MadebyLaurenChan TheGreenBanana 1 2 questions Howdoesthetitle GreenBanana strikeyou Whatdoyouexpectthestorytotell 3 ThetextistakenfromBeyondExperience AnExperientialApproachtoCross culturalEducationeditedbyDonaldBatchelderandElizabethG Warnerin1974 Whenthesecondeditionofthebookwaspublishedin1993 Batchelderexplainedhisviewoncross culturaleducation BackgroundInformation 4 BackgroundInformation Ifsomeofthegoalsofeducationinmoderntimesaretoopenuppossibilitiesfordiscoveryandexpandlearningandthechanceformutualacceptanceandrecognitioninawiderworld itmaybeimportanttoofferstudentsaperspectiveontheirownimmediatecenteroftheworldbyenablingthemtoparticipatesensitivelyascross culturalsojourners s d n 旅居者 寄居者 tothecenterofsomeoneelse sworld 5 Check onPreview Whathappenedtotheauthor soldjeepinBrazil Howdidthevillagershelprepairit Whatdidtheauthorlearnaboutthecenteroftheworld therock Howdidhefeeltowardit Whatarethetwolearningmomentsoftheauthor Whatdidhelearn What stheuseofthegreenbananainthetext Whatdoesitsymbolize Whentheauthorsaysweshouldleaveourowncentersoftheworld doeshemeanweshouldtraveltoothercountriesmoreoften 6 BackgroundInformation Ethnocentrism 种族优越论 Ethnic referstoculturalheritage and centrism referstothecentralstartingpointorthetendencyofpeopletoputtheirowngroupatthecenter Thus ethnocentrism basicallyreferstojudgingothergroupsfromone sownculturalpointofview ormisinterpretingotherculturesbecauseoneusestheconceptsofhisownculture 7 Ethnocentrismcanleadtomakingfalseassumptionsaboutothers waysbasedonone sownlimitedexperience Thekeywordisassumptions becausewearenotevenawarethatwearebeingethnocentric Thatispeopledon tunderstandthattheydon tunderstand BackgroundInformation Ethnocentrism 种族优越论 8 Ethnocentrismmaymanifestitselfinattitudesofsuperiorityorsometimeshostility Violence discrimination proselytizing pr s l ta z 劝诱改宗 andverbalaggressivenessareothermeanswherebyethnocentrismmaybeexpressed BackgroundInformation Ethnocentrism 种族优越论 9 Whyarepeopleethnocentric Itisnormaltoassumethingsonthebasisofone sownexperience althoughitissometimeswrong People sperceptionsofcolors timeframes valuesonindustriousness socialroles andbeliefsaboutLifeandtheUniverseprovideimportantmeaningsindailylife Therefore people slimitedexperiencestheyhavealreadyhadarethebasisforinterpretingnewexperiences andinthecaseofothers behaviors 10 Whatistheproblemwithethnocentrism Ethnocentrismleadspeopletomakefalseassumptionsaboutotherpeoples Peopleareethnocentricwhentheyusetheirculturalnormsasauniversalyardsticktomakegeneralizationsaboutotherpeoples culturesandcustoms Peopleofoneculturemayfalselydistortwhatismeaningfulandfunctionaltootherpeoplesthroughhisowntintedglasses Atthebest peoplesimplycontinueinhisunawareness Youmaybewellmeaningininterethnicrelations butcanunintentionallyoffendothers generateillfeelings andevensetupsituationsthatharmothers Ethnocentrismisevidentininternationalrelations creatingconflictsandinhibitingresolutionofconflicts 11 Thereareextremeformsofethnocentrismthatposeserioussocialproblems suchasracism chauvinism andethniccleansing Theseviewsaregenerallycondemnedbytheworldcommunity butregularcasescanbeseeninthenews EthnocentrismCulturalChauvinismRelativismRacism extremeformsofethnocentrism 12 Whatcanwedoaboutethnocentrism Addressingethnocentrismisnotamatterofjusttryingnottobeethnocentric Sincepeoplewillneverexperienceeverylifesituationofeveryonearoundtheworld assumptionsaboutlifearebasedonexistinglimitedexperience Amoreeffectivewayistocatchyourselfwhenyouarebeingethnocentricandseektodevelopbetterunderstandings Oncewerealizethatwearenotunderstanding wearenowinabetterpositiontoseekmorevalidandbalancedunderstandings 13 CulturalRelativism 文化相对主义 Ethnocentrismisoftenlinkedtoasociologicaltheorycalled culturalrelativism Culturalrelativistsassertthatconceptsaresociallyconstructedandvarycross culturally Theseconceptsmayincludesuchfundamentalnotionsaswhatisconsideredtrue morallycorrect andwhatconstitutesknowledgeorevenrealityitself 14 CulturalRelativismisanattempttounderstandtheculturaldevelopmentofsocietiesandsocialgroupsontheirownterms thatis withouttryingtoimposeabsoluteideasofmoralvalueortryingtomeasuredifferentculturalvariationsintermsofsomeformofabsoluteculturalstandard Thismaybeapositivevalueintermsofinterethnicrelations Byculturalrelativism allculturesareequallyworthyofrespectandinstudyinganotherculturepeopleneedtosuspendjudgment empathizeandtryandunderstandthewaythatparticularcultureseestheworld CulturalRelativism 文化相对主义 15 Brazil 16 17 NationalFlag FederativeRepublicofBrazil Capital Brasilia IndependentDay September7th 18 Twolargeterrain t re n 地形 TheAmazonplain 1 3 BrazilPlateau 2 3 19 BrazilisaPortuguese speakingcountryintheAmericas Itistheworld sfifthlargestcountry bothbygeographicalareaandbypopulation 20 BoundedbytheAtlanticOceanontheeast Brazilhasacoastlineofover7 491kilometers ItisborderedonthenorthbyVenezuela ven zwe l Guyana ai n ai n Suriname s r n m andtheFrenchoverseasdepartmentofFrenchGuiana onthenorthwestbyColombia onthewes