CULTURE AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS AS EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS In this weeks reading by Michael M.J. Fischer provides a spectrum of definitions of what culture embodies. Fischer also supplies a vast amount of examples that relate to various classifications of cultures. He describes “cultures as a methodological concept or tool of inquiry‚ might best be understood in terms of its historically layered growth of specifications and differentiations‚ refined into a series of “experimental systems” that‚ in
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Artifact Speech This past year‚ I was walking with my boyfriend in the mall and we happened to go into a jewelry store. We were just looking around and I spotted a beautiful diamond ring. He came over a looked at it and said it was pretty. Well Christmas came and I was wondering if he got it for me. I opened all my presents from him and they were all great except I didn’t get my ring. Well we went to eat and go see a movie‚ and when he brought me back home I went upstairs to my room and there was
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social technologies‚ human socialization is slowly becoming less meaningful. Let’s retrace our steps. Back in the 1900’s‚ when breakthrough technologies were just being introduced‚ people didn’t rely on “smartphones” and “social media” as a means of communication. Instead‚ they would arrange to meet in person‚ or even engage in friendly conversation with a fellow street-dweller. Today‚ it’s much more difficult to find someone on the streets who isn’t constantly checking their phone. Back at the turn
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watching and playing the game of hockey since I was 6 years old. Hockey is the ultimate test of teamwork and commitment‚ and the game itself has had a bigger impact on me than I could have ever imagined. C. Thesis Statement: Today‚ I brought in my old hockey stick that represents the impact that the game has had on me as a person and how the game has strengthened my relationships with people. D. Main Points: 1. First‚ I will explain the importance of the game of hockey and how it has helped me personally
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From a global perspective‚ the trend toward secularism continues. Generally‚ the more advanced the economy‚ the less importance the public gives to religion. In most developed countries‚ only a small minority of adults attend church regularly. Today‚ only a minority of British people believe in the existence of God‚ a
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Individual Assignment: “Euro Disneyland” 1. Using Hofstede’s four cultural dimensions as a point of reference‚ what are some of the main cultural differences between the United States and France? PDI: Power Distance IDV: Individualism MAS: Masculinity UAI: Uncertainty Avoidance PDI: Power Distance IDV: Individualism MAS: Masculinity UAI: Uncertainty Avoidance The main cultural differences when using the Hofstede dimensions are in the dimensions Power
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Relational Culture Theory and Cultural Humility have a variety of similarities. Relational Culture Theory was developed with the fact in mind that we as humans‚ are naturally drawn to relationships. RCT says that we grown through our relationships in life. Cultural Humility is forgetting what you know about someone based on their culture‚ and hearing it from the source. Both RCT and Cultural Humility benefit people in different ways‚ but they are both key to developing secure relationships. The video
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TESOL: 3.b.6: Provide standards-based instruction that builds upon students’ oral English to support learning to read and write This artifact is an example of the use of primary documents in a thematic unit based on ALCOS 3: Trace the chronology of events leading to the American Revolution‚ including the French and Indian War‚ passage of the Stamp Act‚ the Boston Tea Party‚ the Boston Massacre‚ passage of the Intolerable Acts‚ the Battles of Lexington and Concord‚ the publication of Common Sense
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Cultural Difference and Identity Formation Fall 2012 / 1400 Ad to Present/WCIV 10200 5 EF October 29‚ 2012 In a Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico it is very clear that Hernan Cortés’s way of Empire building and culture conquest in my opinion was by deceiving Montezuma. He had Montezuma believing he had come in peace although his entrance said otherwise. His style emphasized Military traditions along with the accompanying courage
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Why is an understanding of cultural differences important to the business managers at BreadTalk? To assist the managers at BreadTalk to decide if they should expand to Australia‚ briefly describe the Australian culture. A wide range of definitions have been used for the term “culture.” Culture has been defined as the human-made part of the environment (Herkovits‚ 1955)‚ including both objective and subjective elements (Triandis‚ 1972); as a set of reinforcements (Skinner‚ 1981); as the collective
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