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This activity is designed to support the following Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize the complex interplay between the various components of culture within a single society.
2. How is globalization transforming culture?  

Instructions

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Throughout Chapter 2, and in the box "Thinking Like an Anthropologist: The Kiss as a Cultural Act," we learned about the many different meanings a kiss can hold, as well as the potential complications of those meanings between different cultures. Now you are in a position to consider how globalization is transforming the meaning of a kiss around the world. In what ways has cultural homogenization affected our understanding of a kiss? Has migration and two-way transference of culture changed your conceptions of a kiss? What about the increasing cosmopolitanism? Has an expanded conception of world interactions affected people's views of kissing?

Instructions:

1. Conduct two interviews with friends or family members. One person should be from your own generation and the other a generation older or younger than your own. Ask the people you are interviewing about what kinds of kissing they consider appropriate.
2. Answer the following questions about each person you interview: (For each interview, please type out each question, then answer it, then the next question and answer, and so forth.)
3. Is it okay for a couple to kiss in public?
4. What about a mother kissing her son on the cheek in public?
5. Is kissing in public a healthy display of affection, or something that is best kept at home?
6. Have they engaged in other kinds of kisses?
7. Have they ever kissed a statue or a ring?