Cultural Revolution

According to the Cambridge dictionary, cultural appropriation is the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture. Andy Pratt’s “Cultural appropriation: theft or fair exchange?”published on April 10, 2017, in the Conversation shows that the multinational company Nike inappropriately designs the burkini a religious dress of Islamic religions as swimwear. Pratt explains that burkini is not simply a piece…

The field of Anthropology is a robust and eclectic field of study that covers virtually all aspects of human existence, but focuses on social and cultural development. Its scope extends from the analysis of the oldest fossil records, tools, artifacts and evidences of society and culture to tell us hopefully the complete story of humanity. In recent years, the field has undoubtedly been reshaped as it adapts to the changes in advancements of technology and scientific instruments, which have…

Ethnocentrism is judging another culture based upon the values and standards set in one's own culture. Though we may choose to deny it all we want, all of us are ethnocentric in some way shape or form, minus the handful of people who are in fact not ethnocentric. It is incredible how this planet is consists of so many different people belonging to different races or ethnicities. Color, language, culture, appearance, values are all factors that are fed upon by ethnocentric cultures or…

Sociocultural changes are visible throughout Canada as we are a diversified country supporting many different beliefs, values, cultural and social factors. With the focus on many different beliefs and values throughout my community from past to present time it is evident that sociocultural changes are always in motion. As a child growing up in a small rural town there were very few single parent household, same sex marriages, and limited ethnic diversity in comparison to the historical Caucasian…

Anthropologist Franz Boas is well-known for promoting the concept of cultural relativism. Meaning, practices, beliefs, and ideas within a certain culture make sense within that culture. As an outsider, certain beliefs or practices of cultures that are different from our own can easily be misunderstood or interpreted incorrectly. Although cultural relativism promotes the idea of respecting and understanding the beliefs and practices of different cultures, when does a certain practice/belief…

All nurses want to provide competent and holistic care to their patients. As nurses we must recognize that “nursing care and cultural care are equivalent and inseparable” (Marrone, 2008). This paper will outline my experience with caring for a Muslim boy and how to go about providing culturally congruent care to a diverse population. Description During my clinical experience, I encountered a paraplegic Muslim boy who was on our rehab ward recuperating from orthopedic surgery. The patient was…

Moving to a new country comes with a choice, a choice to embrace a foreign culture or alienate oneself with their own culture. In a world that encourages multiculturalism, it is difficult to believe that immigrants face social alienation. In Zadie Smith’s novel White Teeth, the consequences of multiculturalism and assimilation among immigrant communities gives her readers the opportunity to empathize the feelings of social alienation felt amongst immigrants in the world today. Many immigrants…

For a long time, older generations have liked to moan and bemoan about the younger generation. It has happened since at least the 1920s, when the new woman emerged and rejected the traditions of the Victorian era. Though this has almost become a “rite of passage” as said by Aaron Kaufman in “an Open Letter from a Millennial to Society,” it has made Millennials the “butt” of many mean jokes, and they have had to face many insults about how they are “the dumbest, laziest, most entitled,…

created by those in power to maintain the status quo in terms of standardization and commodification was first developed by Ardono and Horkheimer based on the economic structure in the western society. It could be comprehended through the operation of cultural hegemony (i.e. how culture industry operates with the consent from the mass by the “dominant fundamental group”) that introduced by Gramsci. The following three academic articles emphasize on different features of culture industry thesis…

December 10). 3) Sex tourism: online discussions and conversations with other avatars for the purpose of game play. This is one of the concerns raised by an avatar as other SL residents desired to view the activity by standing outside the window. 4) Cultural tourism: transcultural conversations with individuals from various backgrounds; not implicitly visible. 5) Identity tourism: Since ‘real’ identities are unverifiable it is guaranteed that each curious individual with an online profile is…