Social psychology (psychology)/Tutorials/Cross-cultural training/Cultural identity
There was insufficient time in the 2 hour tutorial in 2008 to include this activity because the cultural mapping exercise was included. Also, the aims of this exercise are now better covered in the first tutorial, than they were in 2007 when this cultural identity exercise was used. |
Cultural identity
editPurpose: This exercise is designed to help individuals identify cultural influences on their personal identity.
- What is cultural identity?
- Ask individuals to draw a concept map of their cultural identity e.g.,
- indicate group memberships,
- use size/colour to highlight the overlay between one's cultural groupings/shadings.
- Cultural groupings may fall along ethnic/racial lines, but also encourage students to consider other cultures/sub-cultures which they may identify with, e.g.,
- youth culture vs. older people's culture
- online vs. offline culture
- rural vs. city
- skateboarding culture
- church culture, etc.
- Allow 5 to 10 minutes for individual concept mapping
- In small groups (3 to 4), allow 10 to 15 minutes for participants to share, explain, and possibly modify their maps by sharing them with one another.
- Optional: Ask students to consider what "saliency" is and how it influences cultural identity.
- This should hopefully lead to discussion about fluidity/dynamic nature of cultural identity, i.e., that it changes with situational and cognitive circumstance.
- Note: Relates to Blog 1 Social Self