... case when broaching the forum of semiotics, there are many varying and sometimes conflicting theories that place different emphasis on certain aspects of the "sign". By drawing from specific areas of these approaches, it becomes obvious, however, that semiotics is an inseparable and integral part of performance. Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist who has been hailed the " ... employed by most structuralists. The basic linguistic model, composed of "signifiers" and "signifieds", is an effective tool in approaching performance analytically. Saussure placed specific emphasis on the rol...

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... related to their interactions with others and the world around them, and depending on their experiences, may enrich or limit their sense of belonging. This notion is portrayed in Peter Skrzynecki's poem, "10 Mary Street" (1975), through the family's ability to build and form a connection to their cultural heritage in a new country. However, in his poem "Migrant Hostel" (1975 ... to their physical and social environment due to their lack of empowerment results in their limited perception of belonging. A similar notion is presented in Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" (1992) which explores t...

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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 great deal to do with the interpretations of historians and the elites I believe in general history is fixed, not only with the chronology and events that took place but ... and as our children and grandchildren will be different from us -so history changes." History becomes more of a fixed idea due to the fact that history is produced and becomes unchangeable by the elites and n...

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... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organization founded in 1989 by African American arts administrator, Carole Johnson and is based at Walsh Bay in Sydney. The company is nationally applauded for its impressive and compelling dances. Bangarra's key objectives are to "Rekindle the links between traditional Indigenous cultures of Australia and to help better the lives of ... artists who each obtain an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage from different areas across Australia and one artistic director called Stephen Page; he was born in Brisbane and is a descendant of th...

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... of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, offers a critique of modernity by breaking down the terms in which European thought distinguished itself from the "primitive". Conrad shows that the otherness of Indigenous societies is precisely the otherness of a civilised Eurocentric community itself, that is, "the West's Other is the West itself." Marlow, the central character, comes to understand that society ... discrimination, forced dependence and disempowerment. Reconciliation thus, must reverse these historical trends by facilitating the empowerment of Indigenous communities through the promotion of...

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... English Canon consists of selective pieces of work that are thoroughly examined by highly acclaimed critics and withstood centuries, with solidity, portraying a 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 ... as a guide for scholars as it provides a diverse range of sophisticated texts that are guaranteed to satisfy and enhance cultivated thinking. The gateway to entering the English Canon is b...

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... the globe, augmenting the demand for simultaneous translations in multiple languages while accelerating the translation process.(396) reiterating the idea that translation has become endemic to all aspects of human life in the globalized world. Seen from a cultural perspective, translation takes on the role of being a facilitator of understanding between races and people. Apart from the linguistic facility which translations ... and function of today's multicultural society. According to Edith Grossman, "The free essential exchange of literary ideas, insights and intuitions "a basic r...

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... the policies and conventions of public schooling. James A. Banks, professor of education and director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington in Seattle, is recognized as a leading scholar in the field of multicultural education. He has detailed five critical dimensions of multicultural education: content integration, knowledge construction, prejudice reduction, equity ... to promote a positive self-concept and cultivate positive relationships between students from diverse backgrounds in geographically diverse areas. This efforts have included videocon...

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... 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, it lacks the fulfillment of the typical American citizen. Consumerism offers only short-term ego-gratification for those ... been easily swayed onto the path of consumerism through the deceptive and clever advertising of mass media. Do Americans realize the lack of morality and humanitarianism in a ...

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... social constructivism model that crosses both the psychological and systemic-relational paradigms of mental health services. It is based on Maturana's (1970/1980) biology of cognition theory, which states that what is real evolves through personal interaction and agreement as to what is fact. The core structure of this model entails the notion that decisions are externally influenced. Basically, ... a summary of the characteristics of the different models discussed in this article, across four categories: conceptual origins, structure, strengths, and weaknesses. The Integrative Transcul...

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... social constructivism model that crosses both the psychological and systemic-relational paradigms of mental health services. It is based on Maturana's (1970/1980) biology of cognition theory, which states that what is real evolves through personal interaction and agreement as to what is fact. The core structure of this model entails the notion that decisions are externally influenced. Basically, ... a summary of the characteristics of the different models discussed in this article, across four categories: conceptual origins, structure, strengths, and weaknesses. The Integrative Transcul...

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... witnessing a tendency towards a single uniform world nationalism in the present day, when it would seem that, in many cases the opposite seems true. It is thus necessary to investigate the problems with this modernist train of thought. Although Gellner succeeds in analysing nationalism within the broad scope of the rise of modern society, there are some important weaknesses to the argument. Firstly ... history, with chains and events being linked by causes and effects. In his eyes, the crucial point in the development of nationalism thus came with the development of printing, or what he...

