EXPERIENCES SHAPE VIEWS

READING - Initiated Into An Iban Tribe

• Read the article, as you read make jot notes on aspects of the Iban culture that you find surprising, shocking, interesting
• Answer the following in complete sentences.
• How does the Iban culture differ from Western culture? How does this difference in practices/beliefs/etc impact the way you "feel" about the Iban culture? What does this article tell us about our ability to be accepted into different cultures?
• How might Gersi look at life once he goes back to America

HOW VIEWS DIFFER

PERSPECTIVE ALSO MATTERS

EMIC ACCOUNTS

• Insider view
• Researcher must put away previous theories/own beliefs
• Allow partipants to assign what is meaningful
• More authentic? Less analytical?
• Thoughts? Advantages? Disadvantages?

ETIC ACCOUNTS

• Outsider approach
• Start with theories, see if apply to new situations
• Researcher/theorist infers meaning
• More analytical? Less authentic?
• Thoughts? Advantages? Disadvantages?

YOUR EXPERIENCES

• Paragraph 1: In a detailed writing an event that changed the way you view the world. Explain your views before and after the event
• Paragraph 2: Explain how an outsider might have viewed your experience
• Paragraph 3: Explain why perspective is important when learning about culture

WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON...

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