Cultural studies

technology will worsen thinking ability. In fact, scientists even claim that since “technology exercises our minds and provides more information” (Source 2), it will enhance intelligence. The well-known science magazine, Discover, even stated that recent studies show the most popular video games challenge “mental dexterity” (Source 6). This implies that the video games the older generations blame for encouraging laziness in younger generations actually sharpens minds, strengthens creativity, and…

KGoddess KGreek Mythology is a set of stories that a particular culture believes to be true, which shapes its peoples' means of understanding themselves and the world around them. We only know what we do, historically speaking, from previous populations, and what we are able to trace back through their writings, art, and architecture; all direct representations of their religious and mythological views and practices. If we were to fast-forward a thousand years, what would that future society…

The Tiananmen square protests of 1989 quickly turned into The Tiananmen square massacre was the most gruesome historical event in Chinese history, killing hundreds. Tens of thousands are arrested, many are imprisoned, and an unknown number are executed. Chinese troops bombarded Tiananmen Square in Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters. The brutal Chinese governments assault on the protesters shocked the West and brought denunciations and sanctions from the United…

Cultural appropriation has been defined by Susan Scafidi as, “taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else's culture without permission. This can include unauthorized use of another culture's dance, dress, music, language, folklore, cuisine, traditional medicine, religious symbols, etc.” In an article written by Brittany Enoghayin, she talks on the recent trend on African print clothing that has become conspicuous in prom attire.…

My interest in anthropology was spurred during my undergraduate education. Prior to my college education, I had no idea what anthropology was. Growing up as a Mexican-American in a large border city, there is an innate awareness of a subtle separation between one’s self and family and friends who live across the border. While high school courses, media and general discourse may create a narrative that explain away inequalities, it was my sociology courses throughout my undergraduate and graduate…

Three prevalent perspectives are relativism, emotivism, and ethical egoism. According to Mosser (2013) Relativism is the idea that one's viewpoint and morals are understood in conditions of one's culturecivilization, or even one's individual morals. My culture thinks soccer is the mainly enter¬taining game to look at, and your society thinks basketball is the mainly entertaining game to look at. My analysis is true, relative to my society, and your analysis is true, relative to your society.…

achieved by the collective efforts of the Chinese peasants, and Chairman Mao saw great potential in the masses. This however, had disastrous consequences and ultimately led to the Great Chinese Famine (1959-61) with over 15 million excess deaths. The Cultural Revolution (1966-76) was aimed at removing any 'anti-revolutionary' elements of Chinese society. The means used to achieve this end were indiscriminate violence and ill treatment meted out by a radical group called the Red Guards who…

Courses on Psychological Measurement, Research Methods, and Statistics allowed me to gain skills on collecting and analyzing data. Education in Cultural Psychology and my own cross-culture experience lead to my high understanding in cultural-awareness, an increasingly important trend in international countries like Japan. In fact, I am currently working independently with a professor on research in the area of intercultural competence – both…

Case 5- Tambrands Overcoming Cultural Resistance Lydia Fontanez MGMT-539 Dr. Kay Green February 10, 2018 Summary In this case scenario the company Tambrands’s only sell Tampax, which is the best-selling tampon in the world, with 44 percent of the global market. However, the company got concern when its earnings dropped 12 percent accounting for $82.8 million of revenues. According to the article 45 percent of the sales were attributed to the United States market, which was considered…

Ogbera, Gabriel ENG 103 First Draft Instructor Michael Dusek The Millennials: A Response Essay Much has been written about millennials in recent times by different people with different views. But of all the comments about the millennials, those of experts Joel Stein, Jean Twenge and Chelsea Clinton stand out. While Jean Twenge labeled millennials as lazy, selfish, self-absorbed, selfish, entitled, narcissistic, fame-obsessed, and…