ANTHRO 2D Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Roots, Inculturation, Paralanguage

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 2D
• Professor: Keith Murphy

Document Summary

Anthro 2d - lecture 11 - intercultural miscommunication. Participation - actions that display and coordinate forms of involvement in ongoing activities. The basic social organization of a speech event. Warm springs kids tend to do well. Middle school is in town, off reservation. High school is in town, and is mostly all white. War(cid:373) pri(cid:374)gs kids are t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)all(cid:455) (cid:272)hara(cid:272)terized as (cid:862)pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) stude(cid:374)ts(cid:863) Unwilling to speak in front of the class. Biddi(cid:374)g for peers" atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374), (cid:374)ot the tea(cid:272)hers". Children are expected to learn through o(cid:271)servatio(cid:374), the(cid:455)"re (cid:374)ot e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted to ask questions. (cid:862)lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g through (cid:373)istakes(cid:863) is (cid:374)ot a(cid:374) i(cid:374)dia(cid:374) value. Participation in social events is fluid and not obligatory. Kids are left to their own devices. Differences in assumptions about participation contribute to warm spring kids performance once they reach mainstream schools. Their failure is (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) are stupid or i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)pete(cid:374)t, (cid:271)ut (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455)"ve (cid:271)ee(cid:374) socialized to participate differently than what the school expects.