Analysis Of The Critical/Cultural Turn

The historical turn that I really like the most out of all is the Critical/Cultural Turn because of Dwight Conquergood and his explorations among different cultures that most people don’t even think about being a ‘culture’. For example, I really enjoyed reading and watching the segment about gangs and how before learning about cultures, I didn’t include gangs into the category of the word ‘culture’. I thought cultures were only for countries and ethnicities, but then I learned gangs are a culture, religious affiliations are a culture and school is a culture as well. I enjoyed how Conquergood dove into the gangs without fear or hesitation and brought out what the rest of the world didn’t see. I mainly decided to choose this historical turn

Potter was saying about the root of a problem in a community. The example he gave the class was how schools in Chicago are funded by the amount of property owners in the area and if there are few then the schools get microscopic amounts of funding for the classes. So if you have bad schooling and you live in the ‘ghetto’, where is a community that the children feel safe in and seem fit? Gangs. So many people see gangs as a nuisance and see them as ruffians when in reality they are a culture and a home to many. For some reason this example made me really understand Critical/Cultural turn because it isn’t about the culture itself, it’s about the culture and the community around it. How people interact with that culture, get to know the culture, not just view it from a faraway standpoint. If you view things from a close-minded, faraway standpoint then you have no right to judge because you aren’t putting effort into seeing their views first before disliking or

If you are trying to support schools in a heavily ganged area to provide more funding into schooling; people are saying that gangs are only a nuisance then there is a lack of communication. Those are argue that the gangs are only a nuisance have not seen the big picture of what is causing young children to join gangs; they are only seeing the effect of schools not having enough funding. The world is about pulling different views together to have an educated and reasonable perspective of something, each eye sees differently. At the same time, that’s why it’s important to have different views because you can search to see why people view the way they do then either address the problem or come to a mutual understanding. Critical/Cultural Turn is a really important turn because if we don’t come out of our own worldviews how will we understand our neighbors? For example, if all your life you’ve lived in a mansion, had maids, and never had to worry about your next meal how do you expect to understand the people next door who sometimes come over and ask for food? If all we do is judge and not see what the other eye sees then you won’t be able to really learn and embrace different cultures around