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CCC Tutorial 6
Question | Answer |
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What are cultural spaces? What are some examples? | A particular location that has culturally constructed meaning. A ‘metaphorical space’ from which we communicate. These include homes, regions etc |
What are the ways of changing cultural spaces? | Travel and migration. |
How do cultural spaces affect us? | Cultural spaces influence how we think about ourselves and others. |
What are some key cultural spaces? | Home – earliest cultural space we experience. Neighbourhood - Area with distinctive characteristics e.g. your village. Regions • Regionalism - Loyalty to a particular region that holds significant cultural meaning for that person e.g Mecca |
What are cyberspace-relatd cultural spaces? | They are defined by cultural practices – languages spoken, identities enacted, rituals performed - and that often change as new people move in and out of these spaces. e.g. Pokemon Go, CSGO, other virtual games' worlds |
What is the difference between normal cultural spaces and cyberspaces? | Cyberspace-related cultural spaces are dynamic and tenuous (lacking in clarity and substance) These are created within existing spaces, without following any particular guide. No marking of territory/permanence, or official recognition |
What parts of communication are impacted by Cultural Space? | • Language • Accent • Slang • Dress • Artifacts • Architecture and design • Behaviors and Interactions |
How does travel change our cultural space? How permanent is the change? | It changes who you are and how you interact with others. Transforms the traveller; “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”. e.g talking to foreigners/people from other races The change is temporary and fleeting. |
How does migration change cultural space? | These people often have difficulty adjusting to different cultural spaces especially of the language and customs of the new cultural space are unfamiliar and this can lead to cross-cultural communication problems. |