...University encourages students to major in anthropology, stating “Anthropologists are careful observers of humans and their behavior, maintaining an intense curiosity: What does it mean to be human?” An anthropologist studies every aspect of human life. They provide explanations for why we talk the way we do, why we walk on two feet instead of on all fours, and how we raise our children. They also help to answer questions about the reasons cultures wage wars against each other, and why human beings decided to start making sophisticated tools such as the wheel. It is an anthropologist’s job to seek out the truth and provide factual evidence. People need to study anthropology for all of these reasons and more; their knowledge benefits people in the public sector by answering questions that they have. In the first module, we learned about culture, taboo, religion and witchcraft. These topics were examined by the novel Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture by Marvin Harris. Harris described taboos as being created to blame culture, and not the environment for things that go wrong. He believed religion was a...
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...SOCIO CULTURAL BARRIERS FACED BY COCA-COLA IN INDIA AND SOLUTIONS TO OVERCOME THE ISSUES CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2. TERMS OF REFERENCE 3 3. CURRENT SCENARIO 3 4. ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION 4 4.1. STRENGTH 5 4.2. WEEKNESS 5 4.3. OPPORTUNITIES 5 4.4. THREATS 5 5. SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 6 5.1. PUBLIC RELATIONS 6 5.2. ENHANCE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT 6 5.3. LAUNCH MARKETING CAMPAIGNS 7 5.4. LISTEN TO THE CUSTOMERS 7 5.5. MANAGING STYLE 7 5.6. PULL BACK PRICE- QUALITY TRADE –OFF PLANS 7 6. SUGGESTIONS 8 7. FORECASTS AND PREDICTIONS 9 8. CONCLUSION 9 9. REFERENCES 10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Coca – cola, the world’s largest selling soft drink company had established its strong presence in the world since 1886. Coca-Cola is the first international soft drink brand to enter the Indian market in the early 1970’s. Till 1977 Coca-Cola was the leading brand in India; later, due to FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act), they left India and didn’t return till 1993. Coca-Cola had to face many issues regarding its quality, resource exploitation and market exploitation along with price-quality trade-offs. People all over India are challenging Coca-Cola for its abuse of water resource. Coca-Cola had affected both quality and quantity of ground water. Due to its waste extracts, Coca-Cola was criticized for polluting the nearby fresh water and ground water and soil; because of this issue, farmers...
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...When arriving in a different country, a new feeling rushes to the mind. “This is a new place and their culture might be very different”. Even though the thought of that their culture might be different is often thought, it is hard to comprehend it and believe it fully. A very good example is when Bill Bryson visits Sweden. Bryson states that Sweden is a very cold and unfriendly country. Bryson who usually lives in England travels through Europa and in chapter 11 he visits Sweden, Gothenburg. He was very unlucky from the get-go and from his perspective he had a dreadful time in Sweden. He nags and points out all the different things in the Swedish culture that is inferior to his culture, like how swedes usually are very finicky and punctual or how everything is too expensive. To top it off, a quote from Bryson when he summarizes Sweden. “No wonder so many Swedes kill themselves”....
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...citizens by bringing arts and culture from the margins to the mainstream of the economy and society through culturally sustainable policies and actions that will lead us to the status of the first Artistic & Cultural Island City in the World Table of contents Page Message of Prime Minister…………………………………………………………. 3 Message of Minister of Arts and Culture …………………………………………... 4 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………. 5 Executive summary…………………………………………………………………. 7 Chapter 1: Overview of the Arts and Culture set-up ………………………………. 19 Chapter 2: The Music industry……………………………………………………... 23 Chapter 3: The Arts sector …………………………………………………………. 30 Chapter 4: Publishing, Reading and Writing ………………………………………. 39 Chapter 5: The audio-visual sector ………………………………………………… 43 Chapter 6: Heritage Management and Promotion………………………………….. 47 Chapter 7: Mauritius, an Artistic and Cultural Island City- ACIC………………… 51 Chapter 8: Developing synergies…………………………………………………… 56 Chapter 9: Arts and Culture: the cement of our nation …………………………….. 61 Chapter 10: Conclusion - Arts and Culture make Mauritius a haven ……………...63 Message of the Prime Minister Culture is connecting with development and is poised to become a fundamental component of sustainable development. This White Paper sets the stage for a revival of arts and culture in Mauritius. My government...
