Contact between cultures: A historical perspective Contact between cultures The world has a lot of cultures and all the cultures are different. Many cultures come into contact with each other throughout history. Long time ago‚ many European navigators used to navigate across the world to locate new areas. Once an area is located‚ they would use it for settlement where they discover the riches of these areas and eventually‚ these experiences led to set up European colonies around these areas. Moreover
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Traditions -necessary -we were all born into different social groups thus we find traditions necessary to bond us all as different people -Social‚ religious‚ political‚ racial -emerge from culture Traditions still serve a purpose Traditions inculcate morals but how many people follow it? Traditions teach history‚ culture‚ belief but how many people care? Traditions bring people together e.g. Chinese New Year provides opportunity
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managers a framework which allows comparisons between cultures which is useful in predicting behaviour and reactions of different cultural groups. However‚ with globalisation criticisms of the comparative models have become more pronounced. Cultures do not signify a nation and today’s multi-national corporations do belong to a specific country or culture. The comparative model uses nation state as a unit of analysing cultures and assumes that a culture is contained with the geographical boundaries
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Communication Between Different Cultures Some people say why is important for us to study intercultural communication? Another question which sometimes arises what is intercultural communication‚ which I sometimes ask myself. Intercultural communication is a very important subject. It teaches us how to manage differences. Culture is a very important thing in a person’s life. It is the identity of a person. It answers the question who am I. It is a set of principles and values which a person
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African Heritage & Oral Tradition In Crawford’s discussion on African heritage and oral tradition‚ we learn that America has been widely influenced by the African cultural tradition that has been passed on through generations. While the original source of African rituals and common practices may have been lost over the centuries‚ the African oral tradition has preserved the culture of African people in America. As we see in the film‚ The Language We Cry In‚ one song being passed down
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Yale University‚ School of Architecture Critical Architecture: Between Culture and Form Author(s): K. Michael Hays Source: Perspecta‚ Vol. 21 (1984)‚ pp. 14-29 Published by: The MIT Press on behalf of Perspecta. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1567078 . Accessed: 07/04/2013 21:18 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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Culture is defined by Merriam- Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary as “the integrated pattern of human knowledge‚ belief‚ and behavior that depends upon man’s capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations.” People learn about cultural traditions through interaction rather than through the memorization of a text. There are many ways that a culture can be shared among people without them being fluent in it such as through food‚ customs‚ clothing‚ language‚ beliefs‚ and behaviors
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ritual of how they go about a wedding ceremony. African and Chinese cultures both have very intriguing ways of how they proceed with their ceremony. It is found that there are many differences between the two of these cultures. This is a result of their own independent beliefs and traditions which causes them to go about their own unique ritual‚ although there are few similarities between the two countries. In the Chinese culture the wedding date is chosen based upon astrological signs and birthdates
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Comparing between Thai culture and other culture Both Thailand and China are Asian countries with great long history‚ and therefore they share very similar cultures - concerns for family relations‚ attention to its social hierarchy - which may have contributed by their geographic‚ demographic and psychographic backgrounds. This essay will discuss the similarities and differences between the taboos and custom in these two countries in terms of linguistics‚ religion‚ social interaction and identity
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Surpassing five thousand years the Egyptian culture has survived and also created inventions like black ink‚ hieroglyphic script‚ the solar calendar‚ wigs‚ and eye makeup. A lot of the Egyptian culture can be seen in the world today mainly because their inventions are used everywhere. I will compare the similarities as well as the differences between Egyptian and American cultures by examining religion‚ death rituals‚ holidays‚ traditions‚ and food. Egyptians lived a very religious life. They
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