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Taylor Hamilton posted Oct 23, 2017 12:14 AM
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Steve's expectations, actions, and reactions were those of someone who clearly did not examine or look into a culture they were visiting. He used a very holistic approach when he created the expectations in his head. Had he not been as ethnocentric as he was, the business partnership could have turned out very well. If he had realized that the business world in Venezuela is very easy going and laid back, he would have been able to discern why the people he was working with were acting the way they were. Instead, he assumed that all cultures were the same as his own and had the same values and traditions. He was unable to disconnect from his own cultural traditions and that cost him a business partner, and more than likely made his boss rather angry.
Ferraro, Gary. Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective. Thomson Higher Education. 2014
It’s vital for one to look into the environment and the culture the place you want to do business. Domestic companies that are likely to see incremental growth in the coming decades are those that are not only doing business internationally, but that are developing the strategic skill set to master doing business across cultures. Cross-cultural core competence is at the crux of today’s sustainable competitive advantage.
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Culture and Work
Chelsea Purvis posted Nov 20, 2017 6:51 AM
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I believe the cultural conflicts of this scenario was lack of holism on both ends of the conflict, the Hispanic family as well as the nurse. I think the nurse, while stated in the graphic novel, lacked the study of many different aspects of human experience, including family structure, marital regulations, house construction, methods of conflict resolution, means of livelihood, religious beliefs, language, space usage and art (Andreatta and Ferraro, Cultural Anthropology pg 15). I do not believe that the nurse was racist and do not believe she had ill intentions or did much wrong except maybe she could have handled the situation more delicately. Her work had strict rules and she was an employee made to enforce those rules, however, she could have explained that these were the strict rules of the attending hospital. On the other side, I believe that the Hispanic family should have been aware of the rules from the beginning when the family was smaller at the beginning and should have been more understanding to the cultural area they were in, instead of accusing the nurse to be racist. I believe if the story would have taken place in an area that was more populated with the Hispanic race, the rules may have been different to begin with for the hospital to accommodate that type of culture. I also believe had the hospital in those areas had the same rules, they may not have called her racist but understood more.
Andreatta, Susan and Ferraro, Gary Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective, 10th edition, page 15.
Discussion Forum 9 - Jared Shafer
Jared Shafer posted Nov 19, 2017 6:30 PM
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Explain in your life, what kinship means to you?
Kinship means you share a significant family relation to a person. Whether or not it is biological is unimportant to me, because many people are not blood-related but still share a strong relationship and I would consider that kinship. I believe that to most Americans, and even around the world, the family is not as important to most people as it was 100 years ago. Surely there are still people who hold it to the same level of importance as most people did 100 years ago, but a lot has changed since then, and family has changed a lot. It is not uncommon today for people to not even speak to members of their own family for years at a time.
Kinship is a culture's system of recognized family roles and relationships that define the obligations, rights, and boundaries of interaction among the members of a self-recognizing group. Kinship and family ties may be defined through genetic relationships, adoption, or other ritualized behavior such as marriage and household economies. Kinship systems range in size from a single, nuclear-family to tribal or intertribal relationships. Traditional kinship systems may be reinforced by reference to real or apocryphal primogenitors or animal totems in addition to demonstrable ties of genetic or ritualized relationships. Varying cultural attitudes toward marriage between first cousins is an example of a culturally constructed kinship and family norm, with cousin marriage considered desirable in some cultures, but prohibited as incest by others.
Thailand and Prostitution
Breona Rayford posted Nov 27, 2017 5:28 AM
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Prostitution In Thailand is something that is practiced by many women, men, and minors. Although it is looked down upon and has been illegal since the 1940s, "2 million women, 20,000 adult males, and 800,000 minors under the age of 18" make prostitution their basic means of income and way of life (Voices 2015). According to the article, "Prostitution: Thailand's Worst Kept Secret", "It's said that about US $16 million from Vietnam War foreign soldiers' pockets went toward the Thai sex industry." The big reason why many people turn to prostitution is because of poverty. Thailand's people of poverty has found a false solution to their inequality and lack of employment and educational opportunities. Prostitution is viewed as the "way to go" as a means for survival.
