Janice Headrick
Culture is where I live and who I am. Diversity is mixing all of the different
cultures in a pot.
Crissy McDonald
I believe that culture is everything around you. You are your culture. Culture is more than food, music and
language. It is the way in which we
arrive at belonging. Diversity is merely
accepting anything that is different from what we know every day.
Christina Dieffenbach
Culture is everything in our world that means something to
us. Our culture defines our everyday
lives and sustains our futures.
Diversity is the integrations of multiple cultures and respecting those
cultures.
I believe both of my answers that I received collectively
express what I have learned thus far about culture. I think that culture is very detailed and
specific yet the definitions we have discussed are very similar. I think that if you really want to define a
culture you have to look at its heritage.
Looking at where and why the people are who they are explains and
defines their culture. Defining a small
farm boy from Iowa’s culture and the same age child who lives in Brooklyn, New
York is very different. The main components
you are looking for are the same. I believe
that by listening to others explanation of culture helps explains people’s
ability to accept different levels of diversity. I understand that if a person can truly understand
what and how a culture evolves and the importance of the culture, then the
process of accepting and integration diversity will be a natural process not an
achievable character
You make some good points. I find it fascinating how even within a family culture you can find so much diversity and even sub-cultures if you look deep enough. Culture and heritage are fascinating subjects to me.... especially as a photographer who looks for details to tell a story with images.
ReplyDeleteHi Haley - I have been fascinated reading everyone's definitions of culture and diversity. They seem to have a better understanding of these topics than I would have had before taking this course. I liked the definition of culture that was simply,"It is who I am." As a society, we need to appreciate each other for who we are. It seems so simple, but is so difficult for many to achieve.
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