To complete Module 5 read Chapter 5, answer 5 website questions, and complete the reflection in the discussion forum.

1. http://www.loc.gov/folklife/cwc.html
   
   Document: American Folklife a Commonwealth of Cultures
   
   Based on the description of folklife, can you see why defining culture, determining who belongs to a culture, and identifying distinguishing characteristics that set one culture apart from others represent challenges to the study of culture? Explain your answer.
   
   
2. http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~macer/EJ63/EJ63D.html
   
   Document: The First Euthanasia Court Case in China-Cong Yali,M.D.
   
   What are the Chinese beliefs about patients’ rights in relationship to their family?
   
   
3. http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~macer/EJ63/EJ63D.html
   
   Document: The First Euthanasia Court Case in China-Cong Yali,M.D.
   
   Which is the more important: “individual/patient autonomy” or “status of the family”? Explain.
   
   
4. http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~macer/EJ63/EJ63D.html
   
   Document: The First Euthanasia Court Case in China-Cong Yali,M.D.
   
   What is the norm in China for obtaining consent for a medical procedure such as an operation? What norm do Chinese physicians follow in advising family members when medical treatment offers no hope for improving a patient’s condition? Explain.
   
   
5. http://www.uswaternews.com/archive/96/conserv/swdrou.html
   
   Document: Emergency Water Conservation Measures Implemented in Drought-Stricken Southwest
   
   http://www.uswaters.com/archives/96/conserv/albuq.html
   
   Document: Albuquerque saves a Billion Gallons in ‘95 Usage
   
   What are some examples of conservation-oriented behavior that resulted from droughtlike conditions in California? If Albuquerque saved a billion gallons of water in 1995, by what percentage did water use drop as a result of that savings?
   
   
6. http://www.comenius.com/idiom/index.html
   
   Document: The Weekly Idiom
   
   Read the idiom for the week and look over the idioms posted in the “weekly idiom index.” How would you distinguish between the literal meanings and the meanings assigned to the phrase?
   
   
7. gopher://liberty.uc.wlu.edu/00/library/human/eashum/nameconv
   
   Document: Non-Western Name Conventions
   
   What is the most common name convention among people living in Western nations? In non-Western nations? Do any European name conventions include a reference to a parent? What advice would you give someone about how to cite non-Western writers in a bibliography or a list of references?
   
   
8. http://www.teleport.com/~napoleon/louisianafrenchcreole/intro.html
   
   Document: Intro to Louisiana French Creole
   
   What is the function of language? How does Louisiana Creole illustrate that function?
   
   
9. http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi/mb1174
   
   Document: Rainbow Bridge Message Board
   
   Choose the files “Dog Rememberer” and “More Dogs Remembered.” Read some of the dog owners’ tributes to their deceased pets, and briefly profile the relationship between owner and pet. Do you believe that these characteristics apply to most dog owners?
   
   
10. http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~macer/EJ51A.html
    
    Document: Why a New Journal?
    
    How do the Japanese acknowledge the experimental and research contributions of research animals and human bodies?
    
    
11. http://rampages.onramp.net/~ejunkins/
    
    Document: Laughter Therapy Homepage
    
    What is the function of laughter?
    
    
12. http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~macer/EJ54E.html
    
    Document: Bioethics and Japanese Culture: Brain Death, Patients’ Rights
    
    What are Japanese beliefs about the body, and how do they represent barriers to organ transplantation? What norms govern patient-physician relationship in Japan? How are they related to the practice of organ transplantation from brain- dead donors?
    
    
13. http://www.intrnet.net/~jbailey/suzaki/whoiss-ss.html
    
    Document: Who is Shinici Suzuki
    
    How did Suzuki’s visit to Germany influence his theories about how to play the violin?
    
    
14. http://www.usia.gov/abtusia/factsht.htm
    
    Document: About the U.S. Information Agency and the U.S. Information Service
    
    How many posts does the USIA have around the world? In how many countries? What is the general mission of the USIA? What is the USIA’s best-known cultural and educaitonal exchange program?
    
    
15. http://www.gospelcom.net/ibs/who.html#HISTORIC
    
    Document: A Historical Perspective
    
    What groups, areas of the world, and physical places has Wycliff managed or attempted to reach?
    
    
16. http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/anthropology/classics_april.html
    
    Document: East Africa: Colonized Minds
    
    What are two examples of ethnocentric attitudes toward or portrayals about Kenya?
    
    
17. http://www.hri.org/Cyprus/Cyprus_Problem/destruction2.html
    
    Document: Destruction of the Cultural Identity of the Occupied Area
    
    Which elements of Greek culture were destroyed when Turkey invaded Cyprus?
    
    
18. http://www.poopets.com/TEWKS.HTML
    
    Document: Tewksbury Gardens
    
    What are some of the uses to which cow manure is put around the world? What environmental payoffs are there for finding uses for manure?
    
19. http://www.koma.org/ktown_about.html
    
    http://www.koma.org/ktown_15.html
    
    Document: All About Koreatown
    
    What percentage of Southland’s Korean population live in Koreatown? How many Korean Americans live in Southern California? Select the document “Koreantown History.” Which Asian groups have the longest history in the United States? when did these groups arrive in relation to Koreans? Who are the 1.5 generation? What does the information tell us about using a single trait--in this case Korean--as a criterion for placing someone in a subculture?
    
    
20. http://www.koma.org/ktown_dir.html
    
    Document: Koreantown Directory
    
    What businesses and services made Koreantown institutionally complete?