Culture, Identity and Representations of Region
... ‘East’, in particular, has been subject to this ‘false essentialism’. But far less attention has been paid to the false essentialism of Europe and the ‘West’. Said himself is actually no less guilty of the crime of essentialism – if it is an intellectual crime2– when he speaks sweepingly of ‘Western ...
... ‘East’, in particular, has been subject to this ‘false essentialism’. But far less attention has been paid to the false essentialism of Europe and the ‘West’. Said himself is actually no less guilty of the crime of essentialism – if it is an intellectual crime2– when he speaks sweepingly of ‘Western ...
Theory and Analysis of Melody in Balinese Gamelan
... Hornbostel and Sachs participated in the development of Kulturkreis theory, in which the congruent distribution of clusters of traits would signify a historical period (Schneider 1978). Somewhat later, ethnomusicologists such as George Herzog (1930), Helen Roberts (1936), and Alan Merriam (1959) use ...
... Hornbostel and Sachs participated in the development of Kulturkreis theory, in which the congruent distribution of clusters of traits would signify a historical period (Schneider 1978). Somewhat later, ethnomusicologists such as George Herzog (1930), Helen Roberts (1936), and Alan Merriam (1959) use ...
Anthropological Concepts
... process organisms undergo to achieve a beneficial adjustment to an available environment and the results of the process in cultural systems people make decisions about change genetic evolution not subject to conscious choice Malaria in Africa Culture and Adaptation Humans have adapted by manipul ...
... process organisms undergo to achieve a beneficial adjustment to an available environment and the results of the process in cultural systems people make decisions about change genetic evolution not subject to conscious choice Malaria in Africa Culture and Adaptation Humans have adapted by manipul ...
cultural diversity pp
... -Material traits are football, cleats, helmets, etc. -Specific acts include kicking, passing, catching, tackling, etc. -Beliefs related are to be a good sport, certain rules to the game, penalties given for violations, etc. ...
... -Material traits are football, cleats, helmets, etc. -Specific acts include kicking, passing, catching, tackling, etc. -Beliefs related are to be a good sport, certain rules to the game, penalties given for violations, etc. ...
Culture, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War: General - TRAN-B-300
... Even while denigrating some aspects of Western culture, the Soviet government actively promoted the “classics” of Western culture to the Soviet public. At the same time, the Soviet authorities invoked Russian and Soviet music, ballet, theater, and literature to foster a mood of cultural superiority ...
... Even while denigrating some aspects of Western culture, the Soviet government actively promoted the “classics” of Western culture to the Soviet public. At the same time, the Soviet authorities invoked Russian and Soviet music, ballet, theater, and literature to foster a mood of cultural superiority ...
The Meanings and Dimensions of Culture TERMS • Culture
... Geert Hostede identified four dimensions, and later a fifth, of culture that help explain how and why people from various cultures behave as they do. ...
... Geert Hostede identified four dimensions, and later a fifth, of culture that help explain how and why people from various cultures behave as they do. ...
Westernization
Westernization or Westernisation (see spelling differences), also Europeanization/Europeanisation or occidentalization/occidentalisation (from the Occident, meaning the Western world; see ""occident"" in the dictionary), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, clothing, language, alphabet, religion, philosophy, and values. Westernization has been a pervasive and accelerating influence across the world in the last few centuries, with some thinkers assuming westernization to be the equivalent of modernization, a way of thought that is often debated. The overall process of westernization is often two-sided in that Western influences and interests themselves are joined with parts of the affected society, at minimum, to change towards a more Westernized society, in the hope of attaining Western life or some aspects of it. To assume, however, Western societies are not affected or changed by this process and interaction with non-Western groups is misleading.Westernization can also be related to acculturation and enculturation. Acculturation is ""the process of cultural and psychological change that takes place as a result of contact between cultural groups and their individual members."" After contact, changes in cultural patterns are evident within one or both cultures. Specific to westernization and the non-Western culture, foreign societies tend to adopt changes in their own social systems relative to Western ideology, lifestyle, and physical appearance, along with numerous other aspects, and shifts in culture patterns can be seen to take root as a community becomes acculturated to Western customs and characteristics – in other words, westernized. Westernization can include Americanisation and Europeanisation, with historical versions including Romanisation, Hellenisation, Francisation, and Germanisation. Other trends include Islamisation, Japanisation, Africanisation, and Sinicisation.The phenomenon of westernization does not follow any one specific pattern across societies as the degree of adaption and fusion with Western customs will occur at varying magnitudes within different communities. Specifically, the extent to which domination, destruction, resistance, survival, adaptation or modification affect a native culture may differ following inter-ethnic contact.