Introduction Each culture has its distinctive features and similarities. These intersections may occur due to the similarity of many practices and the mixing of cultures during historical development. Thus, within the framework of this work, particular emphasis is placed on African American and Samoan cultures. Therefore, these people are characterized...
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Introduction Multiculturalism leads to different and sometimes conflicting values and interests among people living in the same country. Nowadays, the boundaries between cultures and countries are becoming increasingly blurred due to the phenomena of globalization and mass immigration. There is a tendency to argue that immigration and multiculturalism have caused...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction In the current circumstances, the Algoma Multicultural Centre is in an unstable position to continue operating in the market. AMC does not have sufficient funding, lacks advertisement tools, and cannot receive support from the federal government and the insurance for the organization. The present drawbacks put a serious strain...
Topic: Culture
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Conventional view primarily considers books as the main means of learning about historical events; however, art can tell a person more about it than any book would. Even though art may not be so accurate in retelling history, especially folklore, it rather reflects the cultural heritage and habits of one...
Topic: Culture
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The issue of the exploitation of Indigenous symbols and mascots in sport team logos has long been a controversial one both in Canada and the USA. It has been widely discussed in media and academic circles, as well as in educational and professional sport environments. Despite the fact that since...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Culture can be described as the knowledge and characteristics of a specific group of people, incorporating their language, social habits, clothing, literature, arts, and music. One of the culturally rich heritage cultures in the United States today is African American, also known as black culture. The distinctive identity of...
Topic: African American
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The nation’s growing diversity offers health care providers and health systems opportunities and challenges to create and deliver culturally sensitive services. Mexican Americans are the fastest-growing group of minorities in the United States (Douglas et al., 2018). The cultural perspective on health care in the Mexican culture, like in all...
Topic: Communication
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What is your first association with Scandinavia? The earliest thing that comes to mind is that everyone must be cold; however, very few people are educated in this region’s cultural values. The Nordic region countries include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and are often associated with utopian life. These...
Topic: Culture
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Têt is the biggest and the most significant holiday in the Vietnamese culture. The Têt Nguyen Dan means “the first morning of the first day of the new period,” and people spend the holiday with their families and the closest ones. The dates for the celebration vary from year to...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Studying other cultures is an integral part of modern education; it is subtly included in almost any program where that is possible. It is generally believed to have a positive influence on the students, and not many people wonder why that would be the case. This paper will analyze...
Topic: Culture
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The Nacirema people are a North American group that inhabits the territory between the Tarahumara of Mexico, the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles, and the Canadian Creel the Yaqui. Not much is known about the origin of these people, only the information that they came from the east. In...
Topic: Culture
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History of the Israeli culture The history of the Israeli culture dates back to the period between 1750 and 1280 B.C.E when the Israelites were held captives in Egypt. After the end of this period they were driven out of the land of Egypt by Moses who died within the...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction World history is versatile in events that outlined the contemporary shaping of the world. The political map went through many changes during the twentieth century. Just after World War II, the total collapse of major empires presupposed the struggle for the liberation of many countries being previously colonized. England...
Topic: Colonialism
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The space surrounding people, in every diversified meaning of the word “space”, can be considered topographically non-uniformed. There are rises, overcoming which demands exponentially increasing efforts. Along with these rises each following step demands greater expenses – forces, time, energy, mind or simply material resources. During any moment of such...
Topic: Culture
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Abstract The paper provides a thorough observation of the fundamentals of the Chinese culture that require careful attention from the participants of the study abroad program. Emphasis on family ties, respect to the elders, transitions from democracy to the republic, and rich historical heritage play a significant role in China....
Topic: Culture
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Immersive Cultural Experience Cultural Biography In one sentence, I would define a major cultural change as analogous to uprooting and replanting a grown tree. My time in England has involved starting a new life of sorts. I have had to question and reconsider attitudes I took for granted, and my...
Topic: Culture
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The USA, the second-largest country in the world, is made up of a mixture of massive urban centers and vast plains with few populations and stunning natural scenery. Likewise, the United States has a wide variety of cultures, and “Due to the large number of immigrants that make up the...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Culture is a unique phenomenon impacting the life of every person. It can be determined as specific behavior patterns, beliefs, and views that are transmitted within a certain group (Cohen et al., 2022). For this reason, it influences all aspects of people’s functioning and abilities. Thus, when measuring individuals’...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction One of the most critical elements distinguishing the perceptions of people around the world is culture, and its comparison between Japan and Germany can shed light on the way views are formed. It is to be performed with regard to the activity of citizens, linked to traditions and their...
