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As the study of culture shifts and changes our understanding, culturally competent professionals are now encouraged to view culture with less emphasis on products (food, festivals, artistic work) and more on the process individuals engage in to make meaning of their everyday lives. Discuss how embracing this more fluid, evolving conception of “culture” is important to educators. For example, what would be a problem with focusing on cultural products and defining the culture of a group as a fixed definition?Why is it important to explore how a group’s culture changes in relation to interactions with others?


3.  Watch several selections of television or movie programs marketed for children. As you watch, identify as many cultural messages as possible, paying particular attention to the roles and images of individuals with special needs, people of color, individuals identified as living within limited resources, and linguistically diverse characters (languages, dialects, accents). Make a list of the media source (title, character, story, etc) and message. Discuss the implications of the messages.