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RQ's on Culture

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Q Padden: 1. How does Padden define “community”? What do you think are the goals of deaf communities? 2. How does geography (i.e. the location of people) affect the structure of deaf communities?3. How do deaf communities structure and organize their social lives? What are some of the important social events and rituals in deaf communities?Wade 1. What is the college “hook up culture”? What are its values? 1. How do students “opt-in” or “opt-out” of the hook-up culture? What factors constrain those choices?1. Why does the American college hook-up culture pose particular challenges for international students?1. Why does the idea of “punk Muslims”(taqwacore) seem so contradictory?2. What types of protests can be found in Taqwacore music and art?

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According to Padden, a community is a broad social organization in which a group of individuals live together, work toward similar objectives, and share certain duties (Padden, 2000). A community is a collection of individuals who live in a certain geographical area and have shared goals. The national deaf community's main purpose is to obtain public recognition of deaf people as equals—equals in employment, political representation, and management of institutions that engage deaf people, such as schools and service groups (Padden, 2000). Acceptance and acknowledgment of their heritage, as well as their use of signing as a form of communication, is an equally vital aim