Essays on Cultural Identity

When we hear the word trans, it’s mostly associated with sexuality and gender, however, a new concept has come up.. The act of associating with a race other than the one you were born into. Identifying with a race that diverges from your ‘birth ethnicity’…

Black people have always been active in asserting their being or humanity in the face of oppression. Whether it be art or rebellion, black people always seek to express and assert their conceptions of blackness within society. This expression has also taken form in mindsets…

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is a volcanic Polynesian island located in the Pacific Ocean. It’s about 3,510 kilometers west of Continental Chile, making it a Chilean territory. The story of Easter Island begins with the Rapa Nui people, the original Polynesian inhabitants of Easter…

Wider communities and culture has taken a big part in our lives by shaping the perceptions of the individuals and the languages. By exploring unique ways in the following poems ‘Circular Breathing’ by Jaya Savige and ‘New accents’ by Ouyang Yu it shows how it…

Ethnocentrism Within culture there are two ways to look at other culture something called ethnocentrism and other cultural relativism. Ethnocentrism refers to judging another ethnic cultural group or individuals by the values and standards of one’s own culture. William Graham Sumner first encountered this term…

Dance plays a big part in culture in many different societies. In African culture dance is for enjoyment, celebration, and honor . Dance brings together communities in Africa. As well as helping people find and understand their rules inside their communities . There are many…

Abstract Tribal communities are scattered all the states of India. All tribals are having same characteristics and problems. They have their own culture and lifestyle. After independence some changes and development have been taking place but still expected success could not cover by them. Through…

French people are stereotyped to be very complaining, feeling superior and aggressive behavior towards strangers. People from other countries are often finding French People to be very critical in many aspects. However, French culture is very rich in both material and non-material aspects. They have…

Throughout modern history, reality television has evolved and influenced our culture. Our culture is interested in reality television because it shows us the euphoric lifestyles or in some cases dysphoric lifestyles. This gets our attention because in a way, it allows us to escape reality…

This week’s conference about sustainability was very interesting, since there were guests with different backgrounds like culture, nation, environment, mountain, cities and their speech was based on “how to sustain the spheres on which they are focusing”. It was interesting to have brain storming in…