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Exploring Culture : Exercises, Stories and Synthetic Cultures
Exploring Culture brings Geert Hofstede's five dimensions of national culture to life.Gert Jan Hofstede and his co-authors Paul Pedersen and Geert Hofstede introduce synthetic cultures, the ten "pure" cultural types derived from the extremes of the five dimensions.The result is a playful book of practice that is firmly rooted in theory.Part light, part serious, but always thought-provoking, this unique book approaches training through the three-part process of building awareness, knowledge, and skills.It leads the reader through the first two components with more than 75 activities, dialogues, stories, and incidents.The Synthetic Culture Laboratory and two full simulations fulfill the skill-building component.Exploring Culture is suitable for students, trainers, coaches and educators.It can be used for individual study or as a text, and it serves as an excellent partner to Geert Hofstede's popular Cultures and Organizations.
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Culture and Cultures in Tourism : Exploring New Trends
According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), international tourists engaging in cultural activities accounted for more than 500 million of international tourist numbers in 2017.City tourism relies on culture as a major product, providing benefits not only for interested visitors, but also for the local resident population.New trends in tourism include "experiential tourism", where the interactions between tourists and residents become a key part of the tourism experience and overall customer satisfaction.New technologies and IT applications allow tourists to design their own trip, given the presence of global companies like Trip Advisor, Booking.com and AirBnB. This comprehensive volume explores new trends in cultural tourism, demonstrating how and why culture has become a central factor in tourism.The authors analyse a wide range of relevant issues, including: how heritage-based and cultural tourism could contribute to the sustainability of destinations; the increase of religious travels to and within Arab countries; and how cultural tourism fosters understanding among people and cultures, and could even potentially help to consolidate peace at a regional level.The book also analyses interactions between hosts (the local residents) and guests (the cultural visitors), revisiting the pioneer hippy travelling experiences in Turkey of the 1960s and how they shaped youth culture. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of cultural tourism.The chapters were originally published in the journal Anatolia.
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Cycling Cultures
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Digital Cultures
In a world largely divided between giddy celebrants and dire detractors of digital culture, Milad Doueihi is one of the very few who speak with broadly informed and measured authority about what the rise of the digital means.Writing as a philologist and intellectual historian, Doueihi argues that digital culture is or will be akin to religion in the scope of its influence and power, and that because of its omnipresence it requires special analysis.Digital Cultures is the culmination of his deep and far-reaching attempts to meet this need. Doueihi shows clearly how applying the notions of print culture to digital textuality distorts the logic and promise of the new literacy.He then moves on to examine a number of inherent contradictions or tensions in digital culture: between digital technology’s capacity to create a public sphere and its use as an instrument of control and censorship; between the possible collective and anonymous construction of knowledge in the Wikisphere and the dissemination of errors.Throughout, he strives to give a balanced account of digitization’s potential for both disruption and innovation. Writing accessibly about the underlying technology, Doueihi explores the multidimensional question of what it means to participate in online culture—from literacy and citizenship to texts, archiving, and storage.By bringing together topics explored separately elsewhere—such as copyright, digital subjectivity, and social networks—Digital Cultures offers a rare, comprehensive view of the emerging digital space.
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Is our culture superior to other cultures?
It is not accurate or fair to label one culture as superior to others. Each culture has its own unique values, traditions, and beliefs that contribute to the diversity and richness of our world. It is important to appreciate and respect the differences among cultures rather than making comparisons based on a notion of superiority. Embracing cultural diversity can lead to greater understanding, empathy, and harmony among people from different backgrounds.
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Are all cultures valuable?
Yes, all cultures are valuable as they contribute to the diversity and richness of human society. Each culture brings unique perspectives, traditions, and practices that help shape our understanding of the world. By recognizing and respecting the value of different cultures, we can promote inclusivity, tolerance, and appreciation for the differences that make our world a more vibrant and interesting place.
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What are different cultures?
Different cultures refer to the unique customs, traditions, beliefs, and practices that are shared by a group of people. These can include language, food, clothing, art, music, and social behaviors. Cultures are shaped by a variety of factors such as history, geography, religion, and societal values, and they contribute to the diversity and richness of human society. Embracing and understanding different cultures can lead to greater empathy, respect, and appreciation for the world's diversity.
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What are Eastern cultures?
Eastern cultures refer to the diverse set of traditions, beliefs, customs, and practices that are prevalent in the eastern regions of the world, including Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. These cultures are often characterized by a strong emphasis on collectivism, respect for authority, and a deep connection to nature and spirituality. Eastern cultures also encompass a wide range of languages, religions, and artistic expressions, making them incredibly rich and varied. Overall, Eastern cultures are deeply rooted in history and tradition, and play a significant role in shaping the identities of the people who belong to them.
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Different Cultures
A diverse and engaging collection of literature from different cultures within the UK, including short stories, extracts from novels, drama and poetry, as well as writing from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. A vivid and contemporary collection which offers a rich diversity of perspectives on British society.
