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Homework
On Artificial Intelligence (AI) Specifically:
In this course, we will utilize an AI detection tool when we score your written work and this tool is incredibly accurate. The chances of anyone getting away with using Artificial Intelligence (AI) are essentially nil. Students who utilize AI or who engage in any other form of academic dishonesty -- plagiarism, collusion, etc.
Read the following articles: Becker, Swidler, and Miner.
Question I. How does Becker define culture? Then, based o n everything we have covered, write your own definition of culture.
Question II. What does it mean to say that culture is a "toolkit"? What is in the "cultural toolkit"?
Question III. What culture do you think the Nacireman article is describing? Why? [Questions to consider: Do they seem primitive o r advanced? Do their ways seem foreign or familiar?]
Question IV. There are various components of culture including material objects, symbols, language, values, beliefs, and norms. Identify at least one of each in the Nacireman culture.
Question V. Ask your friends and/or family [at least 2 people] what culture means to them. What are the significant similarities and differences in their understanding(s) of the word? How does it compare to your own definition of culture [see question I]? How d o various demographics such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, class, ability, sexual orientation, place of residence, and soon shape their answers?