Acculturation Activity (3B)
Fort this activity you will engage in conversation with at least one other person and talk about your acculturative experiences. After talking for a short while about your cultural worlds, come up with how, according to Berry's framework, which strategy do each of you adopt and why?
Possible areas of discussion include: language, literature, movies, clothing, food, religion, music, holidays observed, rituals or rights of passage, sports, arts, marriage, values, mythology....
The framework used by John Berry for acculturation is as follows:
Is it considered to be of value to maintain
cultural identity and characteristics?
Yes |
NO |
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| Is it
considered to be of value to maintain |
YES |
Integration |
Assimilation |
| relationships
with other (host) groups |
NO |
Separation |
Marginalisation |
Once you have determined what your and your partner's acculturative style is, write up a brief report indicating your styles and what you think those styles represent.
You may consider an overall style across various areas as well as differences in styles in specific areas.
Also consider if this approach to cultural adjustment makes sense to you in understand how you live your life, reflect on the notes for critical thinking as well before your write up your report.
Post your report in the drop box for activity 3.