Title- Cultural Studies and Diversity (EFP1) Student name- Shriya Joshi Western Governors University Task 1 Part A. Culture and Diversity Definition Culture Culture refers to a way of human life. Another way to describe the culture is that it is all about the set of beliefs, knowledge, values, rules gathered by the people from present and earlier generation and passed on to future generations.…
Different people in different societies have different culture but they also have some similarities. The culture transform in different things such as clothes, foods, religion and many others. Culture is a group of people living in one specific place were the would follow their own sketch of life. Especially on the day of a weeding, and some other celebrating day they would follow their own culture. Culture can be represented by a material or non material culture.…
It’s fascinating how people have been able to make so many different definitions for the word culture; a word that was thought to have one singular definition. People of all cultures are unique not just in their methods and ways of life, but also in their definitions of culture. One person can describe culture as something that can bring family and a community together, but another person may define it as the exact opposite; something that tears people apart and in turn will rip apart a community. Neither of them are wrong or right however, because culture is something that is tangible. Culture is something that changes with time instead of against it.…
Canadian – U.S. relationship is too superior Have you recognized that our Canadian culture is slipping away? Is Canada too close with America for comfort? As an immigrant, it is obvious that Canadian culture is very similar to American culture. The influences from the United States are incredible; Canadians watch American TV programs, listen to American pop music and buy American products. Being close with America, not only occur cultural influences, but also need to face a sometimes unfriendly neighbor.…
I feel because dominant Canadian culture wants to make Indigenous people similar to them, it drive Aboriginal cultures to desire more visible separation, therefore a lot of Indigenous people chose to stay on the reserves where there is poverty and bad living conditions. Yet, i also feel like Indigenous people who chose to leave the reserves, move to big cities are trying to destroy the stereotypes that portray Aboriginals as uneducated, jobless, always drunk. However it is hard to change dominant culture's opinion right away that's why King is making this promo video that emphasizes that those stereotypes are no longer relevant or at least are not applicable to all Indigenous people, as there are a lot of successful professionals with Indigenous…
Canadian Culture Culture can be defined as the behaviours and belief characteristics of a particular social, ethnic or age group that is being passed down from generation to generation. Each and every one of the world's many nations is unique in its own way. No two nations are the same in terms of the way they live. Whether it is by how they eat, how they communicate or their style of clothes.…
I believe that it does matter if we can communicate with each other willingly. As I came from the Philippines, it took me more than a year to learn the basic of the Canadian culture. It took longer than it should be because I wasn't really willing at the beginning, and I had a bit of a culture shock. After a year of my stay in Canada, I started to adapt and love the culture, as well as the people. It really matters if we are willing to communicate, because then it means we are also willing to learn other's culture and to be able to remember other's traditions the next time we encounter them.…
Every group of people or a certain country has its own culture. Culture is The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively (OED). Culture is a part of any human being. Sometimes cultures get involved with each other and it's known as cultural encounter. Cultural encounter is the way that the culture clash with each other.…
What is cultural pluralism? To me, it is not only a variety of cultures grown in one atmosphere but also the internal affect between different cultures. Cultures are interesting, because every culture has its own habit, history and meaning. From my point, I really like living in a multicultural atmosphere because cultural pluralism could bring creativity, diversity and tolerance.…
Canadian culture is one of the few countries in the world which celebrate diversity and multiculturalism. Everywhere you go, there are people of different backgrounds from every countries around the world. This diversity allows Canadian culture to be very open-minded in accepting people with different skin colour, cultural beliefs, values, and opinions. This idea of multiculturalism and Canadian culture go hand-in-hand because as mentioned, it's about embracing our differences and learning from one another to build a stronger community. Canada is open to accepting individuals from other countries, that is why the constant flow of immigrants is continuously growing which allows not only job opportunities but the experience of Canadian culture…
Canada, like most countries obviously have a motive to protect their heritage and to make sure that the culture is not dominated by outside sources so with that in mind, one can claim that the arguments from the Canadian side are genuine indeed. On the other hand this kind of cultural global trade is usually encouraged and beneficial to both sides. In this particular case it is stated that 89% of the magazines in Canada are imported from the united states, which can show on a somewhat problematic situation where the average Canadian reader is influenced mostly by the culture of their neighbor. The Canadian government was indeed pressured, mostly by the magazine industry itself due to financial aspects.…
Appalachia is a culture within itself created by individuals looking to get away from a more structural environmnet set with rules and limits. The individuals who set out to move into the Appalachian Region did so in order to have more privacy and be left alone. The Appalachian Region gave protection to anyone wanting to be alone and live life his or her way. Unfortunately, those wanting to live this way were looked at as barbarick which created labels like poor and uneducated. Those outside the Appalchian Region gave no attention to this region which caused a lack of funding for education, new roads, and etc.…
This only makes sense that Canada’s culture has is more tolerant as a whole to diversity, for it was built on compromise which can all be related back to the Colonization and settlement of the British and French in the early…
To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture? The media plays a critical role in the dissemination and preservation of cultural values in any nation. When the US entertainment industry invades and dominates Canadian media, I am not surprised to see defensive reactions from the Canadian government in an attempt to preserve its culture. After conducting some research to see how severely the US entertainment industry has invaded Canadian market, I found out that, during the time of the magazine trade dispute between Canada and the US, “between 60 and 95 percent of film, television, music, and publishing markets [in Canada] are controlled by Americans, [and] four in every five magazines sold in Canada are foreign publications”…
The culture of a community is defined by the living patterns of the members of the society. Culture has an important place in one’s identity. Identity is a process of becoming, constructing from the matrix of similarities and difference. Culture is a source of reviving the cultural identity. The culture enables us to locate our identity in a cultural space.…