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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Cultural Identity Barrera Vianney English P:1st We live in a world where no one is the same. We all go through things because of the way we look‚ speak‚ what we believe in‚ our social status‚ or where we come from. We are all different. Those differences are what makes us special. Sometimes what makes us special makes us feel left out too. I have felt left out in some points of my life. I think everyone has felt left out at some time. Throughout my life I have‚ especially now
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Guns and America Imagine America without the artifacts that reflect and influence our culture. Society would lack the entities that have made America what it is today. In recent years‚ one could make the argument that cultural artifacts have negatively and positively influenced society. Through mediums of survival‚ crime and controversy‚ guns have had a substantial impact on American culture. Guns have had an apparent connection to the legal system that reflects and influences American culture
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The theory of cultural relativism is based on a valued judgment between beliefs‚ culture‚ and religion. However‚ cultural relativism incorrectly answers the question‚ “What is right?” since there is no right or wrong when considering validity. Cultural relativism creates a belief that is the “highest standard” and there should be no biased opinions. Certain cultures tend to believe that they are superior to others. As a result‚ the different customs that exist are not said to be incorrect or correct
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Cultural appropriation is often described as when somebody takes something of significance from a culture that is not their own without showing respect for what they have taken. While some people do this on purpose for personal gain‚ that being profit or just popularity‚ many may not even know what cultural appropriation is. Miley Cyrus has shown evidence that she either does not know about or does not care about cultural appropriation at her 2013 Video Music Awards performance on live television
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Cultural Competence and Treatment The issue of culture has become an increasingly popular topic in the realm of health care‚ delivery of services‚ and in particular the area of addiction and treatment. When considering the area of culture one must look beyond the area of race and ethnicity. Culture is inclusive of a person’s gender‚ age‚ religious affiliation‚ socioeconomic status‚ sexual orientation and even geography. Culture may include the identification of a generation of beliefs or a new identity
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Culturally competent is all about the value of diversity‚ respect for individuals differences regardless of one’s own race‚ beliefs‚ and cultural background. In this multicultural world‚ becoming a culturally competent in pharmacy or healthcare is an essential and challenging prerequisite. Canada is quickly developing into a multicultural country‚ making it easy for more people to be exposed to different culture. “Demographic change have been transforming Canada into microcosm of the global village
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Cultural identity is a huge part of who we are. Not only does it define our interests‚ it also dictates why and who we interact with. It affects so many things in our life that it can be hard to find anything at all that isn’t affected by it. For me personally‚ the biggest parts of my cultural identity are the food I eat‚ the people I spend my time with‚ and the music I listen to. When I was growing up‚ every christmas I would go to my Grandmother’s house‚ and have a christmas dinner with my Dad’s
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According to Healey’s (2013) textbook‚ “Race‚ Ethnicity‚ Gender‚ and Class”‚ cultural assimilation is best defined as a process that an individual in a minority group or a minority group undergoes when they begin to take in the culture of the dominant group (pg. 47). Their language and/or culture become similar to other groups‚ causing differences between groups to decrease (pg. 43). This process includes things like‚ having to adopt different values‚ changing the spelling of one’s name‚ and even
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Melissa DeLuca Blue Man Mania Picking a cultural event for my critique assignment wasn’t easy for me. There were so many different types of events to consider that choosing only one was difficult because there are so many forms of art that I have an interest in‚ almost every type. I looked around and found an event which I chose to attend because it offered a variety of art forms. I would identify this event as a musical concert‚ a play‚ a comedy‚ and a visual art show all in one! This spectacular
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