Cultural competence

1. The term nonverbal communication refers to communication without the use of sounds or vocalization. Heider (2007) says these include gestures, expressions, and space. Nonverbal communication is often just as powerful as vocal communication as they often express subconscious feelings or thoughts. A holistic view of a cultures language can only be achieved after examining both the verbal and nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication is important to anthropological research because they…

traditions and different Gods. Cultural relativism lengthens this idea by presuming that whether a moral action is accepted differ from society to society, and different society follow different rules, thus all cultures are treated equally. One can argue that human sacrifice in Aztec civilization was accepted by within own society, just as we have turkeys for Thanksgiving…

This video also bring up important point concerning ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Ethnocentrism is the concept of looking at other cultures, and comparing them in relation to your own culture. Using ethnocentrism usually causes the person to see other cultures as barbaric or inferior, while seeing their own culture…

and have proved its benefits to medicinal practices. Refocusing on the idea of living in the Age of Bacteria, it is clear that becoming immune to the earth’s natural products are an important part of boosting one’s immune system. Entomophagy is a cultural phenomenon in foreign cultures, and is a tradition that lives on to harness the food of their ancestor’s. All in all, entomophagy is a form of food in modern cultures that contains non-dietary benefits to health. In anthropological studies, it…

One of them is cultural anthropology, which is the study of individual cultures mostly through participant observation, living in a culture or learning a culture different from your own. Cultural anthropology seeks to learn and compare cultures to help us as humans understand each other and recognize our diversity (Cloak, Jr., F. T., 1968). Basically, one cannot fully understand a culture without looking at all the features (the whole picture). One of the basic importances of cultural…

Throughout history there have been many cases of assimilation. However, almost every attempt has been unsuccessful. For example, after evangelizing native-Americans in the west, native culture continued to exist. The short story “The Lost Sister”, by Dorothy M. Johnson, explains the unsuccessful and negative effects of forced assimilation of the aboriginal people. The tragic consequences of assimilation are exhibited through the protagonist’s family’s ignorant ideas of Aunt Bessie before and…

then back to Mao. Later, the book would focus on Mao. In the middle of the book, Mao Zedong is focused on. There are many things that he did when he was leader of China. The Cultural Revolution was a big thing during Mao’s time. There were several Chinese citizens who told the author what they thought about the Cultural Revolution. Some…

Practices Every Friday morning at a Walmart Supercenter store in Mexico, just as the night shift workers are concluding their shift and the morning shift is arriving, the staff eats breakfast together. This informal, but ritualistic gathering has not only become a tradition, it is an elemental component of the corporate culture of that particular Walmart (González, 2013). Furthermore, it is important to note that this activity is essentially free, the staff bring their own meals, but the…

Healey has also define on what is pluralism on page 43 he stated, “on the other, exists when groups maintain their individual identities. In a pluralistic society, groups remain separate, and their cultural and social differences persist over time” In my own words, pluralism is you being close out from other group of people and keeping your culture true to yourself and not changing yourself to no one. For example, my mother didn 't enjoy the fact that…

urges that Jefferson "stuffed the money into his pockets and celebrated the event by drinking over their still-bleeding bodies" (7). His malicious interpretation of Jefferson's intention reflects and, at the same time, reinforces African Americans' cultural image of bestiality…