Folk & Pop Culture + Preserving Culture

After today's Formative MCQ on Pop & Folk Culture, we will wrap up CH. 4 and begin CH. 5 on Identity. Chapter 5 will include examining gender, ethnicity, race, nationality and sexuality and how these various aspects of culture shape our own identity and sense of belonging or sense of "otherness" that we may separate others into labels and categories to further our own sense of who we are and who we are not.  Chapter 4 (Fouberg) does a nice job of describing these aspects of identity. Be sure to read through this chapter.

As you watch this TEDTalk, please consider some of the concepts we have covered in CH. 4 on Culture--and what we will cover in CH. 5 on Identity.
Consider the terms of ethnocentric viewpoints of others and a cultural relativity viewpoint.

Helpful Links for Today's Class:

• CH. 4 Pop & Folk Culture - Lecture Slides
• Cultural Appropriate at Halloween: "My Culture is Not a Costume" (TeenVogue)
• Three Cheers for Cultural Appropriation (NewYorkTimes)
• Is It OK for a White Kid to Dress Up as Moana for Halloween? And other Cultural Appropriation Questions (USA Today)
• Chinese Weibo users defend US teen’s cheongsam prom dress as ‘cultural appreciation, not appropriation’ (The Telegraph)

Today we will wrap up with the sustainability of cultures -- what is the fate of some local & folk cultures?

HW: Read CH. 4 (Fouberg) + Work on CH. 4 study guide

Be sure to have read some of Chapter 5 (Fouberg) to familiarize yourself with the terms and concepts of identity presented in Fouberg's chapter 5.  There is a study guide to go along with this.  

• Identity Study Guide (Fouberg CH. 5)