Low culture

Globalization process has been in existence for many years now and it can date back to several years ago when Kenya was taking part in trade with other countries like in the case of the coastal trade. The process has got many effects on the Kenyan culture, environment, economy and political systems. Kenya like other countries around the globe that can never exist on their own needs mutual assistance and co-operation between other various nations. Here are the…

Eastern culture has become more and more celebrated in western culture in recent years. It is now considered almost fashionable, in many places, to participate in activities such as meditation and other mindful rituals. It was not until the mid 20th century that the popularity of meditation began to increase. It was around the 1960’s that scientists began to conduct studies on the effects of the activity, during which time the Beatles also became interested in the activity, bringing increased…

In regards to race and ethnicity, predominantly white campuses often work hard to recruit students of color to make their campus more diverse but their retention rates are significantly low (Dias-Bowie, Greenberg, Klukken, Pollio, Thomas, & Thompson, 2004). This is because predominantly white institutions tend to struggle with promoting a campus climate for racial/ethnic diversity because the administration tends to also be predominantly…

proper professional development programs that cover all areas of multicultural groups so that they may design and implement instructional plans accordingly. The second principle pertains to students targeting high expectations, equal opportunities, low student-teacher ratios, teacher quality, and a safe educational environment. The third principle aims at the curriculum that includes all points of view. The fourth principle centers on the extra-curricular activities that should be available to…

2.2.4 Factors influencing the practice of FGM. Different races and cultures have a variety of reasons for carrying out FGM. In West Africa, this may be related to different ethnic and tribal cultures, family relations, tribal connections, class, economic and social circumstances, and education etc. (Ahmadi &Amir, 2013). Amongst the factors that encourage families to circumcise their daughters is the family’s concern about the girl’s inability to marry if she is not circumcised (Dorkenoo, 1995).…

organization highlights the beauty in diversity as well as women. WFA wanted to be a different kind of awards festival with their unique social and cultural origins. WFA strives to create a social setting where people from all different backgrounds and cultures can gather on common ground and watch interesting films that they normally would not watch. WFA also prides themselves on giving first time filmmakers the chance to have a first audience, the organization wants to create a welcoming…

type of work. In any society when one of their own goes against the cultural norms there is going to be backlash against that person. When any society has certain beliefs, they do not like it when someone acts differently and goes against them. All cultures have certain expectations that they believe everyone should follow, so when someone breaks away from the norm people get defensive and try to stop the person from venturing away from the norm. There are examples of this throughout our…

Aboriginal women past and present. I would like to delve into the history of how their culture switched from a matriarchal society to Aboriginal women losing respect and gaining stereotypes. Through this paper I would like to learn about how these stereotypes have come about, why they exist, and what is being done to stop them. I would like to take in this information for myself, as an educator, to teach children of all cultures that any type of stereotyping is wrong and to teach anyone I can…

contribute to new varieties of youth culture? Affluence combined with other crucial demographic, technological, ideological and institutional factors led to new varieties of youth culture. The youth of the 1960s were generally conformist and apolitical. Young people were at a stage in their life where they were most motivated to construct identities, to forge new social groupings and to negotiate alternatives. They had chosen the liberating potential of American mass culture in rebellion…

indigenous people. The mixing of populations has eliminated knowledge about indigeneity (Kirmayer, 2015). The importance of indigenous knowledge within communities ensures that people can respect and appreciate indigenous people’s distinct languages, cultures and beliefs. Discrimination among the indigenous youth can create emotional challenges for them (Kirmayer, 2015). They are expected to abide by traditional customs, especially at home, however face challenges of acceptance in social…