Visual anthropology

Because of these connections, it is vital to study or at least garner basic knowledge of other cultures. A key factor to this cultural integration is the establishment of museums for ease of access to the general public. Museums are highly based on visuals and it is very important for museums to present themselves well. The SAM and the Burke museum utilizes their displays very differently, but both focus on the expression of different cultures and do so successfully; however, both can learn from…

Introducing literature that exposes students to global issues is an important aspect of the IB curriculum. “Graffiti Knight” by Karen Bass and “Wanting Mor” by Rukhsana Khan, both offer a great plot structure, characters and historical context that would teach IB students about risk-taking. Graffiti Knight is about Wilm and his friends who rebel against the Soviets in Germany during the post WWII. Wanting Mor is about a girl named Jameela who her father abandoned and left in the orphanage in…

“Culture is the entire way of life or lifestyle of a group of people.” Now more than ever, culture has shaped and guided adolescents’ perception of reality. In recent years, I believe that culture plays a major role in teen development today, including myself. Culture is capable of manipulating everyday decisions that I am faced with such as what I wear, how I express my emotions, and even the type of music that I am drawn to. Culture is a universally shared characteristic among all human…

Toni Morrison’s first novel is a story that explores the very important and controversial theme of racism. As we define racism throughout the novel, we come to terms with the different effects racism, and how it reflects each individual character. Racism as we know according to Merriam-Webster is the “prejudice, discrimination or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based off the belief that one's own race is superior”. Racism is the belief that all members of each race…

The nation’s foreign-born population is growing, making it essential for the nursing profession to become culturally diverse, so we can pejorate health care disparities and provide culturally sensitive care to everyone (Loucel, 2012). Throughout this paper I will discuss the definition what diversity means to me, mention the benefits of a diverse health care workforce and what barriers still remain with diversity in the nursing profession as well as discuss my own cultural background and how it…

groups of people. Much of this has roots in colonialism and migration – as soon as people started migrating, exploring, and running into groups that don’t look like them, these classifications were made to try to keep order in society. The field of anthropology has a dark history of this racial categorization; many papers and studies were dedicated to finding concrete biological differences between populations. This may not have been malicious in intent; there were many studies done trying to…

Every country has a different set of culture, norms, and values. “Culture is the values, norms, and materialist characteristics of a given group” (Giddens, A., Duneier,M. ,Applebaum, R.P., Carr, D.,2015). The ideas of culture is used often in sociology and many other communication and social sciences. Culture is one of the most prominent aspects of human social interaction. Russia has a long and colorful history in paintings, classical music, and dance arts such as ballet. Russian culture…

A hybrid is a mixture of elements that create something new and different. A hybridity is a mixture of separate races or cultures that when combined turn into a mixed race and/or culture that has aspects of both seen throughout. Hybridity was very common during the colonial age when European explorers and settlers mixed with the natives found in areas that they had colonized. This was prevalent in New Spain in the generations following the conquest of the Indians of Peru as seen through both the…

After reading part of Cultural Anthropology by Robert L. Welsch and Luis A. Vivanco, I have improved my comprehension of culture and found a better understanding of what culture truly stands for; yet, like other anthropologists to this day, find it hard to find one concise definition that truly encompasses every aspect of culture. Culture can be defined as broadly as how humans view the world around them, yet it can also be so specific like the food people eat for breakfast every morning.…

Institutional racism happens when an institution such as a school, business or government agency implements policies and procedures that result in different treatment between blacks and whites. Even though there is no intent, the outcome is racist. In other words, institutional racism is the practice of discrimination that is so in the fabric of the institution and its policies that the racism is invisible to that institution. According to Jocelyn Irby “ When we teach Huck Finn and we identify…