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Hi people,

i need your help with my dissertation. It is about how national identities evolve through design and related media. Kirupa make a fantastic ‘international’ viewpoint and i would be really grateful if you would answer a handful of questions to help my research…

  1. Age:

  2. Nationality:

  3. Family cultural origin

For the following criteria, what do you feel best reflects your national identity?

  1. A Building/Structure

  2. A Manufacturer

  3. A sports personality

  4. Food

  5. An event

  6. Item of Clothing

thanks! :stuck_out_tongue:

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[list=1]
[]15
[]Canadian
[]Scottish
[]CN Tower (worlds largest phallic symbol :trout:.)
[]Roots
[]Wayne Gretzky, Mike Weir
[]Beaver Tales
[]None come to mind.
[*]Plaid shirts.
[/list]

That good?

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Age : 26

Nationality : Indian (not red indian:P)

Family Culture Origin : Punjabi

Building Structure : Taj Mahal, Golden Temple, Qutub Minar, Lal Quila (endless really)

Manufacturer : :-s

A sports personality : Sachin Tendulkar (Worlds Best Batsman)

Food : Do I need to say something, i mean if i start theres no stopping me :smiley:

An event :
Good : Independence In 1947
Bad : Killing of thousand of My Sikh Brothers In 1984 (Hate Lives On…)

Item Of Clothing : Kurta Pyjama, Truben (somany types of them) Salwar suits, Dhoti many more :slight_smile:

You should ask for a flag, national symbol, bird, animal, sports too i guess

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1): 13 (14 on Nov 11th)
2): English
3): Irish/English
4): Houses of Parliament
5): Dyson
6): Alex Ferguson
7): Sausage & Chips :smiley:
8): Glastonbury
9): I can’t think up one :-\

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  1. Age: 17

  2. Nationality: American

  3. Family cultural origin: Swedish

  4. A Building/Structure: No clue whatsoever

  5. A Manufacturer: Also no clue

  6. A sports personality: Bit redundant here, no clue.

  7. Food: Swedish Fish? Which are made in Canada

  8. An event: Uh… Swede Stampede? No clue some more

  9. Item of Clothing: AH! I’m a failure to my heritage, I have no idea.

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  1. Age: 17

  2. Nationality: Northern Irish

  3. Family Cultural Origin: Northern Irish

  4. Building/Structure: Oddysey Arena, Harland & Wolff Cranes, Stormont

  5. Harland & Wolff Ship Builders (They built The Titanic.)

  6. Sports Personality: George Best (The greatest footballer (soccer player) ever?)

  7. Food: Fish Supper

  8. Event: Good Friday (Peace agreement between Protestant and Catholic political parties.)

  9. Item of Clothing: Balaclava (Terrorist groups)

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Age: 18

Nationality: British

Family cultural origin: Scotland/England

A Building/Structure: Big Ben

A Manufacturer: Jaguar (I know not British now but used to be :slight_smile: )

A sports personality: David Beckham and any other England player

Food: Curry

An event: FA Cup (The oldest and greatest footy comp in the world!)

Item of Clothing: Erm…no idea

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  1. Age: 15

  2. Nationality: Canadian

  3. Family cultural origin: many (german scottish irish, etc)

For the following criteria, what do you feel best reflects your national identity?

  1. n/a

  2. n/a

  3. n/a

  4. n/a

  5. n/a

  6. n/a

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wow, this is great stuff… i knew you guys wouldnt let me down!

my own cultural origins are northern irish so i was fascinated by paddy’s answers…also much confused over the lack of ideas for the canadian identity! when i visited canda, there were lots of things i re-call, it wud be good for you to have a think cheesy!

keep them coming, i hope it is kinda interesting for you guys to read!

doesnt it speak volumes about british cuisine that curry is seen as our national dish??

:smiley: brilliant!

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  1. 14
  2. USAian :wink:
  3. German
  4. World Trade Center
  5. Intel
  6. Kobe Bryant
  7. Fast Food (unfortunately)
  8. Electronic Entertainment Expo
  9. Business Suit
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  1. Age:16

  2. Nationality:México

  3. Family cultural origin: Catalá(spanish)+Mexican

For the following criteria, what do you feel best reflects your national identity?

