Culture Example Assignment – Culture Cycle / Mutual Constitution Analysis

1. Cultural product/artifact (movie, phrase, food, ritual, etc.) from your childhood

2. Cultural product/artifact (ad, phrase, ritual, etc.) from an institutional / organization experience

*Analyze EACH using culture cycle (also known as, mutual constitution) analysis.

*Keep in mind how bi-directional arrows flow. Differentiate content vs. characteristics.

*Keep it short! Spend no more than 1 page (single-spaced) on each of the 2 example analyses + quick descriiption of product itself. Maximum length of final assignment = 2 pages (1 per product).

*Use sentences to describe the mutual constitution of your product. This will help you analyze appropriately