Personal Cultural Presentation

My Personal Family Culture by Sean Patrick Nash Monday, July 6, 2009

“culture:” ...the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people or other social group. Monday, July 6, 2009

“Man is an animal suspended in webs of signiﬁcance he himself has spun. I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore not an experimental science in search of law but an interpretative one in search of meaning.” ~Geertz (Interpretation of Cultures) Monday, July 6, 2009

It has often been said that the Irish... • are a poetic, passionate, family-oriented people • have a strong work ethic • are socially conscious • never back down from a ﬁght • have strong ties to nature • have a bloody wicked sense of humor • are all Catholics... drunks... etc... Monday, July 6, 2009

An Irish blessing... M hands to do- AY THERE ALWAYS For your be work May your purse always hold A coin or two- May the sun always shine On your windowpane May a rainbow be certain To follow each rain- May the hand of a friend Always be near you May God ﬁll your heart With gladness to cheer you. Monday, July 6, 2009

Does this heritage seem to ﬁt me? You make the call... Monday, July 6, 2009

Diary of a Midwestern Boy Monday, July 6, 2009

I was born... In Saint Joseph, MO in 1969 and reside there to this day. Monday, July 6, 2009

...to Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Carey Nash Monday, July 6, 2009

My Grandparents Monday, July 6, 2009

but before we get too carried away... Monday, July 6, 2009

remember... i’m just a midwestern boy Monday, July 6, 2009

No green here... Monday, July 6, 2009

...nor here. Monday, July 6, 2009

We celebrate the major holidays much like everyone else around us... Monday, July 6, 2009

Monday, July 6, 2009

We spent time doing normal midwestern boy things... Monday, July 6, 2009

TONS of time... In fact, we were allowed to run the neighborhood & woods nearby from sunup until sundown as long as we were within dad’s whistle range. Monday, July 6, 2009

But those woods can be... lovely dark and deep Monday, July 6, 2009

is love of nature an inborn curiosity? Monday, July 6, 2009

a learned behavior? Monday, July 6, 2009

...or directly sponsored? Monday, July 6, 2009

WRESTLING? Monday, July 6, 2009

WRESTLING? NO... not my family. ;) Monday, July 6, 2009

WRESTLING Monday, July 6, 2009

So... does this heritage seem to ﬁt me? Monday, July 6, 2009

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