Wonderful, Pat everything is correct here. I thing we should create the blog now.
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Patricia Schlicht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Samuel,
>
> You have just set an example of how we could go about taking a more
> culturally sensitive approach. You mentioned that you are an Ashanti.
> Ashantis are one of Ghana's largest ethnic groups. You speak Twi, and Akan
> language that is similar to Fante, another dialect. Ashanti maintain a
> matrilineal societies where line of descent is traced through the female.
> Historically, this mother progeny relationship determined land rights,
> inheritance of property, offices and titles. This is really interesting and
> sets you apart from many others in our day and age of gender (in)equality.
> So here, for instance, you have an idea of what one could do, to create
> content on the Wiki under the country nodes and on the Culture Wiki (maybe
> linked??) that is culturally informative. The next step could be, starting
> to develop content that is culturally sensitive and relevant to Ashantis in
> Ghana. What could benefit Ashantis in particular: Marrying outside of their
> ethnic group??? A lesson on bridging the difference. Lessons on how the
> Ashanti society works. Proper Etiquette. Develop an Ashanti Cookbook that
> can be taught online? I am just thinking out loud.
>
> On Wikipedia, just co-incidently, when I checked what an Ashanti means: I
> saw found this and thought, now this is interesting and along the line what
> I suggested yesterday as template, not knowing it already existed: The
> syntax is this:
>
>
>
> '''Ashanti''', or '''Asante''', are a major [[ethnic group]] in
> [[Ghana]]. The Ashanti speak [[Twi]], an [[Akan languages|Akan language]]
> similar to [[Fante language|Fante]]. For the Ashanti (Asante) Confederacy
> see [[Asanteman]].
>
> {{ethnic group
>
> |group=Ashanti
>
> |image=[[Image:Flag of Ashanti.svg|250px]]
>
> |poptime=Upwards of 5 million
>
> |popplace= central [[Ghana]]
>
> |rels= [[Christianity]], [[Traditional]], [[Muslim]]
>
> |langs= [[Twi]]
>
> |related= [[Akan]], [[Fante]]
>
> }}
>
>
>
> And it looks like this:
>
>
>
> *Ashanti***
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Ashanti.svg>
>
>
>
> *Total population*
>
> Upwards of 5 million
>
> *Regions with significant populations*
>
> central Ghana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana>
>
> *Language(s)*
>
> Twi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi>
>
> *Religion(s)*
>
> Christianity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity>,
> Traditional<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional>,
> Muslim <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim>
>
> *Related ethnic groups*
>
> Akan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan>,
> Fante<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fante>
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patricia
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Samuel Sarpong
> *Sent:* Friday, March 07, 2008 1:55 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Userpages and Cultural Identity
>
>
>
> thanks, I am very interested in this project.
>
> I am very familiar with Ghanaian Culture.
>
> I am a Ghanaian and an ashanti by birth.
>
> I am also a linguist and can contribute to this project.
>
> Keep in inform on the various topic and i will start now.
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Randy Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm all for a cultural node - and yes, Patricia has a good start with
> Culture Wiki - what's needed is a few folks to rally 'round it, with some
> ideas and energy, and who knows where it can go and develop. Ahh, the twin
> themes of complexity and self-organization!
>
> I am particularly interested in this - first introduced by Wayne, and now
> building on it with two courses in my Masters Program in Organization
> Development (Fielding Graduate University). One of them is about Culture and
> Intercultural Processes in, and among diverse groups, and the other is
> Self-Organization and Complexity Theory. I am particularly interested in how
> both converge....
>
> Here's one of the topics we've been talking about in the course:
>
> We're wondering what is required for self-organizing behaviour to manifest
> among people of different cultures, or if it simply dependes on the purpose
> or a given project's rationale. Prof. Gary Fontaine points to a raging
> discussion about the cultural diversity of perceptions (values, norms,
> expectations etc.) and the impact of cultural diversity in communication
> (verbal, nonverbal, level of context, etc.) on both self-organization and
> particle swarm optimization. (his area of research interest).
>
> As well, this is a neat area to twin the Culture Node with the Research
> Node in WikiEducator, and see what's possible in terms of facilitating
> dialogue and the creation of open educational content resources.
>
> Thoughts, feedback?
>
> - Randy
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:09 PM, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Alison --
>
> Great suggestions - and smart thinking. -- I really like your
> suggestion of the the inverse of the Ambassodor/neighbour, ie. instead
>
> of taking wikieducator to your neighbours -- bring your neighbourhood
>
> to wikiEducator. Nice!
>
> Sure -- we should include a section in Tut 13 about sourcing free
> content images. Good idea.
>
> Also my assistant Patricia has an active interest in matters cultural
> and is working on a culture node in WE:
>
> http://wikieducator.org/Culture
>
> So maybe there is a connection opportunity here?
>
> eh -- don't stop - keep those good ideas flowing!
>
> Cheers
> Wayne
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 5, 9:36 pm, "Alison Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Prescriptive is no good in a wiki environment, you're right there.
