In this essay instruction, all mentioned your "own culture" please refer to Chinese culture. please analysis the following two articles in the essay,
Essay Topic: One of the key projects of anthropology has been to encourage people to become "culture conscious," to become aware of how their own thoughts and actions are shaped by their culture. Drawing on at least 2 course readings, write an essay that analyzes how your own thoughts and actions are shaped by your culture. In addition, reflect on the following questions: Why is it important to become culture conscious? Why is it difficult to become culture conscious? Advice 1: Think of how the readings from the class encourage us to think about the molding force of culture in a variety areas of our lives: beliefs about the economy, poverty and wealth; assumptions about when it is appropriate to speak or remain silent; experiences of adolescence; rituals of hygiene; ideas about people "not like us". These are just some of the possibilities. How do the readings from course challenge you to examine things you may have taken for granted as simply "normal" or "natural"? Advice 2: The best essays will be developed around concrete themes and examples from your own life while using key concepts and themes from course texts. The best essays will also provide a discussion of the importance and difficulty of becoming culture conscious. Try not just to provide a list—"I have become culture conscious in this way and that way"—but to use your personal experience to make a coherent and integrated commentary on the importance and difficulty of becoming culture conscious. Again, make sure you draw on at least 2 readings in ways that demonstrate a good understanding of the readings. Advice 3: Another way to think about the prompt. The prompt is asking you to engage 2 readings to explain why it is important to become culture conscious and why it is difficult to become culture conscious; illustrate this through a discussion of how your own thoughts and actions are shaped by culture.
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