Category: Culture

Japanese Cultural Rites and Customs in American Context It is evident that even though people from various countries share some universal values, there are some aspects of cultural background that differ significantly from culture to culture. Therefore, it is of high importance to explore and investigate these peculiarities to obtain a more profound understanding of…

American Cultural Studies and Their Development Table of Contents Purpose Multidisciplinary History Flow of Information Subfields and Focus Challenges and Approach Purpose The purpose of American cultural studies is to offer a multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of modern and historic cultural processes which are relevant to the United States society. While the subject focuses…

Hindu Cultural Rites and Customs: Interview The subject is an Indian male aged 26. His family came to the United States in the 1980s and remained here to work. The subject stated that despite moving to America, his parents and grandmother remained devoted to Hinduism and practiced the same rites and customs as they did…

Mexican Cultural Rites and Customs: Interview The interview was conducted with a Mexican female aged 24 years old. She lived in Mexico for the vast part of her life until her family decided to move to the United States for work in 2011. Her family is very traditional and religious, which is why she has…

Weimar Culture Through Escapism in Modern Art Contemporary film producers shifted their preoccupation with Nazi-Germany to the Weimar Republic, a distinctive yet, no less intriguing period in German history. Instead of focusing on the Second World War, experts portray a spectacular failure of utopic democracy in the 1920s, driven by internal forces in the country.…

Google Inc.s Organizational Culture Type Organizational culture and its implications for performance are frequent objects of professional analysis. There is an emerging consensus that organizational culture profoundly influences organizational behaviors and decisions. Shared values, assumptions and beliefs that shape organizational culture create a foundation for creating and sustaining a competitive advantage. Google is the bright…

Importance of Horses in American Indian Culture The domestication of horses has been an important breakthrough in the history of humankind. Horses offered civilizations that had them significant advantages in agriculture, transportation, and warfare (Price, 2017). Some argue that the presence of horses was the locomotive for evolution from primitive hunter-gatherer nations to more advanced…

Globalization and Cultural Difference of Societies Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Two authoritative scenarios control the public conversation about the civilizing consequences of globalization. The one very general scenario symbolizes globalization as cultural homogenization. In this situation the culturally different societies of the planet are being swarming by globally obtainable goods, media,…

Anti-Discriminatory Culture at the Workplace First, in an attempt to reduce prejudice, formulating and embracing a companys culture of tolerance and well behaviour among the different workers could limit the extent to which prejudice is exercised. Restructuring the organisation to be in line with the community will reduce the way in which individual workers perpetuate…

Maya Culture Overview and Contributions to World History The Maya culture had interesting aspects in their civilization or that they accomplished over time. The important aspects of the Mayas are their physical characteristics, how they dress, their social organization, agriculture, art and techniques, religion, god and goddesses, architecture, trade, mathematics, and government. The physical characteristics…