Group members :-
Ahlam Jaabl H00248092
Mariam Nasser H00298894
Mariam Albastaki H00296563
Nouf Abdulla H00283449
Ruwaida Mohsen H00247855
Section 22
Month: April 2016
Ethnocentrism
1.Find 3 things about a different culture that you didn’t know before
1- Ethiopia uses a calendar that is about seven years behind the Gregorian calendar.September 12 marks the start of the New Year for the African country , so their new millennium began on what we consider Sept. 12, 2007.
2- Cut fingers in Indonesia: are usually eccentric followed by a tribe called “Danny” in Indonesia, as they force women to cut off parts of their fingers when a family member died. In order to make them feel the same emotional pain that they feel it!
3- In some Indian tribes the man at the maintenance of beards greeting each other an expression of mutual respect!
2.What are some problems with ethnocentrism in the UAE?
In the UAE’s culture, people can not be seen kissing in public. It’s against the Islamic religion and the culture of the UAE. It is very different than other cultures. However, other cultures they see it a normal thing, it’s not forbidden or something.
3. How could these problems be overcome?
The UAE culture based on Islamic law (sharia). The UAE culture is very different from other cultures. the foreign people should respect the UAE culture and don’t kiss in public. and the UAE people respect other cultures when they travel to their countries.
the group member:
- Ahlam Jaabal
- Nouf Abdualla
- Maryam Nasser
- Rwanda
Three stories
In this story, the worldview is Honor/Shame because the parents were so embarrassed from what will people say about their son who just eats soup and his grandmother a famous chef? Moreover,when grandmother gave food as a gift to Alvie, Alvie’s dad lied when he wrote a letter to his mother that his son loved the gift while he didn’t.Also, they want him to follow family rules. This shows Focus on establishing what will enhance or maintain power.
The scenario of this story explains the type of the three Colours worldview which is innocence / Guilt societies because of Tanktop cheats squeak. For example, Tanktop stolen cyber sid’s memory chip. In addition, Tanktop rests Betty Byte’s built in alarm clock to let squeaky be late from the race and brings the winner. Besides that, Tanktop creates a lot of problems for Squeaky. for instance, he puts nails, oil and cuts Squeaky’s telescopic arms. however, in the end, of the story, squeaky won the race which indicates that being cheat is always the loser and being honest is always winner. that is Fairness, consistency and transparency are important
In this story, power fear is the world view because the mouse is smart so he told everyone that he’s a friend with the Gruffalo. So everyone is scared of him.
Also, he says to the Gruffalo that he is the most scariest creature in this wood. Mouse is smart and he gets power easily.
Group members:-
- Mariam Nasser
- Ahlam
- Ruwaida
- Nouf
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