Peter Antoniou BUS/ECO 123 June 11‚ 2012 Summary: Cultural Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management This book seeks to provide the reader or tourist with insights on how the two worlds‚ tourism and cultural heritage management intersect‚ but also how they conflict in that they represent opposite sides of cultural tourism itself. The book outlines for the reader that while tourism professionals evaluate the potential for profit‚ cultural management professionals evaluate the same assets for
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Globalization and Cultural Identity Globalization‚ once it has been accomplished‚ is the process‚ where by the entire world uses a free market system and consequently labor‚capital‚ products and services are traded freely. Globalization is a three dimensional term‚ encompassing political‚ economical and cultural aspects. 1Is globalization a process‚ which started just in recent years‚ and how far back do its roots reach? To some it began with the Turks taking control of the silk road‚ to others
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A Cultural Approach to Communica0on CLA1201 SemA 2012 Department of Media and Communica0on City University of Hong Kong Recap of Last Week’s Lecture • We discussed the psychological effects of media on the audience • The media effects research tradi0on draws from psychology and sociology • It is generally
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Cross cultural reflection Introduction What I felt about the cross cultural simulation was that it was very useful in letting us take on the Disney World France situation at that time. It puts us in the shoes of the different parties affected during that point of time and gives us just sufficient amount of information needed such that we are free to use our judgment to shape the negotiation. For each person‚ the information and the ideal terms and conditions that each of us are looking for are
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letting people start their lives how they please‚ not by keeping them in a place or state of mind they want to leave. 4. Why does Appiah think that evidence does not support the purported harms of "cultural imperialism"? Appiah thinks that the evidence does not support the harms of “cultural imperialism” because researchers have gone out to take the reactions of many individuals to a television show called “Dallas.” They have also gotten opinions in Australia‚ Brazil and other countries‚ and looked
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cultures and also religions. These World Cultural heritages include tangible culture (such as buildings‚ monuments‚ landscapes‚ books‚ works of art‚ and artifacts)‚ intangible culture (such as folklore‚ traditions‚ language‚ and knowledge)‚ and natural heritage (including culturally significant landscapes‚ and biodiversity). Nowadays‚ there is an organization that claimed themselves as UNESCO (United Nations Educational‚ Scientific‚ and Cultural Organization). This international body
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The Cultural Revolution was a violent mass movement in the People’s Republic of China that started in 1966 and officially ended with Mao Zedong’s death in 1976. It resulted in social‚ political‚ and economic upheaval; widespread persecution; and the destruction of antiques‚ historical sites‚ and culture. It was launched by Mao Zedong‚ the chairman of the Communist Party of China‚ on May 16‚ 1966. He alleged that liberal bourgeois elements were permeating the party and society at large and that
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Discuss the view that research practices in psychology are culturally bias. (30) Cultural bias occurs if psychological research when the psychologist uses participants from only one culture and then generalises it to others‚ without validation. There are two main types of cultures which psychologist have studied‚ these are individualist and collectivist. Individualistic culture emphasises the importance of an individual whereas collectivist cultures (who are more specifically eastern societies)
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Cultural Diversity in an Organization 1 Cultural Diversity in an Organization Henry Jerkins Industrial Organizational Psychology Professor Withen April 5‚ 2011 Cultural Diversity in an Organization 2 There is no single definition to define cultural diversity in an organization. This topic has been studied from a variety of perspectives ranging from disciplines such as anthropology and sociology‚ to the applied disciplines of organizational behavior‚ management science‚ and organizational
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Ryder‚ A.‚ Ban‚ L.‚ & Chentsova-Dutton‚ Y. (2011). Towards a Cultural-Clinical Psychology. Social and Personality Psychology Compass‚ 5(12)‚ 960-975. Cultural psychology research requests a move past depiction to clarification of group variety. As far as concerns its‚ clinical psychology demands the significance of unique individuals‚ while likewise broadening the scope of human variety. Cultural–clinical psychology incorporates these methodologies‚ opening up new lines of request. Clinical psychology
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