This summer at Choate Rosemary Hall was the best summer that I have ever had so far. The classes were challenging but also exiting at the same time. I really love the classes there because the number of student per one teacher is very small so the teachers give pay more attention toward you. Also‚ the student gets to know each other more so they can work together better. One of my favorite classes during the summer was Anatomy and physiology because we had a lot of hands on experience with dissection
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Time‚ space and context as seen by Edward T. Hall Edward Twitchell Hall anthropologist was born in Missouri in 1914. Hall was a cross-cultural researcher; he observed the difficulties created by failures of intercultural communication. Among his creations we can mention The Silent Language (1959)‚ The Hidden Dimensions (1969)‚ Beyond Culture (1976) and Understanding Cultural Differences – Germans‚ French and Americans (1993). He had a very important role in the foundation of the scholarly field
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Every country has it own culture‚ and every culture has their own way of communicating; therefore‚ growing up as a Yoruba in a Nigerian household (Africa) is not an exception. As a Nigerian living in Canada‚ it is a mix of culture for me but‚ I will say I am more of the Nigerian culture than the Canadian because of the household I live. According to Hall theory‚ “high–context cultures prefer to use the high-context message in which very little is provided in the coded‚ explicit‚ transmitted part
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Popular culture In our civilization today‚ people seem to obsess over certain values that our society proceeds to the people that they need to consume by using advertisements through television‚ radio‚ magazines etc. These promotions of the latest trends such as fashion and technology‚ installs to the people’s head that we need to obtain these values to “fit in”. Also‚ the worlds “super stars” are heavily looked up to in our society. They create and image for himself or herself that the people
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Remix Culture The saying “we live in a remix culture” has become more and more recognized and legitimate. A remix culture is defined as a civilization that gives people permission to rearrange‚ edit‚ and integrate existing materials to create a new piece of work. Amongst “the age of remix”‚ it is now very common for people to ingeniously and efficiently exchange information and ideas through digital technologies‚ which are what fundamentally give rise to remixing. Resultantly‚ it is more accessible
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First of all I would like to start with the definition of culture. Definition of culture Culture has many definitions‚ and it affects everything people do in their society because of their ideas‚ values‚ attitudes‚ and normative or expected patterns of behaviour. Culture is not genetically inherited‚ and cannot exist on its own‚ but is always shared by members of a society (Hall 1976‚ p. 16). Hofstede (1980‚ pp. 21-23) defines culture as “the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes
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Traditional arts [edit] Main article: Korean art Dance [edit] Main article: Korean dance Jinju geommu As with music‚ there is a distinction between court dance and folk dance. Common court dances are jeongjaemu (정재무) performed at banquets‚ and ilmu (일무)‚ performed at Korean Confucian rituals. Jeongjaemu is divided into native dances (향악정재‚ hyangak jeongjae) and forms imported from Central Asia and China (당악정재‚ dangak jeongjae). Ilmu are divided into civil dance (문무‚ munmu) and military
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Cultural Conflicts‚ Playing Out on the Football Field By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Published: January 27‚ 2012 CAfter his team was routed by the New England Patriots in January‚ driving the Denver Broncos out of the N.F.L. playoffs‚ Tim Tebow jogged off the field. Camera crews and photographers surrounded him‚ waiting for Mr. Tebow‚ the quarterback‚ to drop to one knee and bow his head in prayer‚ his famous and controversial signature gesture. The place of religion in American public life
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THE ABC‚ 123 of CORPORATE CULTURE Dr Stephanie Jones What is corporate culture? For many‚ it’s hard to define exactly‚ but it’s blamed when people don’t “fit in” to a new company‚ when two companies merge and have difficulties integrating with each other‚ and when a company tries to introduce a major change program. Yet culture is seen is intangible‚ indefinable‚ woolly and imprecise‚ described in vague terms of being “tough”‚ “soft”‚ “strong”‚ “weak” – but is somehow always there. Organizational
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9/15/2006 7:01 PM Page 301 Culture and Leadership 13 DESCRIPTION As the title suggests‚ this chapter is about culture and leadership. Like the previous chapter‚ this one is multifaceted and focuses on a collection of related ideas rather than a single unified theory. Because there are no established theories of cultural leadership‚ our discussion in this chapter will focus on research that describes culture‚ its dimensions‚ and the effects of culture on the leadership process. Since
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