High context culture

Over the context of this paper, I will observe and implement my own culture through a magnifying glass to get a perspective of an outsider, and I will compare an aspect of another culture from an insider’s perspective in order to become more aware with the motivations behind the practice. Specifically, I will discuss the condition of higher education in America, contrasted with the practice of polygyny among African families to show how Sub-Saharan Africans view as “normal” in a larger context,…

Hofstede’s (1980) dimension of power distance measures the degree to which members of an organization or a culture accept that power is distributed unequally. If the people of a country have a high power distance index, they are supposed to accept inequalities and are improbable to question their superiors. Collectivism versus Individualism is the extent to which people view themselves as part of an organization, family or group. The pursuit of self-interests and personal achievement is…

Indonesia is part of Southern Asia culture cluster which holds values in strong family connections and a deep concern for their communities. (West,2016) Provided is a picture that shows the overall cluster’s societal practices and values. “For the overall cluster’s societal practices are high on group collectivism (5.87), power distance (5.39), and humane orientation (4.72) and low on gender egalitarianism (3.28). The other cultural dimensions are rated in the mid-range, around an average of 4.…

Culture plays a huge role in many phases of our lives and it is where many grounding as individuals come from. The culture we are born into plays a significant part in the people we are, who we become and how we see the world. It is interesting that we are talking about this in class because it is so relevant to an story I heard on CBC radio recently. The show was talking about something called cultural therapy. I had never heard of this before and it intrigued me. So much so, that it really…

cultural care diversity and universality theory, theory of caring, concept of teach, and the new worldview of unitary caring paradigm. The theory-driven practice framework embodies globalization focusing in human culture and human experiences. Leininger focused observations in human cultures such as behaviors, needs, responses, and care expectations differing from one individual to another (Leininger, 2015). Swanson centered her way of globalization applying five caring processes: knowing,…

and mixed up around the globe. A passage by Charles Gellar (in Hayden & Thompson, 1995) illustrates this conceptualisation of cosmopolitan education in an international education context: Not so much curriculum, but what takes place in the minds of children as they work and play together with children of other cultures and backgrounds ... that cooperation, not competition, is the only viable way to solve the major problems facing the planet, all of which transcend ethnic and political borders.…

(1) Text, (b) Texture, and (c) Context; of all these the level of context is the most important. According to Allan Dundes the context of an item of folklore is the specific social situation in which that particular item is actually employed. Without context study of proverb also remain incomplete. In his book Magic Science and Religion (Garden City, 1954 P- 104) Bronislaw Malinowski also says, The Text of course, is extremely important, but without the context it remains lifeless. In order to…

interactions, from gift-giving to hiring practices and market exchange, the politics of urban development are also highly socially, culturally, and historically determined. It is a mistake to overlook the complexities of local social norms and cultural contexts that play a far more nuanced role than the growth machine and other models suggest.…

components a nurse should assess for regarding the unique culture of each person. These include evaluating the patient’s communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations. From these key ideas, culturally sensitive care can be created. Communication. This model was created based on the…

Culture implies a variety of things. It encompasses complex systems of thought and belief across a group. It provides structure to the morality and behavior of a community-not only directing their actions, but providing context as to why they act that way. Naturally, the culture one grows up in helps build their identity, as does the language they speak, the social class they belong to, and the country that breeds them. How atrocious, then, is the act of transforming one’s indigenous culture…