Cultural artifact

Different generations “see, interpret, and evaluate events differently, and consequently act upon them differently (Adler, 2008, p.72) When communication breaks down between different ages the workplace can turn into an unpleasant and tension filled environment. When there is a lack of communication it is more likely that assumptions will be made. Assumptions can lead to misunderstandings which can lead to negative effects within an organization. Change is a difficult process for any person in…

Mr. China’s Son, is based off of a true story. Written by He Liyi and Claire Anne Chik, it tells the story of one of the authors, He Liyi. As for some basic information about him, he was a Chinese English teacher who lived through the Cultural Revolution whiling belonging to one of China’s minorities, the Bai. He lived in Yunnan Province. What is very unique about his biography, is that it differs from other documentaries. Mr. China’s Son was written in English compared to many other…

During the early 20th century, anthropologist Franz Boas created the term cultural relativity which was defined as, every culture and society must be understood on its own terms, not that of outsiders. This means that as an anthropologist, to truly study a society, immersing yourself with no biased thought and an open mind are the most important aspects. Cultural relativity is closely related to another key term, cultural relativism. This is the idea that we should not make judgments about other…

beaches to the mountains and large cities, it allows the developments for emerging countries which in return can be a tool to increase the standard of life in a country. There are many impacts that are due to tourism, for example, economics, social, cultural and environmental impacts. The economics impacts help the country and investors to gain money and create new jobs for the people. This helps the regional development of a location, but the negative of tourism that it is the income is…

personality dominated over the government’s revolutionary credentials, Mao himself was aging and could not escape his mortal fate. When he finally passed away ten years after the Culture Revolution started, the Cultural Revolution also ended with him. The chaos and disorder produced by the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 are now commonly referred to as China’ ten lost years, and fundamentally shaped the views of CCP members who survived the ordeal and eventually regained…

“The Dumbest Generation” The debate among generations of who is more intellectual is neverending. Blame for downfalls and shortcomings is passed around and is currently landing on one topic; technology is making the Millennials dumb, the dumbest generation to date. However, this is based on a very narrow scope on intelligence along with unjust comparisons. Generation Y is not the dumbest generation, Adaptations are just being made in how we intake and project information. As decades have…

Unity in Diversity For a second I was not a teenager, not a female, not a friend of all, not a species. To simply put it, I was just a student eager to learn the mathematical discipline. I entered the O.Henry middle school classroom as sound introduced itself as a symphony of chatter and shuffling. I began to sit by the young male, his skin on the other side of the spectrum. He aggressively sighed. “I don’t sit by your kind” he scoffed. My mind ran at an accelerated pace as I rummaged in my…

a biscuit is described as a cookie. Theoretical Perspectives on Audiences: British Cultural Studies: In the 1950’s the British cultural studies were directed by Richard Hoggart, Raymond Williams and Stuart Hall. The studies were based on a response to the Marxist theory it added race, gender, cultural history, and popular culture as areas of study (Gasher et al., 2012). The theory of the British Cultural studies was expanded on behalf of the Marxist theory. When observing the audience,…

Do the Right Thing is a film that challenges the concept of morality. As the name suggests, many of the characters in it struggle to figure out what the right thing is. The film leaves it as ambiguous to what the right thing is. And because there were so many different people trying to figure out what it meant to do the right thing, everyone arrived at different conclusions to what it is. The answer to how Mookie knows what the right thing is is that he really does not know. Throughout the film,…

The article by Clifford Geertz of “Common Sense as a Cultural System” causes a reader to understand and re-evaluate what for most is a simple thought process in which many people have to react to a given situation. Clifford Geertz takes this principle of human consciousness and researches the deeper understanding of this social construct. Geertz uses many examples to demonstrate the relevance of common sense, one of the main examples he uses to explore common sense is through the use of an…