Introduction and Background After finished the second public consultation on the three models (City Park‚ Cultural Connect and Project for a New Dimension)‚ West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) project arouse public’s attention again. It was first announced by Tung Chee-hwa in 1998 to develop Hong Kong as the cultural hub in Asia with world-class facilities inside the district including theatres‚ performance venues‚ museums‚ exhibition centers and piazzas. However‚ after the first public consultation
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POLITICS‚ POWER AND VIOLENCE Politics and power can be thought of as intimate aspects of all subjects that anthropologists investigate‚ as processes of domination‚ resistance and social transformation are inevitably involved in the creation and representation of cultural practices and relationships. Power and violence are not the same. Power is psychological‚ a moral force that makes people want to obey. Violence enforces obedience through physical coercion. Those who use violence may manage to
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Cultural differences and translation of idioms Language and culture are closely connected and inseparable‚ as a language idiom is the essence of the deposition of the fascinating history and culture. Because of geography‚ history‚ religion‚ customs and other aspects of life differences between Chinese and English Idioms carrying characteristics of the different cultures and cultural information‚ so English-Chinese Idioms often encounter many difficulties. From the geographical environment‚ historical
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party leaders on a variety of economic issues. Swedish leaders were more likely to believe in giving workers pay more than American leaders. They were also more likely than Americans to favor putting a top limit on incomes. These cultural differences make a difference in politics. Tocqueville was amazed at how religious Americans were compared to Europeans. People in churches tend to have a feeling of civic duty. Since churches do volunteer work and donate to charity‚ they might feel obligated to do
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From what I have heard from my friend‚ the stereotypes I have of this culture includes being overly religious and very strict about a lot of things. It seems like everything has to be perfect and if it’s not then that would be very bad. To study this culture‚ I went over to my friend AK’s house. He is Syrian and has told me about his family life‚ so I also interviewed him. The reason I studied this co-culture is because AK is my friend and from what he had already told me‚ it seemed like his family
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Recently‚ there is a heated discussion over the difference between Chinese leaders and Western leaders. As for this topic‚ I will also talk something about it from two perspectives: religion and lifestyle. As we all know‚ religion is a part of the culture‚ which plays a vital role in people’s daily life. The majority of Westerners believe in Christianity. That is because Christian culture constitutes a Western cultural background. Thus it makes any part of Western culture are more or less with a
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dimensions in national cultures’ comparisons‚ the pillars of Hofstede’s work‚ which belong to the etic approach ‚ are based on 5 dimensions whereby national differences are then measured. In other words‚ from the emic standpoint it is also arguable that the etic research methodology‚ as aiming to identify equalities among national differences‚ would risk throwing out the baby with the bath water . On the other hand‚ from the emic perspective‚ dividing the culture into a set of defined scopes stands
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Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: New York Demographics and Cultural Differences Introduction Globalization has brought together people from varied cultural backgrounds (Gerstein & Canel 188). Different professionals have found themselves working with people whose cultural backgrounds are very different from their own (Mahadevan 8-9). This paper discusses New York City’s demographics and the associated cultures. New York City Demographics New York City is the United States’ largest city
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Cultural Differences: Spain & Slovakia Country and Culture Research Assignment October 8‚ 2008 Adding sparkling lemonade or coke to red wine in Spain during lunch time is usual habit‚ while in Slovakia‚ people often drink‚ with their lunch‚ still‚ sparkling and gently sparkling mineral water or‚ of course beer of Slovak or Czech production. Even small details make these two countries different. Although there are some similarities among Slovak and Spanish population‚ mainly between the
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Cultural Differences in Self-Efficacy Introduction Bandura (1997) defined self-efficacy as “beliefs in one’s capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to produce given attainments” (p. 3). Self-efficacy refers to the judgments of what one can do with whatever skills one possesses rather than the judgments of the skills themselves. In self-efficacy theory‚ people evaluate their skills and abilities and convert their beliefs about their
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