PROJECT HUMA215 – Human Cultural by Derrick E‚ Mosley AIU Online May 18‚ 2013 Abstract This project is about comparing and contrasting the legacies of cultural syncretism in Africa and the Americas with the resistance to cultural change Westerners encountered in China and India. The group had to answer what cultural factors caused the differences in outcomes. They had to answer what legacies have the differences in types of encounters and degrees of cultural change left today. They
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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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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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between the syncretism that occurred in Africa and in the Americas when different cultural groups met (i.e. Europeans‚ Africans‚ and Native Americans) WITH the resistance to cultural change Westerners encountered in China and India. Basically‚ you are assessing some specific consequences of the increasing global contact that began during the 1400s and 1500s. You must ultimately make an argument regarding why some regions of the world (i.e. Africa‚ the Americas) experienced cultural syncretism with Westerners
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Danny Perry AIU HUMA215 - 1302B - 16 Syncretism as defined by Merriam-Webster is the combination of different forms of belief or practice or the fusion of two or more originally different inflectional forms. Simplified this means two cultures combine thoughts and beliefs into its own “new form” of an old belief. The difference in the syncretism of the America and Africa and the Indian and Chinese cultures were greatly different‚ but reflect similar traits in each other. One of the main similarities
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phenomenon resulted in the cultural transformation of entire societies. Bentley specifically sets out to answer the following question: “ to what extent was it possible for beliefs and values to cross cultural boundary lines‚ win the allegiance of peoples from different civilizations‚ and attract converts from alien cultural traditions?” (6). While providing an answer to this question‚ Bentley successfully argues against the popular Eurocentric belief that effective cross-cultural encounters at a long-distance
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Family traditions and cultural legacies help to shape and mold individual identity. Various aspects of a person’s life assist in developing a unique identity; such as family traditions‚ culture‚ and religion. Traditions and culture is a way for individuals to connect themselves to their ancestors. Traditions and cultural legacies help give people strong foundations when we are growing up. It is up to each to continue these Traditions or cultural legacies and continue to pass them down. These traditions
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Syncretism Syncretism can be described as combining two or more groups in society who has a goal to be accepted throughout society as a whole. Many different issues like religion‚ cultural politics and languages all would have been affected. According to Muraga‚ “Were it not for syncretism process‚ the United States government would be divided into section where the black Americans and have their own distinct governing body separate from that of the whites”. The world would still have some racial
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INTRODUCTION: Mahatma Ghandi left behind a great legacy after his assassination‚ not only to India and South Africa‚ but to the world. He made a mark on the hearts of so many universally by using his policies and beliefs of equality‚ unity and non-violence. By looking at the time Gandhiji‚ (a title earned out of respect from the Hindu Nation) spent in South Africa and his implementation of his theory of Satyagraha in South Africa‚ one is able to see how his beliefs and strong leadership qualities
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Religious syncretism exhibits blending of two or more religious belief systems into a new system‚ or the incorporation into a religious tradition of beliefs from unrelated traditions. In the case of Haitian Vodou‚ Vodou blends two or more religious beliefs into one system‚ therefore it can be characterized has syncretism. Vodou is a syncretic system derived from deeply rooted African beliefs and colonial French Catholicism. As a reaction to being torn violently from their roots‚ the slaves tried
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