Topic: Culture
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Uzoigwe, G. N. The Evolution and Relevance of Autonomous Communities in Contemporary Igboland: An Essay in Local Governance. Journal of Third World Studies, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, 177-189. 2009. Association of Third World Studies, Inc. This article examines in detail the structure of society in Nigeria, which is characterized by...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Headveilig plays a significant role in many religions, including Judaism, Catholicism, and Muslims. Nowadays, covering is a manifestation of cultural and religious identity and is ubiquitous among Muslim women all over the world. This practice, with rare exceptions, is not compulsory even in Islamic countries. In Muslim countries, as...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Libya is one of the North African countries with a larger economy. The state borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Niger, Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, and Malta. The nation spans 1.8 million square kilometers, and Tripoli is the capital city of the empire. Libya’s political structure...
Topic: American Politics
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Foreign traditions and beliefs often seem weird and unfamiliar because people view them through the lens of their culture. To understand elements of foreign culture and appreciate their value, one needs to abstain from regarding one’s cultural norms as universal and axiomatic. Some foreign practices are more difficult to accept...
Topic: Culture
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The term ‘oriental’ remains disputable because of the historical context and numerous cases of mistreatment. In some contexts, it is used to speak about violent and discriminative policies related to Asian people or culture. At the same time, it demonstrates that Asians were not integrated into U.S. society and were...
Topic: Discrimination
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Introduction Cultural identity is important in the prevention of mental illnesses and better adaptation to life. Looking at the relationship between cultural integrity and emotional wellbeing could illuminate endeavors to improve the psychological health of indigenous people, who have frequently encountered various adverse life occasions and stressors. Native people groups...
Topic: Indigenous People
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The Latin American “boom” may be defined as a movement closely associated with the works of the Argentinean Julio Cortazar, the Mexican Carlos Fuentes, the Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, and the Colombian Gabriel Garcia Marquez. On the other hand, one of the two main influences of this trend were European...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Cultural artifact… What is meant by this word-combination? Cultural artifact is some object or a set of objects which is created by a human being and characterizes the cultural world where people who have created it and used it live. Modern world came into the phase of globalization. Cell...
Topic: Culture
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South Korean community South Korean community is considered to be the unity I would like to analyze because I dedicated a considerable part of my life living there. The investigation of the community is to be disclosed through its influence on the formation of human personality to understand, what print...
Topic: Culture
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The subject is an Indian male aged 26. His family came to the United States in the 1980s and remained here to work. The subject stated that despite moving to America, his parents and grandmother remained devoted to Hinduism and practiced the same rites and customs as they did at...
Topic: Culture
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The world’s beauty lies in its pluralism: it has a lot to do with cultural and traditional differences. Meanwhile, it seems ironic that the liberal idea of mutual respect of cultures is not appreciated globally. At the same time, tales are an excellent source of knowledge for the ones seeking...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Primarily, before directly examining the capacities of Xiaomi in the context of American civilization, it is essential to determine the cultural differences of the countries based on the existing picture of reality and relevant theoretical aspects. Firstly, it must be recognized that the COVID-19 pandemic and the trade war...
Topic: Culture
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Since ancient times, different cultures, peoples, and tribes have borrowed certain cultural elements from each other. They started with the language and ended with the aspects of clothing, music, and demeanor. Like now, in the era of globalism, different cultures and nations borrow Anglo-Saxon, German, Japanese, and other elements, and...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The most prevalent cause for people to visit a doctor is pain, which is all too common. The presence of pain in the human body signifies that a particular tissue is injured and requires prompt medical attention. Culture influences health inequities, medical results, interaction with physicians and nurses, and...
Topic: Culture
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The mechanism of culture change selected for the analysis is diffusion. Diffusion, or the transfer of ideas, habits, or customs from one culture to another, leads to significant innovations when cultures converge (Haviland et al. 115). One of the crucial causes of diffusion is migration, whether free or forced. Haviland...
Topic: Culture
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The topic of cultural diffusion is planned to be explored in the research paper by examining the diffusion of American culture within the processes of globalization and Americanization. The relevance of the identified issues is validated by the increasing level of expansion of American popular culture, business-related concepts, and lifestyle...
Topic: Culture
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Disability is a state usually viewed as deviant by people without it and the community. Such negative attitudes are not necessarily the same as those held by people with disabilities and their families. Consequently, even well-intentioned professional counselors are subject to the impact of societal and historical attitudes concerning disability....
Topic: Counseling
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Cultural works differ in shapes, colors, and tastes and represent anything meaningful to a nation. Many cultures are associated with a specific food that has become conventional long ago. Food is enjoyable to view from a cultural standpoint because it usually reflects historical events. Traditional American apple pie is what...
Topic: Culture
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For each work, a necessary aspect is the application of a particular literary theory. With its help, authors can have a clear idea of the problem that will be raised in the text and in which direction it is better to develop thoughts. A critical race theory (CRT) was chosen...
Topic: Culture
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In Mother Tongue author Amy Tan expresses her views on both English for Asian-American stereotypes and their culture based on their degree and language “classes” during their school years. As the author of the story, Amy feels that teachers force Asian-American students to take math and science classes, distracting students...
