Cultural relativism

However, as the book takes on earthquakes and hurricanes. They are describing how man-made objects can destroy any landscape. They are using cultural landscapes as an example in the book. When something is destroyed how people as a community come together to rebuild it. This shows how globalization came along with major cities and how it is linked. The themes they are talking about is how there…

Mao Zedong had trouble gaining power and rising through the ranks of the Communist Party in the early nineteen thirties. With Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist army closing in on the Communist forces, the Chinese Communist Party was in need of a new leader. The Long March was the event that made Mao Zedong the clear leader of the Chinese Communist Party and later the People’s Republic of China. Mao Zedong, or Tse-tung, was born in a small, isolated village in Hunan Province on December 26th,…

Freeman Tilden was considered to be an innovator in the field of cultural interpretation. Interpreting our Heritage, is recognised as the most influential, seminal book. The book includes the famed “six principles” of interpretation, with an explanation of each one. Tilden’s principles appear straightforward and quite uncomplicated, however, they are more than that, it is sophisticated and imaginative, as his writings speak and challenge the interpreter to this day. This book will offer…

I enjoyed reading your post! I think you found a great article to write about. I agree that understanding the values between the generations is very important. Its helps to motivate workers to work better and keeps workplace united, instead separated in a small groups. Also, since generations got a different life positions its brings a diversity to the workplace. And as we talked before, diversity helps our workplaces to progress and develop. Its very important for new generation managers and…

Hahn (1995:262-293), discusses ethnomedicine and anthropological medicine almost interchangeable, they are one in the same. There are several theories and practices included in anthropological medicine, the most important if the practitioners understanding of a distinct culture, subcultures, and how they differ if beliefs, importance, and understanding of different sicknesses. Hahn (1995:267-269, breaks down the theory of anthropological medicine into three distinct categories. First, sickness…

Clash of Cultural Appreciation Ideals Culture appreciation is a controversial topic in America it is often easily outburst by many different opinions, the different opinions arrive from not having a standard guideline that outlines a common definition of cultural appreciation and how to go about it. In his Article “This is How We Don’t: The Raised Stakes of Cultural Appropriation,” Rex outlines how he views cultural appreciation to be nothing more but stealing one’s identity, he refutes author,…

our hair and the art forms we can create through braiding." This quote shows the background of braids. They are not just used for style and appearance. Cultural appropriation is a concept dealing with the adoption of the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. Appropriation and appreciation are two different things. Cultural appropriation is a bad because people being a hypocrite, black women are being penalized for their natural hair, and people loving black culture…

In his book Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (1984) Pierre Bourdieu argues that cultural choice is related to social position that each individual holds within society. He argues that our everyday decisions are based on symbolic moments that we experience based on our understanding of good taste. His book is based on surveys and interviews conducted in France 1963. I will be critically analysing Distinction and Bourdieu’s Forms of Capital (1986) as well as many other…

Twenty five years ago, thousands of citizens gathered and protested at Tiananmen Square because they wanted a better and stronger government that they could trust. The protestors, led by students, opposed their Communist government and wanted to move to a more democratic system. The citizens wanted to have more economic and social reforms and have freedom of the press. The government felt threatened and was afraid that the protestors would be too powerful and the system would be disabled.…

According to “Custer Died for Your Sins,’ by Vine Deloria, an anthropologist may do more harm than good in Native American research when the anthropologist hosts workshops, which inform young Indian community members of what the anthropologist believes to be the issues as well as the solutions to the issues of challenges facing the community, rather than allowing Indians to organically administer their own solutions to modern day obstacles, develop their own leaders, and determine how their…