Part 1 - Option B In no more than 500 words‚ after reading the following text‚ how can it tell us about cross-cultural encounters? --- This piece of text can offer a great deal of information on cross-cultural encounters between the Western world and the Benin people. It is an entry in the Encyclopaedia Britannica from the entry on ’Negro’‚ published in 1910-1911. The author was T.A. Joyce‚ an Assistant in the Department of Ethnography at the British Museum‚ at the time of publication.
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Benin is one of the poorest countries in the world. The country is located in the western half of Africa. About 10.7 million people inhabit it‚ of which about 40% are below the poverty line. So‚ what is it like to live there? First‚ lets talk about the geography of the land it sits on. Benin covers 69‚981 square kilometers‚ or 43‚ 484 square miles. This is a very tiny country compared to the United States’ 3.797 million square miles. The land of Benin is mostly flat plains with some hills and low
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Read the following extract from reading 2.2 ‘Benin antiquities at the British Museum’ and look at Plates 3.1.14 British officers of the Benin punitive expedition with bronzes and ivories taken from the royal compound‚ Benin City‚ 1897 and 3.2.24 Display of Benin bronzes in the Sainsbury African Galleries‚ the British Museum‚ 2005 in the AA100 Illustration Book. How do the different contexts of display reflect different attitudes to the art of Benin? At the end of the 19th century‚ Africa was
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In “A Description of Benin”‚ as written by John Barbot‚ we’re exposed to the inner workings of the royal hierarchy of 17th century Benin. Much like other forms of government during that time period‚ the King of Benin relied heavily on an organized bureaucracy. At the top tier were the Veadors; 3 highly qualified advisors that held judicial power over the nation and attended to the supplications of the common townsfolk. Regrettably‚ the supplicants often went unheard as a result of the avaricious
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The cross-cultural encounter between Europe and Africa began as Europe aggressively initiated an era of exploration of Africa south of the great savanna. Europe’s curiosity‚ exploration and greed transformed the history of African people. In the study of the cultural history of Africa‚ much innovation has been attributed to outside origins and influences. Historians and archaeologists have learned a great deal about the developments that emerged from the European influence in Africa. The age of exploration
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1904). Plate 3.2.25: The display of Benin bronzes at the Horniman Museum is viewed now as works of art instead of pieces of anthropology as they were in 1903 a ‘war booty’. Bronze commemorative heads representing ancient sovereigns‚ ceremonial costumes‚ insignias and royal personal objects which marked the Oba’s position‚ naturally figure at the heart of the exhibition in Paris. The national museum in Britain‚ displays with the full agreement of the Benin people. Plate 3.2.26: Horniman gave it
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Chapter One The Art of Benin I I. Introduction A. Cultural Encounters Between Europe and Benin from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century 1. The trade in objects in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries 2. The imperial confrontations of the late nineteenth century 3. The engagement with ideas about art in the twentieth century B. European Contacts with Benin Europeans first became aware of the existence of Benin through Portuguese traders in the fifteenth century. The accounts left behind indicate
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Service Encounter: A service encounter is defined as the period of time that a customer interacts with a service (Shostack‚ 1985). The definition of a service encounter is broad and includes a customer’s interaction with customer-contact employees‚ machines‚ automated systems‚ physical facilities‚ and any other service provider visible elements. It involves all the activities required to perform a service. Transactions: 1. Info 2. Parking 3. Booking 4. Entry 5. Waiting 6. Finding Seat
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Sample Service Encounter Journal Entries We all have a number of such encounters each week‚ including (but not limited to) restaurants‚ banks‚ airlines‚ dry cleaners‚ doctors‚ dentists‚ libraries‚ photographers‚ tutors‚ travel agencies‚ theaters‚ pest control agencies‚ phone companies‚ automotive mechanics‚ insurance companies‚ attorneys‚ accountants‚ and copy centers. Those doing this assignment are to keep a “journal” of your service encounter experiences. The purpose of the journal is to identify
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2174136/Aliens-Well-probably-close-encounter-century-says-leading-physicist-warns-governments-ready.html “Aliens? We’ll probably have a close encounter this century says leading physicist who warns government to be ready” was written by Fiona Macrae in July‚ 2012. Macrae is a science reporter at the Daily Mail. She studied medical microbiology at Edinburgh University before training in journalism in Cardiff. This had been the first article I have
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