Cult Ov 2 2024
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Session 1: Organizational issues
What we learn in this class
- We learn about Chinese culture from international, especially Western perspective.
- We learn about cultural phenomena, traditional Chinese culture.
- We learn English and Chinese terminology in the area of Chinese culture.
- We learn to think critically about cultural traditions and to appreciate the benefits from cultural traditions.
- We learn how to determine the location and role of Chinese culture within global culture.
- We learn basics of theories and models of intercultural communication and comparison.
- We learn the appreciate and respect the diversity of multipolar cultures and of integration.
- We become aware of the dangers of cultural discrimination (colonialism, religious missions, imperialism etc.).
Textbook
Please select from the 200 topics of the textbook the one, which you want to present with a powerpoint presentation in class.
Homework until Session 2
Please make a Chinese translation of the text of the topic you selected for presentation including questions at the end of the textbook text. When you select a topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.
Preparatory homework for every session
Please prepare the topics of the following session by reading the respective texts in the textbook and by answering the respective questions.
Homework until Session 5
Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.
Homework until Session 10
Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.
Homework until Session 15
Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.
Final paper after Session 16
Please think of a new topic of a phenomenon of traditional or modern Chinese culture. Please use the same format as the other topics in the textbook, including text, terms, references, questions. Whenever you indicate a reference, please also mention the page number. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic and confirm with the instructor that the topic is appropriate.
Session 2
The topics and contents of the following sessions will be determined by the selection of the students.