IDS 400 ( week 4)

Resources: Insider/Outsider through the Humanities Lens

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Introduction Review the following resources covering this module’s topics. These resources will be valuable to you as you

complete each activity for the week. Questions are provided after most resource descriptions to help focus

your thoughts while you explore. This course discusses some topics that some students may �nd

uncomfortable, sensitive, or politically charged. All students are expected to maintain an openness toward

the curriculum that fosters a respectful learning experience for class participants. If you have concerns with

any course content or concepts, please discuss with your advisor.

NNoottee:: Please make sure you read the module overview. It contains instructional information that you will

need to know to complete this week’s activities and work on your project. 

Required Resources

RReeaaddiinngg:: Our Unconscious Biases and Insider-Outsider Group Roles in Business

(https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blog-our-unconscious-biases-insider-outsider-group-roles-prins/)

This short essay explores how one can see and learn more about the insider/outsider status within

professional and cultural environments. In particular, the author explores how we might think more clearly

about how we include or exclude people in our work. This essay will help you participate in this week’s

discussion.

• What examples can you think of where you have felt as an insider or as an outsider?

• What other ways might you �nd a way to help people feel like they belong?

RReeaaddiinngg:: A Juneteenth Dilemma (https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-

on-history/summer-2021/a-juneteenth-dilemma-freedom-and-self-determination)

This brief article describes how some Black Americans perceive the establishment of Juneteenth as a

national holiday. It provides an example of insider/outsider and the importance of considering various

perspectives of a single event. This article will help you contribute to this week’s activity and discussion. 

• What were your assumptions or beliefs about Juneteenth before reading this article?

• What are your thoughts about how various groups should celebrate the holiday?

VViiddeeoo:: What Is Cultural Appropriation? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQgF1f557YY) (10:15)

This video does a deep dive into explaining cultural appropriations and the challenges it represents

throughout society. This video will help you complete this week’s activity and discussion. 

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throughout society. This video will help you complete this week’s activity and discussion. 

• What are examples of cultural appropriation that you discovered in the video?

• What are other examples you can think of?

VViiddeeoo:: Representation Matters: Diversity in Children's Literature (https://youtu.be/X06yZ0_mau0)

(11:05)

This video explores the role diversity should play in children's literature, so children are exposed to content

that re�ects them as individuals and introduces them to others who do not look like them. This video will

help you complete this week’s activity and discussion.

• Why is it important to have literature re�ect everyone in a culture?

• Are there examples within your culture and subcultures where diverse representation is missing or

limited? How does that affect who feels like they belong? 

RReeaaddiinngg:: A Storyteller Makes Ancient Native American Tales New Again (https://news.cornell.edu

/stories/2021/10/storyteller-makes-ancient-native-american-tales-new-again)

This essay explores how Native Americans use storytelling as a key part of their culture, and how they are

adapting their traditions to navigate the complexities of the 21st century. This essay will help you participate

in this week’s activity and discussion.

• How is storytelling woven into many Native American tribal cultures?

• How does this article change your understanding of what culture is?

Additional Support (Optional)

LLiibbrraarryy RReessoouurrccee:: IDS 400 Library Guide (https://libguides.snhu.edu/ids400)

This library guide contains resources and databases that may help with your research throughout this

course.

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Explore these resources, which will help you learn about belonging and insider/outsider status within cultural

groups.

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