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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ESSAY PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN KERALA INTRODUCTION Tourism is an economic activity of global importance. It is the temporary movement of people from one place to another mainly for pleasure. It is a rapidly growing industry which provides employment opportunities to millions of people‚ generates foreign exchange and promotes balanced regional development and revives the art and culture. It is one of the biggest industries in the world. Tourism is not a single industry
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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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on three of the cross cultural communication principles and give concrete examples for it of them. Cross cultural communication is a studying of how to look at people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate (for example‚ national‚ ethics‚ religious‚ etc)‚ resulting from a common language and communication style‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ attitudes and values‚ in similar and different ways among themselves and how they endeavour to communicate cross the cultural. Cross cultural communication has seven
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Cultural Sensitivity Cross-cultural issues play a big roll in international marketing. Understanding how cultural differences can affect a marketing strategy‚ both negatively and positively‚ is essential in obtaining success in expanding a business to another country. A country’s economy‚ laws‚ culture‚ language‚ and business practices are factors for consideration when wanting to expand a product in another country. Having a complete understanding a country’s lifestyle and expectations can only
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CULTURAL RESEARCH REPORT THIALAND TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………….ii INTRODUCTION:…………………………………………………………1 BACKGROUND:………………………………………………..............1 DISCUSSION:………………………………………………………………2 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS………………….7 REFERENCES……………………………………………………………….8 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1‚ Ethnic Composition in Thailand……………………3 Figure 2‚ Employment in Thailand………….......................4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The culture in Thailand has a heavy influence
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your name on them and be numbered in the bottom‚ right corner‚ and stapled together. 4) Outline may be done in point form • Please keep it to no more than 250 words • State your research question(s) • Tell me how you will approach (attack) the question(s) • Which perspective/stance will you take • Don’t stress over this….this is to help you get your thoughts moving and organized B) Synopsis 1) You will be synthesizing the contents of 10 (ten) peer
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Mao Ze Dong started the Great Cultural Revolution in 1966‚ in what appeared to be a massive cleansing policy to ensure the final victory of Mao and his supporters over the rest of the Chinese Communist party. Mao Zedong officially launched the Cultural Revolution at Eleventh Plenum of the Eighth Central Committee. Over the next decade‚ literally millions of people were destroyed‚ imprisoned and blamed for previously hidden ’bourgeois tendencies’ while tens of thousands were executed. Mao Zedong
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didn ’t all come over on the same ship‚ but we ’re all in the same boat."- Bernard Baruch Cross-cultural communication is the process of exchanging meaningful and unambiguous information across cultural boundaries‚ in a way that preserves mutual respect and minimizes antagonism‚ that is‚ it looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds endeavour to communicate. The study of cross-cultural communication was originally found within businesses and the government both seeking to expand globally
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