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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Cultural Differences Jason Roby COM 360 October 24‚ 2011 Professor Renee Peckham For any relationship to succeed both parties need patience‚ tolerance‚ and understanding. This becomes especially important when individuals come from dissimilar cultural backgrounds. If the individuals take the time to learn about the other’s culture many stereotypes and misconceptions will be eliminated. If they slow down and listen to one another they will likely find that despite their differences they
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Mainly a Form of Cultural Defence (33) An ethnic minority is a group of individuals whose nationality and cultural traditions differ from that of the majority population in a society. Compared to Britain’s main population‚ ethnic groups have been identified to be more religious. The use of religion of these ethnic minorities has been debated‚ with some sociologists arguing that it serves the purpose of cultural defence whereas others argues that it has a different function. cultural defence refers
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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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label others‚ all without considering their background or the influences of their culture. However‚ it is our cultures that have shaped us into who we are without us even knowing. Our perception of the world around us has been hindered because of cultural ignorance. Education is one of the dominating factors in our lives. For some‚ it is their education--or lack thereof--that will be the deciding factor in the outcome of their lives; therefore‚ with such a large influence on our futures‚ how do we
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Understanding other cultures without making judgments about the way they do things or the way they understand and react to things is the basic concept of cultural relativity. The importance of this idea is demostrated by Richard B. Lee in his story about the Christmas feast with the !Kung. In this story Lee‚ a social anthropologist living with the tribe‚ experiences a misunderstanding that almost caused him to pack his belongings and leave the bushmen which were the subject of his study
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CULTURAL ARTIFACTS Cultural Artifacts CULTURAL ARTIFACTS Abstract Today we are surrounded by artifacts that describe our culture without us even realizing it. I’m sure 100 years ago people would have never guessed the Titanic would be an icon for that time period and we would be trying to resurrect artifacts and learn about that phase of boat engineering even today. While we sit here right now typing on
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Report on the Cultural Adaptation on the PG Students in Middlesex University Executive Summary: When new students attend university in a new culture from their own culture‚ behaviors and expectations change. According to Zhou at el (2008)‚ traditionally researchers thought that culture shock was only about medical conditions. Historical theory has changed to contemporary theory of acculturation. This theory contains of cultural learning‚ stress and coping and social identification. We found
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Cultural changes that occurred during the time period of 600-1450 C.E. along the Indian Ocean trade route was that Islam was introduced and Buddhism was founded and spread along the route. As for cultural continuities‚ the caste system during this time period‚ and the use of the language Sanskrit remained the same during this era. One change along the Indian Ocean trade route was that there was the introduction of Islam in Southeast Asia‚ the Swahili city states‚ and of course‚ India. Islam had
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228/272 Summary of “Cultural Baggage” In the article “Cultural Baggage” published at The New York Times magazine on May 3‚ 1992‚ the author Barbara Ehrenreich assess and weighs hers and other people’s cultural and religious background. By listening to an exciting friend about her cultural legacy‚ Mrs. Ehrenreich abruptly understood that she hasn’t defined one. However‚ she impliedly denotes some English heritage. In the 60’s and 70’s era‚ she witnessed ethnical and cultural awakening. These celebrations
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