The Encounter

not found anywhere else. The topic of my discussion is about how cultural encounters effects people’s lives when they travel from their home town where they are born to other places with different culture. The word cultural encounter means interactions between people belonging to diverse social standards be it be their language, or religion, their form of art or drama all comes under cultural encounters. Cultural encounters occurs in societies where there are people belonging to different…

During this course we have learned about events from the past in which people from diverse cultures have interacted through a wide range of encounters. These encounters have resulted in experiences that have served as the backbone to many establishments, customs and methods that have become the way of “doing” world history. Ultimately these deeply embedded encounters have inspired the societies we live in today. Although different societies were built on different foundations, I believe the…

The Cultural encounter is a concept that is used in public and academic related discussions. It involves interacting with people from culturally diverse backgrounds. These encounters are eye-openers, they not only bring opportunities but they also bring challenges. The impact can be intense as the individual is participating in more than one culture. Cultural encounters have taken place in all parts of the world throughout history. They involve contact between people of two different backgrounds…

In her article The Ethics of Close Reading: Close Encounters she compares our polarization, totalization, and projection of books to our encounters with others. According to Gallop’s theory, as we read we pick out those things that confirm our own prejudges and in doing so we instill those prejudges further into our belief system. However, when we…

Most bear encounters are not documented, as they were just sightings with no immediate danger. However 13 states that keep detailed records saw a 23% increase in bear encounters from 2010 to 2012. The bear population is growing and in some states like Florida both the bear and human population is growing. You can say we are living in the bear's backyard, and that means a greater likelihood of a bear encounter. There have been literally thousands of instances where bears have frightened workers,…

With all the racial tension occurring in this nation at the moment, it is hard to ignore the problem that is the police and excessive force when it comes to minorities. Before I read the article “Violent Police Citizen Encounters: An Analysis of Major Newspaper Accounts” I already had some concrete ideas and thoughts about police brutality and misconduct in the United States. For the most part the article by Kim Michelle Lercsh and Joe R. Feagan simply reiterated most of what I already knew…

In Tendulkar’s plays women are at the centre. The action of the play revolves around women. Protest is also seen in his plays. A woman attempts to get self-identity in the play ‘Encounter in Umbugland’. In this play we can see the dominance of collectivist culture and patriarchal society. Here we see the conflict of individual and a group. We see inequality that leads to discrimination between man and woman. Majority of the women…

If you 're looking for a unique elephant encounter you 'll find it in Chiang Mai, Thailand at the Elephant Nature Park. This place is an expansive sanctuary and home to many of Thailand 's distressed elephants. They not only save and care for elephants in need, they also rescue dogs and cats. Luckily for us, they 've made it their mission to educate the public about general animal welfare and the torment that many elephants are forced to endure for the tourism industry. Why is that little…

ENCOUNTER WITH DOROBO I absolutely love the feeling of being in the wild, with abundant wildlife and myriad of amazing birds, the amazing scenery of this unspoiled land. As the day gives way to the night a whole new adventure begins. It is after dinner here in the heart of the savannah. A time to share stories by the fire place at Wilderness Camp. We sit around a crackling fire enjoying a drink as we stare up at the clear sky littered with stars and hearing a lion roar in the distance. We are…

eastern civilization, the Native Americans were a piece that had to be overcome in order for conquistadors and empires to ascertain wealth and wealth glory, and then later spread the Catholic faith. The Indians faced head on the impact that this encounter had caused. The Natives faced rape, pillage, and murder because to the Europeans, they were an obstruction in their path to their desires even though the Native Americans helped the Europeans by teaching them what crops to grow, how to hunt,…