Microcultures

Above all, I wouldn’t be where I am today without theatre. Without the chance to perform throughout my life, I would be disconnected from the wide array of communities and histories that’s been imbedded in my daily routine. Unfortunately, it’s speculated that the theatre is a dying art form, because of the expanding popularities of movies (“Is”), but I think that it’ll remain a well renowned part of expressing imagination and interpreting history as years pass; it only takes cooperation with school faculty and young students that go above and beyond to change their

Just as we cannot pinpoint the exact moment we learn our own names, I can’t recall when my love for theatre began, but it must have been around the same time. I don’t remember a time I hadn’t been fascinated by storytelling and performance. This childhood amusement only strengthened when I started going to school and we’d put on plays for parents, and started reading and discussing literature later on. To me theatre means the perfect alliance of performance, art and academics. It represents to me all the every-day aspects of life while also holding artistic value. My love for literature comes from my unwillingness to be bored.

As the first theater department in the great state of Texas, the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin was officially founded in 1938 (University of Texas at Austin [UT Austin], 2018). UT Austin not only prides themselves in being the first theater department in Texas, they also take a claim to fame in the various degrees they offer within their department. Between undergraduate degrees, varying from B.F.A. Acting to B.F.A. Dance, and their graduate degrees, ranging from a PhD Public Performance to M.F.A. Playwriting, the department can boast offering 12 different degree tracks for young artists (UT Austin, 2018). But learning theater at UT Austin is more than just picking from a broad range of degrees, it's also

Art majors are faced with many ideologies and goals when starting out. Understandably, due to the varying types of emphasis that the University of Arkansas provides in its art program; studio art, visual design, photography. Studio Foundation, the entry level year long course hits on all of these aspects. Due to this course those students that once had nothing in common now all need to reach common goals. According to Swales this group of students do not meet the criteria to be a discourse community. Though their various TAs of the course do make up a discourse community. After observing these two groups it becomes clear that even though the Studio Foundation group is not a discourse community they do emulate one. With guidance from the TA discourse community this group of entry level students learn the need to intercommunications work towards common goals. Working just as a discourse community would. Group of highly educated individuals make up the TA discourse community within the Studio Foundation course. Providing assistants to a growing group of artist, not just individually but as a whole group. Giving them fundamental knowledge to aid them when will create or become apart their own Swales approved discourse community. The functionality of the Studio Foundation group challenges that of a discourse community, and with the help of TAs this novice group is continuously developing in the criteria set up by Swales.

The links between the liberal arts and innovation are creativity, limitless thinking, and discovery. The physical evidence of this connection can be displayed by expanding a theory, creating a new service or product, adding originally to music or a performance. Steve Jobs thoughts for technology to be vivid, it should collaborate with artistry. Evidence in Apple’s core supports technology only is not sufficient. When technology unifies with liberal arts and humanity, this is what brings personal harmonic union (Segran, 2014).

Every society contains both a mainstream culture and many different subcultures. The mainstream culture is how one is identified as. However, microcultures consist of how we identify ourselves within the global mainstream culture. There are multitudes of ways to participate in a microculture. It could be along ethnic, religious lines, or even lifestyle. All these factors come into play with regards to the different aspects of microcultures. This paper will delve into all three types of microcultures; it will look at Vietnamese, Jewish, and Vegan cultures and compare them to mainstream Canadian culture. The subsequent comparative analysis aims at finding differences in an

Imagine world that is bland, along with its individuals all the selfsame. In result of the reprehension of creative courses in academia. That previously mentioned world would soon become an actuality. When budget cuts were accruing in my school district; I remembered my fine arts teachers were petrified that not only their department would cease to exist but they would no longer have an occupation. There is a constant reminder of how paramount the sciences and mathematics are; but the fine arts such as music, ceramics, art, and all the other courses that allow creative freedom are important as well.

When selecting shows for our theatre arts program, the goal is to give students an opportunity to discover their creative abilities, inspiring them to strive for artistic excellence. While providing students an outstanding experience of performing live theatre is important, it is the artistic and personal journey these young women and men take that lies in the heart of our program. Theatre allows students to take risks, learn to work collaboratively, and challenge themselves discover both their potential.

Microculture: “distinctive culture shared by a small group that is often based on location or within an organization” (Microculture. n.d). The eighteen microcultures discussed within the dissertation are as followed: Rich people, poor people, African American people, white people native American people, Asians, Muslims, people who participate in the new age movement, homosexual, women, homosexual men, people with disabilities, students who re labeled gifted or talented, illegal immigrants, legal immigrants, people residing within the United States, but don’t speak English, Jews, Catholics, and stay at home mothers. Each microculture will be appraised through my cultural lens of feelings and opinions, what sources of socialization contributed

After exploring extracurricular activities my freshman and sophomore year, the abstract beauty of the performing arts enraptured my heart. Keeping theatre in high esteem, I anticipated and prepared for our success in exhilaration. My schedule revolved around our performances, and consequently, I eliminated any conflicts with rehearsals. To ensure the maximum potential of every one of our shows, I allocated all my spare time into productions. I once stayed at school well past 10 at night painting the stage with my director to guarantee we polished our set to perfection. The work ethic I instigated

The arts have been long-recognized as a vital component of the well-rounded student, but for the past several decades, the importance of arts programs in many U.S. schools has been steadily compromised (Rabkin & Redmond, 2006). Pressure to compete internationally has influenced educational institutions to believe that an almost exclusive focus on academic fundamentals is the sole way to raise standards and close the achievement gap (Sholl & Sweetland, 2016). Katz-Buonincontro, Phillips, and Witherspoon (2015) expound on the predicament of today’s schools: expected to promote twenty-first century skills, including creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration, leaders are simultaneously pushed to uphold standards-based

In this essay I will be answering several questions about five different Microculture groups and will be providing my personal feelings towards each one. This essay is not meant to push my feelings or opinions on to anyone or to even say my culture is better than yours, but to mealy show how we as a society can live among each other but view the other cultures around us completely different. The five microculture groups I have chosen are Rich people, Poor people, Persons with disabilities, Homosexual women and Homosexual men. The first three “feeling” words I have come to mind when I think about Rich people as a microculture are, arrogant, above the law, and snooty.

The past four years, I have breathed, slept, eaten, thought and immersed myself in all thing pertaining to theatre. This is where I discovered to truly work in a team, where I could be without fear of being something I am not, and where I have found peace in the maddening swirl of day to day life, ironic in the fact that theatre is a hectic world. This world is where I have made my best friends and found people I know I can count on and that I insist can depend on me. If I have learned one thing from my experiences in theatre, it is to strive and achieve

Arts infused campuses are becoming more and more common in the United States. The arts make a campus more diverse and interesting. Just as our society is evolving and diversified, our campuses should be as well. We are not catering to one race, gender or social status; we are a blended society full of cultural differences and a wealth of knowledge to share with each other. Art infused campuses would touch professors as well as students: challenging us to learn differently, and exposing us to various forms of culture, thus making us more well-rounded students and individuals.

Now that I have walked you through some of the basic things that happen in our micro-culture, I have to elaborate more about the atmosphere of the culture, and what you shouldn’t do in order to keep everyone from yelling or getting a bad vibe from you. An example of a don’t do would be, one of my friends said something very insulting and everyone was upset and didn’t talk to that person for a very long time, giving respect is a part of the must do's we have incorporated into our microculture. As a group, we love to play UNO a certain way, we have played UNO the original way, but it gets very boring and the way we play is more fun and competitive. Another problem we had was other friends telling secrets, we have a no secret zone and if so, don’t