Reflection #11

Reflection #10

Outsourced Reflection #9

Culture Shock
The are many different culture in this world. We saw the difference between the Indian culture and American culture in this movie. There is man called Todd. He lives in Seattle, USA and he works in call center. One day, his manager give him a work to travel to India to teach Indian people and try to develop the education in India but he reject this idea. Then he accept this work and travel to India. We he arrived to India he shocked because he saw a broken walls and poor people and different lifestyle. In Mumbai the weather was hot and crowded. He lost few hours to search for a taxi after that he found a toc toc then he found a transport to go to hotel. He tried to call his X friend to alleviate suffering but some one answer this call so he felt anguish. Todd arrived in work place and saw a destruction and poor building. So he shouted in the face of his friend called Puro. Then he tried to developed the education and he success. After many days his manager came to India to saw Todd what he done. Finally, he finished his work but suddenly the company closed.    

Exercise #8

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 #7

Today in our presentation we talked about key differences between low and high power distance societies and we covered it and shared a lot of points with our group members.

I talked about inequalities among people are expected and desired and respect is basic and lifelong virtue.  We should equality between people and we must respect the poor people and rich people because there is no different between them.

Exercise #5

Exercise #4

Name: Hamed Jaafar                             ID#  H00252465                                       
 
With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.
 
1. Define:
a. Stereotyping: is having a bad idea and thing about people.
b. Prejudice: un reason able opinion formed without enough knowledge.
c. Bias: the action of supporting a particular person in an unfair way.
d. Discrimination: to treat people differently especially in a worse way from the way in which treating other people.
2. Give an example of each.
 1.   stereotyping :all Emirates are rich , all Emirates are lazy, like to eat and fats

2.   prejudice :she is strictly prejudice but yet honest.

3.   bias: the lawyer had a clear evidence of a strong bias against the killer.

4.   discrimination :rich people discriminate poor people and thin people discriminate a fat people.


Watch  Class Divided
 Understanding
With partners, answer the following:
1. Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

In 1950 and the experience took place in school grade 3 witch is about greed 7 or 8 age.  

2. Describe the experiment.

The instructor said in the first day that the blue eye students are clever and much better than brown eye students. the day after ,she said that students with brown eyes are supervisor and much better than blue eyes students. The goal of this experience is to teach them about discrimination practically.

3. What were the results?
the students are pessimistic because they can't gather with each other.

4. How successful do you believe it was?
it was an effective experiment because the children what does discrimination means.


Going Deeper 
In groups of four, discuss the following:
 a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination

one day I entered  a elevator with a lady, and there was a maid behind me but she pushed her out.
 a time she or he discriminated against somebody else
there was a man treating the people working with him bad because they were from India.  

 a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it
there was a boy shouting at the cashier in the coup but his mother didn't interfere about him.

 a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did something about it
 There was a white student always fighting with his classmate because he was black , and their teacher talked to him and stopped him.

Reflection #1

Emirati Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSxagwCRQHU


I benefited from this video how our grandparents lives in the past and how do they get their daily bread and which tools they used to stay alive.

My friends and I decided to go to Heritage Village in the Abu Dhabi to see how our grandparents lives in the past. We saw many things such as the cannon which was used to defend the country, the sword and how manufacture it and the boats which made from and how they traveled by it.

We saw many foreign people and we ask them about our culture and they say it's unique and interesting. Most of them wonder how the grandparents survived from the desert. There are many things still exist from our culture like make Arabian Coffee for the guest, Palm cultivation, camel racing and Folk dances like "Al-yola".

Finally, I really proud about my culture and I hope to lean more about it.

Exercise #3

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.	f
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	t
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	t
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	f
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	f

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot”  a place where different cultures meet

2.       “Salad Bowl”  a representation of the idea that cultures can mix but stay separate and unique

3.       “Assimilation”  to become part of the main body

4.       “Acculturation”  to learn about and adopt your new countries cultures

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	command
multiple	varied	central	main	interacting	communicating
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	Contrasted with	adopt	ignor

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

The study of human history and culture

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example

This is where your culture tells you 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 bed time in different cultures some Emirati families do not have a set bed time for the children

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 totally 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 best reflected by the fact that I am a very laid back person. Im  not one who rushes around like a crazy person, because in m culture impatience is not a good thing.

Portfolio Exercise #2

Hamed Jaafar
Quiz 1 - What is Cultural Diversity
Portfolio Exercise #2

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




Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous
Different
2. Plurality
More than one
3. Migration
move
4. Fundamental
foundation
5. Collective strength
Group power

Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.

1. The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country?

Food , clothes and building

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.          Museum , festivals and websites



3. From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.



4. Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.
Indian , Pakistan , white British and african

5. Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words.

University of Melbourne is one of culturally  .


Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:




Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Exercise #1

Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity
Name …Hamed Jaafar………………….
ID ………h00252465…………….  


1.   Look at these ten aspects which make up your cultural identity. Then, fill in the last two columns – one for somebody who works for your family and one for an expatriate friend. There are other aspects of cultural diversity but these are the main ones.


2. How many countries are there in the world today?  …196…..
3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today? …………hundred………………
Here is an incomplete list of ethnic groups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_ethnic_groups
4. How many ethnic groups are there living in the UAE? …………………from 5 to 7…………




5. What is wrong with this chart?  …the emirati citizens is less than 19%


6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014?  ………………..11%
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/influx-of-foreigners-spikes-uae-population-to-8-3m-1.787518

7. Why is the percentage so small? ………….because more of local travel out.
8. The UAE's population strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to …40….. per cent, by ……2021.., members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.
9. Do you think this will happen? yes
10. Why do you think this? because maybe of children or emirati citizencome from out…
11. Do you have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today?  ....No,i donthave......................................................................................................................................................
12. What are the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage?
…………… get different cultural and learn new things about heritage

Post this on your blog by the end of the class.