Cultural Autobiography By Summer Benson Start by describing the cultural aspects of your family background (attitudes‚ beliefs and values). My mom was adopted at the age of 9 but was given up at birth. So she grew up her first 9 years bouncing from foster home to group homes. And my dad is Algonquin Native American‚ but I did not meet him until I was 15 years old. With that being said‚ I don’t really know my culture background and sure wasn’t raised with one. I had a single
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Journey of an Ethnic Orphan: Cultural Essay Over the past 100 years my family has come from many places of origin Lebanon‚ Spain‚ Ireland‚ Russia‚ Germany and many others. over the past century there’s been a breakdown and separation amongst the family and its traditions that we used to have. There’s so much left to my imagination regarding my culture and ethnicity‚ but there is some that I am aware of from questioning people such as my mother‚ father‚ grandmother and other extended family members
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The articles written by Linda McDowell and James Duncan discussed what cultural geography really is and its transformation through time. Linda McDowell’s article was entitled “The Transformation of Cultural Geography” while James Duncan’s article was entitled “The Superorganic in American Cultural Geography.” I find the article of Maxwell more interesting and well-explained than Duncan’s article. The scope of McDowell’s article is more extensive while Duncan’s article is focused on his main argument
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What’s going to stay with me is asking people question to get to know them because you get to know what they are into or who they are. It’s important to to know different cultural traditions not just our own because if you know other culture you would be able to understand certain things and situation in their perspective. The thing that surprised me while communicating with our partner was that we didn’t know each other and
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What is the importance of cultural competency in nursing practice? Support your response. We as part of the health care team need to understand all cultures in order to provide holistic Nursing care. Being culture competent is more than just knowing what each culture traditional norms are‚ it is knowing one’s own beliefs and values and being able to put these aside when providing care. Since each culture and religion perceives diseases‚ treatments and value of life differently we as nurses need
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Cultural Relativism This essay covers various aspects of cultural relativism and its argument to readers. Cultural relativism is a theory‚ which mainly concentrates on differences in values and moral beliefs of different people. To help explain the concept of cultural relativism I have used James Rachels argument. The main idea of cultural relativism is that "Different cultures have different moral codes" (Rachels 652). This means that there is no thing as universal truth ’‚ and what is right
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Cultural Event Report: HUM 112 – World Cultures II Abstract Cultural education and appreciation influence economic growth and advance a rewarding intellectual‚ emotional‚ moral and spiritual life of a people. Community development is a collaborative and facilitative process undertaken by the community that shares a common purpose of building capacity. The mission of the All Cameroonian Cultural & Development Foundation (ACCDF) combines cultural sustenance and community development to promote
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< Academy oi Management Executive‚ 1993 Vol. 7 No. 1 Cultural constraints in management theories Geert Hofstede‚ University of Limburg‚ Maastricht‚ the Netherlands Executive Overview Management as the word is presently used is an American invention. In other parts of fhe world not only fhe pracfices but the entire concepf of management may differ‚ and the theories needed to understand it‚ may deviate considerably from what is considered normal and desirable in fhe USA‚ The reader is invited
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ACS 200 Cultural Event #1 02/05/02 Scissors‚ Paper‚ Rock! For my first cultural event of this semester‚ I attended the University Performing Dancers rendition of "Scissors‚ Paper‚ Rock!". This dance performance took place in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre in University Hall here on campus. This performance is considered a cultural event because the game Rock‚ Paper‚ Scissors is an ancient game that many different cultures have claimed to invent. According to the program handed out at the
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August 24‚ 2014 Cultural Heritage as a lot to do with one’s traditions‚ culture‚ ethnicity and the ways you perceive your life. Heritage his what differentiates one individual‚ families and communities to another. Every individual practice and follow their heritage based on one’s ethnicity‚ religion and cultural background. Heritage his defined as “the range of contemporary activities‚ meanings and behaviors that we draw from them” (UMASS Amhert‚ 2012). Cultural heritage his the ways of
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