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... negative light and often using dehumanizing language. In Heart of Darkness, the dichotomy manifests itself whenever people are described. In a particularly salient example, the European chief accountant of a trade company is labeled "amazing" and his appearance painstakingly described by Marlow, the narrator: "a high starched collar, white cuffs, a light alpaca jacket, snowy trousers, a clear necktie, ... and varnished boots...hair parted, brushed, oiled" (Conrad 31). The natives mentioned on the same pages, however, are evaluated in a completely different manner. On one hand, the chief ...

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... that moral truths are internally determined from within a culture as a result of cultural experiences and interactions. Cultural Relativists thus propose that the moral permissibility of an act is solely contingent on its culturally acceptability, thus rendering an objective evaluation, be that a universal moral standard or western philosophical principles, irrelevant. The investigation of cultural relativism requires its application ... Realist's oppose these claims, and argue that there are objective moral truths that exist independent of cultural thought. Whilst not disputing the obv...

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... availability can possibly be affected by both short and 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 ... are offered to encourage e-commerce among small business and entirely wired communities. The legislative and legal framework of nations is a refle...

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... 302) Thus, in Adorno's view, popular music fails to negate the dominant social order, encompass an oppositional stance, or express critical thought. Instead, popular music is "rigid" and "mechanical." This is unlike serious music, which is "non-standardized," and "[every] detail derives its musical sense from the concrete totality of the piece" (1941, ... also it standardizes responses and reactions on behalf of the listener. It promotes habituated impulses and leaves the listener devoid of spontaneity. Moreover, popular music entails pseudo-individualization, referring to the idea that...

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... given culture outside and are principle to the tourism advertising for the given destination. The debate on globalisation versus localisation of marketing parameters has intensified over the last few decades with positions ranging from beliefs in the homogenisation of consumer demands to the idea that markets remain culturally diverse despite the increasing interconnectedness of the world. Relating the globalisation ... approach to a tourism context, it is, however, doubtful whether tourism destination promotion would benefit from total standardisation. This very much rests with the fact...

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... prescriptive cultural significance, even though they do not share a particular set of correlated attributes. An alternative interpretation of age and cultural diversity in dispositional attributions focuses on contrasting culturally derived conceptions of the person, which influence attributors" interpretations of experience. Cultural differences in dispositional attributions are seen as resulting, in part , from ... factors. Examination of alternative non- cultural interpretations of the anticipated cultural and age diversity in references to general dispositions proceeded by assessing...

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... 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" had been adequately ... ramifications for individual's well being and in turn the well being of their families. The other comparison between the segregation and assimilation policies and the impact they had on Aborigin...

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... inhabit becomes increasingly significant as the story continues, and illustrates Lahiri's effective characterisation of Ashima as she assimilates into the culture. The different 'homes' and cultures Ashima is exposed to thus reflects on her identity both through the lack of the development of identity she illustrates within her food preparation and her desire to cling onto her Bengali tradition, as well ... ;other" to the majority of Americans, who focus on their foreign background to which each of them feel limited connection. Particularly, Gogol experiences this at a dinner party ...

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... revenues and foreign currency earnings, created additional employment, introduced new technologies in transport, communications and e-commerce as well as improved tourism facilities and services to meet international standards. On the social and environmental fronts, globalization has broadened people's knowledge, created respect for indigenous cultures, contributed to the protection and conservation of historical monuments as well as the ... local governments are quick to formulate policies favoring tourism over indigenous people in an attempt to benefit their nations from tourism. A go...

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... more LGBT employees, diversify business relations with LGBT-owned companies and more. Monsanto – Monsanto (Monsanto, 2015) is a well-known, sustainable agriculture company focused on genetically modified organism. The main purpose of the company is to support farmers around the world in different ways, such as providing agricultural seeds, biotechnology and crop protection chemicals. ... Although diversity and inclusion is what drives the business, in the Top 50 Companies for Diversity, Monsanto ranked forty-third. According to DiversityInc (DiversityInc, 2015), Monsanto focuses great...

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... of true devotion, and abandonment of old rituals and behaviors. Passion conferences are built on the mission of "calling students from campuses across the nation and around the world to live for what matters most." With such a specific target audience, fulfilling the Passion mission is entirely contingent upon how the event directors make the conference culturally relevant to college students ... attempt to control the morality of the indigenous population by utilizing confession as an apparatus of control and as a mechanism to acquire knowledge about what is culturally relevant to the i...

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... television shows in which people are encouraged to divulge their personal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors exemplify this attitude. The extraversion of U.S. society has led practitioners to put more emphasis on what is said rather than what is unsaid in psychotherapy. "American academic psychology has taken for granted the values of self-expression, self-control, and self-efficacy. These values fit with American ideals of ... ," many important elements in psychotherapy in regard to a cultural population are ignored which creates cultural inconsistencies. The Western psychotherapeutic ap...

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