DFST 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deaf Culture
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Week 2 class 2 (part a) february 7, 2019. Reflective paper #1 due monday, feb. 11. Way of life, traits of a group of people, etc. Learned and acquired; not born with it (kramsch & widdowson, 1998) Used as a symbol of social identity. Be part of a social identity (kramsch & widdowson, 1998) Relationship between language and culture (3 aspects: language expresses cultural reality. Words reflect attitudes, beliefs, points of view. Group of people share similar beliefs and points of view. Deaf hearing culture and asl culture (kramsch & widdowson, 1998) Relationship between language and culture (3 aspects: language embodies cultural reality, create experience/meaning through medium used, spoken,written,visual, group of people communicate through common experiences using facts, ideas, events (kramsch & widdowson, 1998) Relationship between language and culture (3 aspects: language symbolizes cultural reality. Apply to deaf culture? (kramsch & widdowson, 1998) Nature = what is born and grows organically (genes) Culture = must cultivate; what has been grown/groomed.