Cultural Presentation: Thai Culture in Bangkok vs. Isaan
Slide 1: Map representing geographic separation between the two regions
Slide 2: Language Differences with a few examples
Slide 3: Food: Sticky Rice and Fish vs. Beautiful Rice
Slide 4: Livelihoods: Farmers vs. Businessman
Slide 5: Politics: Red-Shirts vs. Yellow-Shirts
Slide 6: Skin Color: Dark Skin vs. Beautiful Fair Skin
Slide 7: Personality Traits: Communal vs. Individualistic
Slide 8: Music: Country vs. Pop
Slide 9: Isaan Culture and Life style as seen in Bangkok
Slide 10: Bibliography
The opportunity to focus my culture project on the differences between the urban culture in Bangkok and the rural culture in Northeast Thailand was especially helpful in organizing many of my thoughts from my time in Thailand. It was especially helpful to ground these cultural differences in the lingual differences by working closely with my language partner to figure out the connections between the two.
It is important to note that this is only one way of perceiving Thai society as a whole. Other views highlight many of the positive aspects of the growing westernized urban culture, of which there are many. But from my experience in Thailand, where I was located and the people I interacted with, I can't help but generate an opposing view.
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