The Benin bronzes are a collection of commemorative Bronze plaques and sculptures that were used to decorate the royal palace in the old kingdom of Benin, located around what is now southern Nigeria, and inhabited by the Bini people from around the eleventh century CE. The extract, from 'Great Benin: Its Customs, Art and Horrors' by Henry Ling Roth (1903),will be discussed, along with the specified plates from the AA100 Illustration Book, in order to better understand how, over the last century
meanings the term 'Culture' has. Indeed, it is a notoriously difficult concept to outline while ‘Cultural Encounters’ is exceptionally clear in comparison. It merely encompasses how cultures interact, overlap, and transform. These encounters manifest in the form of conquest, submission, and exploitation. An obvious example is the British imperial forces. Another type is the peaceful conversion processes such as the missionaries dispatched to the powerful West African kingdom of Benin. Furthermore, they
The importance of verbal communication is a crucial part of life within your culture, but also across many other cultures. When interacting with someone from a different culture, it is important to understand the difference between how you view situations and how they view them. For example, silence or maybe just a simple thumbs up. Body language is grated meaning over a period of time within a society you live in. Cultures identify these gestures completely different across the world. The way we express
together to discuss how to solve it. We helped each other and care for one another. However, there are some who still live in the past and are governing its people in fear. In this 21st Century, we able to learn one another and understand our different cultures. Malaysia is one example of this. It is special in a way that its cities are surrounded with the ideas from different people. However, not all of Malaysia fully follow this but no matter where you look, Malaysia is a diverse and multicultural country
portrait. From her commentary on the Haitian influences in the works of Basquiat to her account of the resilience of the Haitian people in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, Danticat’s writing leaves a lasting impression of an artist whose love of culture and ancestry is as vast as the waters which separate her from her native country. “Create dangerously for people who read dangerously. This is what I’ve always thought it meant to be a writer,” Danticat states in the opening chapter. This tension
Also, it is worth mentioning, that GECOL as a state-owned company does not have - to certain extent - well-structured and dedicated culture, I mean, the national culture is prevailed culture in the
Three level implementation framework 1. The Inner Corporate Level The foundation of core values of an organization should be based on integrity, accountability and transparency. This would act as a guiding force for strategic decision makers while choosing between alternatives. Choosing between right and wrong alternative is still simple but when it comes to choosing between two right alternatives, for instance, the right to information and the right to privacy, both being fundamental rights, choosing
culturally driven tourists; but, they'll be outlined. However, it's troublesome to differentiate between accidental cultural tourists and tourists United Nations agency think about culture because the main goal of their travel,5 and this bears implications for the look of policies geared toward enhancing the role of culture as driver of attractiveness and fight of destinations. maybe reflective the blurred lines in official statistics, the critical literature continues to explore these
Theoretical Level The researcher used Roland Barthes’ Semiotics, Arjun Appadurai’s Global Cultural Transnational flow, and Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities to establish the displacement of the K-pop fandom culture through the K-pop fans symbolic interaction in a computer-mediated setting. This symbolic interaction existing in the online space led the formation of an imagined virtual community of the K-pop fandom. Semiotics Swiss Linguist Ferdinand de Saussure introduced the idea of Semiotics
Cultural intelligence refers to an ability of a person in understanding its own culture and culture of others, adding how a person adjusts its own behavior when interacting with individuals of different cultural background (Thomas and Inkson 2009). The ability to adapting new cultural situation with cultural knowledge and sensitivity to different contexts is one of the crucial parts in Cultural Intelligence. During my studies in UK, I have a cultural conflict with Benson which is my group member