Topic: Culture
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In my Culture Immersion Project, I sought to gain a better understanding of the LGBTQ community. While generally aware of its problems, I still had insufficient experience with it. The project slightly deepened my intellectual understanding of LGBTQ and, perhaps more importantly, exposed me to the cultural representation of the...
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Introduction Culture is the cognitive constructs and the shared patterns that identify a particular group of people (Egede, 2006). Culture transcends the material objects and the tangible aspects of human societies. It forms the basis of ethnic differences and practices. The following paper is an assessment of family culture and...
Topic: Cinema
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Introduction The culture of Mayan civilization continues to exist nowadays in many parts of South America. The people of Maya have lived for almost four thousand years, stemming from the Olmecs (Carmack et al., 2016). Carmack et al. (2016) write that “the Formative period (1800 B.C.–A.D. 200) saw the origin...
Topic: Civilization
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Introduction The debates concerning the notions of “sex” and “gender” have been going on over the years. The recent point of view is that gender roles are not universal for everyone, whereas some individuals regard them as fundamental and build their lives according to the rules and standards that society...
Topic: Culture
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A widely known Canadian fable says that when the Confederation came together, they decided to build a wonderful republic by using the finest of what their descendants and bordering countries had fashioned. The motherland they wished for would combine French values, the British government, and American technologies. But the design...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Cultural pluralism is accepting everyone’s right to economic and political opportunity and the right of every ethnic group to maintain its own identity (Olson 155). This term is used to refer to minor cultural groups in a big society maintain their cultural unique entities and the large society accepting...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The article that appeared in the September/October issue of the Hope Dance Magazine in 1998 was done by Scott London. The author drew inspiration from a Time magazine cover material that had an exotic girl with a mixture of features drawn from African, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Caucasian backgrounds....
Topic: Culture
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History of a tapa Clothing plays a major role in the molding of a society’s culture. Through this, one can identify the way of life of a given society. The tapa is among the clothes that have been in the pacific islands since the nineteenth century. It is basically a...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction In the time period 605-562 BC, Babylon was a renowned power. This time period also coincided with the life time of King Nebuchadnezzar. His father, King Nabopolassar, had created the Chaldean dynasty and had invaded Assyria, forcing them to go towards Northern Mesopotamia. This set the stage for Nebuchadnezzar’s...
Topic: Ancient Civilizations
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Cultural analysis An analysis of the target market is a very important issue before making the decision to move into the market with goods or services. Market analysis comprises of various aspects. Culture is one of the aspects that ought to be considered during market analysis. In the course of...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The cultures of the east have always intrigued me, especially that of the Chinese people. There are billions of Chinese people around the globe. China towns have been built wherever there is a significant number of Chinese people in the area. These towns are oozing with Chinese culture. The...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction “… and that is what people become…when they realize there is never a single story about any place, we regain a kind of paradise” (Sarah Para 9). It is surprising to learn the high capacity of human being exposing themselves to the dangers of trusting and believing in one-sided...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Differences in cultural outlooks are a reality of modern living, especially about health approaches. While some cultures have embraced sophistication as a solution to health issues, others choose to turn to simple traditional remedies. This reality is a running theme in Anne Fadiman’s book, The Spirit Catches You and...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Like every country, Ireland has a rich history of celebrations, holidays, and festivals. While some of them are shared by the whole world, like New Year or Christmas, others are solely Irish peculiarity, like St. Patrick’s Festival, Bloomsday, or the Irish wake. Each holiday has its traditions, which are...
Topic: Culture
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Time Factor The time difference is a major reason for the versatility in the cultural practices of various communities. Moreover, different perspectives of lateness differ in various communities. Having these differences is the reason for the versatility in the social and corporate world aspects. Introduction The concept of time is...
Topic: Culture
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Modern-day Canada has become an amalgamation of different cultures, religions, and races. Like other first world countries, Canada is a land of immigrants from all over the world. Similar to countries such as the United States, Canada’s early immigrants were from France and England (Bibby, 2000). Around the 1960s, Canada...
Topic: Culture
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The theory that divides cultures into high-context and low-context was developed by Edward Hall. It is based on the difference between the use of verbal and nonverbal communication, and particular importance is given to the context during the interaction. At the same time, it is essential to realize that there...
Topic: Culture
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African countries harbor a myriad of vast cultures whose exclusive aspects transform and define their nations. Nigeria is a country in West Africa with a one-of-a-kind collection of ethnic groups, business practices, and languages. The Kanuri culture, in particular, is a dominant culture occupying the country’s North-Eastern region. Nigerians have...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction In the US, various cultural groups make up the population. African Americans are one of the major ethnic communities well-represented in the nation. The people’s norms and beliefs blend the West African and European cultures. The origin of the individuals is linked to the ancient enslaved people that came...
