This will help you with your reflection.

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Todd and his boss	Office
High-context culture	Aisha	Office in India
Individualism	Indian Taxi guy	Airport
Collectivism	Indian Taxi were fighting	Airport
Low power distance	Todd and his boss	Office
High power distance	Puro with Todd	Office
Uncertainty tolerance	Todd and his boss	Office
Uncertainty avoidance	Aisha with Todd	India
Task orientation	Puro	Administration
Social orientation	Aisha	India

Reflection

Create a reflection about the movie Outsourced using the PowerPoint I give you. Show that you really understand the above cultural concepts.

1. As soon as Todd arrives, he experiences the discomfort of being disoriented in a
strange new place. What happens at the airport?  He struggled trying to walk through the huge crowed at the airport, which was an abnormal scene for him. Then he got annoyed by all the taxi drivers around him, who were fighting over him

2. When a friendly traveler helps him get on the train, what does he tell him to do? He advised him to jump into the train


3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution? The young kid offered him his seat and then sat in his lap, because of the high population in india people are used to such a solution such as sharing seats, standing and squeezing in the train cabins.

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens? He got stomach ache, and got sick because of the polluted water used in the iced drink.

5. First encounters with a culture can be shocking – Todd sees crowded streets with
cows, noise, and a man urinating in the street. But how does his host describe the
city? “Bombay is terrible, but here it’s very clean”

6. Even though the host Puro speaks English, Todd uses American slang a lot
without thinking. So as not to insult Puro, what does he say the meaning of
Schmuck is?  That means like a nice guy

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd? That he will feel lonely if he stays by himself in the hotel.

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?
What does your father do, are you married, what’s your salary, do you have a girlfriend? Why did you break up?

9. During his first conversation with Aunti Ji he makes two big mistakes. What are
they? He ate with his left hand which considered not clean in india and he placed the same hand he ate with back in the food

10. The Golden Rule says do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That
means his Indian hosts and friends are trying to make him comfortable the way
they would be comfortable. How does this apply when the servant is preparing
tea for Todd? She poured the tea for him and even put sugar just the way they do.

exercise #5

Reflection #1 emarati culture

ID: H00269278

Name: Faisal Aljasmi

Section: CEB

 In the last month I worked with my group to film a short movie about our Emarati culture.

It was my first experience to make a short film  . I was so exciting to talk in front of the camera and ask the tourist about their culture and their opinion about our culture .

At the beginning it was hard to start the film because it was the first experience for all the members in my group but we thanks god that we passed it and after that we trusted our self more and we did not scare from the camera

Secondly, I started to ask my grandfather about how did they live and how they got there money and we shared it  in the group and discuss it

Finally, I enjoyed to do this film and I had fun In this new experience , and the most thing that I liked that we refreshed our minds in our culture and how my grandfather helped me in this project.

  

Emarati culture film

http://youtu.be/2J1TYFVkOw4

exercise #3

Faisal Aljasmi 

H00269278

CEB

Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1.              A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values. False

2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures. True .

3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures. True .

4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot” False.

5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country. False

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot”  place with different cultures meet and form new culture

2.              “Salad Bowl”  mixing of cultures but stay separate

3.       “Assimilation” being part of the main body

4.       “Acculturation”   to get use to other new countries culture

5.       “Enculturation”  To learn your birth countries culture.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs, and social institutions, as well as changes in food, clothing and language.

Give a synonym:

varied  , assorted

respect , honor

dominate , overpower

multiple ,varied

central , Main

interacting ,cooperating

specific , certain

represents , display

adopt , accept

Give the opposite:

varied , Single

respect , disrespect .

gradually , immediately

multiple , singular

common , unique

dominant group , Minority

specific , general

contrasted with , blended

adopt , ignore

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

   1.   Define “Anthropology” in your own words . studying of human history

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example . How we raise our children in a good society , for example :  whats your culture tells how you raise your children

3.       Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.”

Consider “sitting together ” in different cultures; Some Emirati families do not sit with their children , In most Western cultures, children have families that sit with them and discuss many different subjects together .

4.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”

”  I agree with this statement .

5.       Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.

My own personality is great , I am a very carefull person.  I am not one who rushes around , because in my culture, impatience is not a good thing.  My Indian friend, seems to be in big hurry all of the time, her personality is opposite my personality .