Reference no: EM133626178 , Length: Words Count:250
Assignment:
Watch two video-clips. The first is a video describing the concept of the "cultural iceberg". The latter is a reflection on the natural world that a prior student filmed for me
Reflect on your own understanding of the "natural world". In the past, a colleague commented to me that in the U.S. when individuals think of the "natural world" they think of going somewhere, i.e., the beach, Joshua Tree, Yosemite, etc. By contrast, Luke Cole and Sheila Foster in From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement argue that the natural world, or "environment", is where individuals live, work, play, and learn . I am interested in which one of these definitions is most true for you.
The term for this reflection is "epistemology." Epistemology is a "theory of knowledge". Each one if you have your own "theory of knowledge," or epistemological worldview, based on your unique "cultural iceberg".
For you, is the world inanimate, "lifeless," and thus inert matter? Or, is it animate meaning that it "has life"? It might help you to consider this question in light of your relationship to an animal.
250 words please reflect on this question.