12 Jul You will choose one topic from the options listed below to conduct your comparative culture analysis. After you select your topic, you will then select two artifacts related to your topic to use as the subjects of your analysis. You will also support your analysis with relevant course readings and resources.
You will choose one topic from the options listed below to conduct your comparative culture analysis. After you select your topic, you will then select two artifacts related to your topic to use as the subjects of your analysis. You will also support your analysis with relevant course readings and resources.
Topic Option 1: Cultural Views on Making Decisions. Analyze the cultural artifacts you examined in Chapter 4 of Exploring Cultures. Make sure you identify the cultural artifacts selected for this analysis. Your analysis of the artifacts should inform us of how you perceive the cultures from these aspects:
Making decisions and/or resolving conflicts: Discuss two similarities and two differences in approaches used by these cultures.
Cultural values and beliefs: Explain what your analysis suggests to you about the cultural values and beliefs of each culture and how they approach decision-making and/or problem-solving.
Topic Option 2: Cultural Views on Customs and Traditions. Analyze the cultural artifacts you examined in Chapter 5 of Exploring Cultures. Make sure you identify the cultural artifacts selected for this analysis. Your analysis of the artifacts should inform us of how you perceive the cultures from these aspects:
Customs and traditions: Discuss two similarities and two differences around the customs and traditions of these cultures.
Cultural values and beliefs: Explain what your analysis suggests to you about the cultural values and beliefs of each culture related to customs and traditions.
Topic Option 3: Cultural Views on Heroic Qualities. Analyze the cultural artifacts you examined in Chapter 6 of Exploring Cultures. Make sure you identify the cultural artifacts selected for this analysis. Your analysis of the artifacts should inform us of how you perceive the cultures from these aspects:
Qualities of the hero story: Identify two similarities and two differences between the hero stories from these cultures.
Cultural values and beliefs: Explain what your findings suggest to you about the cultural values and beliefs of each culture regarding what makes a hero.
