DIY Module: identity, diversity, multiculturality by Susanna Plazzi

OBIETTIVI -GOALS

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 09:35:08 UTC

Riflettere sul concetto di identità personale e nazionale
confrontare i valori/simboli delle società anglofone ( e di altre società?) con quelli della propria società
Saper distinguere e descrivere multiculturalismo e integrazione come modelli di assimilazione culturale
saper contestualizzare le problematiche di assimilazione culturale in un determinato periodo storico

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 10:03:53 UTC

Its definition and aspects:

personal (Who am I?)
references to Britishness; to American-ness and the American Dream, to ....-ness

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 10:08:48 UTC

Core and typical values may be defined through:

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 10:12:55 UTC

BRITISHNESS

http://www.wnyc.org/story/brian-lehrer-weekend-beyond-poverty-americanness-cost-permanent-war/

(immigrants are interviewed on Americanness from 17:58)

CULTURAL ASSIMILATION definition:

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 10:18:17 UTC

Its definition and aspects:

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 10:32:59 UTC

Multiculturalism and Integration: two models of cultural assimilation
Metaphors: melting pot, mosaic of cultures, salad bowl, blast furnace

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 14:59:07 UTC

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 15:01:18 UTC

Its definition:

many are the ways of responding to the otherness (prejudices -also linguistic -, stereotypes, racism,..).
Describe the various reactions to an openly (or to a slightly) discriminatory behaviour

nombresusy — 2016-11-28 16:02:15 UTC

"If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?"