Module Three: Customs and Traditions
This module helps to learn about customs, traditions, holidays, and family life in Uzbekistan.
Target Standards
Communication:
Standard
1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express
feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. Standard 1.2: Students understand and
interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics
Cultures: Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied
Connections: Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures
Comparisons: Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Communities: Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Cultures: Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied
Connections: Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures
Comparisons: Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
Communities: Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Set Goals and Objectives
Lauren considers herself a sociologist. She wants to apply for a graduate degree and do research on Uzbek holidays. Robert is an anthropologist. He wants to become a college professor and teach about Central Asian culture, customs, and traditions. They want to learn following topics:
- Holidays in Uzbekistan
- Ceremonies and Rituals
- Customs and Traditions
- Family Life in Uzbekistan
- National Values
Expand Your Knowledge
Adams, Laura L. 2010. The Spectacular State: Culture and National Identity in Uzbekistan. Durham: Duke University Press.
Adams, Laura L. 2009. Strategies for Measuring Identity in Ethnographic Research. In Identity as a Variable:A Guide to Conceptualization and Measurement of Identity, Rawi Abdelal, Hererra, Yoshiko, Johnston, Ian, and McDermott, Rose, 316-341. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Adams, Laura L. 2007. Uzbekistan’s National Holidays. In Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present, Jeff Sahadeo and Zanca, Russell, 198-212. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Adams, Laura L. 2004. Cultural Elites in Uzbekistan: Ideology Production and the State. In The Transformation of Central Asia: States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence, Pauline Jones-Luong, 93-119. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Adams, Laura L. 1999. Invention, Institutionalization, and Renewal in Uzbekistan's National Culture. European Journal of Cultural Studies 2: 355-373.
Adams, Laura L. 2009. Strategies for Measuring Identity in Ethnographic Research. In Identity as a Variable:A Guide to Conceptualization and Measurement of Identity, Rawi Abdelal, Hererra, Yoshiko, Johnston, Ian, and McDermott, Rose, 316-341. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Adams, Laura L. 2007. Uzbekistan’s National Holidays. In Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present, Jeff Sahadeo and Zanca, Russell, 198-212. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Adams, Laura L. 2004. Cultural Elites in Uzbekistan: Ideology Production and the State. In The Transformation of Central Asia: States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence, Pauline Jones-Luong, 93-119. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Adams, Laura L. 1999. Invention, Institutionalization, and Renewal in Uzbekistan's National Culture. European Journal of Cultural Studies 2: 355-373.