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Narrative Me-Search Analysis Worksheet

The purpose of this exercise is to reflect and explore how our beliefs and narratives about creed, culture, and country shape how we live out our identity at home, school, church, and in our neighborhood. Please describe and explain each context using concrete, specific examples.

When completed, this Worksheet should be about 3.5–4 pages long total (single-spaced), with your reflections entered directly under each section’s prompts and instructions. Submit the completed worksheet on the course site.

Introduction

What would you like to learn about being you from this project and course, specifically your religious (creed), ethnicity (country), and cultural identity (mono/inter)? Summarize your current perspective on religious, ethnic, and cultural identity in your own voice. What questions do you have about religion, ethnicity, and cultural identity? What information do you need to understand religious, ethnic, and cultural identity? (1-2 paragraphs; 10 points)

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Earliest Memories of religious, ethnic, and cultural beliefs?

Think back to the earliest times you realized you had a religious, ethnic, and cultural belief. It’s okay if you don’t remember all the exact details. Describe as much as you can about that experience here. (1-2 paragraphs; 10 points)

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What did the experience detailed above teach you to think about your own contextual and cultural self? What does it mean to be a cultural/religious person in your everyday life — what are you unsure of? What are you clear about? (2-3 paragraphs; 15 points)

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Identity Socialization

In your family, what were the stories, myths, and stereotypes that you grew up with about religion, race, and nationality? What role did you think these stories, myths, stereotypes, assumptions, and thinking about culture, nationality, race, and religion played in your personal and group identity? Thinking about the earliest memories of realizing you had a religious, racial, or national/ethnic identity, write about the feelings you have as you remember this experience. (3-4 paragraphs; 20 points)

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Identity Re-Socialization

Growing up in school, church, or other socio-cultural situations, what are the significant learnings you have gained from your relationships with friends and others that have challenged what you learned at home about your religious, racial, ethnic, or cultural identity? (1-2 paragraphs; 10 points)

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What is the emotional cost of being misunderstood about religion, ethnicity, and culture? Explain what role people from diverse religious or ethnic backgrounds have in shaping your identity and mindset about culture (2-3 paragraphs; 15 points)

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A Cultural Body Living in a Society of Difference, Diversity, and Globalization

Think about what is happening in national and global society recently (i.e., migration, policing or court outcomes, Black Lives Matter, international and domestic conflicts, economic scarcity and disparity, climate threats, etc.) Additionally, if possible, reflect on any experiences you have had traveling outside of your home nation or culture. What is it like representing a category associated with your body in a racialized and global society? (2-3 Paragraphs; 15 points)

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Conclusion

Summarize your main points briefly, echo the introduction, and make recommendations for yourself: How are you going to think differently about who you are as a human being? (1 paragraph; 5 points)

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