Writing Assignment #1: The Cultural Construction of the Idea of Progress Film chosen: Pocahontas One of Walt Disney’s most famous films‚ Pocahontas‚ takes place in the 1600s‚ as the British discover parts of the “New World” that are inhabited by native Americans. In this film‚ we are able to contrast the primitive lifestyle and culture of the Native Americans to that of the British‚ and are able to see how the ideas of “progress” or social evolution play a role in the ethnocentric bias held by
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The Caribbean cultural and society is really based on the whole process of Hybridization‚ which generally refers to the mixture and syncretic forms which occur in society such as the race‚ religion‚ language‚ food etc. This process began with the era of discovery when European and Amerindian copulated which resulted in the creation of the Mestizo. This later became entrenched in plantation society with the European and African producing the mulatto or coloured. Through hybridization members
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Matrix SOC 315 ETHNOCENTRISM MATRIX Review the characteristics listed in each of the following categories: “Presumed American Cultural Norms” and “Presumed Cultural Norms of Other Cultures.” Based on personal experience‚ list the possible advantages and disadvantages of each cultural norm. Also‚ indicate whether the norms are true. Presumed American Cultural Norms | |True/False |Advantages |Disadvantages
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Religion‚ language and music. Who knew that they make up our cultural identity. Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. For many people many different things may be the main things to form their own cultural identity. My cultural identity reflects my religion‚ values‚ and music. First off‚ one characteristic to reflect my cultural identity is my religion. Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power‚ especially
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than our own. In order to change the influence of discrimination‚ it is our responsibility to respect cultural differences. By gaining knowledge of cultural differences‚ we change our perspective and learn to respect people. There is no reason to look at an individual and define them as a cultural outsider. When the term ‘cultural outsider’ is used‚ the visual of disadvantaged
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I claim to see if there will be any difference if there is a cultural appropriation within two different cultures. Cultural appropriation is the adoption or make use of elements of one culture by members of a different culture. However‚ Cultural appropriation is not talked about much but it has an enormous impact towards any culture that is threatened by any culture making a parody of their culture. Although Cultures are no longer being celebrated as often as they are “Celebrated” from a different
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Relational Cultural Theory Introduction Relational cultural theory refers to a branch of psychology that deals with human relations. The theory states that it is important for society to sustain relationships that promote growth (Walker‚ 2004). According to the theory‚ growth applies if people create inclusive relationships that support joint success rather than individual autonomy and disconnection from society. In addition‚ relational cultural theory singles out individual isolation as the origin
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The cultural identity of an individual is identified to alter owing to an intercultural encounter of an individual relating to the culture of another country. The cultural identity of the person is taken to remain latent and only becomes salient on one’s repatriation to one’s home country. Different types of identity shifts are observed related to the cultural encounter faced by individuals on repatriation like subtractive‚ additive‚ affirmative and also intercultural. Subtractive cultural identity
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In a globalized world it gets increasingly important for multinational companies to understand that cultural diversity can affect the business by building communication barriers. Cultural differences do not just mean that people speak different languages‚ it is also the way they think and feel and what traditions they have. Therefore we have to analyze how this diversity can influence the communication and what the consequences are. The old Japanese parable of the monkey and the fish is a good
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For instance‚ our sex. I was born a female without choice and because of that I was automatically put into my first cultural group; females. While I know there are millions of females in the world‚ we all share many common values and behaviors as a group. One of the most common shared values is maternity and family commitments. One commonality that we share is too look
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