Low culture

In Measuring Behaviors Across Cultures, Levine discusses what it means to be helpful and how helpfulness can be measured. Levine was inspired to conduct this experiment after comparing how people in New York City helped others versus those who lived in Myanmar. He noted how much more helpful and kind the people of Myanmar were than New Yorkers, so although it was never explicitly stated, it would seem that his hypothesis was that people that resided in rural areas would be more helpful than…

Culture is a mixed bag. Offers individual closeness, mutual support, a sense of identity, and other advantages; but these advantages come at a price. As with other cultural traits, may appear at first as aspects of personality-expression rather than the behavior…

discriminated employee will have a low motivation for being involved in the development and teamwork activities of the company. Workplace diversity might also lead to litigation issues against the company that has adverse effects on the reputation of the organization. Summary A modern approach to human resource management must embrace cultural diversity. Despite the negative personal experiences with cultural diversity within an organization, the inclusion of different cultures within an…

directly into a persons eyes when speaking to them or listening. In Japan extended eye contact can be uncomfortable for people who aren’t very close and typically eyes are averted. The book covers the differences in body language across different cultures and how the differences can cause mistrust and misperception of the situation among cross-national parties. Eye contact would specifically fall under the term kinesic behavior, which refers to communication through body movements. The book…

his studio and, eventually, formed my own stance on his unique design approach. Mr. Liu is very creative in using economic local material to achieve unusual effect, which evoke people’s shared reminiscence about their folk culture. This approach, which he refers to as the ‘low-tech strategy’, is particularly useful in covering up flaws caused by poor construction quality. The success in many of his projects could be attributed to his talent in wielding accessible resource and technology to their…

barriers, racism, economic hardship, high unemployment rates, changing nature and pattern of work combine to create an unfavourable set of circumstances. To begin with, patterns of work in Cabramatta have changed dramatically over time. Different cultures bring different requirements and wants. Upon arrival the Vietnamese struggled to settle into Australian society with economic hardship, and high unemployment rates due to the Recession at that time. In 1992, Cabramatta was known as drug…

myself to other cultures and their lives. For this specific purpose, I choose to go to Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles. I don’t have friends or acquaintances that are from China or that have Chinese heritage. In all honesty, I only considered Chinese culture in relation to food or restaurants. Apart from its Americanized food, I haven’t before exchanged thoughts and ideas with a person of Chinese descendancy. Therefore, the experience of connecting with other unknown cultures made me more…

of Indigenous peoples in federal prisons attended a residential school as a child, the early childhood trauma perpetuates a trend of physical, sexual and emotional abuse that is usually manifests in violence or criminal activity. (CFP) Low socioeconomic status, low education rates, and higher levels of mental illness within Indigenous communities are also major factors in criminal activity. (CFP) On top of these disadvantages, once incarcerated Indigenous inmates are likely to serve longer…

When we look on a larger scale the India owns a rich cultural heritage. The culture plays a vital role in defining the particular design style of a place or people with time. The objective of the paper is to study the changes in culture and heritage from vernacular to modern era around India. Vernacular design has been evolved through a process of trial and error from ages. In Methodology the vernacular and contemporary are documented and analyzed on various parameters of tradition. The…

o Historical Trauma: We spent two class sessions discussing historical trauma, and we specifically discussed the plights of Aboriginal children in Australia and Native American children in the United States. Our discussion surrounding the intent of the perpetrators was fascinating, and it was heartbreaking to hear the way in which oppressors on both continents felt justified, and even responsible, to carry out atrocities. In a certain way, the perpetrators did have compassion, and many of them…