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    Cultural Identity and Cultural Rights “People need to see that‚ far from being an obstacle‚ the world’s diversity of languages‚ religions and traditions is a great treasure‚ affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others‚” Youssou N’Dour (Musician). I certainly believe that cultural diversity is one of the most important matters in society and that we should learn to acknowledge it. Unfortunately‚ we may be culturally diverse but we tend to forget about equality amongst

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    What does August Wilson use the symbols a chain link‚ bucket of nails and two pennies to represent throughout his play Gem of the Ocean? In August Wilson’s play Gem of the Ocean he uses a lot of items and as well as characters to symbolize many things. In the play Gem of the ocean August Wilson uses the chain link to symbolize good luck‚ a bucket of nails to symbolize freedom and two pennies to symbolize hope and/or passage. Throughout the course of August Wilson’s life‚ he wrote a total sixteen

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    world”. The growth of interdependence and cooperation among countries‚ and international companies‚ do not claim that the cultural difference is decreasing. Instead‚ Culture difference increasingly impact on most aspects of people’ activities. Regarding business management‚ it is clear that most of the international companies cannot make more profit because of neglect of cultural differences. On the one hand‚ the globalization has created opportunities for corporations to cooperate among countries

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    What are the differences between “cultural assimilation” stance and the “cultural pluralist” stance as defined by Ting-Toomey and Chung?  Which stance do you subscribe in consideration of immigrant issues?  Why? According to Ting - Toomey and Chung (2012)‚ the "cultural assimilation" stance is an attitude towards the adaptation process in which individuals demand that strangers conform to the host environment. While the "cultural pluralist" stance is one that encourages a diversity of values‚ emphasizing

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    In today’s society Cultural Humility vs Cultural Competency is a major topic and cultural Humility is going beyond the idea of Cultural Competency. Cultural Humility is an understanding of cultural and being able to maintain a stance that respects the aspects of different cultures and the identity of a particular individual. “It requires a commitment to lifelong learning‚ continuous self-reflection on one’s own assumptions and practices‚ comfort with ‘not knowing’‚ and recognition of the power/privilege

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    Cultural Globalization

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    Cultural Globalization refers to the transmission of ideas‚ meanings and values across national borders. From the anthropological context culture is more indigenous and refers to elements that condition and distinguishes human life as opposed to other mammals and gives a sense of identity. The main ingredients are probably language‚ history‚ religion‚ customs‚ artifacts‚ cooking‚ values‚ traditions‚ and also dependent upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations

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    Cultural Intelligence

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    issues of cultural intelligence and how we can better promote cultural intelligence in the workplace‚ the team conducted an intensive research on this issue through various research studies‚ academic journals and book references. In the process of the research‚ we also made several references to numerous videos relating to cultural intelligence. The videos were found mostly on the internet as well as in some movies. Once we felt better equipped with the knowledge of culture and cultural intelligence

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    World Views and Cultural Landscapes Every land has a past and a story behind it that has been built with time. This history is extremely important because if you take the time to analyse a certain land‚ you can realise that it has a lot of interesting things that you can learn. But are some lands more important than other? To characterise a land as a cultural landscape‚ many criteria are demanded. Also‚ a big influence for this kind of land is the world view. Here are two important terms that

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    Cross-Cultural Psychology Roberta Menlove Psy/450 January 29‚ 2013 Jacquie Nelson Cross-Cultural Psychology Culture exist everywhere‚ it performs a significant function throughout life. Culture expresses itself in every individual’s life. These expressions come in multiple forms such as behavior‚ appearance‚ and language. The importance of culture and its influence is demonstrated in the relationship between different cultures and cross-cultures‚ how individuals use critical thinking as well

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    American Cultural Imperialism: Fact or Myth? The phenomenon known as globalization has brought sweeping changes to the world. Forces associated with globalization like the spread of capitalism‚ advancements in communications and information technology‚ and expansion of the media have contributed to these changes. The main trademark of globalization has been an increasing flow of exchange in trade and culture. With this lowering of barriers‚ some people have begun to talk of a global culture

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