Essays about Culture Page 304

Social media sites such as Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are societal means for the 21st-century generation to interconnect, meet new people, and keep up with the latest news and trends. While enjoying these social sites, people feel connected to others, near and far, from the use of technology in the comfort of their homes…

​The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) is a terrorist group that deeply and existentially relies on the far-flung belief in the impending apocalypse to promote and sustain its brutal ideology. The group’s fixation on the apocalypse can be seen to evolve in part from personal and collective trauma,…

To exercise our sociological imagination, we had a film viewing of the indie film “Ded Na Si Lolo” by director Soxie Topacio last 8 July 2010. This film was all about a family who lost an important loved one—their father. Charing, one of the main characters, is one of the children. One morning while she…

In discussing the influence of pop culture on a generation, Connor Franta expressed his admiration for how it shapes our lives. The impact of pop culture varies between different eras, such as the seventies and eighties, thereby shaping the way each generation grows up. In terms of music, fashion, and films, the 1970’s and 1980’s…

In his article “The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and Their Historians,” Alfred W. Crosby argues that the overall impact of the Columbian voyages was detrimental to various cultures, particularly the Native Americans. Crosby supports his viewpoint by highlighting factors like the slave trade and the conquest of Native American tribes. One significant consequence of…

The Columbian Exchange was the global diffusion of animals, diseases, people, technology and ideas between Europe, and the Americas. During the Age of Exploration, European explorers embarked on journeys across the Atlantic Ocean to find a shorter route to India. However, they discovered two new continents in which they colonized and claimed for their respective…

Since coming to the University of Florida, I’ve met a lot of musicians, including a few composition students. While none of their compositions sound remotely similar, they all have one thing in common: when describing their music, they don’t often use words like “pretty” and “exciting,” but they all use the word “interesting.” The first…

The Idea of death and the chinese philosophy of it is intriguing, in the way Monkey is shown in the book, the idea of death as an a deity called yama, Yama is a fascinating figure. He rules over the afterlife, but is not one of the devas. This leads into the question Is Death…

With the number of different cultures and influences involved in fashion, cultural appropriation has become an evident issue within the fashion industry. It seems to be an ongoing issue as the number of stolen cultural traditions and identities is beginning to become more notable. Luxury brands such as Gucci, Chanel, and Marc Jacobs have been…

We can say that the peak of IS’ media activities was between 2014 and 2015, when it broke away from al-Qaeda, followed by an improvement in its military and financial status until it reached its peak with the invasion of Mosul and the declaration of the caliphate in 2014 (ISIS’s Media Network in the Era…