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...contrasting the Harrapan and Babylonian civilizations. The two main characteristics I'm going to be focusing on is public works and job specialization. I hope after this presentation you have a better idea about these two civilizations and get a good understanding of public works and job specializations they had. ENJOY!!! The Harrapan civilization was around ca. 3000-1500 BC. It is one of the most fascinating cultures of the ancient world. This culture was present in modern day Pakistan and northwestern India. The civilization was named after the capital city Harrapa. Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro were known as the greatest achievement of this civilization. (Webchron) Historians are said to be pretty sure that the Babylonian civilization began around the 18th century B.C. and ended around the 6th century B.C. The Sumerian culture was transformed to make a whole new culture being called the Babylonian culture. This culture was run by a king and it consisted of around 12-13 cities and was surrounded by many villages and small towns. The Babylonians are praised for the success they had at their time.(Ancient civilizations) As we can see in the picture it is most likely a well. It looks like a public well and many people came here to take water for their household. This shows us that the government had employers to build these wells everywhere. Also it shows us that they had public works at the time. The well also shows us that people had specialized jobs because a normal person without...
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...Matt Cagle, Stephanie Snyder, Jessica Johnson, Sarah Haddox Abercrombie EDUC 2312.01 19 October 2013 Culture Diversity in the Classroom What is culture? Culture is “the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, manners, and scholarly pursuits.” (Dictionary.com) What does culture look like in the classroom? When viewing culture from a teacher’s perspective, it can be broken down into four different categories such as, religion, ethnicity, language, and economic status. These categories can help to define a classrooms culture. Our goal is to examine how culture, broken into these four categories, is viewed in the classroom. Race and Ethnicity(Sarah): In a classroom, a teacher will come across a variety of different races and ethnicities. Race refers to the physical attributes associated with certain groups, such as Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, African American, etc. Ethnicity is the specific groups within a race. For example, within the Caucasian race, you will find the Irish, French, German, etc. Also associated with ethnicity are the societal characteristics for each group within a race such as language and religious beliefs. In a classroom with multiple races and ethnicities, comes a wide range of religious backgrounds, languages, holidays, and customs. This can prove to have both positive and negative aspects within a classroom environment. Positive things that can come from a large collection of racial and...
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...When one first thinks of Spanish culture, it’s likely that its beautiful architecture, unique music style, or some other prominent feature comes to mind. Perhaps one of the most well-known—yet misunderstood—aspects of the culture of Spain is the traditional Spanish bullfight. People from all over the world flock to the largest cities in Spain to observe what they consider to be one of the greatest customs of the nation, yet most of them have very little idea of just how much historical, cultural, and symbolic meaning lies beneath its surface. For many years, it was thought that bullfighting was a relatively new practice, yet in recent decades, there have been discoveries linking the practice all the way back to primitive cultures that existed nearly 2500 years ago. Pictures of bullfights have been found in Knossos, Greece, and it is thought that the Greek mythological figure, Theseus, may have been the...
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...Un-Packing Packaged Cultures: Chinese-ness in International Business Author: Can-Seng Ooi Publisher + year: Published online: 10 July 2007 # Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2007 Kew words: Chinese business practices . Chinese management . Critical management studies . Foucault Short summary (approx five sentences): This paper focuses on how the Chinese are represented in the international business literature. Chinese cultures are packaged to make knowledge about the Middle Kingdom more accessible to a general audience. This paper concludes that researchers should reflect on the power they yield when they represent another culture, and that the general public may privilege theories that are accessible rather than sound. The author tries in this paper to un-package packaged cultures, meaning that culture is hard to package, because culture is dynamic and heterogeneous. Main points: This paper is inspired via Foucault’s archaeology of knowledge – Therefore when we look at Chinese literature it is important to ask yourself: What is presented? Who is presenting? And for what purpose? All researchers face the same difficulties in framing a culture into a coherent and yet complex entity. A society is diverse, culture changes and it is at times difficult to differentiate between imagined culture and actual reality. Packaging culture is a difficult task because society is heterogeneous and dynamic. Talking about culture has also become...
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...is to discuss non-western cultures and traditions by visiting a museum of choice and picking a non-western culture to learn about.. For the assignment, the Bowers Museum is chosen for the essay due to its vast quantity of unique artifacts as well as its close proximity compared to other museums with Orange County.. A bit of background, the Bowers Museum was opened to the public in 1936 in Santa Ana by Charles Bowers and Ada Bowers. The missions and goals of the museum are to display the cultures around the world through their arts and artifacts as well as educate the general public about the diverse cultures that can be found throughout the world. The Bowers Museum is open to the public on Tuesday to Sunday from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. and closes on Monday. The Bowers Museum has an extensive collection of...
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.............................................................................. 3 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 4 1.1 Globalisation and hybridization explained from a cinematic perspective ...................................................................................... 4 1.2 The difference between deculturalisation, acculturalization and reculturalisation explained from a cinematic perspective.................. 6 2.1 Three theoretical approaches to the study of the digital divide explained ......................................................................................... 8 2.2.1 Culture shock explained .................................................................. 11 2.2.2 How to overcome culture shock ...................................................... 13 2.3 The role of international media in setting the news agenda of local or...
