STAGE I

SIS01S1 STUDIES IN SOCIETY

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Week Seven
Culture Shock and Integration
Strategies
Acknowledgement of Country

We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders,

custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and
present. The Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin
University aspires to contribute to positive social change
for Indigenous Australians through higher education and
research.
Agenda

• Welcome
• Kahoot!
• Lecture: Culture Shock, and Integration
Strategies
• Benefits of Ethnography
• Assessment 3 Peer Review
• Work Time
Warmer

For a student who as a different background and education

system, what challenges might they face in their studies in
Australia?
Kahoot!

How well do you know cultural norms around the world?

How Do We Learn Culture?

We do this through…
• Enculturation: the process of learning or
absorbing one’s own culture.
• Where or from whom do we learn this?

• Acculturation: the process of adjusting to the

host culture by adopting its values, symbols and/
or behaviour.
• Where or from whom do we learn this?
What is Culture Shock?

Culture shock is the trauma or

shock you experience when
you move from one culture to
another culture

It can affect many aspects of

our lives.
 The 5 Stages of Culture Shock
• Stage 1: The “Honeymoon” phase:
Excitement and fascination with the new culture.

• Stage 2: Crisis or disenchantment phase:

• Excitement has turned to disappointment.

• Stage 3: Adjustment phase:

One begins to accept the new culture, try some new foods, and see
the humor in some situations.

• Stage 4: Acceptance or adaptation phase:

One feels at home in the new culture and gets involved in activities of
the host culture.

• Stage 5: Reentry (reverse) shock phase:

This follows when reentering home culture: excitement and fascination,
crisis or disenchantment, adjustment, & adaptation.
The 5 Stages of Culture Shock
The 5 Stages of Culture Shock
Implications of Culture Shock

• Homesickness
• Boredom
• Withdrawal (avoiding contact with people)
• Need for excessive amounts of sleep
• Compulsive eating/drinking
• Exaggerated cleanliness
• Irritability, tension and conflict
• Depression
• Loss of ability to work and/or study effectively
• Unexplainable crying
• Physical illness
Culture Shock Activity
Amazon Chief’s Son
• A man named Nilson
moves from the Amazon
to NYC
• What might he find
difficult about adapting
to New York?
• What would be some
differences between the
cultures?
• Are there any
similarities?

Video - https://www.bbc.co.
uk/news/av/
magazine-21806193
Berry’s Model of Acculturation

• Individual adaptation strategies along two dimensions (Berry

1992).
• First dimension - the retention or rejection of an individual’s
native culture (i.e. “Is it considered to be of value to maintain
one’s identity and characteristics?”).

• Second dimension - the adoption or rejection of the host

culture. (“Is it considered to be of value to maintain
relationships with the larger society?”)

From these two questions four acculturation strategies

emerge…
 Acculturation Strategies (Berry 1992)
• Assimilation occurs when individuals adopt
the cultural norms of a dominant or host
culture, over their original culture.

• Separation occurs when individuals reject the

dominant or host culture in favor of preserving
their culture of origin. Separation is often
facilitated by immigration to ethnic enclaves.

• Integration occurs when individuals are able

to adopt the cultural norms of the dominant or
host culture while maintaining their culture of
origin. Integration leads to, and is often
synonymous with biculturalism.

• Marginalization occurs when individuals

reject both their culture of origin and the
dominant host culture.
Your Experience of Culture Shock

Discussion questions:
What culture shock have you experienced?
(in any country…)
What strategies did you use to manage this?

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What advice would you offer a friend coming from your home
country to study in Australia?

OR

What advice would you offer an international friend who is

coming to study in your home country?
Break! – 20 min

Return at….
What is an Ethnography?
What is an Ethnography?

Ethnography is a type of qualitative research that involves

immersing yourself in a particular community or organization to
observe their behavior and interactions up close.

The word “ethnography” also refers to the written report of the

research that the ethnographer produces afterwards.

Ethnography is a flexible research method that allows you to gain a

deep understanding of a group’s shared culture, conventions, and
social dynamics.

• Video – “Ethnographic Research” (3:11)

• https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=vs8au2G0cb4&ab_channel=SorensonCenterforDisc
overyandInnovation
Why Do We Use Ethnography?

• There can be a big difference between what

people say they believe and do and what they
actually believe and do

• What are the Benefits/Drawbacks pf this

research method?
• Write notes as we watch the video

• Video – “Ethnography or Observational

Research” (4:12)
• https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=9tHgNXzS2EY&ab_channel=miche
llerharris
Benefits
What are some benefits of ethnographic research?
• What do you think?
Benefits
What are some benefits of ethnographic research?
• Develop an in-depth understanding of a group
• Explore complex phenomenon in real-world
contexts (Jones and Smith 2017)
• Fosters innovation
• Informs strategy and long-range planning
• Discover things about groups that they may not
explicitly share/realize (Anderson 2009)
Assessment 3 Review
• Look at the requirements
• Double-check the rubric
• Issue with marks allocation on original template
Peer Review/Feedback: Overview

• Soliciting and receiving feedback on writing is a

normal part of the writing process and
models the collaborative work that takes place in
academic and professional settings.
• Writers do this all the time to help improve their
work
PEER REVIEW/FEEDBACK: TIPS
Giving Feedback Receiving Feedback
• Read it more than once • Help focus the feedback by
• Check to make sure they letting the reviewer know
have answered everything where you would like
they need suggestions
• Address the big picture • Be receptive and open-
before sentence-level errors minded rather than defensive
• Be specific and clear • Ask questions and seek
clarification if you don’t
• Approaches: Praise, understand the feedback
Questions, Suggestions
• Choose what to use
Peer Review/Feedback Activity: Assessment 3
• In pairs or small groups, share and review your Assessment 3 work.
• Look at the Assessment Guide and Referencing Checklist for guidance

• Take turns as reader/reviewer

• Readers – remember to be open-minded
• Reviewers – remember to be kind and constructive
• If you aren’t finished with Assessment 3 yet, share your ideas and get
feedback on the parts you have
• Recommendations for feedback: look at the assessment rubric and
check the referencing.

• Remember! It is due 24 hours after class finishes!!!

Worktime

• Finish up Assessment 3 and make any final

changes
• Begin putting together your research for
Assessment 4
End of Class Notes
• Complete Assessment 3!!! – Due 24 hours after the end of this
class!
• Plan your observational research
• Begin working on Assessment 4
• Complete after class activities
• Review pre-class activities for next week

• Assessment 2 grading still in progress

Upcoming Due Dates:

• Assessment 3: Ethnographic Research Plan – Week 7 (due 24
hours after your timetabled class)
• Assessment 4: Ethnographic Research Assignment – Week 11
Reference List
Blank Mind mapping. Retrieved online 9 February, 2019 from
https://www.bing.com/images/
search?q=Mind+Map+Template+Blank&FORM=IDINTS

Culture Shock. Retrieved online 28 January 2019 from https://

www.seatmaestro.com/the-5-stages-of-culture-shock/

Cycle of Adaptation. Retrieved online 7 February, 2019 from

https://binged.it/2CVn9hx

Mind mapping. Retrieved online 9 February, 2019 from https://

www.bing.com/images/
search?q=Mind+mapping&FORM=HDRSC2
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