... and values of consumerism. Consumerism is the myth that the individual will be gratified and fulfilled by consuming. The consumer feels that the buying and owning of commodities will act as a cultural fulfillment, and substitutes media-manipulated products for spiritual rebirth. Unfortunately, in the myth of consumerism, there is no rebirth or renewal. While consumerism offers the goal of owning a product ... . Do Americans realize the lack of morality and humanitarianism in a world based on media image and satisfaction of ownership rather than the meaningful cultural experience of an ea...

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... becoming "citizens of the soil" through the imagery associated with sustenance. However the negative connotations of "when this one is pulled down" symbolizes the loss of their cultural identity as they adopt 'Australian' traditions and therefore, limit their sense of belonging to their homeland. Ultimately, the positive interactions within the family allowed them to connect to one another and ... complemented this, using a tone of instability when the migrants were left "wondering who would be coming next", reflecting their the strong disassociation and unfamiliarity that they experie...

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... world's oldest living culture. In just over two decades, Bangarra has produced over thirty original works and has also collaborated with other Australian performing arts companies such as the Australian Ballet and the Sydney Theatre Company. This Company consists of sixteen professionally trained artists who each obtain an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage from ... that originate from all over Australia, for example "Gubbi Gubbi" (Sunshine Coast, Queensland), "Papuanyo" (Centural Desert, Northern Territory) and "Nikania" (Northwest Australia). There is no such thi...

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... families became dependent on food handouts provided by the missionaries and reserves, thus the fathers role of gathering for his family was subsequently lost, in turn isolating and alienating him from his family. Due to what was seen as the Aboriginal father's inadequacies, despite having been placed in areas where there was little employment, segregation had accentuated assimilation, for the "preparation" ... identity were stripped away from children in hope that the traditional law and culture would die by losing their claim on them and sustenance of them" . As noticed in the segrega...

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... an inseparable and integral part of performance. Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist who has been hailed the "founder not only of linguistics but also...semiotics"#, based his theory on a linguistic model that has been employed by most structuralists. The basic linguistic model, composed of "signifiers ... signifier as "psychological"#. He focused on the linguistic sign and "phoncentrically privileged the spoken word"#. He accepted that the entire system of signs existed in a personal understanding or interpretation of sound-images and their concepts, yet felt that this was arbitrar...

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... sense of validity. The Literary Canon is regularly refined and filtered with new regulations to advocate those texts encompassed with profound messages and their ability to handle delicate issues such as the human condition and the evolution of cultural values that are still prevalent to this day, this exemplifies the notion that some of the beliefs that we upheld in our ... of biased opinions presented by professors and authoritative bodies that manage the English Canon. It also consists of predominantly white male figures, the canon did not mean to do this but simply reflected cultura...

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... . This is very important concept especially now in the 21st century when people from different geographical and cultural origins interact. However, independently of what circumstances diversity is referred as, many fail to understand that diversity encompasses everyone at any level not just the minority. Consequently, many successful multinational organizations aim to encourage and develop diversity in the ... diversity and inclusion truly justify their second place ranking in this list. For instance, DivesityInc states that Kaiser Permanente shows great efforts to ensure diversity not o...

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... basic archetypal storylines, however, lies a wholly European perspective: in each work, European protagonists seek adventure and wealth in a distinctly European sense, concerned primarily with benefitting themselves as members of Western society while overlooking any negative consequences. These European characters, then, must necessarily have non-European counterparts who form the reverse side of the Western imperialist narrative ... imperialistic biases are most evident. Through both film and literature, Heart of Darkness and Gunga Din exhibit a clear dichotomy between Europeans and nat...

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... of any translated work which ensures that along with form, content is also transmitted to the audience; otherwise the soul of the message is lost in the process of translation. The United Nations, the world body made up of almost all nations of the world and which works ... and challenges of social, economic and technological changes, including those that help to improve agricultural productivity, food security and rural livelihoods. " (34) But more often than not, developmental agendas become a victim of poor communication which is brought about due to lack of translators and interpret...

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... long term grudges, and specific trade barriers to cross-national commerce activities. The historical value placed on a nation currency is often not thought to be a cultural issue, but it is certainly a reflection of national trade issues within an international marketplace. Countries without a hard currency have struggled to become established in international trade and will continue to ... Industries with a history of firm collaboration and strategic alliances among them would seem more inclined to work together in e-commerce initiatives. Monopolistic, government operated, or industrie...

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... own experiences in assimilating into American culture. One way Lahiri conveys the way in which a home is a reflection of one's identity, as well as the theme of the alienating experience of immigrants assimilating into America and the exposure of two cultures, is through the use of the characterisation ... ' within the quotation expresses her detachment from the Bengali culture, while showing she is desperate to maintain these traditions at all costs. However, as the story progresses, more evidence is expressed of Ashima's willingness to assimilate further into the culture that surrounds...

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... is satisfactory to them. This adherence to gratifying the audience encourages faulty interpretations of God's message. Oppenheimer claims that religions adhere to practices that are not always religious but instead "aggressively social" in that American's seek the sense of belonging through their involvement with religious endeavors. The creators of Passion Conferences aim to create something ... in creating a spiritual awakening in this generation--instead they are focused on creating a social vortex for young individuals, which inevitably constructs a self-sustaining business. Oppenhe...

