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Activity 2. Experience
Created Sep 28, 2020 1228 PM

Watch a video with a brief introduction to the Cultural Iceberg,

Description and answer the questions

Files/links https://youtu.be/a9Z83I_g4Hw

Format .pdf

Type Notes

 How can the iceberg metaphor be summarized?

R Extrapolating this concept of how icebergs are made and the science behind
them to culture, it symbolizes the "things" (on the part of the iceberg above sea-
level) that make part of a culture that we can sense through our five senses
(sight, touch, smell, taste, and hearing), such as dress, language, architecture,
food, music, signs of affection, etc. Whereas the part of the iceberg that is
beneath the ocean are all those "things" that are and CAN ONLY be understood
rationally (and it's mostly behaviors), which in this case means to think about why
the people that are part of that culture think the way they do and why do they
act as so. This can be classified into two main groups: moral values and norms.

2. What differences can we find between what’s found in the observable and
non-observable parts of the cultural iceberg?
R The differences that we can find between what’s found in the observable and
non-observable parts of the cultural iceberg is that what is in the tip of the
iceberg is completely visible, whereas what is beneath the dean water is a bit of
mystery. We totally know it's there, but it just can't be observed that easily.

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 Things about it, like arts and language, are aspects of a culture that we can
observe and experience easily using our five main physical senses. However, what
is beneath the water is blurry for the most part, since it can only be accessed
through critical thinking and rationalization. This "information" is what defines the
why? of what rests above, and also links us to how people form their mindsets
towards everything. The information that makes mindsets are often categorized
into 5 main groups: beliefs, ideas, roles, concepts, and norms.

3.  According to Edward T. Hall, what can be found at deepest levels cultural
iceberg?
R According to Edward T. Hall, a cultural anthropologist who pioneered the study
of nonverbal communication and interactions between members of different
ethnic groups, in his iceberg metaphor for explaining how culture works, the
deepest levels of the cultural iceberg is home of the different approaches
members of a culture have towards religion, courtship, marriage, raising children,
decision making, and problem-solving. This is the type of knowledge that is
gathered through interactions, which means that it can only be accessed after
understanding that "why?" under the "what?" of stuff.

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