Develop an interview guide to collect information about a person’s culture
Part 2. Cultural Contexts Interview (one page) Develop an interview guide to collection information about a person’s culture that is different than your own. Your interview guide should include open-ended and closed-ended questions. Include your interview guide in your assignment (not part of the page count) Describe the person’s cultural background: Example: Describe for me a typical day. a. What are the first 6 things you do after rising from bed? b. What do you eat for breakfast? c. How do you prepare for bedtime? Use the interview guide to learn about a ritual/ceremony/tradition from the person’s culture and their beliefs, behaviors, and values) related to the topic. Use the handout on the cultural iceberg, adapted from Beyond Culture (1976) by Edward T. Hall, to assist you in formulating the topics of your questions. In your paper summarize the following points: 1. Describe the ritual/ceremony/tradition important to his/her culture (e.g., naming ceremony, coming-of-age ceremony, wedding, or funeral) 2. Use the handout on the cultural iceberg adapted from Beyond Culture (1976) by Edward T. Hall, to assist you in describing the chosen ritual/ceremony/tradition in relation to his/her cultural background. Describe the following points: a. Identify and describe an example of one of the concepts from above the water surface (behaviors) – e.g., games, cooking, and notions of modesty. b. Identify and describe an example of one of the concepts from below the water surface (beliefs, attitudes) – e.g., courtship practices.
