Cultural diffusion is the exchanging and spreading of new ideas and ways of living. With cultural diffusion spreading, a new era emerged, the Hellenistic period. The Hellenistic era sparked a time for great achievement and development,
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." - Langston Hughes. This quote talks about how life for Black Louisianians wasn't easy at all. And even though they were 'freed' were they really freed if they ha so many restrictions? One of the greatest gains made by Black Louisianans during and after Reconstruction was abolishing slavery and finally being "free".
In her book, Building the Devil’s Empire, Shannon Dawdy reflects on the development of New Orleans from 1718 until 1768 during the revolt against Spanish rule. She depicts imagery describing to the reader what it was like in New Orleans and even paints a picture of what it was through others point of views. Throughout the book, Dawdy explains what a rouge colony is through historical people. Their ideas and experiences serve to back up the concept of Louisiana the “rouge colony.” The examples from the people show the nature of a rouge colony and the development of not only New Orleans but also Louisiana.
Politics and Krewes in New Orleans Mardi Gras Throughout the celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the events surrounding it have evolved enormously throughout time. It has elements that are present in celebrations in Brazil, such as krewes where groups display their political views and desire for social change, providing an outlet for change. The political nature of Mardi Gras consists of satirical floats that are often a sign of frustration towards the government. During turbulent times of Reconstruction, Mardi Gras krewes used their floats and parades as a means to express their political views, desire for change, and anger.
New Orleans, also referred to as the Crescent City, started as a large port town that was (and is) very diverse in terms of people and their ethnicity, cultures, foods, and traditions. Being at essentially the foot of the Mississippi River, New Orleans brought many different kinds of people from many different backgrounds. The city was founded by the French in 1718, to this day there is a very large and diverse population. The large migration of those of all different backgrounds mostly started with the Louisiana purchase, though it was not the sole event and there were many different cultures there before the purchase, the event opened the area up for many more possibilities and people. “Throughout the nineteenth century, diverse ethnic and racial groups — French, Spanish, and African, Italian, German, and Irish — found common cause in their
New Orleans Mardi Gras, and Rio de Janeiro’s Carnivals have several similarities, but they also have their own distinctions. In Brazil, the whole country partakes since there are numerous Carnivals occurring simultaneously throughout the country. While in the United States the largest Mardi Gras is in New Orleans, even though other cities celebrate Mardi Gras, they are not as large nor have a high participation rate. Robert de Matta, is correct when determining that Rio’s carnival is more popular and has a higher participation.
The Greater New Orleans Foundation Charity Organizations make an important contribution to the social community. Charities provide essential services that positively impact the lives of citizens such as, building schools, hospitals, and etc. The Greater New Orleans Foundation is one of the oldest and largest foundations in New Orleans. Every day, the foundation joins other foundations, non-profit organizations, community leaders, and many others help out the community and solve its problems. It helps create a strong and tolerable community to make individuals feel safe.
Social determinants have become an influential component of innovation within traditional areas of research, from overall health of communities to disaster management. Starting in the 1980’s, researchers began to understand that social contexts, both micro and macro, have a significant impact on both individuals and the community as a whole when discussing response and resilience to disasters. After the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, after the sheer difference of separate populations ability to cope during the disaster area came to light, researchers began to elucidate the social factors which affect disaster response and ways to assess those for future disasters. The three largest areas of concerns that should be considered are social stratification and class, race and
American History I Online Impacts of the Columbian Exchange When studying the various cultural influences from other countries, certain elements brought from one country into another can significantly impact the country’s culture and lifestyle. The New World was heavily influenced by certain elements form Europe and Africa while Europe was heavily influenced by certain elements from The New World.
Hispanic Culture vs. American Culture Culture, as defined in Jon Shepard’s Sociology textbook is defined as an act of behaving or thinking, beliefs, custom, and arts in a particular society. In todays society there are many different cultures, while some are the same there are many different aspects that make each culture unique and diverse in their own way. Between the American and Hispanic culture there are many differences, but there are also similar traits as well. Whether its food, religion, language, politics, sports, family, holidays, or fashion; Americans share some of the same behaviors as Hispanics.
Cultural diffusion is the spread of different things from one civilization or society to another. Examples of things that are spread include religious and political beliefs, art and architecture. In ancient times, these influences spread as a result of travel and trade.
In some ways, this means each new hire averages what the culture's "grades" are. For example, if there are two employees who do a A grade work, but a new hire does B grade work, then the culture is now a 3.7 GPA. New hires, then, can change the culture. The B grade work, however, may not be because the new hire is a B level worker. There may be other reasons.
The Galveston hurricane occurred in 1900, this was the 2nd most economically effective hurricane in the history of United States hurricanes, with a category 4 ranking, 8,000 casualties, and 3,600 buildings being destroyed it is obvious this would be costly to any city, especially that this time was the peak of Galveston's economy, until the Galveston hurricane. Unfortunately for them this was also one of the first hurricanes in the city so they were unprepared. This hurricane left 10,000 people homeless and it is not the weatherman to blame because people were warned but most ignored. It is reasonable that people did not leave because Galveston was a booming city and there have been hurricanes near that fatal before then or even in that region.
Culture refers to the common beliefs and behavior patterns of a group of people. In an organizational setup, it refers to the common values that the stakeholders of the organization share, and impact their decision-making process. According to Cristina De Rossi, “Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music, what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at the table, how we greet visitors, how we behave with loved ones, and a million other things” (De Ross, 2015). Western culture refers to the cultures that are heavily influenced by European cultures, and has its roots from the Greco-Roman cultures as well as Christianity and spread through immigration to other parts of the world. Eastern culture is the culture of the Eastern Asian countries including China, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, and India (Zimmermann, 2017).
This appearances has lead the population as a whole to divide into groups, which later dictates how they participate in the mass culture. One example of this is the concept of high and low cultures. These two subdivisions of culture reflect the difference in socioeconomic statuses within a community, where differing ranges of affordability of each economic class is a huge determining factor for the aspects of culture to which these members have access.