Topic: African American
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The Parallels Between the Classic Mountain and Sea and the Spirited Away Creatures There are parallels between the classic mountain and sea creatures of the seas and the host of spirit creatures that come to the spirit bathhouse in the animated film Spirited Away. In the classic of mountain and...
Topic: Cinema
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Communication is crucial in routine human interactions since it builds trust and contributes to a community’s success. Various communities have a defined set of values that dictate their interactions. Effective communication helps establish a friendly environment that accommodates all individuals in a society. Servant leadership is significant when exercising communication...
Topic: Communication
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Being an ally in Indigenous education means making a willing effort to learn about historic Indigenous issues and teaching other non-Indigenous people about them. Ward (2019) implies that it is normal for white people to remain ignorant of the lack of privileges for Indigenous people. Therefore, in order for the...
Topic: Culture
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Even speaking one language may not be enough to completely understand each other if you represent different cultures and perceive communications differently. I conducted a short interview about verbal and nonverbal communications, language, vocabulary, and gender in communications with my friend, whose culture is in many ways different from mine....
Topic: Culture
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Different countries have different traditions and customs when it comes to greeting or addressing others. There are many nuances that depend on the culture of a nation and its history (Khan, 2017). That is why choosing the correct name to use and to be addressed by can be sometimes difficult...
Topic: Communication
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“Aboriginal Australian” is an umbrella term that covers one of the two groups of the indigenous population of Australia, the other one being Torres Strait Islanders. It encompasses a broad range of cultures and communities, with languages alone numbering in the hundreds. With this in mind, it is clear that...
Topic: Culture
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Swole Doge and Cheems have become one of the main memes of 2020. These Shiba Inu best describe the difference between generations and phenomena: Doge usually symbolizes a great past, while Cheems represents faded modernity. The dogs have already been immortalized in realistic 3D models – they have even been...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Culture, cultural identity, and cultural influence form the fundamental elements through which human beings interact and behave. They are considered the society’s binding that regulates the behaviors of the individuals within the society. Culture shapes behavior and relationships by determining how individuals express creativity within the public. Each community...
Topic: Culture
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My interviewees were a family of three Huli men, all from different age groups. I picked the men from these age groups because I believed I would get a different perspective from each. Even though the culture has barely changed, the three were raised in different eras. My goal was...
Topic: Culture
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Within the field of humanities, cultural artifacts exist as a vehicle that showcases the transformative and reflective power conveyed by people through their creative activities. By deliberately making these objects to represent their feelings and thoughts on various subjects, including extremely fundamental ones, people attach meaning to the artifacts in...
Topic: Culture
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The chosen artifact The artifact chosen for this project is the Haitian Flag. The description of the artifact The Haitian Flag is blue and red with an emblem on a white background in the middle of it. The selection of colors was conditional upon the local crop of indigo used...
Topic: Culture
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There is a direct link between national culture and the success of a business model. Venaik and Midgley (2015) argue that national culture, in relation to business, can influence purchasing behaviors, consumer patterns and even use of disposal income. Additionally, national culture influences organizational culture, which can in turn, determine...
Topic: Culture
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Modern people pay much attention to cultures and cultural peculiarities of different groups trying to learn more about each other in order to interact with others effectively. Globalization is one of the major phenomena making people consider cultural aspects as the flow of individuals and ideas has become massive. Culture...
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Introduction Human societies have varied traditions for handling old and incapacitated individuals. For instance, the ancient communities, such as the Ik based in Uganda, typically left the disabled and the old to starve to death (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2019). Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2019) attribute these practices, i.e., the abandonment of...
Topic: Adulthood
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Every culture has its unique rules and traditions that make it different from others. Usually, such divergences serve as a basis for learning about the peculiarities of different nations and investigative common and dissimilar aspects of cultures. It is interesting to find out about customs, body language, daily routine, and...
Topic: Culture
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Modern Greek culture has evolved from ancient times, and is intertwined with all aspects of life. Greece is a country of diverse interests and traditions. Its modern culture has been greatly influenced by its geographical position and years of occupation by other nations. The Greek people take pride in their...
Topic: Culture
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Culture is a notion, which has a huge amount of meanings in different spheres of human activity. It is the object of study of such sciences as philosophy, history, linguistics, pedagogics, and others. In general, culture means human activity in all of its aspects, including all means of a persons...
Topic: Communication
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As Jared Diamond (2013) explains in his talk “How societies can grow old better?”, the life of the elderly population varies considerably in different parts of the world. Similarly, the attitude towards death and dying is not the same in every country and culture, and it also changes depending on...
Topic: Aging
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Introduction Spanish is the second widely spoken language in America. It is therefore common to hear most people speaking it along the streets. The number of US residents from Spanish speaking countries has been increasing considerably since 1950. According to research, it accounts for approximately 14 percent of the American...
