Cultural Awareness in Dominican Republic Maximo Moises Vincente Mejia
Advanced Leaders Course 13J
Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, etc. Culture has become key in our interconnected world, which is made up of so many ethnically diverse societies, but also riddled by conflicts associated with ethnicity, religion, and ethical beliefs. Culture is not fixed, it will always be changing, which makes it difficult to define any culture in one only way. During this cultural awareness research, I will discuss five major characteristics of culture; social, shared, learned, transmissive, and continuous. I will also discuss the …show more content…
Social culture is developed through social interactions; it will differ through different societies. We acquire culture by associating with others. A person cannot possess culture, in a sociological sense it is “shared”. When we are born, the people involved in your social life, i.e. parents share their beliefs, values, traditions, morale, etc. with their families, and they learn it; which bring us to the next cultural characteristic: culture is “learned”. Learning a culture becomes a behavior. I.e. we learn to greet, dress, express, eat, etc. depending in our culture; these are cultural behaviors. Sharing, and learning these cultures from families is a great example of how culture is “transmissive”. Culture is passed from one generation to another. The main engine in culture is language; we learn to speak and body language. Through language we are able to learn, understand our culture from our previous generations, and transmit to our future generations. Lastly culture is “continuous cumulative”. It is a continuous process, culture never stops changing; therefore a culture will not be exactly the same as in previous generations, but its main roots and tradition …show more content…
Trujillo, Dominican Republic’s infrastructure was crumbling, due to neglect, and under investment. After the dictatorship in 1960, the infrastructures in the country has grown, the government invested greatly roads, docks, airports, and any infrastructure tourism based. This Infrastructure investment helped immensely in the tourism sector, being part of the country’s major economic sectors. These infrastructure improvements however did not benefit the country as a whole, many rural areas still have impassable roads, and it worsens during natural disasters. Not having passable roads makes it difficult for local farmers to transport their produce, to the city and to the markets. These underdeveloped areas are not noticed by tourists, since the roads traveled for tourist area are modern infrastructures. Of the 7,830 miles of roads in 2000, only about half of the country’s road were paved. There are some railway lines in Dominican Republic, mostly for sugar cane plantations and are privately owned by the plantation. In Santo Domingo metro city rails are starting to develop, helping ease the traffic in such busy city. There are thirteen airports in the Dominican Republic, five of them being international, to help spread tourists arrivals and ease congestion at the main airport in Santo Domingo. In 1999 the government sold control of the airport management to different foreign consortia, helping with its
Advanced Leaders Course 13J
Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, etc. Culture has become key in our interconnected world, which is made up of so many ethnically diverse societies, but also riddled by conflicts associated with ethnicity, religion, and ethical beliefs. Culture is not fixed, it will always be changing, which makes it difficult to define any culture in one only way. During this cultural awareness research, I will discuss five major characteristics of culture; social, shared, learned, transmissive, and continuous. I will also discuss the …show more content…
Social culture is developed through social interactions; it will differ through different societies. We acquire culture by associating with others. A person cannot possess culture, in a sociological sense it is “shared”. When we are born, the people involved in your social life, i.e. parents share their beliefs, values, traditions, morale, etc. with their families, and they learn it; which bring us to the next cultural characteristic: culture is “learned”. Learning a culture becomes a behavior. I.e. we learn to greet, dress, express, eat, etc. depending in our culture; these are cultural behaviors. Sharing, and learning these cultures from families is a great example of how culture is “transmissive”. Culture is passed from one generation to another. The main engine in culture is language; we learn to speak and body language. Through language we are able to learn, understand our culture from our previous generations, and transmit to our future generations. Lastly culture is “continuous cumulative”. It is a continuous process, culture never stops changing; therefore a culture will not be exactly the same as in previous generations, but its main roots and tradition …show more content…
Trujillo, Dominican Republic’s infrastructure was crumbling, due to neglect, and under investment. After the dictatorship in 1960, the infrastructures in the country has grown, the government invested greatly roads, docks, airports, and any infrastructure tourism based. This Infrastructure investment helped immensely in the tourism sector, being part of the country’s major economic sectors. These infrastructure improvements however did not benefit the country as a whole, many rural areas still have impassable roads, and it worsens during natural disasters. Not having passable roads makes it difficult for local farmers to transport their produce, to the city and to the markets. These underdeveloped areas are not noticed by tourists, since the roads traveled for tourist area are modern infrastructures. Of the 7,830 miles of roads in 2000, only about half of the country’s road were paved. There are some railway lines in Dominican Republic, mostly for sugar cane plantations and are privately owned by the plantation. In Santo Domingo metro city rails are starting to develop, helping ease the traffic in such busy city. There are thirteen airports in the Dominican Republic, five of them being international, to help spread tourists arrivals and ease congestion at the main airport in Santo Domingo. In 1999 the government sold control of the airport management to different foreign consortia, helping with its