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... in Chicago. The main sample, interviewed in English, included 40 middle-class Hindu adults and 30 middle-class Hindu children in each group of 8,11,and 15 years as well as 30 middle-class American adults and 30 middle class American children in each age group of 8,11, and 15 years. American and Hindu children sampled had the same number ... mean percentage of references to general disposition by the various Indian adult subgroups. Study 2 The analyses strongly support the present cultural present interpretation of attribution diversity in explanation, but it might alternatively be argued ...

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... constructed. "Enlightenment", by definition, was characterised by light, and assumed that all human beings were equal in so far as they were led by the light of reason. As such it was distinguished from the darkness, which supposedly characterised the Middle Ages, but also "primitive" peoples. Kant, one of the last Enlightenment thinkers, said that the enlightenment is the emergence of ... , was the absolute danger." They further argue that in the spirit of enlightenment, Indigenous societies, and in fact, "any living reminiscence of olden times, not only nomadic antiquity but all the mo...

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... if a given event occurs repeatedly or if the event agrees or disagrees with the norms and values of the image holder. Attitudes may contain both an affective and a cognitive side, but because a person is capable of reflecting on his attitudes, the cognitive processes play a major role in attitude formation. Values, on the other hand, primarily have an affective basis ... landscape, holiday houses, quiet and peaceful, cosiness, friendly people, children and dog friendly country; and on the negative side as: unstable weather, rain, cold, wind, expensive (houses and especially living expen...

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... can be harmful and painful to minority groups when their cultural styles are neglected by a more prevailing presence. A person's cultural context can shape not only living patterns, but also the development of an inner world and the manner in which one relates to oneself and others. During a time of increasing mobility and migration across countries and continents ... cross-cultural therapy to be effective. In dealing with the contemporary world, it is desirable for therapists to examine and understand psychotherapy broadly, not only vertically across time, but horizontally across cultur...

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History is frequently thought of only as dates, events and people, but in actuality it consists a great deal of the interpretations of the historians who studied and researched these events and data. Because it has a ... of historians and the elites I believe in general history is fixed, not only with the chronology and events that took place but also in the interpretations of the historians. The idea that we as a whole can change history thus proving that history is fluid and changeable is very fluffy and light way of portraying history. ... make history in our interpretation and the thing...

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... one group of people is determined by that group of people, and another group of people with different cultural experiences can well hold different, but equally valid ideas of what is right or wrong. Anthropologist and proponent of Cultural Relativism, Ruth Benedict claims that 'morality is a ... . Walsh argues whilst there are certainly moral judgements that vary from culture to culture, as well as those that shift as a particular culture evolves, by no means does this imply that morality is culturally relative, but simply demonstrates our 'inherent imperfection' in the fact th...

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... important realm of cultural life with significant implications for our understanding of consumer culture. Providing a concrete and tangible definition of what constitutes popular music has been the subject of much academic debate. As Richard Middleton contends, attempting to define popular music is "riddled with complexities" (1990, 3). Studies of popular music encompass a range of approaches from musicological, whereby ... the 1920's, and the inception of amplification and electric recording paved the way for new musical styles to emerge, such as rhythm and blues and rock and roll, lea...

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... (Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs, 1995). The ever-increasing diversity within the schools is also recognizable by the elevated visibility of other groups of diverse learners, including, but not limited to, students with disabilities, students who demonstrate limited English proficiency, children and families identified with the deaf culture, and gay and lesbian youth. Schools are ... experiences, cultural traditions, and historical contributions of the nation's diverse population. MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY In recent years multicultural education and technology have emerge...

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... always tended to fall apart along the fault-lines contained inside them. It is a matter of elementary truth that these lines were nearly always ones of nationality."# Gellner places much importance on politics in relation to nationalism, asserting that "nationalism is primarily a political principle, which holds that the political and the national unit should be congruent."# In terms of ... ." This virtual communication, of printed language, thus, in Anderson's view, formed the basis of an imagined community of nations, because members of the nation will never know many of his fellow mem...

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... here is that of the Massai people on whom limitations were placed on their hunting traditional activities so as to conserve the wildlife. In some instances they were forced out of their territories. (Arzaya 2004) Tourism has been portrayed d as panacea for sustainable development but the fruits from it have not often trickled down to localities. The infrastructure brought by tourism such ... as roads and recreational places like hotels and places of attraction are priced in such a way that they only serve the ... overseas, the tourism industry collapsed overnight leading to a decline in...

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... Kitchener, 1984) and virtue ethics (Freeman, 2000; Jordan & Meara, 1995). These models and theories are discussed in the following section. As mentioned earlier, Baruth and Manning (1999) stated that ethical decision making can be difficult, but it is necessary, particularly when counselors face complex situations or work with clients who have differing worldviews. Moreover, Remley and Herlihy (2001) ... model. These include reflection, attention to context, balance, collaboration, and tolerance (Tarvydas, 1998). Reflection concerns counselors' awareness of their own feelings, values, an...

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... Kitchener, 1984) and virtue ethics (Freeman, 2000; Jordan & Meara, 1995). These models and theories are discussed in the following section. As mentioned earlier, Baruth and Manning (1999) stated that ethical decision making can be difficult, but it is necessary, particularly when counselors face complex situations or work with clients who have differing worldviews. Moreover, Remley and Herlihy (2001) ... model. These include reflection, attention to context, balance, collaboration, and tolerance (Tarvydas, 1998). Reflection concerns counselors' awareness of their own feelings, values, an...

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