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...Abstract Raves have historically referred to grass-roots organized, anti-establishment and unlicensed all night dance parties, featuring electronically-produced dance music (EDM), such as techno, house, trance and drum and bass. Since their late 1980s origins in the U.K., raves have gained widespread popularity and transformed dramatically. Consequently, their many cultural traits and behaviors have garnered much sociological interest, which mostly falls into two competing perspectives: cultural studies and public health. In this paper, we review what raves look like today compared to their high point in the 1990s. We then discuss how the cultural studies and public health perspectives define raves and have studied them over time, focusing on the “pet” sociological concepts each has sought to advance. Our analysis of these literatures reveals important differences in rave research by country and over time. We end by discussing the politics associated with the shift in rave research. Introduction Society has been greatly influenced by many alternative scenes, subcultures, or lifestyles oriented around music, youth and young adults (Epstein 1998). Some of the more notable ones include the English punk scene in the 1970s- 1980s, the U.S. jazz (1930s-1940s) and hippie scenes (1970s), and the 1990s rave scenes in the U.K. and U.S. From them have come musical innovation, social identity, fashion and other aesthetic nuances, and mainstream and alternative cultural production...
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...Diversity Concerns in Public Health Name: Institution: Date: Diversity Overview Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (2010) defines Diversity in relation to public health as the term that describes the virtual uniqueness of each person or people group. The uniqueness that exists among the diverse people groups includes their skills, experiences, culture, interests, values and their ambitions. Each of these groups is rich with enormous possibilities. One of the Public Health provider’s professional responsibility is to learn and understand the diversity and cultural differences that exists in there area of operation and beyond, in order to address the health needs of these groups effectively (Woodward, 2010). One of the key agendas of the public health sectors in any country is to provide health care interventions that make a positive difference to the people and in a way that respects and values diversity of those people (UK DoH, 2004). The government has a responsibility to ensure that the rights of the different people groups are protected in the law, so that all the citizens in the society, especially the vulnerable groups are protected from discrimination (Woodward, 2010). It is important for Public Health Professionals to recognize that it is expected for them to provide care for members of the society who are from diverse backgrounds. This paper provides a discussion on the diversity concerns of public health. In discussing this topic, the paper looks at different...
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... When it comes to the framework of public health, this was a year-long information gathering phase with the Evaluation Working Group and representatives throughout the CDC (cdc.gov, 2015). When it comes to the framework that was contributed to the public health pyramid that was presented within the text, they sort of mirror each other in a way that both programs are dealing with the public, their health and well-being, and organizations that are geared towards being community-based. Both programs are trying to find out what should be evaluated under their organizations, what are popular-based services that can be provided, what is feasible, ethical, and accurate of the framework for both organizations. We have to remember that both programs have to be evaluated in all aspects in order to figure out what is effective for the public and their health, to what is feasible to be able to present to the public. Both programs also have to display the need of the programs, the context and services of the program, the ethical aspect and the gathering of evidence that is the proof that the programs are working efficiently and effectively. P 70 #1 The linguistic diversity of a target audience would affect programs being planned at each level of the public pyramid by the following measures: -cultural destructiveness – which would be at the least tolerant end of the continuum, that includes the attitudes and practices that one culture may promote and belief that they are superior...
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...“Cultural competency has become quite the buzzword, especially in the workplace. It can loosely be defined as a public health practitioner's knowledge, awareness, and practice with other individuals and populations with diverse cultural backgrounds. The first step to becoming culturally competent is realizing that you bring your own beliefs and worldview to your profession. Acknowledging this will help you minimize the interference that these beliefs may have as you work with others (i.e., patients, clients, colleagues, community, and public). Other steps you can take as a public health professional to become more culturally competent is to listen, have patience, and practice humility when you have limited knowledge regarding something or when...
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...Institute, which has a history of nearly 60 years. However, considering the essence of foreign language teaching and media organizations and the effect of the language and culture dissemination, rapid growth of number does not necessarily mean effective cultural transmission. This is actually the concern of study of foreign languages and media organizations, on which all similar institutions should focus. It is of great importance to analyze, compare and indicate the effect of cultural transmission, so as to come up with solutions to improve the process. From the operating level, Confucius Institute mainly focuses on the teaching of entry-level Chinese, complemented by coaching tai chi and other activities of interest in traditional Chinese culture. Considering the large number of Confucius Institute around the world, Confucius Institute has made contributions to promoting Chinese worldwide, even though its activities are limited to this. Language, as the basic element and carrier of culture, is the first step to access culture. Language shapes our world and the way we think. In the process of learning a language, we develop our beliefs, values and norms. As language is the foundation of values, behavior and norms, and as a tool of communication and thinking behavior, the global dissemination of a culture depends...
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