Topic: Hispanics
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Introduction Cross-cultural communication refers to how people from different cultures communicate. It encompasses the differences and similarities between the different cultural communities as well as the effort different people from different cultural backgrounds put to communicate effectively across cultures. Cross-cultural communication has become an important discipline due to globalization. People...
Topic: Culture
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The United States of America is popularly known as a ‘melting pot’ with a “foreign-born population of about thirty million” in which in about 10% of the citizens have an “immigrant background” (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000), as a result of “the greatest migration in history” since the year 1990 (U.S....
Topic: Culture
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The domestication of horses has been an important breakthrough in the history of humankind. Horses offered civilizations that had them significant advantages in agriculture, transportation, and warfare (Price, 2017). Some argue that the presence of horses was the locomotive for evolution from primitive hunter-gatherer nations to more advanced societies. It...
Topic: Culture
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Purpose The purpose of American cultural studies is to offer a multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of modern and historic cultural processes which are relevant to the United States society. While the subject focuses on the United States as a country, it provides a much broader global context and the...
Topic: Culture
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This essay considers the interconnected in popular culture. With globalization and commercialization of culture, every aspect of culture seems to be merged into one single realm. This essay illustrates that despite the commercialization and merging of cultures into a kind of global pop culture, much refreshing diversity remains. The diversity...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The Batek of Malaysia represents a group of people from the Semang dialect that lives near Lebir River in the Kelantan State, Malaysia. People from Semang are characterized by physical feature of Negros origin, which are inclusive but not limited to noses that are flat and broad, curly hair,...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The 20th century has seen a steep rise in the levels of diversity on a global scale. Due to the increase in the number of cross-cultural interactions and intensity thereof, the necessity to develop an in-depth and intrinsic understanding of other cultures has emerged (Holland, 2017). Indeed, without the...
Topic: Cultural Competence
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Introduction Tattoos are designs created on the human body by inserting objects beneath the human skin. Tattooing is a form of body modification using indelible ink. The tattooist inserts the ink beneath the skin’s upper layer. Humans have the habit of adopting new cultures that emulate their perception towards various...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Population culture includes all the aspects of life that we live by. It is the manner in which we socialize and the basis that helps in decision making (Danesi, 2008). It is the laid out set of laws by the society at any given time, which defines changes in...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction As geopolitics and national politics take center stage in the modern discourse, various interests are being pushed forward and adopted. According to Kastoryano (2), multiculturalism is a general term that refers to societies’ interactions and experiences across languages, cultures, and geographical borders. In addition, multiculturalism encompasses the interaction of...
Topic: Culture
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There are many factors that, to a great extent, determine the attitude one has toward death, such as social, religious, cultural, and financial factors (Puente-Fernandez et al., 2020). According to some studies, death awakens feelings of frustration, fear, and insecurity in healthcare professionals. The Amish are best known for their...
Topic: Death
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The Nacirema tribe can be described as being mythical and full of mystery. It is a tribe whose people believe in mysterious shrines that endow one with power. Such power is measured by the number of shrines that a household possesses. It is, therefore, not wrong to say that rich...
Topic: Culture
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Fijian society greets its guests and welcomes them with a special drinking ceremony. A tourist would have to drink a local beverage (bula) from half a coconut shell in a particular manner. The ceremony starts with everyone sitting cross-legged in a circle. Then each guest is given a coconut bowl...
Topic: Culture
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Batalla, Guillermo Bonfil. Mexico Profundo: Reclaiming a Civilization. University of Texas Press, 2012, pp. 4-39. This article discusses the Indians who rejected civilization and continued their way of life, preserving their primitiveness. There is no exact information about how many of them are left (Batalla, 19). In addition, the article...
Topic: Culture
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Goals and Thesis I will be talking about the aspects of Spanish cuisine as a cultural element and its role in Spanish cinema. I want to highlight why Spaniards’ food preferences are part of the national identity, how much eating habits may tell about people, why utilizing cuisine is essential...
Topic: Cinema
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The modern culture of the USA and Germany is based on some patterns and manifests itself most often in everyday practices that ordinary people go through. Greetings, communication, language and courtesy, food and alcohol culture, and attitudes towards the property. In general, German culture is individualistic and based on the...
Topic: Culture
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The Mayan civilization is one of the most ancient and advanced civilizations that existed in Latin America in pre-Columbian times. Mayan culture is known for advanced knowledge in architecture, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as a developed system of communication, religion, and art, which still impact the modern peoples of...
Topic: Culture
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Maya ritual and dance are inseparable and based on several principles. First, sounds and movements are indivisible and simultaneously convey the past, present, and future. Second, since an Indigenous majority has a long history of oppression and threat, their ritual dances often express sacrifice. At the same time, they portray...
