Unit 3: Culture

Textbook Chapter 4 and 5

Unit 3 Lecture Slides

Unit 3 Lecture (Chapters 4-5)

Unit 3 Calendar

APHUG Unit 3 Calendar Hybrid/Remote (Green)

Stunning Portraits Of The World’s Remotest Tribes Before They Pass Away (46 pics)Before They Pass Away, a long-term project by photographer Jimmy Nelson, gives us the unique opportunity to discover more than 30 secluded and slowly vanishing tribes from all over the world.

Unique Cultural Photos

Even Ulan Bator has Irish pubsOver the past two decades Irish pubs have proliferated around the planet. They are a temple for expats.

Headed For The Butcher, Chinese Dogs Are RescuedThe Chinese have a long tradition of eating dogs. But increasingly, dogs are becoming pets. And animal rescue groups have taken to saving truckloads of dogs on the side of the road before they reach the butcher's shop.

The Cultural Geography of a Viral SensationThe Gangnam Style! sensation is all over the internet, complete with parodies that both honor and mock the original. This first video is the original, which in a few short months received well ove…

Weird, or just different?"There's a flip side to everything," the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways you might not expect.

The worldwide web of belief and ritualAnthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance.

The danger of a single storyOur lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

The surprising spread of Idol TVCynthia Schneider looks at two international "American Idol"-style shows -- one in Afghanistan, and one in the United Arab Emirates -- and shows the surprising effect that these reality-TV competitions are creating in their societies.

Say what? iPhone Scots glitchThe voice command technology of the iPhone 4s is having trouble crossing the Atlantic and does not recognise Scottish accents.

City of Endangered LanguagesNew York has long been a city of immigrants, but linguists now consider it a laboratory for studying and preserving languages in rapid decline elsewhere in the world.

The 10 most spoken languages in the worldHow many speakers does your language have?

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