> >
> > More thinking aloud: A cultural node and/or a new level of wiki mastery
> that
> > people can opt into, not a compulsory level but a kind of cultural
> > ambassador to wikeducator, almost the opposite of the wiki
> > ambassador/neighbour - instead of taking wikieducator to your
> neighbours,
> > bring your neighbourhood to wikieducator ...
> >
> > Definitely give permission for the expression of cultural identity which
> I
> > think seems a bit constrained/restrained at the moment, we don't have to
> be
> > grown up all the time, do we?
> >
> > Perhaps as part of tutorial 13 - sourcing and using free images - the
> > challenge could be to find or bring in images representing your cultural
> > identity, oh and create a new subpage of your user page to do it, then
> link
> > that page from the cultural node! Just a thought. ... I should have
> > stopped earlier, eh?
> >
> > Alison
> >
>
> > On 06/03/2008, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Yeah I see what you mean --
> >
> > > mmm thinking out loud here .... would a "tutorial" on tips and ideas
> > > to express cultural identity be the way to go?
> >
> > > Not so sure that I like the "tutorial" concept in this context because
> > > it seems a little too prescriptive and "paint-by-numbers" -- if you
> > > know what a mean. But rather to give folk the tools to express their
> > > cutural identity.
> >
> > > I really like the concept -- one of the most rewarding aspects of my
> > > job at COL is the amazing exposure to culture in many nuanced ways. It
> > > would be very powerful if we could find was of capturing some of this
> > > dynamic in WE.
> >
> > > Cheers
> > > Wayne
> >
> > > On Mar 5, 9:00 pm, "Alison Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hey again people
> >
> > > > Wayne: From what I remember, there are some people who have used
> their
> > > > userpages to show where they come from and special parts/aspects of
> > > their
> >
> > > > countries. A couple of examples are:
>
> > >http://wikieducator.org/User:Gabrielahttp://wikieducator.org/User:Mad.<http://wikieducator.org/User:Gabrielahttp:/wikieducator.org/User:Mad.>
> ..
>
> >
> > > > There seems to be a more personal touch to these userpages while
> many of
> > > us
> > > > go for more formal identities (like we're playing grown-ups in
> > > > WikiEducator).
> >
> > > > What happened in my course was that many international students took
> the
> > > > opportunity of their userpage to include an almost complete history
> (or
> > > > seemingly so) of their country. It was totally unexpected within
> the
> > > > course, but maybe shouldn't have been given their distance from
> home.
> >
> > > > One of the outcomes of what happened in my course was more
> recognition
> > > that
> > > > we need to provide space for cultural identity somewhere. This is
> also
> > > > being taken up at my colleague's university.
> >
> > > > How we could implement something like this beyond individually
> created
> > > > userpages would require some thinking (lots of cc licensed images
> from
> > > all
> > > > over the world would be a start - cultural icons eg our opera house,
> > > > kangaroos etc). It's an interesting leap you made there.
> >
> > > > Just a random thought: perhaps a part of the tutorial could be to
> > > include or
> > > > start a page about individual perceptions of their home country with
> a
> > > link
> > > > to the formal country page. It's almost another aspect of
> educational
> > > > information - providing personal insights into different cultures,
> > > > perspectives etc. This alone would provide a great resource for and
> > > about
> > > > cross and inter-cultural learning.
> >
> > > > Leigh: You have my sympathies but I'm sure we will welcome you back
> ;)
> > > *runs
> > > > away laughing maniacally*
> >
> > > > Alison
> >
> > > > On 06/03/2008, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Hi Alison,
> >
> > > > > Do you have any pointers to tips from what you remember from the
> > > > > WikiEd pages regarding cultural identity?
> > > > > I may be able to help some of these.
> >
> > > > > I do like the idea of a visualisation or some kind of association
> with
> > > > > cultural identity -- we could certainly think about developing
> > > > > specific User boxes for different identities?
> >
> > > > > Suggestions most welcome and we'll do our best to get these
> > > > > implemented.
> >
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > > Wayne
> >
> > > > > On Mar 5, 6:15 pm, "Alison Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > Hey All
> >
> > > > > > A few years ago, I used a wiki for teaching a course of
> culturally
> > > > > diverse
> > > > > > students. One of the (unexpected) outcomes was wonderful
> displays
> > > of
> > > > > > cultural identity on userpages. Due to policies at my
> university,
> > > these
> > > > > are
> > > > > > no longer available (a huge tragedy). I know I've seen similar
> > > pages in
> > > > > > WikiEducator, but I cannot seem to find them today.
> >
> > > > > > A colleague from another university here in Aus is asking about
> > > these
> > > > > types
> > > > > > of pages, and I was wondering if anyone can point me to some in
> > > > > WikiEducator
> > > > > > I can show her?
> >
> > > > > > I'm slowly trolling through userpages (usually looking for other
> > > Aussies
> > > > > to
> > > > > > get our country page going), but am not being very successful.
> >
> > > > > > Thanks in advance
> >
> > > > > > Alison
>
>
>
>
> --
>
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