What are the potential impacts of the loss of cultural uniqueness,? siting Caribbean countries?
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Your question is very naive and misguided. It ignores matters such as:\n1. the inherent resilience of national culture;\n2. the transient nature of mass-consumption, popular culture;\n3. the organic, evolving and adaptive nature of all cultures;\n4. the general disinterest of foreign tourists in a country's culture.\n\nWhilst tourist operations will adapt to their customers' needs, that hardly indicates a threat to the whole nation's culture. In Spanish tourist areas, popular with Britons, you'll see "English pubs", fish and chip shops and hamburger joints. Yet local culture is alive and well, even in Ibiza. If anything, a challenge is laid down, to those involved in cultural manifestations, to become more active and expand local participation.\n\nCulture is particularly exemplified in music. Over the years, and around the world, national music forms have been challenged by popular western musical trends e.g. twist, soul, disco, punk. Indeed some local music has incorporated elements of these other musical forms, as part of the craze. This is happening today with hip-hop; in Ghana, for example its typical highlife music has been adapted by some musicians to make "hip-life". However, all this is ephemeral, and the traditional styles continue.\n\nNo culture stays the same; it changes. Any culture that stagnates will die. Look at the country of your concern - Jamaica. See how music has developed: mento →Jamaican rhythm & blues →ska → rocksteady →reggae → dub → ragga/dancehall. Prior to 1930 Rastafarianism did not exist. Culture does not stand still.\n\nMost tourists have no interest in local culture. They go in search of sun, sand, sex and sangria. Basically they want their own local beach, but with sunshine and palm trees. In general they do not bother to learn a language, and their excursions are limited to the hotel complex and the nearby beach. Your whole argument is based on the premise that all tourists go to Jamaica to eat saltfish & ackee and talk in patois; whereas all Jamaicans are switching to cooking hamburgers and speaking ebonics. This is far from the truth in both respects. Any adaptations made in response to tourists' demands, and in tourist areas, can not be applied to the entire country, as an indication of cultural collapse. \n\nPlease take a step back and see the full picture.
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It affected immigration from certain countries.
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Africa and Latin America had incluence the moder art through many things. First through the Culture, we have a rich culture that during the last decades had being showed thanks to the very mix racial melt that the US has suffered.
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That's simple: geographical, cultural, religious differences.
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the UN defines culture as el gathering of caracteristics such as spiritual, materal, intelectual and social belownigs of a group, so the importance of the cultural heritage is to give to the next generation a bit of what we are and what are ancester were, remember the one who forgot history only manage to repeat it.
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Well to answer both your questions, I believe that the degree of multi-culturalism obviously affects the willingness of a society to accept new ideas.\n\nI believe the more people that live in a multi-cultural society there are, the more they are willing to accept differences simply because they live in a society that is exposed to different people and cultures.\n\nOn the other end of the spectrum we have a very closed society like Japan, I believe there fear due to there lack of multi-culturalism has a negative affect on there willingness to accept new ideas.\n\nJapan would be part of my answer to your second question, and obviously the United States would be an example to the contrary.
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Hey give them some puzzles related to cultural diversity to solve.....that would definately help you to keep audience in discussion...\n\nhope this helps!!!
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None, without diversity we would literally die. Our gene poll couldn't do it if we were breeding among the same "clans" or groups for hundreds of years, we would all have birth defects.\n\nWhy would people travel to other Countries? Is it for visiting and learning about other Cultures and their surroundings / habitats?
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Before the Europeans arrived in what is now called North America, there were a number of indigenous peoples scattered over the land.  In the last three hundred and fifty years, many have been reduced to less than one hundred who speak their original tongue and some have become extinct, with little or no record.\n\nTo keep a culture alive. Get it recorded. Visit those old Cajuns with a recorder.  Ask questions, get them to tell stories.  Keeps notes on your work.  Who knows, in 1000 years someone will have wish that this was done now.\n\nIf you need help, get help.  The best I can do is prepare my gumbo with sassafras and crawdad.
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Here are a few more links I found about cultural assimilation.  The meaning of the term "acculturation" is very similar to that of "cultural assimilation".\n\nI hope these help you with your assignment.
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it depends on the culture.
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I doubt it. Culture might account for differences but as Asian cultures continue adopting western influences any disparity in maturity behaviour will even out. In a few generations the entire world will be a mass of babbling idiots.
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How about the effects of globalization on the developing world?\n\nThe effect of global warming on the Arctic
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Sounds like your trying to have someone else do your homework, well, I am bored enough so here goes\n\nTourism is the economic and cultural exchange conducted by foreigners visitors.\n\nPros: Money or economic revenue.\nEconomic Growth.\nFunds and necessitates preservation of cultural and historic sites and artworks.\nMakes a place famous and thus puts it "on the map"\nValidates a culture as rich, interesting, and valued\nOften leads to further economic ties. Business ventures.\nFunds new civic projects.\n\nCons:Exploits natural resources for outsiders.\nCreates a population of local service workers (hotels, restaurants,) who sometimes become second-class to the tourists and dependent on them for a livilyhood.\nObjectivies a group of people for entertainment, amusement or study (like African Bushmen...Masaii Warriors)\nTheft of cultural artifacts (Stonehenge, Tribal Masks, Ancestral Artifacts, Human Remains)\nCreates a stereotyped culture geared toward tourists (Hawai'i)\nProstitution (Your teacher may not like that but I've been to 5 continents and that is a REAL serious problem that should be addressed.)\nDrugs and Crime (Muggings) as well.\nLocals can't afford to live in their own communities (Aspen, Colorado, Providence Town, Mass.)\nSilly Tourists commit cultural faux pas that aggrivate the locals.\n(Although tourism does lead to social exchange and understanding +++)\n\n\nGood Luck with your Homework.
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the answer to your direct question-- is a definite NO. as to the thesis that accompany your question-- it all depends. not all countries are in the same "bag" --humans differ as to their origins ( I mean social and political) and their heritage and their experiences with different types of governments or rulers. we can not and should not over-simplify "democracy" that it is applicable "as is" to all countries. that is wrong and that is why we have so many issues and problems in countries where their applications is resented. to cut short a long conversation -- democracy is the best among the the worst alternatives. but it should be applied with degrees of latitude to that particular nation/government/population -- like all social remedies in life -- it will take time before it bears fruit. hope it helps.
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Good question.  That is a serious concern of mine.  Look at France.  They are currently dealing with a gigantic almost-fundamentalist Muslim subculture that has not assimilated.  I suspect liberal ideals that ran amuck caused this.  But it was prior to the 60's that this idea got around.\n\nThe presumption was that all cultures are equal and should be respected.  That's fine in theory, but what actually happens is that you start to get a transplanted version of foreign countries in your country if they do not assimilate, and particularly if they live in groups that are not integrated into society.  Assimilate does not require that you completely give up your heritage.  It simply requires that you hold the most important ideals of your new country.
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Several African countries have an infant mortality rate close to 50%, mostly due to extreme poverty (disease, abysmal sanitation, civil unrest, etc.).  While low GDP, and internal strife are important problems, losing half of your newborns, to me, is the greatest of tragedies.  Long term, in practical terms, it also means you country will not have a large indigenous work force, and will need to import labor to sustain the populace, if/when the econmoic situation improves.  Non-indigenous labor can have negative social, political and economic impacts on a country, often worsening a sensitive situation.