Voices, S. (2015 July 3). Prostitution: Thailand's Worst Kept Secret. Retrieved from
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2015/07/prostitution-thailands-worst-kept-secret/#IjccRe7oyOO2QQfQ.97
It’s very sad to acknowledge that the prostitution problem in Thailand is almost unfix-able, due to the high demand and the high number of people dependent on the industry for employment. Thailand the government cannot afford to lose such a lucrative tourist market; being fully aware that sexual tourism brings in billions of dollars each year, and knowing that the sex trade is the main reason people travel to the region. Another factor is that the 2 million people who work in the industry are usually poor and uneducated.
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Race and Sports
Hannah Feltner posted Nov 26, 2017 10:16 PM
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I believe that an anthropologist studying this topic would not find relevance between the two topics of race and sports. I believe every single person was born with their own abilities. Some were born with academic talents, others with athletic abilities, and others with musical talents. I don't believe those gifts have to do with someones race or their gender. I also believe that if one works hard enough, he or she, can have the ability to do anything they want to do no matter their color or gender.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold Michigan’s ban on affirmative action makes it clear that states can choose for themselves whether to permit or ban active attempts to address racial inequality. What our work highlights is how much that contentious choice will be influenced on an unconscious level, without these questions being considered or debated explicitly, and even without people’s awareness. Those advocating most strongly that the Sterlings and Bundys of the world be banished from the public arena may do well to remember that a selective focus on the success stories of racial progress may be the surest way to lose public sympathy concerning racial inequality.
Discussion Forum 12
Jessica Lowery posted Dec 4, 2017 5:31 AM
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"Anthropologists define witches as different than sorcerers because their magic comes from inside, and not through tools. In other words, a witch can curse someone without having to use a wand or crystal, while a sorcerer must use something" (Study). A lot of people used to think witchcraft was associated with satanic beliefs. Witchcraft goes back to the early middle ages. People used to be executed for believing in witch craft.
Witchcraft is a phenomenon that has captured the minds of millions since the beginning of history. These so-called witches have caused fear, hatred, interest, widespread panic, and a variety of other emotions in other people from all over the world. Every society and civilization on this planet have all some form of witchcraft in their history. Witchcraft itself has a deep history of its own causing it to be recognized in literature and modern society.
Discussion Forum 13
Kristen Eberle posted Dec 4, 2017 5:10 AM
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Being a devoted Christian myself, I am in total support of religious freedom. However, I can understand how the school thinks they were showing safety precautions right after our 9/11 terrorist attack. The school could have possibly been more educated on these common religious cultural proceedings. I also do believe that the family and student should have been more open in their communication with the school on using this cover suddenly. I don't believe that the student simply wearing her religious headwear would be causing trouble or issues on anyone.
Ferraro, Gary. Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective. Thomson Higher Education, 2014.
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In the world today freedom of worship is a right and everyone should be allowed to worship pr even wear any type of clothing that displays their religion. This means that each state could choose its own religion without outside intervention,
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Discussion 14
Katherine Gomez posted Dec 1, 2017 4:03 PM
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Of everything that I learned, the most interesting thing that I can take away from this class is understanding culture in depth. It isn't just a word that defines someone different than myself, or from another country in around the world. A lot more goes into it, religion, family relationships, business and work. It has opened me up to really looking another person’s culture and appreciating what I have as well as the slightest hint of what they experience on a daily basis. I value my beliefs a little more, my Hispanic and American culture, the freedoms that I have been raised on. Not everyone gets that and as I've learned it's not always a choice they make for themselves. It was definitely a class worth taking.
Definitely I also enjoyed the class too, it’s important to know how culture plays a major role in one’s life. It’s good for everyone to appreciate one’s culture and also other people’s culture and we should strive towards being an all-inclusive society.
