Cultural region

The tulku system will probably not survive because the Dalai Lama has far less influence than he used to have. This is primarily the result of the People’s Republic of China’s aggressive political maneuverings in Tibet and the resulting weakened state of Tibetan Buddhist culture. The current Dalai Lamai cannot even fully act as head of the Tibetan state because of the state’s fragmentation and his exile. The People’s Republic of China has caused irreversible damage to the tulku system. By…

control of Tibet which has lasted until present day. For the past half century, this control has been a hotly debated question, bringing into question whether or not China should truly be the ruling power in the region. In the 1950s China took over Tibet under the pretense of liberating the region and improving Tibet as a whole. However, since then, Chinese actions have been widely regarded as oppressive and discriminatory towards the Tibetan people. This begs the question of how the Chinese…

Fredrickson labels 4 cultural interactions that have occurred when people of different ethnic backgrounds have interacted throughout American History: Ethnic Hierarchy, One-Way Assimilation, Cultural Pluralism, and Group Separation. Through Fredrickson’s outlining of each model, we are able to identify the benefits and disadvantages that each model possesses and the effect they have on cultural identity. The majority of United States…

Every day, those in social science aim to do research while remaining ethical. Some situations involve tough decisions based on ethics, and cannot always be looked at in the cultural perspective of the one doing research. Such cases are beneficial and can help educate others about the decisions anthropologists have to make without being ethnocentric. Two anthropologists, Terry Kelly and Rose Stone, were given tough situations revolving around ethics. In the end, they both made the right…

plays a major role and causes carbon dioxide to be released into the air, as well as noise and sewage production. Tourism sites such as Coral Reefs and World Heritage Sites are being overused and the result is a threat to the Natural as well as the Cultural resources of London. Tourism plays part in the conservation of their wildlife and usually uses the funds (guide fees, entrance fees) for the maintenance of animal preserves. The quality of any tourist environment, natural and/or man-made will…

However, till date the region i considered as backward and a far away land, remote, isolated and surrounded by intimidating, hostile environment due to the existence of history, geography, and politics. Thus proper utilization of natural (geographical asset) and cultural (institutional asset) resources holds the key to development of a nation or a region with active participation by the people. The sole objective being removal of poverty…

“Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism” “Niwas Katel” “03/02/2015” “Introduction to Sociology” “Professor Bob Young” Ethnocentrism stands in contrast to Cultural Relativism in a manner that in ethnocentrism, an individual finds his ethnicity at the center of comparison and views the world from the angle of his own culture and ethnicity. In Ethnocentrism, a person believes that his ethnic group, race or culture are the most important one and most or at least some of the aspects of his…

Cross-Cultural Miscues Culture can be defined using many different phrases; one way of phrasing culture is a system of shared ideas or meanings. Different parts of the world have vastly different cultures that they practice in their society. Since so many contrasting cultures are present, not everyone knows about what is acceptable in every culture. This leads to cultural “norms” being violated resulting in a cross-cultural miscue. Cross-cultural miscues happen because the actions or languages…

foundation of his revolution the peasants (Marlay and Neher 1999). Mao instigated a reworking of Chinese society during his rule, as Mao strictly believed that change must be the constant and that revolutions must be continuous (Marlay and Neher). The Cultural Revolution weeded out opposition to Mao’s ideas and enforced the shedding of the “four olds”, old thoughts, old culture, old customs, and old habits through young teenagers (Marlay…

East is making a comeback. Both might be right, on the one hand it can be said that the region is in the throes of a transitional period to a more democratic future, while on the other hand it can be seen that the new rulers installed after the Arab Spring appear to be backsliding into old ways of dictatorship and autocracy. It may be tempting for the reader to conclude that the indigenous factors in the region are responsible for this reversal; however it may be more complex than it would seem.…