social and cultural rights

Ethnocentrism refers to judging other cultures based on our own cultural standards. The culture which a person belongs to is centered. Other cultures rotate towards it with a sense of inferiority.Xenocentrism and culture relativism both lay at the extremities of ethnocentrism. What could an excess of each cause? Are we limited to any international standard? Is any culture prone to extinction due to any of those concepts? Are we rendering our own cultures isolated and drifting towards belonging…

space as a location to develop their social relationships with each other apart from Muslim men. In total, 46% of the participants saw the benefits of improved social relationships when at high quality green space. With the belief that mental health could be improved, 46% agreed and 60% agreed that it would improve their physical health. This study gives great significance to the assumption that green infrastructure is currently used to reap the cross-cultural benefits of health and wellbeing…

work related commitments, children spend a considerable time of their childhood in different social contexts. As the early years of childhood are very important for social, emotional, cognitive, physical and language development, children’s social surroundings put a great impact on developing their views and attitudes. Robinson et.al (2006) explains that this development takes place in within different social contexts where issues related to human diversity and differences impact significantly…

Introduction to media and cultural study – assignment 2 Lam Lok Yin 23rd October 2014 Social campaigns are cultural texts which produce and challenge established meanings, values, identities, practices, and social structures like the ways of knowing, seeing, and being, and what could say. The purpose of this essay is to identify and analyse the discourse that are central to a social campaign and discuss the socio-political effects the campaign produces. This essay will be analysing a social…

make a change in United States Society. Cultural relativism fits in with the idea of basic human rights because it allows every person their own opportunities to make decisions based on their own opinion and act on those decisions. Rights like political, civic, social, economic, and most importantly life are just a few of the basic human rights found inside the United States. Stemming off from these innate rights there have been a wide variety of social…

Why the term ‘cultural relativism’ matters in our days? Why do we have to study cultural relativism and accept it? Many people say that cultural relativism is a huge concept which is hard to understand and even harder to accept. We can see many things in our world. Some people practice some kind of traditions which for the rest of the humanity might seem cruel or violent. Sometimes we see but do not understand why some people are so much prejudiced and obsessed with their tradition and customs.…

describe the actions and behaviours that violate social norms, both formally-enacted and socially appropriate. Divided into two different types of categories; formal and informal deviance, aforementioned deviant behaviours range from murder and rape (formal) to standing unnecessarily close to another individual (informal). These also have different ramifications in both legal and societal senses. The variance of deviance occurs dependent on culture, as cultural norms are incessantly relative,…

Title: An Analysis of the Social/Environmental Relationship Between Creativity and Intelligence in Vocational Success Introduction: This article review will define the important relationship between intelligence and creativity, which are often affected by the levels of socio-cultural conditions in various environmental settings. Certainly, the overarching theme of creativity and intelligence being “independent” cognitive functions is found in all of the literature examined in this review, yet…

Dilemmas of International Human Rights and Humanitarian NGOs puts forth many dilemmas that human rights are faced with. Two major dilemmas the case study talks of is the clash of rights between western cultural and local culture, and International non-government organisation (INGOs) providing humanitarian assistance in conflict zones and how it can cause more harm than good. Kalev (2004) dives into the issue surrounding the clash between human rights and cultural rights surrounding female…

Utilizing assessment, counseling, consultation and coordination of services (Hansen, Litzelman, Marsh, & Milspaw, 2004). Clinical Social Workers support a client’s educational and academic success with focus on their social-emotional and basic needs, and parental engagement. In the TF-CBT treatment, clinical social workers help clients understand the trauma through psychoeducation by teaching coping skills (control breathing). Therapist teach the client how to express emotions…