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    illustrate the changes and development of the creative/cultural industry due to the effects of globalisation. Globalisation‚ according to the Collins Dictionary is “"process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally‚ largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications". “The cultural industries have moved closer to the centre of the economic action in many countries and across much of the world. Cultural industry companies can no longer be seen as secondary

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    “Approaching the Problem of Religious Truth in a Pluralistic World: A Pentecostal-Charismatic Contribution‚” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 43‚ No. 3 (Summer 2008): 351-369. Chan‚ Mark L. Y. “Following Jesus as the Truth: Postmodernity and Challenges of Relativism‚” Evangelical Review of Theology 31‚ No. 4 (Oct 2007): 306-319. Nixon‚ Mark G. “Proclaiming and Performing the Gospel: Language‚ Truth and Action in Postmodern Christian Faith‚” Heythrop Journal 50‚ No. 3 (May 2009): 380-391 Elwell‚ Walter Erickson

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    Cultural appropriation defines as someone taking or borrowing aspects of another culture that is not their own. Cultural appropriation allows privileged races to take cultural aspects from subordinate groups while simultaneously reinforcing racial stereotypes. Many may hear the term “privilege” and wonder exactly who falls into this category when it comes to practicing certain elements of a culture. Author Jean Halley argues‚ “…privilege became ensconced [into the media] through the socioeconomic

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    multiculturalism‚ cultural diversity‚ religious diversity‚ and diversity competency in the Criminal Justice System. By using keywords‚ concepts‚ and themes will help to analyze the arguments and dilemmas that are presented in the said topics. As well as‚ by providing examples from articles allows the reader to connect and gain a better understanding of the topics. To begin with‚ the term multiculturalism has different meanings and associations. Multiculturalism can mean an ideal of cultural variety‚ and

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    that one culture might regard as a virtue that another culture might not. Explain why this could lead to relativism. Be sure to support your answer with quote from the text and/or academic resources. Responds to the question below in approx 100 words. It is important for this question that you first define the key terms here Virtue and Relativism. Define Virtue and Relativism: Relativism is the idea that one’s beliefs and values are understood in terms of one’s society‚ culture‚ or even one’s

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    The Impact of Cultural Differences on English Learning and Teaching I. Introduction Nowadays‚ culture plays a very important role in the foreign language classroom. Because cultural differences may give rise to misunderstanding that exists in intercultural communication. So the teaching of culture in the English classroom has been becoming a heated topic and people pay more and more attention to the cultural studies and intercultural communication in recent years. Therefore‚ culture teaching

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    The great Proletarian cultural revolution * All over China was the campaign to destroy the old and build the new * Abolishing the four olds * The people crowding Beijing in 1966 carried the little red book and the Mao badge * forcefully taken away anything old or has traditional values. * The children were taken into actions as well * Giving social advantages to the Red guards‚ thousand took advantage * The youth were educated of the revolutionary stories * Women had

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    free of authoritarian paradigm‚ interpretive‚ anti-establishment; Positivism vs. interpretive SELF-CRITIQUE – discrupts common sens‚ remise en question of assumptions 1. First predicament : sensitivity to cultural difference 2. Second predicament : status of anthropology as a cultural critique (reflection of self through studying alien culture). DUALITY-Palestinian and American‚ Said 50s linguistics‚ 70-80s literature and interpretation CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION ‘New criticism’ - internal

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    Fish goes on to explain how Postmodernism views‚ and how to view the recent attacks through the lenses of relativism. Fish describes how the postmodernist view is that there “can be no independent standard for determining which of many rival interpretations of an event is the true one.” (Fish‚ 2001) He goes on to explain that we would not be able to justify our response to the attack to everyone universally‚ because everyone has his or her own notions of justice and truth. Throughout this piece

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    hands-on and how do they act on it; and thirdly‚ how do certain health beliefs and practices play a part within and are created by surrounding social and cultural systems as well as social and environmental contexts. For the purpose of this response‚ I will look at how childrearing and child morality is shaped by the environmental‚ social and cultural context of Timbauba. Nancy Scheper-Hughes is a medical anthropologist and was puzzled when she found out that mother from the Alto community‚ who lost

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