Cultural Syncretism Cultural Syncretism Christina Doty Alexis Garrett American InterContinental University Online HUMA215-1205B-07 Topics in Cultural Studies Erin Pappas January 27‚ 2013 Abstract The legacies of cultural syncretism in Africa‚ and the Americas have been compared and contrasted with the resistance to cultural change Westerners encounter in China and India. The cultural factors that caused these different outcomes are discussed. This discussion is followed by the legacies
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Beating Dell: Why HP Acquired Compaq In 2001‚ Hewlett-Packard (now HP) shocked the business world when its former CEO‚ Carly Fiorina‚ announced that rival computer-maker Compaq had agreed to be acquired by HP. The announcement came at the end of a year in which slumping demand and strong competition from Dell had buffeted both companies. The merged company would have annual revenues of about $87.4 billion‚ putting it in the same league as IBM‚ and would be able to provide customers with a full range
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Our American culture is impacted by high obesity rates. We often are sucked into fad diet plans and exercises. Particularly in the black community we do not put our health first. Our cultural diet does not consist of dishes with health in mind. We are riddled with obesity‚ hypertension‚ diabetes‚ and etc. All of these disease can be prevented by diet. Why is my community plagued with these preventable diseases? There is a lack of consciousness and education of health. The working or unemployed does
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CONTRASTING MANAGEMENT STYLE OF DELL AND GROVE Abstract Management style was examined in the manner two industry leaders run a company that competes against each other‚ Michael Dell‚ founder of Dell Computer Corporation and Andy Grove‚ co founder of Intel Corporation. (Krames‚ J.A. 2003). This paper studies both leaders’ unique contribution to the computer technology industry and the contrasted personal beliefs and leadership styles they exhibited on their way to success. Dell‘s high performance
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Cultural Interview October 22nd‚ 2014 I based my cultural interview on an Iranian family that I’ve known for many years; I’ll refer to them in an alias name as the Gabr family. They are a very close nit family whom live nearby in a middle class neighbor. I mainly interviewed the mother of this family whom I’ll refer to as Eklass Gabr. Eklass is a highly educated and respected teacher in the community. She was born in Jerusalem; to her father whom was a business man and her mother whom was a stay
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Cultural Syncretism Abstract The concept of cultural syncretism exists when two different cultures combine their ancient beliefs of the past to create new traditions and/or beliefs. There are several cultural factors that influenced both Africa and the Americas such as weaponry‚ technological advancements‚ medical and religious. China and India’s values were quite different when it came to cultural beliefs. They would isolate themselves from outside traditions‚ which made them more resistant to
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Cultural Differences - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Kauffman Vincent Administrative Questions 2 14.02.18 - Lecture 1 2 5.03.18 - Lecture 3 (missed 1) - National Cultures 2 12.03.18 - Lecture 4 - Individualism & Collectivism 4 12.03.19 - Lecture 5 - Power & Authority 5 12.03.26 - Lecture 6 7 12.04.16 - Lecture 6 7 12.04.23 - Lecture 7: Masculinity and femininity 8 Administrative Questions Short critical discussion about Huntington‚ points of Huntington’s
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biological make up‚ has seen themselves superior to other groups with a different cultural identity. It has been so‚ ever since man started walking the earth; but are we to live in a world‚ where cultures can’t unite and work side by side? Cultural meetings‚ where two different cultures congregate‚ has at no time‚ ever worked out well; The Egyptians and the Hebrews‚ the Muslims and the Israeli‚ and most importantly‚ the cultural meeting between black and whites. America has had a long history of racial
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Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations‚ maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Cultural heritage includes 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)
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Cultural relativism holds that there is no universal morality that is common among all cultures. Specifically‚ in an article on cultural relativism James Rachels states the following characteristics of cultural relativism: 1) Different societies have different moral codes; 2) There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one societal code better than another; 3) The moral code of our own society has no special status; it is merely one among many; 4) There is no "universal truth"
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