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Culture Shock
Today, our topic is culture shock. Recently, I have been thinking about culture shock a lot. I’ve seen a lot of world thus far in my life, have lived in several countries and have had a chance to observe some pretty unique behaviours. And yet, I’ve never really suffered from the infamous culture shock. Instead,…
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Attack of the Machines – Fear, Prejudice and Progress
Introduction Whether it was an black and white film such as Metropolis, a mid- or late twentieth century classic such as the Terminator films, Westworld (1973) and Death Machine (1994) or a modern thriller or horror such as RoboGeisha (2009), we have all seen it – the humanity effectively destroying itself through inventing technology, and that…
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Goth in the jungle – subculture and variety
We’ve survived the extensively Halloween themed week, so now, we’ll be moving on with a variety of anthropological themes. Today, we’ll be looking at subculture and variety, and we’ll use the Goth subculture around the globe as our case study. I’m going to start by challenging the perspective of subculture and mainstream culture. You see,…