Topic: Dance
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Introduction The United States is viewed as a melting pot or a salad bowl due to its multicultural integration existing in its population. Melting pot and salad bowl are metaphors used to describe the integration of different cultures into one whole, mixing cultures while maintaining their unique identities. Both metaphors...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction By continually taking one of the leading positions globally throughout decades, China has always remained its strong influence on world history and its development. Ancient China is considered to be the carrier of the oldest extant culture across the globe. Moreover, its origin and implications still deeply pervade the...
Topic: Culture
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Child development is a collaborative, vibrant, and unique process depending on the toddler. Every individual is unique, and as children grow, they adopt many things from other people and the environment that shapes their behavior and thoughts. Different cultures offer different inputs to children during growth, and this is the...
Topic: Child Development
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Mexican Americans are one of the minority groups residing in the United States. Regardless of the years that the members of this minority group have spent in the state, they are still subjected to discrimination and racism. This is partially linked to the cultural differences and varying approaches to values...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Studying the cross-cultural dynamics of indigenous populations is exceptionally important if people want to achieve true equality and find the most appropriate ways to minimize the effects of centuries-long oppression. It is crucial to learn about the cross-cultural concepts, which dictate the daily lives of the Native people in...
Topic: Indigenous People
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Introduction African American population includes all people with mixed cultural heritage and ethnicity. They originated from the slave trade which took Africans to various parts of the world, including south America, west indies, the United States, and Central America. The group is extremely varied, and interactions have been experienced largely...
Topic: Culture
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There are many traditions in the United States Navy that have great significance for officers. One of them is connected with a white hat, one of the most iconic and famous symbols worn in the Navy. This tradition is called the burial of a nave white hat and related to...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Liberal arts fields offer a distinct perspective on the world that other fields do not match. Professionals in natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and history all ask questions to gather information. Still, they may do it in various ways to enable them to study various facets of a subject....
Topic: Culture
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People usually see Asian culture as significantly different from American or European traditions for example. Additionally, social structures, laws, and interactions are managed in ways different from those in non-Asian communities. Even some aspects of close or resembling nationalities’ traditions may seem odd; hence, non-similar foreign cultures are generally considered...
Topic: Culture
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Mark Andrew Ritchie’s book, Spirit of the rainforest, is about the Yanomamö culture of the Amazon. Nevertheless, the narrative is recounted from the view of Jungleman, a tribe’s shaman. Jungleman is a great shaman who understands both the spiritual and material worlds. The story of the shaman demonstrates the significance...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction China has one of the oldest cultures recognized internationally, dating back to over a thousand years ago. Every nation is identified with its culture and traditions, and China has been conspicuous in maintaining its culture and preventing it from the influence of the outside world. China has a rich...
Topic: Culture
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In the era of globalization processes and the deep integration of digital technologies in professional practice, communication between employees and partners located in different regions is of particular importance. An organization must maintain a favorable corporate atmosphere, and therefore it is of fundamental importance to establish mechanisms for effective communication...
Topic: Communication
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Many aspects of contemporary culture like politics, social beliefs, or commonly shared themes may influence the humanities and creative expression. For example, people demonstrate improved attitudes toward racial and gender equalities and promote international and intercultural relationships. Creative expression reflects current achievements and the ways of how people understand themselves...
Topic: Culture
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Modern day Canada has become an amalgamation of different, culture, religions and races. Like other first world countries, Canada is a land of immigrants from all over the world. Similar to countries such as the United States, Canada’s early immigrants were from France and England (Bibby, 2000). Around the 1960s...
Topic: Culture
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The Japanese tea ceremony is considered as a cultural asset and has genuinely distinctive features. The tea ceremony is uniquely Japanese because it is formed from a blend of ideas borrowed from sources outside of Japan. It is a ritual that has helped to fashion an emerging Japanese cultural identity...
Topic: Buddhism
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Spain is the country associated with love, passion, and bold fashion choices that have been transforming throughout many centuries. Despite everyone’s beliefs of France, being the main center of fashion, Spain and its unique culture has been at the forefront of this industry since the 16th century. Traditional Spanish culture...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Afrofuturism can be defined as a movement in literature, art, and culture. It is a subculture which seeks to highlight the plight of the black people. Although it started as a small colligation of an uprising, it has expanded into a fully-fledged subculture that is recognized and practiced by...
Topic: Subculture
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In the book “The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers,” Edward Schieffelin devotes attention to the Kaluli tribe. Schieffelin actively discusses the rainforest environment, Kaluli modes of subsistence, and food production, so the question of why he pays attention to these descriptions appears. The author spends...
Topic: Environment
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Stereotyping and Ethnicity Stereotyping is usually a means to an end when it comes to the ever-evolving and diverse world of today. Especially in the United States, where so many cultures and ethnicities coexist, making assumptions based on someone’s background instead of who they are on a personal level is...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The United States of America represents a society comprising of family designs which have been created and duly developed by a systematic flow of events characterized by a wide range of racial and ethnic grouping which infiltrated into the this country at different historical times with varying reasons. These...
