DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL

VARIATION
CULTURE QUESTIONS
Which cultures do you know?
Do you respect other cultures?
What is the difference between that cultures and yours?
Culture should be important for teenagers?
Why?
MY FAVORITE SONG
How can you relate your songs with culture?
What´s the meaning of the song?
What is the lyric about?
Would you change something about your song?
Is the song appropriate for teenagers?
HOMEWORK
1. Multiculturalism definition
2. Search main characteristics of five Mexican groups
MULTICULTURAL
SOCIETY
MEXICO
 MULTICULTURALISM
Co-existence of diverse cultures,
where culture includes racial,
religious, or cultural groups and is
manifested in customary
behaviours, cultural assumptions
and values, patterns of thinking,
and communicative styles.
 MEXICAN CONSTITUTION
Artículo 2o. La Nación Mexicana es única e indivisible.
La Nación tiene una composición pluricultural sustentada originalmente en sus
pueblos indígenas que son aquellos que descienden de poblaciones que
habitaban en el territorio actual del país al iniciarse la colonización y que
conservan sus propias instituciones sociales, económicas, culturales y políticas,
o parte de ellas.
El derecho de los pueblos indígenas a la libre determinación se ejercerá en un
marco constitucional de autonomía que asegure la unidad nacional.

Do you think, Mexico is a multicultural country?

MULTICULTURALISM
MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Assimilation
Integration
Inclusion
Segregation
Exclusion
Resistance/ Innovation
 SEGREGATION
Restricting people to certain
circumscribed areas of
residence or to separate
institutions (e.g., schools,
churches) and facilities (parks,
playgrounds, restaurants,
restrooms).
People with different
characteristics is provided in
separate environments
designed or used to respond to
a particular groups.
 EXCLUSION
Multi-dimensional processes
driven by unequal power
relationships - economic,
political, social and cultural -
and at different levels: individual,
household, group, community,
country and global levels.
Characterized by unequal access
to resources, capabilities and
rights which leads to health
inequalities.
People are discriminated because
of their cultural differences with
the culturally dominant group
 Assimilation
Process by which different cultural
groups become more and more alike.
When full assimilation is complete,
there is no distinguishable difference
between the formerly different
groups.
Adopt the culture of the majority and
thus becoming like them in terms of
values, ideology, behavior, and
practices
Four key aspects: socioeconomic
status, geographic distribution,
language attainment, and rates of
intermarriage.
Minority immigrant groups
 Integration
Incorporation into society or an
organization of individuals of
different groups.
When organization's create a
dedicated group to address
minorities, e.g. women dedicated
groups, etc.
 INCLUSION
Process of systematic reforms and
modifications in structures and strategies to
over come barriers and provide all groups of
persons whit the same rights and services.
All people, regardless of their abilities,
disabilities, or health care needs, have the
right to:
Be respected and appreciated as
valuable members of their communities
Not limited to race, ethnicity, gender,
gender identity, sexual orientation, age,
social class, physical ability or attributes,
religious or ethical values system, national
origin, and political beliefs.
Inclusion is involvement and
empowerment, where the inherent
worth and dignity of all people are
recognized.
 RESISTANCE
Practice of using meanings and
symbols (culture) to contest and
combat a dominant power,
often constructing a different
vision of the world in the
process.
How does multiculturalism interfere in my life?

HOMEWORK
In your notebook create a collage about multicultural society
Listen multicultural (ska p ) and Latinoamerica (Calle 13) songs and
write your opinion about it
 Multiculturalism and
responses to diversity
HOMEWORK
When globalization started?
GLOBALIZATION
 GLOBALIZATION
Is the spread of products, technology,
information, and jobs across national
borders and cultures. In economic terms, it
describes an interdependence of nations
around the globe fostered through free
trade.
Process of interaction and integration
among people, companies, and
governments of different nations.
It is a process driven by international
trade and investment and aided
by information technology.
This process has effects on
the environment, on culture, on political
systems, on economic development in
societies around the world.
WESTERNIZATION
QUESTIONS
How far has cultural globalization gone?
Does globalization mean Westernization?
In your opinion globalization is it good or bad?

HOMEWORK:
Illustrated the topic