Youth culture

Sukhdeep Bhoi gives us some perspective on the events and experiences of the South Asian Indian immigrants in both the United States and Canada during the period 1900 to 1918 through the medium, Ghadar: The Immigrant Outrage Against Canadian Injustices. He is impartial when stating historical facts that need to be acknowledged by the masses. Bhoi writes with consummate influence of the principles of the Ghadar movement. He accentuates the importance of how Punjabi Sikh Americans are where they…

Modernity corrupts what’s best in us. Name Institution affiliation Date Modernity corrupts what is best in us Modernity corrupts what is best in us. Everything we presume as progress-urbanization, technology and science and so on has a certain impact on our lives. Rousseau argues that civilization has corrupted humans. Human behavior and way of life differ from people to people depending on their orientation. Each day humans to strive to enhance their lives. As they continue to try…

Paris is Burning is an iconic film that gives the heterosexual world a look into the underground scene of queer culture that is the ballroom. The film presented new slang and phrases that people in the present still use, but the stories and the issues of the oppressed are often overlooked and forgotten. At the time of release in the 1990s, gay culture was still somewhat misunderstood, but Paris is Burning portrayed the struggles that gay individuals experience every day. The movie showed that…

The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment tool helps to describe the uniqueness of a particular culture to better deliver culturally competent care as a Nurse. The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Model postulates that each individual is culturally unique and should be assessed according to six cultural phenomena: (a) communication, (b) space, (c) social organization, (d) time, (e) environmental control, and (f) biological variations. (2) The faith of Muslims is important to…

Learning about cultures can be exciting and strange, all at the same time. It is interesting to see how someone’s lifestyle can differ so greatly from yours, but new experiences can be daunting. As an American born Chinese, almost all of my experiences have stemmed from my Chinese heritage. This project really opened my eyes in terms of other cultures, and what my close friends encounter every day. The first culture I learned about was the Bengali culture. Bangladesh is a country in South…

ECOTOURISM AND CULTURE IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Cultural Practices These were the entities that were embedded in the people’s way of life such that there practice was well understood by the community members; generations through generation. Examples include: Shrines and sacred groves: These Certain trees and groves that were considered sacred thus set aside as special places/ sites for offering sacrifices to the gods and spirits. Prayers were also conducted here. For example, Mugumo tree…

within. It is evident that deviance is not relevant in a multicultural society such as Australia however it is still relevant in regard to subcultures within mainstream Australian society. 2.0 Australian Snapshot 2.1 Cultural Diversity in Australia Culture is historically defined as “the ideas, customs,…

Interviewee’s First Name: Angel Interviewee’s country of origin: Puerto Rico Interviewee’s native language: Spanish The person I chose to interview for the interview project was 65-year-old Angel from Puerto Rico. He’s the kind janitor working for Parks and Recreation for my city park and my coworker and friend. The first question I asked Angel was “When did they come to the United states?”, he joked that he came here similar to…

about one’s group. For example in Sisanda’s case she seems to have a collective social identity. The religious groups that Sisanda joined helped her to be emotionally strong in her first two years in university. She believed so much in her Zulu culture as something that makes her who she is. However for some other individuals have their identity based on their personality traits. Extroverts, which are people who love trying new things tend to not stick to one way of shaping their lives and not…

resulted in her coining the medical term Historical Trauma. Historical Trauma is defined as, “The cumulative emotional and psychological wounding over one’s lifetime and from generation to generation following loss of lives, land and vital aspects of culture” . Oftentimes, this term is lumped in together with personal traumas such as; PTSD, emotional abuse, or even physical abuse, but there are three distinct differences between Historical…