Cultural heritage

Revolutionary pedagogy: “Highest Directives” in textbook The textbooks in the era of Cultural Revolution provide a unique perspective to the establishment of Mao’s cult. Although generally regarded a presentation of academic background and kept at a distant from political turmoil, textbooks didn’t escape from the politicization during the Cultural Revolution; rather it bore witness to the Maoists’ attempt of upraising Mao Thought to an omnipresent, universal and unchallengeable place. Similar…

that society as a whole become more educated on cultural competency. In the study of anthropology we have learned more about cultural universal, generalities, and uniqueness’s (Kottak & Kozaitis, 2012). As cultures become more integrated in our society, it becomes increasing important that we embrace our differences. Going forward, we will discuss several different models of cultural diversity. Assimilation refers to the merging of minority cultural groups and their customs within a society…

anthropology is the study of humans combining a biological and cultural perspective (MindEdge 1.05). Due to the complexity of humankind, anthropology can be broken down into four sub-fields; cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological/physical anthropology. Cultural anthropology is the study of how humans lived, and how their culture was handed down from generation to generation. Cultural anthropologists study a cultural society’s beliefs, ideals, artistic…

The Change A desire to create something new can cause a man to change his life. There are some people in the world who has had this happen to them. I wanted to talk about this because there are people on earth that have done this, I want to let people know what could happen if they did it and hopefully stop them from making a huge mistake. In the novel ¨Frankenstein¨ there is a character named Victor Frankenstein and he had a desire to create something new. He wanted to restore life to an…

isolated sites. If this event had taken place 100 years ago, it would have been weeks or even months before far off parts of the world was aware of it, if ever, they did become aware. However, in today’s world, news travels as it is happening. In “Cultural Anthropology”, Michael Ficsher is quoted as saying that: Contemporary ethnographic research must rework traditional notions of comparative work for a world that is both increasingly aware of difference and increasingly shaped by widespread…

"Where are you from?" People always ask this question when they are making friends. However, this is an embarrassing question for the immigrants because they come from their own countries physically, but they are Americans on the inside. They are struggling to either be Americanized or keep their own cultures. Then, it brings a puzzle to the immigrant parents: should they Americanize their children? In my opinion, Americanizing their children is not a good choice because it’s difficult for them…

staff and representatives, reports and statistics. Her aim is to explore whether wine tourism is a sustainable form of rural tourism and whether it can be used as a tool for economic development. Winery tourism gives tourists a general idea on how cultural tourism is presented. Moreover, the pie chart that I mentioned in my literature review signifies the share of the Canadian beverage…

The track that I chose for my final project is Biological Influences on Personality. The chosen topic is Temperament. Personality is used to determine the differences in behavior patterns. Our personalities are what makes us unique to everyone else. A person’s personality continues to develop throughout their life. One of the factors that influence our personality is our heredity. Heredity refers to the genetic inheritance we develop from our parents. Another influence on our personality is…

Stepheny Saavedra Anthropology 340 Dec. 1, 2016 “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” is one of the many cases that exemplify the barriers and obstacles people from distinct cultures encounter due to their ethnocentrism and lack of cultural relativism. After escaping to the U.S., a place completely different from what they called home, the Lees had to adapt and place their trust on strangers (to save their daughter) who viewed a condition with spiritual origin to the Hmong as a…

A country’s decision to use force on its own people is always a difficult one. A country that has gone through many changes and still trying to find its way has to balance many factors when attempting to determine how to respond to a demonstration of it’s citizens. The use of military force to clear protesters from China’s historically and politically significant Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 was the result of a tumultuous debate about the direction China must follow in the post-Mao era among…