Mlo 3: Secondary culture
Outcomes:
3.1 Students describe concepts of culture; and use that understanding in their comparison of the target culture with secondary culture.
3.2 Students will analyze and make connections between the perspectives, ways of thinking, behavioral practices, and cultural products of a secondary culture.
Courses Taken:
Politics and Economy in Southeast Asia
Asia in the World: Towards a Strategic Partner
Reflective Narrative:
3.1 Because I did my secondary culture class on Southeast Asian countries, there were some similarities between these countries and Japan. These Southeast Asian countries include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, China, and Korea. Surprisingly there are far more differences between these countries rather than similarities which was very insightful and interesting. Those differences included religion, language, ethnicity, geography, and population diversity. In all of these countries culture and customs were important aspects to the daily lives of the people of the various countries. These countries come together to for the ASEAN group which I researched as my final presentation (Sample 1). I also did a small presentation on the Cambodia and Thailand dispute (Sample 2). They are also very divers countries that have different ethnicity and religion coexisting together. It was far easier to compare the differences in these Southeast Asian countries and Japan than compare the similarities. Although Japan is also considered one of the countries as part of Southeast Asia, they are very different from countries such as Indonesia or Brunei.
3.2 Truth be told,when I first entered the Politics and Economy in Southeast Asia I could not even tell you what the thirteen Southeast Asian countries were. In my mind I had heard of places such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, but I though of these places simultaneously as just either Middle Eastern countries or just 3rd world countries. There were also some countries that I had never even heard of in my life such as Laos, Brunei, and Myanmar. I felt so blown away when I began to learn how different each and every country was but at the same time how dependent many of them are with each other through certain treaties and agreements such as Treaty of Amity & Cooperation (TAC) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Through MLO 3.2 I was able to analyze and make connections between many of the Southeast Asian counties through their religion, treaties, customs, and culture. Asia in the World: Towards a Strategic Partner was a continuation of what I learned in Politics and Economy in Southeast Asia and also dealt in the Southeast Asian minorities found in Japan. I wrote a paper on foreign workers in Japan (Sample 3) that came from many of these Southeast Asian countries. Overall I took a different route than most when choosing which secondary culture class to take And I feel that I made the right decision to study about Southeast Asia because of their close ties with Japan. In class we discussed the cultural boundaries that are found for Southeast Asian minorities that are trying to find work in Japan. Before this I had hear of cultural boundaries, but I was able to experience it in person from testimonials of some Southeast Asian minorities living in Soja City, Okayama.
Sample Work:
3.1 Students describe concepts of culture; and use that understanding in their comparison of the target culture with secondary culture.
3.2 Students will analyze and make connections between the perspectives, ways of thinking, behavioral practices, and cultural products of a secondary culture.
Courses Taken:
Politics and Economy in Southeast Asia
Asia in the World: Towards a Strategic Partner
Reflective Narrative:
3.1 Because I did my secondary culture class on Southeast Asian countries, there were some similarities between these countries and Japan. These Southeast Asian countries include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, China, and Korea. Surprisingly there are far more differences between these countries rather than similarities which was very insightful and interesting. Those differences included religion, language, ethnicity, geography, and population diversity. In all of these countries culture and customs were important aspects to the daily lives of the people of the various countries. These countries come together to for the ASEAN group which I researched as my final presentation (Sample 1). I also did a small presentation on the Cambodia and Thailand dispute (Sample 2). They are also very divers countries that have different ethnicity and religion coexisting together. It was far easier to compare the differences in these Southeast Asian countries and Japan than compare the similarities. Although Japan is also considered one of the countries as part of Southeast Asia, they are very different from countries such as Indonesia or Brunei.
3.2 Truth be told,when I first entered the Politics and Economy in Southeast Asia I could not even tell you what the thirteen Southeast Asian countries were. In my mind I had heard of places such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, but I though of these places simultaneously as just either Middle Eastern countries or just 3rd world countries. There were also some countries that I had never even heard of in my life such as Laos, Brunei, and Myanmar. I felt so blown away when I began to learn how different each and every country was but at the same time how dependent many of them are with each other through certain treaties and agreements such as Treaty of Amity & Cooperation (TAC) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Through MLO 3.2 I was able to analyze and make connections between many of the Southeast Asian counties through their religion, treaties, customs, and culture. Asia in the World: Towards a Strategic Partner was a continuation of what I learned in Politics and Economy in Southeast Asia and also dealt in the Southeast Asian minorities found in Japan. I wrote a paper on foreign workers in Japan (Sample 3) that came from many of these Southeast Asian countries. Overall I took a different route than most when choosing which secondary culture class to take And I feel that I made the right decision to study about Southeast Asia because of their close ties with Japan. In class we discussed the cultural boundaries that are found for Southeast Asian minorities that are trying to find work in Japan. Before this I had hear of cultural boundaries, but I was able to experience it in person from testimonials of some Southeast Asian minorities living in Soja City, Okayama.
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