Topic: Family
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Introduction Language and culture have a heavy impact on how people from different cultures communicate with other people and how the cultural differences impact their effectiveness at communicating effectively. (Hybel &Weaver, 23) Discussion Language and culture are closely inter-related. As such ones language is heavily influenced by his or her...
Topic: Culture
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The issue of cultural competence in health care is a rather new topic, one that has appeared as a response to persisting inequality in the health status of people from various ethnic minority groups, which are often disadvantaged and even marginalized when it concerns cultural sensitivity and tolerance. The education...
Topic: Cultural Competence
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Maasai is an ethnic group; which lives in East Africa at the border of Kenya and Tanzania. According to their history, the Maasai migrated to their Kenyan home from Sudan and established themselves around the Rift Valley; while others moved to the Tanzanian residence. The fact that the Maasai have...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction America is considered to be the most influential nation in the world. Its cultural and economic practices have been preferred by people of different cultures which has made it popular. The country has gone through different faces that have formed the basis on which its cultures have changed. Most...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction This dissertation aims to measure the level of consumers awareness about CSR (corporate social responsibility) in such countries as the United Kingdom and Qatar. On the whole, this concept is relatively new; it came into existence at the end of the twentieth century, particularly, in the late eighties. According...
Topic: Social Responsibility
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Introduction cultural competency is a set of congruent behaviors, policies, and attitudes coming together among professionals or in an agency or system that enable work to be done effectively in cross-cultural situations. Culture is the integrated pattern of behavior of human beings that includes thoughts, language, actions, communications, beliefs, and...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Death refers to the permanent end of all processes that sustain life in a human being. Grief and mourning are major elements of death in all societies (Khapaeva, 2017). Grief refers to intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one. On the other hand, mourning refers to the...
Topic: Death
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Introduction Native Hawaiians have survived as a people through disastrous historical traumas, managing to preserve their heritage and steadily rebuilding their culture. Kana‘Iaupuni (2005), claims that statistics concerning poverty, substance abuse, or lower education attainment speak not of their weaknesses, but of the challenges that generations of Native Hawaiians have...
Topic: Culture
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Traditional events pertinent to various cultures may be significant for the analysis, as they may tell a lot about the country. This paper explores three cultural events that share many similarities, although being different from each other. The report addresses the origins of the selected traditions, reviews their aspects, and...
Topic: Culture
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Reflection Observation The population that I choose for my Immersion Project can generally be referred to as ‘Hispanics’. This population is best defined as such that consists of the US citizens (as well as illegals) affiliated with the Hispanic (Spanish, South-American, Latino) ethnocultural background, who appears to share a number...
Topic: Hispanics
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Introduction It is worth noting that many people consider the culture of Canada to be contradictory. They stress that it is based on a constant desire to differ from the neighboring country – the USA. Nonetheless, some individuals believe that both states exhibit varieties of common cultural heritage. In addition,...
Topic: Culture
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Indian Custom: Diwali India has an ancient culture with many rites and customs. One of the best-known traditions is the festival of Diwali, which celebrates the triumph of light over darkness. It is celebrated throughout the country with some regional variations and comprises some important rituals that are traditionally performed...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The paper at hand will attempt to compare the Emo and Goth subcultures. Both subcultures emerged in the 1970s on the basis of punk rock and quickly spread across the globe (Brake, 2013). The present study aims to prove that despite the fact that representatives of these movements seem...
Topic: Subculture
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Legends play a significant role in the culture of every country. Historically, such stories were used to transmit certain moral values to the younger generation and served both for educational and entertaining purposes. Therefore, it is believed to be interesting to get familiar with some legends that still affect the...
Topic: Culture
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Did Paris Burn in Vain? The tolerance and acceptance of minorities into society is always a tough process. American society has witnessed several successful occasions when the outcasts have gained their right to equality. Saying that you are gay today is a much less risky feat than it was, say,...
Topic: Culture
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Death is an inevitability, and sooner or later every human being is put to face it. Grief comes together with death, especially when a loved one dies. The depth and scale of grief depend on the psychological stance of the grieving person: the reaction can be stoic or destructive. However,...
Topic: Death
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Introduction In “Body Rituals of the Nacirema,” anthropologist Horace Miner presents a satirical account of the cultural practices of a fictional group known as the Nacirema. Through his descriptions of the Nacirema’s daily rituals, beliefs, and customs, Miner aims to highlight the cultural biases and ethnocentrism of American society. The...
