After a Utah high school student wore a Chinese-style cheongsam, Asian-Americans’ reactions were blistering. But that perplexed many on the other side of the world.
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Mark Hathaway's curator insight,
September 9, 2015 2:52 PM
I enjoyed this exercise, it was fun and creative.
Douglas Vance's curator insight,
January 18, 2018 7:00 PM
This is a brand new and to me, a unique way of exploring global geography by using trivia questions as a means to explore the world.
Kami Romeike's curator insight,
April 8, 2018 5:29 PM
I love this geography, map-based quiz that let's people explore the world as they learn about some interesting places.
Matt Manish's curator insight,
March 17, 2018 10:18 PM
I found that this article really captured my attention while reading it. Not only because of the mysterious lost city that was being searched for, but also because the archaeologists looking for it used the laser mapping system called LIDAR to look for the lost city. I have read about this laser system that has come out recently, and how it is making it easier than ever to locate cities that have been lost for centuries due to dense jungles. This laser system scans an area of jungle from a plane and then is able to detect structures such as lost cities that are covered by the jungle below. This is what helped the archaeologists mentioned in this article recently find this lost city. The LIDAR system seems like such an incredibly useful tool to help find ancient structures that are lost in South American jungles. I look forward to future discoveries that will come from this tool, and I wonder what ancient cities we will soon find that have been hidden away from the world for centuries.
K Rome's curator insight,
October 6, 2018 7:50 PM
This is probably the clearest example (that went viral) of anger about cultural appropriation gone wrong. This is a hot-button topic, and this video is food for thought (or fanning the flames). Cultural appropriation might be seen as offensive, but it cetainly isn't illegal. |
Matt Manish's curator insight,
March 16, 2018 2:51 PM
What a unique situation! On one hand it does seem to be a bit ridiculous to deny someone of a passport just because they are "annoying". Also, Nancy Holten who is mentioned in the article does make a good point about the cow bells are hurting the cows in the town she is applying for citizenship in. But as I read further into this article and learned how she is trying to change many of the town's cultural traditions, it began to make more sense why the citizens of the town do not want to grant her citizenship. I find it interesting Holten still wants to move to this Swiss town after they rejected her passport twice already, since most people look for places to live with good neighbors, not a whole town that thinks you're annoying. Ultimately, now that this case has escalated further into an upper level of the Swiss government, it will be compelling to see if Holten is granted Swiss citizenship after all.
Matt Manish's curator insight,
March 16, 2018 12:59 PM
I found this to be a very interesting tradition for such a major city in Spain like Madrid. I could definitely see this happening in smaller towns that want to honor their culture and their ancestors, but this seems like it would be the equivalent of seeing parts of New York city closed down for herds of animals to pass through for an old tradition. I find it very unusual that a major city would do this, but also very cool that the citizens of Madrid pay homage to their culture in such a way. Especially with the whole city getting behind it and looking forward to the event. It must be a real sight to see so many sheep passing through this big city as well.
Matt Manish's curator insight,
March 16, 2018 6:27 PM
Before watching this video and reading the article it was from, I didn't know much about racism in China. I still don't know a whole lot about it, but I do have a little bit better of a grasp of it now after watching this. According this article by CNN, certain parts of China and other Asian countries tend to look down upon dark skin. Adding to that, some Africans in China have apparently reported that they are looked down upon by locals in some parts of China. One can only hope that the backlash on the internet from this racist ad will spark positive change in the future for the culture in China as far as race is concerned.
Peyton Barnes's curator insight,
February 23, 2017 7:05 PM
This article really shows how bothered we get when we see others from different cultures. In class, we talked about how easy it is to be weirded out by people from different backgrounds. This reading is absolutely crazy to me, they actually fined the students for what they believe in. Yes, it is a different country than America but I mean seriously.
Carson Dean Williamson's curator insight,
March 1, 2017 1:25 PM
This relates to our class by the insight of other cultures hardships. These people were not accepted because of their customs.
Anthony Neely's curator insight,
March 13, 2017 10:15 AM
This relates to culture because it shows how certain peoples belief are not excepted in other place and can cause contoversy other the topic. I believe this is not a way to treat people based in culture or religious beliefs
Kassie Geiger's curator insight,
February 24, 2017 3:13 PM
This article is related to World Cultural Geography by food taboos and culture. The author made a "huge" food taboo on social media. Taboo is a social or religious act forbidden or a gigantic mistake. Apparently, you eat a banana with most dishes in Somali. She (the author) thought the banana was an appetizer, let's just say she thought wrong. This is culture related because food is a part of culture, which means... FOOD TABOOS ARE INCLUDED.
Heather Durden's curator insight,
February 24, 2017 4:42 PM
My initial thoughts on this article that yes if you are Somali then you do put the banana in the rice and not leave it out as well. moreover, this article does show that people do have their own religion and their own way of doing way to put this in a geography way, every country is not the same, we all are different in a way because of where we came from or our traditions as well. To end this, we were all raised in a way that makes us different because its how we are in this world.
Clay Goodin's curator insight,
March 7, 2017 11:47 AM
This man was eating Somalian food which was lamb and rice and a banana and he took a picture of his food and put a picture of his food on twitter. An uproar of Somalian people were not laughing with him but at him for the way he was eating the food. In Somalian culture you are supposed to slice up the banana and eat it with the rice but him not being from their culture he was not aware of this.
K Rome's curator insight,
October 6, 2018 7:50 PM
The sports internet can to some men be an extension of the locker room--and a place that is highly gendered. This video highlights the viciousness of online misogyny. Let's make the internet and the myriad of sub-cultures therein, better. This is uncomfortable to watch...but that's the point. |
The issue of cultural appropriation comes up again...and I'll share a link for the New York Times as well as Fox News on the same topic.
The issue of cultural appropriation comes up again...and I'll share a link for the New York Times as well as Fox News on the same topic.