Caribbean Global Culture The Caribbean is, according to Richard Hillman, an important part of global culture and the global economy. Many U.S. residents, however, see it as a kind of DisneyWorld with white sands and cheap liquor. What is your impression of the Caribbean as a result of our study and readings for this week? The Caribbean has a global culture that, in most cases, is misrepresented or interpreted. Besides being the provider of sun, sands, and brews, it has other major art and culture that is celebrated globally. The long period of colonization and oppression is always expressed in their music, art, and literature. The writers from the Caribbean islands are recognized both globally and at home. For instance, Derrick Walcott of St. Lucia won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995. Besides literature, Caribbean music had a major influence on global society. For instance, the Rastafarian movement, which was founded in 1930, has been adopted both globally and locally (Hillman, & D’Agostino, 2009). Singers such as bob Markey, Erick Clapton Beres Hammond, and peter tosh revolutionized the world…
Research on Josef Pieper and “Leisure; the basis of culture.” Background of the study The cotemporally philosophical understanding of Josef Piepers’ works and other philosophers of the ancient time intrigues thinking towards their subjects and pitching something to mull-over. Josef Pieper’s line of thought in this book tried to connect work and leisure in the medieval era and the current time. In the quest to understand about leisure and work, he presents a problem to the reader in which we are required to unmask the philosophical gist or the in-depth interpretation of his work subject to the past era and the present contemporary day. This book is a composite of two articles; leisure, the basis of culture, and the philosophical act whose meeting point is a congruence to the problem confronting the reader requiring a viewpoint, a critic, or an opinion towards Piepers’ school of thought. This paper covers research on this book “leisure; the basis of culture” in the bid to understand Piepers’ philosophical approach and his school of thought. Literature review According to Pieper, this book presents leisure…
Culture and Leadership Culture is a cognitive element in a business organization since it is part of the macro-environment having a strategic impact on the direction of the business. Business culture entails understanding and conceptualization of the people’s norms, values, and their acceptable traditional behaviors. However, it doesn’t only incorporate national culture but also business culture inclusive of giving directions on handling social media, internships, meetings and also formalities. Being brought up in a state in the United States where diversification of culture was rare, I grew up understanding only a single culture which may be a challenge in dealing with the other cultures of the globe. Leading a group full of diversity of culture is accompanied by a lot of dilemmas due to lack of knowledge on interaction with individuals from different cultures. Leaders should always cross-cultural type of leadership to help them sort the issues of the cross-cultural environment. Moreover, abolishment of ethnocentrism should be exercised to combat the dilemma since it will assist in equalizing all the cultures. Also, a leader should understand the cultural values of…
The Chinese culture The homecoming and other stories book written by Han Shaogong, many different themes are covered in the book to reflect today’s people living styles. For instance in the Rong Cai’s analysis of the book basing arguments on the “Pa, Pa, Pa” where language is the main idea. Han Shaogongs bases his writing on such themes as; the potential of Chinese culture, the lagging behind and the underdevelopment in china, evil of socialism and cultural revolution in china, Chinese myths, magical realism and others. The above themes are mainly based on the Chinese culture and how the culture works. It also covers the impact of the culture on the life of the people. Potential of Chinese culture Han is basing the argument on the present and past culture of china. The culture is facing a lot of challenges and many threats but struggles to fit. He is concerned with the continuation of the culture and also the importance the culture has to its people and even the surrounding. The other issue is the challenges and how these…
how masculinity creates a culture of violence It is crucial to contemplate how masculinity creates a culture of violence, affecting all genders when tackling the intersectional features of the ways masculinity and femininity are socially constructed and institutionally reproduced to contribute to sexual abuse. Jackson Karts and Jeremy Earp and Jane Doe in their books “It’s the Masculinity, stupid!” and “The Ultimate Rape Victim” examines the violent and hostile environment that the society has forced on women. The authors developed a culture that shows that any non-aggressive representation of male identity and hyper-masculinity can generate a crisis of masculinity—as a result, making women victims of sexual violence in an attempt to maintain socially constructed gender dynamics and gender roles. Therefore, both genders must eventually reconcile new identities with how the society label, shame, and view them. She was wearing indecent clothes or was at both the wrong place and time are some of the common statements people make after a woman has been a victim of sexual violence. Furthermore, after an incident, “a raped woman is framed socially and within…
Evaluation Rubric: Analysis of an Advertisement from Popular Culture Title creative, specific and relevant title includes a relevant title no title 1 .5 0 Topic Selection engaging introduction; clearly social problem is clearly introduction and general focus and no introduction of and identifies example of social identified; choice of ad in identification of social direction are topic or themes problem in popular culture relation to social problem and problem could be unclear Introduction advertisement; choice of ad in vice versa seems appropriate clearer relation to social problem and (connections make sense); vice versa seems appropriate introduction could be more (connections make sense) focused 3 2.5 2 1 0 Description of outstanding description of a some question(s) (from the more focus on description of ad no critical social problem in relation to ad assignment instructions) that describing the ad or misses the point of engagement or Framing (description of ad properties, would be highly relevant to the social problem is identifying how description of (both the advertiser’s techniques and strategies used analyzing the selected required things are ‘framed’ properties of…
Rise of Consumer Culture (Advertising & Branding) Firstly, through research, provide definitions for the terms ‘advertising’ and ‘branding’ – using authoritative reference sources (cross-reference to check accuracy) Try to keep definitions concise and clearly understandable (roughly a paragraph for each). Information such as this, cut and pasted directly from source, needs to appear in parentheses with the reference source or link, clearly stated underneath. DO NOT MAKE SOMETHING UP YOURSELF, PARAPHRASE OR ATTEMPT TO REWRITE. Next, explore various forms of commercial advertising represented by a range of visual media forms. Try to find examples of print-based advertising (e.g. posters, leaflets, magazines, bill-board hoardings, flyers, tickets, labels, surface packaging etc.,) as well as time-based/digital media (e.g. online, pop-ups, t.v., video/film etc.,). Try to collect images which illustrate a variety of forms. Add captions/dates only.[unique_solution] The Careful Consumer Create a critical analysis of the following products – written from the point of view of consumer. Firstly conduct research/gather information with regards to each of the following 3 fashion retail brand names (listed below) – explore the history…
Rise of Consumer Culture Advertising is an important business tool used by businesses to popularize and reach new markets. Advertising is a marketing communication where businesses communicate with users of services and products (Percy, 2016). The advertisers pay and control the advertisement messages. Advertisement messages are communicated through television, radio, newspapers, magazines, internet, posters, and hoardings. Branding is the process of creating a unique name and image of a particular product in consumers’ mind through advertising campaigns (Dinnie, 2015). Businesses organizations use branding business tool to differentiate their products from the rival products to attract and retain more customers. Both small and large businesses use branding to compete favorably in the market. Commercial advertising is generally the use of advertising to generate revenue. Advertising is typically designed to make consumers more aware of a certain product or service. Commercial advertising allows businesses to reach new markets by taking businesses’ messages directly to consumer campaigns (Dinnie, 2015). Commercial advertising agencies allow businesses to control advertising messages so that advertising meets the intended purpose. Various forms of commercial advertising exist, and…