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Car Cultures
Anyone who assumes that a car is simply a means to get from point A to point B, or who even thinks that they know what a car is, should read this book.Profoundly shaped by culture, the car gives rise to a wide range of emotions, from guilt about the environment in the UK to aboriginal concerns with car corpses, to struggles to keep the creatures alive with everything but the proper spare parts in West Africa.Cars and their landscapes prove central to human life from its most intimate to the widest sense of global crisis, and are capable of inspiring epic passions.From road rage in Western Europe to the struggles of cab driving in Africa to the emergence of Black identity in the US, this book examines the essential humanity of the car, which includes the jealousies, gender differences, fears and moralities that cars give rise to.Firmly grounded in detailed ethnographic and historical scholarship, this is the first book to provide an informed sense of cars as one of the most familiar and significant forms of material culture.
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Guitar Cultures
The guitar is one of the most evocative instruments in the world.It features in music as diverse as heavy metal, blues, indie and flamenco, as well as Indian classical music, village music making in Papua New Guinea and carnival in Brazil.This cross-cultural popularity makes it a unique starting point for understanding social interaction and cultural identity.Guitar music can be sexy, soothing, melancholy or manic, but it nearly always brings people together and creates a common ground even if this common ground is often the site of intense social, cultural, economic and political negotiation and contest.This book explores how people use guitars and guitar music in various nations across the world as a musical and symbolic basis for creating identities.In a world where place and space are challenged by the pace of globalization, the guitar provides images, sounds and styles that help define new cultural territories.Guitars play a crucial part in shaping the commercial music industry, educational music programmes, and local community atmosphere.Live or recorded, guitar music and performance, collecting and manufacture sustains a network of varied social exchanges that constitute a distinct cultural milieu.Representing the first sustained analysis of what the guitar means to artists and audiences world-wide, this book demonstrates that this seemingly simple material artefact resonates with meaning as well as music.
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Recordkeeping Cultures
Recordkeeping Cultures explores how an understanding of organisational information culture provides the insight necessary for the development and promotion of sound recordkeeping practices. The book is a fully revised and expanded new edition of the authors’ 2014 book Records Management and Information Culture: Tackling the people problem.It details an innovative framework for analysing and assessing information culture, and indicates how to use this knowledge to change behaviour and develop recordkeeping practices that are aligned with the specific characteristics of any workplace. This framework addresses the widely recognised problem of improving organisation-wide compliance with a records management programme by tackling the different aspects that make up the organisation’s information culture.Discussion of topics at each level of the framework includes strategies and guidelines for assessment, followed by suggestions for next steps: appropriate actions and strategies to influence behavioural change. This new edition has been fully revised and update to greatly enhance the practical application of the information culture concept in both formal and informal recordkeeping environments and contains new chapters on:diagnostic features: genres, workarounds and infrastructureworkplace collaboration: how to analyse collaborative practices in organisations (including recordkeeping)education: how to teach information culture concepts and methods in archives and records management graduate programmes. Archivists, records managers and information technology specialists will find this an invaluable guide to improving their practice and solving the ‘people problem’ of non-compliance with records management programmes.LIS students taking archives and records management modules will also benefit from the application of theory into practice.Records management and information management educators will find the ideas and approaches discussed in this book useful to add an information culture perspective to their curricula.
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What are greenhouse cultures?
Greenhouse cultures refer to the practice of growing plants in a controlled environment within a greenhouse. This environment allows for the regulation of temperature, humidity, and light, creating optimal conditions for plant growth. Greenhouse cultures are commonly used for growing a wide variety of crops, including vegetables, flowers, and herbs, and are particularly useful in regions with extreme weather conditions or limited growing seasons. The controlled environment of a greenhouse also helps to protect plants from pests and diseases, leading to higher yields and better quality produce.
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What are vegetarian rennet cultures?
Vegetarian rennet cultures are enzymes used in the cheese-making process that are derived from non-animal sources, making them suitable for vegetarians. These cultures help coagulate the milk, separating it into curds and whey, which is a crucial step in cheese production. Common sources of vegetarian rennet cultures include plants like thistle, fig leaves, or certain types of fungi. Using vegetarian rennet cultures allows cheese makers to produce cheese without using traditional animal-based rennet.
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What music cultures are there?
There are numerous music cultures around the world, each with its own unique styles, instruments, and traditions. Some examples include the classical music traditions of Western Europe, the rhythmic and percussive traditions of African music, the intricate melodies and scales of Indian classical music, the improvisational nature of jazz, the energetic and expressive styles of Latin American music, and the complex and ornate traditions of Middle Eastern music. These are just a few examples of the diverse music cultures that exist globally, each with its own rich history and significance.
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What exactly are yogurt cultures?
Yogurt cultures are a combination of bacteria that are used to ferment milk and create yogurt. The two main types of bacteria used in yogurt cultures are Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. These bacteria consume the lactose in the milk and produce lactic acid, which gives yogurt its tangy flavor and thick texture. Yogurt cultures also contain other beneficial bacteria, such as Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium, which are known for their probiotic properties and potential health benefits.
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