Multicultural Field Trip
Multicultural Field Trip
(Statue entering the center)
Here in my area of California there are many choices to choose from for my field trip to a cultural center. After searching online I decided on the WorldBeat Cultural Center located in San Diego California at 2100 Park Blvd San Diego 92101. I knew I had chosen a good site when before I even entered the center as I heard beating of drums in a mesmerizing rhythm while still parking my car. The name WorldBeat was fitting. Until this assignment I was under the impression that a cultural center was much like a nature center where you have displays of surrounding items found and displayed with origin information cards. The WorldBeat Cultural Center is a non-profit multi-disciplinary cultural …show more content…
Space for displays of the different cultures, were in cases on the floor or murals painted on the wall. For instance, a mural on the wall was painted for the Egyptian culture and floor space was given to the other shared cultures for some of their artifact displays.
In the photo below notice the diversity of the performers dancing. With this being Black History month notice the traditional head wrap worn by the African American Woman. “The African American headwrap holds a distinctive position in the history of American dress both for its longevity and for its potent signification’s” (Griebel, n.d.)
In conclusion of my trip to the WorldBeat Cultural Center I was very happy to have been able to see at least the performance practice during my visit. My travel to get there was over two hours and approximately 95 miles one way to get there but my experience I feel was well worth it. The main goal of the WorldBeat Cultural Center as stated in their mission statement is to create unity within diversity. I believe just seeing the diversity of the performers in this one practice session that they practice what they
(Statue entering the center)
Here in my area of California there are many choices to choose from for my field trip to a cultural center. After searching online I decided on the WorldBeat Cultural Center located in San Diego California at 2100 Park Blvd San Diego 92101. I knew I had chosen a good site when before I even entered the center as I heard beating of drums in a mesmerizing rhythm while still parking my car. The name WorldBeat was fitting. Until this assignment I was under the impression that a cultural center was much like a nature center where you have displays of surrounding items found and displayed with origin information cards. The WorldBeat Cultural Center is a non-profit multi-disciplinary cultural …show more content…
Space for displays of the different cultures, were in cases on the floor or murals painted on the wall. For instance, a mural on the wall was painted for the Egyptian culture and floor space was given to the other shared cultures for some of their artifact displays.
In the photo below notice the diversity of the performers dancing. With this being Black History month notice the traditional head wrap worn by the African American Woman. “The African American headwrap holds a distinctive position in the history of American dress both for its longevity and for its potent signification’s” (Griebel, n.d.)
In conclusion of my trip to the WorldBeat Cultural Center I was very happy to have been able to see at least the performance practice during my visit. My travel to get there was over two hours and approximately 95 miles one way to get there but my experience I feel was well worth it. The main goal of the WorldBeat Cultural Center as stated in their mission statement is to create unity within diversity. I believe just seeing the diversity of the performers in this one practice session that they practice what they