" I recalled when I first watched this film; it was shortly after I presented our Institute's mission with the All Indian Pueblo Council Governors and Tribal leadership. A presentation before me was a discussion on strategies for protecting Traditional Cultural Properties within Federal, State, public and private lands that New Mexico Tribes, Pueblos and Nations considered sacred. ... How ironic I thought, just the day before I had viewed the "In the Light of Reverence" film; a film exploring the non-Natives' relationship to nature and how they failed to respect the sacred site...

• Word Count: 1349
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before the rise of amusement parks, America was only exposed to projects that stood for social culture. ... Both the New York Central Park and the Columbian Exposition symbolized what American culture stood for before the "turn of the century.... Not too long after, American society saw a shift in its social structure. ... After the war, investors grasped as many opportunities as possible. ... People came for the excitement of something different, to experience something that they hadn't before. ...

• Word Count: 1448
• Approx Pages: 6

I think that the overall breadth of anthropology is meaningful to me because I think that the more a person knows about a topic the less they are to prejudge someone or something before getting to know about it. ... Before the presentation I looked at the veil as unfashionable attire worn by Middle Eastern women. After the presentation I realized that the veil represents the culture and magnifies the women who wear them. The American culture today does not really emphasize being pure in body before marriage and thus is the major reason why over 50% of marriages end in divorce after one year. ....

• Word Count: 1848
• Approx Pages: 7

He wrote a year before he wanted to go to Cameroon After a long wait and no response he writes for permission again, the Cameroonian government replies and asks Barley to explain the scope of his travel, which he sends off his reply right away. After more waiting, his visit is approved but is told he now needs to apply for a Visa. At this point Barley thinks after this it will be his last encounter with the Cameroonian bureaucracy, however his trip to the embassy involves many setbacks like it not being open or the correct person not being there and even coming across ignorant workers. ... Aft...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Africa's population consisted of civilized, organized, technologically advanced people,2 long before the arrival of the European enslavers, who tried to suggest they were backward people. ... After embarking the ships and the journey to the West Indies commenced, many families were separated; split between husband and wife, mother and children. ... African culture was broken from the inception of tribal segregation on the ships, or in the markets before they were sold. ... After broken family ties and tribal separation, the slaves were given new names when they were purchased. ...

• Word Count: 2280
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before he came, the place was undeveloped and uninhabited. ... So it is not surprising that the idea of right owner of the land and to steal have been with us since before the early settlers. ... Contrasting with Berliner's idea about race and culture with my understanding after watching videos in Dr. Mayo's class and reading the articles, I began to think that race is just an illusion after all. ...

• Word Count: 1433
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It sometimes confuses me and I keep asking myself who I am," my Japanese-American friend said to me once before. ... After I came back from the school trip, I started to think of studying abroad. ... She told me once before that their parents gave it to her so that she would never forget her heritage. I sometimes imagine what America was like just after the immigration had started. ...

• Word Count: 1304
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In an article published in 2005, in the New York Times titled "It's a Flat World, After All," Thomas Friedman walks us through the three major turning points in the development of Globalization from a technological standpoint. ... With this possibility for immediate interaction between individuals across the world, the question of how we treat one another from different cultural backgrounds has become more pressing than ever before. ... When Iraq, a less competent country in the eyes of America, was floundering after the US invasion, the US stepped in to take control. ... "It&#x...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For example, upon spending time with Aibileen, who is a 53-year-old black maid, one-on-one, Eugenia becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the attitude of her white socialite female friends towards their "help", especially after learning of Hilly's "Home Help Sanitation Initiative". ... This made the white bosses rethink their position and therefore end up treating their black maids much better than before. ... The contact zone in the film helped in mending the bridge that existed between the two races and led to sealing the gap that existed before....

• Word Count: 1368
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Newton, who was a distinguished British historian in the early 20th century, believed that there was no African history because most of the African society was illiterate before the European intrusion. ... He, as well as others who had the same opinion, failed to realize that African communities existed long before colonialism and so had their own history, even though it had not been put into writing at the time. ... Clark and Soyinka are evidence of the continued dependence and belief in oral traditions by a lot of Africans, even after extensive western education. ...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After living in America my entire life, I've witnessed many different cultures. ... They were all so nice and I felt like I was very loved by people I have never met before. ... He told me the house had recently gone through renovation and that the bathroom was now inside instead of being outside like before. ...

• Word Count: 1332
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

After an interview in which we handle some aspects of cultural discrepancies. ... Just before the Gulf War in 1900, many Middle East experts assumed that Saddam Hussein was not ready to fight, that he was merely bluffing, using an Arabic style of communication. ...

