ECYF 345 Culture Pie Assignment
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Culture Pie Assignment
Purpose: This activity is best conducted as a pre-orientation exercise prior to visiting another country or different cultural context as part of a service-learning course or program. The primary purpose of the activity is to assist students to become more aware of their worldview, the different aspects of the culture they identify with and how culture affects their beliefs, values, behaviors, and sense of self. The exercise should assist students in describing (in a comfortable and safe environment) the meanings they attribute to
different aspects of culture that they identify with. The activity should help students better understand dominant norms, values, and beliefs in their own culture as well as other. This exercise is to guide participants to consider aspects of culture beyond race, and ethnicity, all cultural groups that they identify with and the importance of each group in their lives. Further, participants are engaged to examine the strengths and resources present in their “pie” and to recognize these as resiliency factors. The exercise should assist students in understanding and critically examining the validity of the assumptions they hold about their cultural identity as well as the aspects of other cultures. The exercise should uncover visible and invisible aspects of culture, the complex and contested nature of cultural identity and the marginalization and harm some people experience as members of a minority group. The exercise should also highlight how culture defines who we are, how we understand ourselves (as minority
or part of dominant culture) and others and the misperceptions we might have about our own or others’ cultural identity and assumptions. Instructions for students: 1.
Write down 5-10 aspects of your individual culture and identity. 2.
Provide examples of visible and invisible aspects of culture and identity for inspiration. 3.
Think about how much room each item takes up in your life. a.
For each item, clarify the meaning of each area/item and the role it plays in the individual’s life. (Example: What does it mean to be a Christian, a Southerner, a woman, an African American, a mother, a patriot, a liberal, etc.) 4.
Using your list, imagine the circle to be a pie. Assign area/item from your list a slice of pie. The size of the slice depends upon the importance of that area in your life.
a. Share how and why you made the decisions about each section of your pie. b.
I encourage you to think about yourself in a reflective manner.
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