I enjoyed reading about the village people of Gapon and how they expressed their anger in the manner of kros. Its interesting how different cultures and peoples of the world deal with their emotions. Anymore, at least in this country, people hide their feelings and repress their aggressive or inappropriate behaviors and thoughts in order to continue on with the week or whatever else is taking place in their lives. I like the approach to letting it out instead of boiling it up and not having to take great offense to whats being said. Its a cultural norm and completely appropriate with the values of this particular culture.
Analyzing our classroom setting:
(S) This speech event is located in an institutionalized setting. In a small room designated as a classroom. (P) In this event there are students and a teacher; roles are infrequently shared amongst one another, but the teacher generally plays the role of the speaker and the students as the audience or participants. Likewise though the speaker role is shared within the group at turn. (E) The purpose of this event is to inform and instruct students about specific subject and to engage those students in that subject. It can also be seen as a way to make something of oneself in the society in which he/she lives; by obtaining credits which in turn label your success. (A) The speech acts that are involved in this event are describing things, asking questions, making request and giving particular instructions. (K) The manner in which this events tonality occurs, ranges from serious to joking in which any instance a teacher can be describing something that involves a more serious outlook or a sarcastic one, both of which instill meaning equally. A casual setting in which the tones mimicked. (I) The channel of medium is predominantly spoken, sometimes written. The language variety is aimed at making appropriate relationships between the participants. Its structured informally, but not excessively, in which the communication reflects current generations and symbolic meanings. (N) The norms; being attentive and respectful, not talking out of turn, listening to someone when they speak, etc. (G) Whats drawn on most at this point is past experience, belief systems, values; an accumulative of the self throughout the lifespan.
The most interesting thing about using this device is the way it slowly unfolds the dynamics of the entire situation. I liked breaking down the parts individually leaving the next slightly easier. Using this as a guide was really helpful in understanding ethnographic analysis.
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I also found the Kros to be very interesting. It is taking anger to a whole new level. If we all belted out our feelings, I wonder how others would react.
Whoa! Everyone finds this intresting.
I like the way you compared the Kros and their way of handling anger to us as Americans and the way we handle it. It seems to be way healthier to do it the way the Kros do instead of suppressing our feelings in order to be polite or because we're afraid of confrontation. Usually we take out our anger in other ways like gossip or slander until we finally blow up over something small. Maybe the Kros got this one right.
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