1. Culture Defined
The language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn. (Samovar)

2. Baraka Clips
Tribal Spirit
Kecak

3. Cultural Concepts Dominant Culture / Co-cultures
Pop Culture and Culture Industry*
High / Low Context
High / Low Uncertainty Avoidance
Individualist / Collectivist
Interbeing and not-self
Traditional Gender Roles
Ethnocentrism
Impermanence / Static reality*
Adapting and using Mindfulness*
Thich Nhat Hanh reading

4. Group Assignments Group 1 Andrea Irene Charlie Raquel Javier Kevin
Christian
Shawn
Daniel
Marco
Joseph A.
Group 3
Kim
Lexi
Vanessa
Caitlin
Roxette
Group 4
Melissa
Fanelly
Alfonso
Danyelle
Joseph M

5. In-Class Writing
Which of the cultural concepts did you observe in last Thursday’s video? What was most memorable to you about the video?
What cultures do you belong to, and how do the tendencies differ regarding cultural concepts?

6. Group Discussion Discuss the two questions you wrote about
Journal Shares – 2 people read

7. Assign “Game of Life”
Groups will create a game based on some aspect of your lives and relationships (being a man, being a woman, being a student, or being a minority)
Each group will bring in board games to discuss and play together before working together to make their own board game using pieces from existing games, or creating new game pieces.
Games should be appropriate for 5-6 people
Groups will trade the games they’ve created and play, evaluating other groups’ games. Groups will receive one grade based on classmates’ experiences playing the game, weighed 50/50 with the Prof’s evaluation.

8. Evaluation Criteria The rules of gameplay make sense
Being a Student!
Being A Man!
Being a Woman!
Being a Minority!
The rules of gameplay make sense
The game pieces are sturdy and work well 
Game has a balance between luck and skill  
Game play is not too long or short (30-45 minutes)  
The game explores cultural differences and social norms 
The game requires players to examine identity
The game involves interpersonal relationships 
The game requires verbal and non-verbal comm.
The game design is attractive and visually appealing 

9. Technology, Quality, and Sharing your Gift
Does technology isolate us? CLIP
“The real evil isn’t the object of technology but the tendency of technology to isolate people into lonely attitudes of objectivity”
Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The role of “Quality”
Who defines quality in our relationships, in what we do,
what we consume?
Developing a Gift Culture
Charles Eisenstein on Etsy