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Chapter 3- Culture & Socialization

Sensoy & DiAngelo

Culture=

norms,

values,

practices,

patterns of communication,

language,

laws,

customs, and

meanings

shared by people located in given time and place.

Locate each aspect of school culture in the following clip:

Socialization

  • systematic training into norms of our culture
  • process of learning the meanings and practices that enable us to make sense of and 'behave properly' in that culture
  • Begin before birth (boy or girl?) and last throughout life
  • Norms absorbed both overtly and unconsciously from family, community, friends, media, time and place, culture

Who am I?

Deep Culture Exercise

Our families and culture tell us 'how to be a certain way'.

How did your family teach you about the following?

GREETING SOMEONE NEW

EYE CONTACT

PERSONAL SPACE

CLEANLINESS

HOW TO HANDLE YOUR EMOTIONS

NORMS RELATED TO GENDER

As you can see, our families influence us greatly.

It's up to our discernment to decide which of those ways of being we agree with moving forward.

"Looking glass self"=

The idea that our identities are shaped in large part by how others see and respond to us.

We are always responding to something to create a sense of self--gender or race norms; media; family; language all frame us.

How were you seen as a child or teen? In what ways was that helpful and/or limiting to your development?

What would it mean to create who we wanted to be outside some of these constructions?

Personal reflection:

We are socialized to 'show up' in particular ways at school, in our families, and online. How does this show up in your own life? If you feel you are free of this, how do you see it playing out with people you know?

Are there any ways you feel you could share even more of your authentic self? For instance, sometimes posting photos of yourself that are less flattering, or more 'real.' What kind of model could you be to help others love and accept who they are?

If everyone were just a shade braver in being 'real', what impact do you think this would have on our culture?

Surface vs. Deep Culture

The majority of the culture we 'inherit' is below the surface.

Surface culture norms refer to things like food, dress, crafts, dance, literature, language, celebrations, games

Deep culture norms refer to unspoken and unconscious rules. (personal space, attitude toward elders, touching, etc.)

Home and School Cultures

Is there a difference between your home culture and language and that at SCU?

If yes, what are the consequences of those differences on your lived experience?

If no, what societal "advantage" might that give you?

Conformity

  • Consciously and unconsciously we want to belong and be loved, therefore we 'conform' to the norms set by family, society, the media etc.
  • Survival in some ways (part of the tribe/herd)
  • There are penalties for people who do not conform to norms (ex. of armpit hair)
  • The norms don't have to represent any kind of 'truth' to be felt as real and have real consequences.
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