Cultural Artifact Speech Outline I. Intro A. Hello everyone my name is . And today I am going to talk about a cultural artifact but before that by a show of hands how many of you consider yourselves young adults? Ok now does your family recognize you as a young adult? There is a point in your life when your family starts to see you as a young adult. For Hispanic girls they are seen as a young adult at the age of 15. B. I have here with me today a high heel. You done see little girls wearing
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Nathan Whittingham Professor Mariana Philosophy 120 12 October 2014 The Fallacy of Cultural Relativism The diversity of beliefs and ways of life is a conspicuous phenomenon that occurs within the human race. For example‚ what Satanists find right and reasonable is damnable to Christians‚ and vice-versa. Additionally‚ the ancient Aztecs practiced human sacrifice for reasons that today‚ we find totally illogical. And just as we‚ in America‚ now look back upon our history regarding slavery with
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Nathanael Fires Dr. Kant-Byers Cultural Anthropology 5/15/15 Essay #2 Cultural anthropologists main job is to study different cultures all over the world and then to compare the similarities and differences to their own culture or other cultures. This is typically done by that anthropologist going and living with that cultural group for an extended period of time so they can learn everything there is to that particular culture. While they are there‚ they learn about everything that they can‚ from
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August 24‚ 2014 Cultural Heritage as a lot to do with one’s traditions‚ culture‚ ethnicity and the ways you perceive your life. Heritage his what differentiates one individual‚ families and communities to another. Every individual practice and follow their heritage based on one’s ethnicity‚ religion and cultural background. Heritage his defined as “the range of contemporary activities‚ meanings and behaviors that we draw from them” (UMASS Amhert‚ 2012). Cultural heritage his the ways of
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Culture Appropriation versus Culture Exchange Cultural Appropriation is the means of borrowing features of one culture by members of a different cultural group. The term “Cultural Appropriation” is often negative‚ because the use of one cultural outside their minority‚ oppressed culture ’s symbols or other cultural elements‚ music‚ dance‚ costume. A cultural exchange‚ on the other hand‚ can be an intentional act of bringing two or more people together to exchange information about their differing
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Cultural Autobiography By Summer Benson Start by describing the cultural aspects of your family background (attitudes‚ beliefs and values). My mom was adopted at the age of 9 but was given up at birth. So she grew up her first 9 years bouncing from foster home to group homes. And my dad is Algonquin Native American‚ but I did not meet him until I was 15 years old. With that being said‚ I don’t really know my culture background and sure wasn’t raised with one. I had a single
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Cultural Differences Jason Roby COM 360 October 24‚ 2011 Professor Renee Peckham For any relationship to succeed both parties need patience‚ tolerance‚ and understanding. This becomes especially important when individuals come from dissimilar cultural backgrounds. If the individuals take the time to learn about the other’s culture many stereotypes and misconceptions will be eliminated. If they slow down and listen to one another they will likely find that despite their differences they
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Mainly a Form of Cultural Defence (33) An ethnic minority is a group of individuals whose nationality and cultural traditions differ from that of the majority population in a society. Compared to Britain’s main population‚ ethnic groups have been identified to be more religious. The use of religion of these ethnic minorities has been debated‚ with some sociologists arguing that it serves the purpose of cultural defence whereas others argues that it has a different function. cultural defence refers
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Cultural Differences Angela Holmes Psych/535 March 21‚ 2011 Dr. Gaston Weisz Cultural Differences Different factions of sociologists depict men differently. Functionalists suggest that a division of labor originally arose between man and women because of the woman ’s role in reproduction. By virtue of their larger size and greater muscular strength‚ men were assigned hunting and defense tasks. Conflict theorists reject functionalist arguments as simply offering a rationale for male dominance
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Understanding other cultures without making judgments about the way they do things or the way they understand and react to things is the basic concept of cultural relativity. The importance of this idea is demostrated by Richard B. Lee in his story about the Christmas feast with the !Kung. In this story Lee‚ a social anthropologist living with the tribe‚ experiences a misunderstanding that almost caused him to pack his belongings and leave the bushmen which were the subject of his study
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