Topic: Culture
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Multicultural exchange gives insights into diverse societal perspectives influencing interpersonal skills such as communication, etiquette, creativity, adaptability, ideas, tolerance, negotiation, and cultural awareness. Essentially skills obtained from intercultural exchange are powerful in exposing one’s to different viewpoints and enhancing their overall competencies, such as diversity essential for employment. From a...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Culture remains myriad and vital to the events within the criminal courts, hence a need to evaluate its influence on police brutality and arrests effectively. Each institution has its unique culture that influences individual thoughts and behavior. Police culture also needs to be understood by identifying what influences them...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The environmental activism subculture is centered around ensuring the best outcomes for the environment. Members advocate for these interests through initiatives like informational campaigns, marches, lobbies, and peaceful protests. Its active expression of biospheric and altruistic values sets this group apart. The former values promote the interests of the...
Topic: Environment
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Introduction In his text Introduction to Point/Counterpoint, the author talks about multicultural counseling. He is convinced that the problem of communication between different cultures appeared primarily due to the demographic growth in the United States (Brown, 1990). He notes that this issue is the most relevant for American society today,...
Topic: Counseling
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Introduction The ideas, ideals, practices, and customs of the societies in one’s life are assimilated, evaluated, and adopted as a vital element of one’s cultural identity. Japan employs Tanka poems as a popular and representative form of ancient Japanese poetry which aids in the promotion of Japanese cultural identity. Tanka...
Topic: Culture
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“The Politics of Theorizing African American Families” by Shirley Hill is an essay published in the 4th edition of Ferguson’s book “Shifting the Center: Understanding Contemporary Families” in 2010 by McGraw-Hill Education. The book represents a collection of essays to deconstruct the notion of family, its evolution, and its relation...
Topic: African American
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Multiculturalism The concept of multiculturalism refers to or is associated with understanding the perception that races, ethnicities, and cultures specific to minority groups are specifically acknowledged due to their differences (Holliday et al., 2010). However, in Malaysia, being a grandchild of a Chinese immigrant, the government’s political system promotes racism,...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction The Canadian government adopted multiculturalism during the 1980s because it was an ideology that emphasized the importance of immigration. Multiculturalism can result from a sociological fact, ideological outlook, and political policy. The ideological perspective describes multiculturalism as a coherent set of ideas affiliated with Canada’s celebrative cultural diversity. Multiculturalism...
Topic: Culture
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The Arabs were the major settler in the Middle East and along the Arabian Peninsula. They majorly practiced a traditional way of life that is different in different aspects of life. Some of the main traditional aspects they embraced include staying in houses built out of the mud and primarily...
Topic: Civilization
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Introduction Culture-specific characteristics permeate individuals’ attitudes to life, spirituality, and self-perception on multiple levels, thus giving rise to conflicts. Since the secession of Puerto Rico from the U.S., dissimilarities between Anglo and Puerto Rican cultures have been shaping the groups’ relationships. Prominent heterogeneities, including the preferred expansions of Catholicism and...
Topic: Culture
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Background Several centuries ago, particularly in the 17th century (in 1603), when a series of severe civil riots and warfare were undergone, a dynastic and military-related government (the Tokugawa shogunate) managed to stabilize the general sentiment among citizens. It was high time when the government fixed the political steadiness and...
Topic: Culture
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Introduction Cancel culture is a phenomenon that has roots in much older concepts of social accountability and public shaming. While it is very often associated with wrongful accusations and harassment, cancel culture is equally capable of benefiting and negatively contributing to a social space. As such, the following paper aims...
Topic: COVID-19
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An article written by Zeynep Isik-Ercan in 2017 for YC Young Children magazine and published in issue 1 of volume 72 on pages 15-22 is titled “Culturally appropriate positive guidance with young children.” This work is devoted to the interpretation and adjustment of teachers’ work, taking into account the cultural...
Topic: Culture
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Cultural diversity has promoted cultural bias in current society mainly because many people are culturally blind. Cultural intellects create an accessible environment by practicing acts of generosity towards people regardless of their differences in identity and behavior. In addition, diverse cultures create religious rituals, beliefs, and stories that explain life...
Topic: Culture
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The Importance of Cultural Awareness Cultural awareness is a fundamental element in the proper functioning of modern organizations since it promotes an entity’s vision and mission through the integration of an intercultural workforce. Essentially, the above-mentioned conception involves acquiring knowledge and skills about an individual’s way of life and that...
Topic: Culture
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The discussion of the concepts and texts of the gospel may seem complex to those who pay little attention to cultural differences. One of the ways to gain cross-cultural competencies is being acquainted with the Grand Narrative of Scripture. It is critical to be aware of the stories concerned with...
Topic: Bible
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The process of globalization has swept the entire world, unifying countries and nations and bringing people across the world closer. Although the specified process has been reasonably viewed as mostly positive, one cannot argue that it is likely to entail multiple confusions and misunderstandings due to the differences in cultures...
Topic: Culture
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Summary Christopher Crounch, defined modernity as a period in the history of mankind that shows a transition of their life from traditional agricultural practices to the industrial revolution, through individualism way of living and finally, whereby a state achieves economic stability. It basically shows the changes in terms of intelligence...
Topic: Modernism
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