Pop Culture Popular culture is your friend. Popular culture is good for you. Today consumers are the dictators. The people have spoken and we wish to be satisfied with something more substantial than "Perfect Strangers" and The Monkees. And we have that now‚ for the most part. In his article "Watching TV Makes You Smarter‚" Steven Johnson argues that culture today is far different from that of the glory days of the 1970s. Culture today is more demanding cognitively. He introduces what he calls
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The Maasai Culture The group in cultural anthropology that I would like to study as a cultural anthropologist is the Maasai. From prior knowledge‚ I have learned that the Maasai are a cultural group that resides in vast open spaces in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa. The Maasai are found in countries such as Kenya and Tanzania‚ and their lifestyles are a reflection of the environment in which they live. One of the aspects that I find the most interesting about the Maasai is that they
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CULTURES AT BOTH ENDS OF THE WORLD The world we live in is made out of a vast differing quality of distinctive societies. One of the main contrasts within this diversity of cultures is the differences between the East and the West. Eastern and Western cultures differ with one another in a wide range of point of view. In this essay‚ I will discuss how the distinction between the two varies and how it influences the behaviors and practices of individuals. First and foremost‚ I would like to point
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The Brazilian culture has a rich diversity predominantly influenced by the Portuguese customs‚ religion‚ and way of life but also from the indigenous African Americans and Native Americans that now represent Brazil. Most Brazilians come from European ancestry with a smaller percentage from African and Indian decent. Individuals in the Brazilian culture containing mixed African and European ancestry are referred to as “mulattoes.” On the other hand those from both Indian and European are called “mestizos
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Spanish culture Spain is a very geographic diverse country‚ ranging from deserts‚ beaches‚ and mountains. Spain is deeply rooted in tradition due to the many outside influences throughout time. Spain is the third largest country in Europe. Spain became part of NATO‚ and then joined the European Union in 1986. After this the economy of Spain increased significantly‚ placing Spain firmly on the Western economy map and gained major trading partners. The country is a highly developed and stable democracy
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The Value of Culture On the relationship between economics and arts edited by Arja Klamer AM ST ERD AM UN IVE RSIT Y PRE SS The Value ofCulture The Value ofCulture On the Relationship between Economics and Arts Edited by Arjo Klamer AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS Cover illustration: Vincent van Gogh‚ Le docteur Paul Gachet. Coli. Van Gogh Museum‚ Amsterdam Cover design: Marjolein Meijer‚ BEELDVORM‚ Leiden Typesctting: Bert Haagsman‚ MAGENTA‚ Amsterdam ISBN 90-5356-2I9-2
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generations about how the earth came to be. Some of these stories have not only differences‚ but also similarities. African and Iroquois cultures seem on the surface to have nothing in common‚ especially because they are from different parts of the world. However‚ they both share fundamental values. The myths “The Golden Chain” from Africa and “The World on the Turtle’s Back” from the Iroquois culture‚ are similar in the fact that they both value simplicity and a deity figure. Iroquois and African
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Communication between cultures Chapter 8 Cultutal influences on Context: The business setting Chapter 8 is about the "environment " in which communication in the a certain business takes place. We need to take into account that communication has an order‚ and is rule governed. Cultural context takes a big part in communication while doing business or while negotiating for whatever reason(not necessarily about money)‚ with someone else‚ and the chapter explains how it affects it‚ and how communication
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Brazilian Culture Language in Brazil Language is one of the strongest elements of Brazil’s national unity. Portuguese is spoken by nearly 100 percent of the population. The only exceptions are some members of Amerindian groups and pockets of immigrants‚ primarily from Japan and South Korea‚ who have not yet learned Portuguese. The principal families of Indian languages are Tupí‚ Arawak‚ Carib‚ and Gê. There is about as much difference between the Portuguese spoken in Brazil and that spoken
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American Culture INT 110-01 Final Exam Questions December 15‚ 2012 History and Geography are the most important factors that shape a given society’s culture; In Lebanon‚ religions are of great influence on the adopted values and assumptions; some will be discussed in the following to make the point about how history and geography have interfered to shape the Lebanese society as such‚ and then a comparison with the American values and their historical backgrounds will follow; -Family:
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