Microbiological culture

2010-2011 school year. The author contends that English is not unfamiliar to the region due to its historical relationship with the United Kingdom, as well as current political and economic relationships with English speaking nations and popular culture. English is also the primary language of tertiary education in the UAE. However, Arabic is the…

anthropologist whose largest and most important works were on the Balinese cockfights in Indonesia, and defined culture as a web of ideas expressed in symbols, that can have multiple meanings. Stanley Tambiah (1929-2014) was a Professor Emeritus at Harvard that formulated a performative approach to ritual, where every human action was a ‘performance’ and all performances were telling to the culture. Structure and communitas are the two main cornerstones to Victor Turner’s theory of symbols.…

During the 1960s and 1970s two schools of thought took prominence in sociocultural anthropology: development and underdevelopment theory, as well as, the world-systems theory; which, in combination with the key tenets of Marxism laid the foundation of a new critical perspective called anthropological political economy. A precursor to the modern form of “political economy”, referred to now as “classical” political economics, has been dated to the eighteenth century, this later divided into the…

When asked on what makes someone truly American, the answer you usually get is freedom, patriotism, and loving the “American way”. Culture, defined by the mannerism of what a person does, cannot be condensed into a simple phrase or quality. In the past, other cultures such as the African and Native Americans were viewed as a nuisance to achieving Uniformity as an American Country, and were sought out and assimilated to try to fit in with the norm of society. This was done to ensure that cultural…

Clarification stage is where individuals accept some of the positive attitudes about their culture and accept themselves. It has taken a long time for me to get to this stage. I spent a long time in the “Ethnic Psychological Captivity” stage. This is where individuals internalize negative ideas about their culture, have low self-esteem, and strive for higher cultural assimilation. I was never proud of my culture, because I saw mostly the hate. Having family members who use racial slurs, fly…

Culture describes a people’s way of life. Through the whole of attitudes, ethics, ambitions, and practices shared by individuals in a society, people create a community that acts as one. Cultures reflect the moral and ethical beliefs and standards that describe how people should behave and interact with others. Nonetheless, problems occur in communities when a clash of cultures transpires, or when individuals in close contact exhibit varied beliefs. In any community, a multitude of cultures…

The lack of solitude in modern-day society has dramatically diminished the quality of interpersonal relationships; however, new technology has provided a unique community for people to thrive in, emphasizing the need for a healthy balance between the two. During the recent reports that have been done on the effects of solitude and technology, one term has developed that is used to measure the interpersonal relationships that society has: social capital. Social capital, defined as “the capacity…

been adapted for hundreds of unique cultures and societies. In the past, language was developed based on individual societies because travel and communication were extremely limited. We see the effects of this today because of the many languages used around the world. Each region is seen as synonymous with a particular language and dialect. Language has developed into another method of distinguishing between cultures. However, with the progression of time, cultures have become intertwined across…

Cultural appropriation defines as when one culture adopts an element of another culture. (Uwujaren 9/30/13) In the world today, many people are witless as to what is culturally appropriate. There are many examples of cultural appropriation today, such as henna tattoos, bindi’s, sports team names, etc. These types of culture or traditions have become a fad for people, especially in America. People who are within the culture tend to get offended when their culture is made into a fad. There are…

Every country, state, city, and even family has their own set of values. Culture is defined as a cluster of ideas, beliefs, characteristics, and behaviors shared by a group in society. When people talk about their identity and how it was formed, they tend to talk about what influenced them, what values came into it, how their experiences, negative or positive came to shape themselves. Since everyone is different people who counsel, treat, or work with helping other must be understood and…