5. Which groups do you belong to?
• ethnicity
• nationality
• gender
• age
• marital status
• religion
6. Which groups do you belong to?
• high school and university
• faculty (学部) (Policy Studies, Systems Engineering)
• school and university club or circle
• your hometown, your street or area
• your part-time job
9. Choose one group you belong to …
• What are the core identities?
• e.g. What is a ‘Nanzan student’?
• What are the boundaries?
• e.g. What is not a Nanzan student’?
10. Choose one group you belong to …
• What are the symbols of your
group?
Symbols
visual symbols
spoken symbols
17. Thinking about rituals
• Rituals – activities we do often, that
have a special meaning
• Surface meanings – the reason most
people think we do this ritual
• Deep meaning – the real reason!
18. Why do societies have groups?
• human beings are naturally social –
we want to belong to groups
• groups naturally occur in society
• groups give us our identity
• teach us how to ‘be human’
19. Homework for Friday April 20
• e-mail Robert:
robertcroker@mac.com
• case study of one group:
• write a 2-page report (bullet points)
OR draw a mind-map (see next slide)
• topics: identities, symbols,
rituals, and rules