  1. A Building/Structure: -

  2. A Manufacturer: -

  3. A sports personality: -

  4. Food: well… all the traditional food from here

  5. An event: independence day

  6. Item of Clothing: -

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  1. Age: 23

  2. Nationality: Irish/Italian

  3. Family cultural origin: Italian

For the following criteria, what do you feel best reflects your national identity?

  1. A Building/Structure: Phat beats :lol:

  2. A Manufacturer: Sony

  3. A sports personality: Rubin Sierra

  4. Food: Pizza, what else would it be?

  5. An event: Yankee vs Redsox series

  6. Item of Clothing: Polo jeans

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  1. Age: 24

  2. Nationality: Austrian

  3. Family cultural origin: Austrian (Ancestors also from Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungarian <-- which were partly Austrian regions at that time - before world war 1)

For the following criteria, what do you feel best reflects your national identity?

  1. A Building/Structure: Wiener Hofburg www.hofburg.com

  2. A Manufacturer: Swarovski http://www.swarovski.com/

  3. A sports personality: Hermann Maier (Skier) http://www.hm1.com

  4. Food: Viennese Schnitzel See Image

  5. An event: New years concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (every year) http://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/

  6. Item of Clothing: Sorry, could only tell you some stereotype

I hope the links can gove you further information if you need some.

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1.) Age: 19

2.) Indian (though now US Citizen)

3.) India

4.) Golden Temple at Amritsar, Jaipur Palace

5.) Tata, Reliance, TVS

6.) V. Anand (yay for chess!)

7.) Curry and anything rice-related

8.) Independence Day, Economic Liberalisation in 1991, Gandhi’s assassination

9.) Sari, Dhoti, Khakis

:kommie:

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Alex Fergson’s Scottish…get your own sporting personality :wink:

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  1. Age: 14 (15 in March)

  2. Nationality: Malaysian

  3. Family cultural origin: China (I think) :stuck_out_tongue:

For the following criteria, what do you feel best reflects your national identity?

  1. A Building/Structure: Petronas Twin Tower

  2. A Manufacturer: Proton (Car)

  3. A sports personality: None

  4. Food: Rice/curry

  5. An event: Independence Day

  6. Item of Clothing: Can’t think of one…

:slight_smile:

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ok, im gonna go now cos its only fair! :stuck_out_tongue:

  1. Age:22

  2. Natinality: British

  3. Cultural Origin: English\Northern Irish

  4. A building/structure: Big Ben

  5. A manufacturer: Rollys Royce

  6. A soprts personality: Tim Henman

  7. Food: Cheddar Cheese

  8. An event: Guy fawkes night

  9. Item of Clothing: bowler hat

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thought you said a personality :wink:

  1. Age:27

  2. Nationality: Scottish

  3. Cultural Origin: Quarter Irish, the rest Scottish

  4. A building/structure: Hampden Park (the site of cheers & tears)

  5. A manufacturer: Barrs (makers of Irn Bru)

  6. A sports personality: Graeme Souness (you have to respect a manager who tries to break his own players legs in training :slight_smile: )

  7. Food: Haggis

  8. An event: The fringe festival

  9. Item of Clothing: Kilt

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  1. 21
  2. Australia
  3. New Zealand, then England
  4. Sydney Opera House or Ularu
  5. Victa mowers or Hills Hoist Clotheslines
  6. Ian Thorpe
  7. Pies and VB
  8. Sydney Olympics
  9. Thongs

However, contrary to this, most of the “cultural icons” don’t represent the way “real” Australians are. They’re more like how Australia is viewed by the rest of the world.

Personally, I think; Sydney Opera House is ugly, Most of the brands we have/use are American, Ian Thorpe is a typical jock, VB (victoria bitter) takes like goat p*ss, I tried to sleep through the Olympics and thongs are a disgrace to fashion.

Good luck :stuck_out_tongue:

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What’s Ularu?