UU150 Final: An important facet of this course is to explore sociocultural similarities and differences throughout the world in addition to turning the gaze back onto ourselves and our own
An important facet of this course is to explore
sociocultural similarities and differences
throughout the world in addition to turning the
gaze back onto ourselves and our own society and
culture. If we don’t reflect on the world as we have
created it (‘we’ here can mean the national home
you identify with, the religious community that
grounds you, or the cultural celebrations you enjoy
throughout the year), then we are only seeing the
difference of others instead of all the ways in which
humans, and their cultures, can be very much
alike. From this vantage point, humans can make
meaning and sense out of their unique experiences
– while at the same time – connect with one
another through the similarities in their cultural
world. It is important to remember that “culture”
makes up part of one’s “worldview” but that these
terms are not interchangeable. Further, any one
individual may have many worldviews at once and
which may overlap one another. Exploring these
overlapping worldviews provide a holistic insight
into one’s unique reality.
From our text, it becomes clear that worldview is a
larger, all-encompassing framework that helps
members of a culture give answers to existential
questions. In comparison, meaning making is
understood as an everyday process of interpreting
our reality that takes part both within the context
of “applying” our worldview, and in more mundane
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