• Word Count: 2420
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After explaining the purpose of my visit, he began: "Coming to the US I felt I was minority, being in my country I was one of them, now I am an outsider. ... Having to repeat myself multiple times before the person I was speaking to could understand me was aggravating. ... According to Indian etiquette, the left hand is unclean because you only use it to clean themselves after going to the restroom. ... After going to different restaurants in search for something similar to his traditional foods, he decided to start his business with an Indian restaurant. ... After the observations of my proje...

• Word Count: 1758
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

After seeing these illustrations I would think that the girls family is lower or middle class. ... I would have thought that was a great way to show it before this class. After that page there are a few pages with examples from each circle this goes a little more in detail than the diagram. ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Each day every member of the family, one after another, enters the shrine room, bows his head, and mixes different sorts of holy water in a basin. ... Children plead not to be taken to the latipsoh before their indoctrination is complete. ... Competition is especially emphasized during the rights of passage (or the transition time between childhood and adulthood) Most people are sent to a training group to learn their new human rights and duties before receiving their rights of passage. ...

• Word Count: 2054
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and the opening up of the country to overseas trade and technology. ... And so, he had to rise up and denounce the all-important Chinese influence before this weighty opposition. ... Fukuzawa was thinking about the same idea even before The Great Britain, but he gave up the idea later because he wanted Japan to truly become part of the civilized world of ...

• Word Count: 1721
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Cultural, ideas and customs soon follow shortly after the exchange of goods cross-national boarders (Kluver). ... The problem is that we are forgetting what our ancestors did and believed in before they moved to the United States (Chase-Dunn 140). ... According to Christopher Chase- Dunn in the Journal of World-Systems Research, people around the world are more connected than ever before. Information and money flow move faster than ever before. ...

• Word Count: 2156
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After observing the presentation on pets I found the concept of Hierarchy to be the one concept that stuck out the most. ... I chose this concept after hearing one of the presenters talk about the way her three pets have formed a hierarchy amongst themselves. ... This form of marriage is interesting because the parents are in control of who their child marries, and then it up to the children to accept each other only after they are married. ... After listening to them talk about what they know, I have developed a larger tolerance for this type of art. ... After to listening to a rap song, ...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In other societies, descent determines how you will live your life, what you will inherit and from whom, who you may marry, and how you will live after marriage. ... John Murphy Anthropology Essay Three Before taking this class, I often thought that our advanced society was the standard in which to measure all other societies from, but after reviewing the material in this course, it is impossible to make such a comparison. ...

• Word Count: 1714
• Approx Pages: 7

(Wood, pg.89) In "Crash" When the Thayer's got home after being pulled over Mrs. ... Knowing that he molested her before the accident at a traffic stop, I believe him saving her was his way of telling himself he isn't a bad person, that saving her would make him better and erase what he had done prior. ...

• Word Count: 1256
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After a further study of the Asian culture, Hofstede added a fifth dimension in his theory, that of Long- and Short-term time orientation (LTO) .As with any generalized study, the results may or may not be applicable to specific individuals or events. ... In these cultures females are treated equally to males in all aspects of the society. 7.0 Long-term orientation After a further study of the Asian culture, Hofstede added a fifth dimension in his theory, that of Long- and Short-term time orientation (LTO). ...

• Word Count: 1940
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Description of the Person and Cultural Heritage E.S. has been living in the United States for twelve years, arriving here shortly after her thirty-fifth birthday. ... E.S. came to America to get married after meeting her soon to be husband on the Internet. ... Currently, here in America she works from home due to her having a difficult acclimating to our language for several years after arrival to the U.S. ... She denies that there have been any serious illness in her family but does remember her grandmother spending several weeks in bed at her home with many family members surrounding her b...

• Word Count: 2075
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Before discussing the research method or approaches of the book, it defines what is meant by discourse. ... As it was mentioned before, the most significant improvement of third edition of this book is talking about "Gay Culture" and "Tongzhi" Discourse System (pp. 257 - 264). ...

• Word Count: 1710
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

The policy of multiculturalism in Canada began in 1988 after the Canadian Multiculturalism Act was passed. This was new law was in keeping with the Canadian constitution that recognizes and provides for the right of every Canadian to be protected. The Act envisioned establishing a multicultural soci...

• Word Count: 2297
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

If we want to look at the world countries from a neutral view, we can easily reach the following opinion: "The powerful countries are becoming more powerful, the third world countries are becoming poorer in term of their economical situation."" If we search for the reasons of this gap between rich ...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School