Not all cultural traditions deserve respect

Ecclesiology and Aboriginal Cultural Traditions

When Christianity came to Australia, with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, it came as the religion of the Europeans. After the new penal colony had survived the crises of the first few years, the British gradually extended their control over the whole continent. Thus they established in this country the dominance of European culture. In fact they were determined that this ‘new’ country w...

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Burtchaell preaches : Respect all life

W A SH IN G TO N (A P ) C on­ g ress re su m es its d ispu tes with P res id en t F ord th is week over U.S. covert aid to Angola and also on federa l spending. T h e H ouse p la n s to v o te T u e sd a y on a S e n a te -a p p ro v e d b an on th e A ngo la a id , tw o d a y s b e fo re a S e n a te F o re ig n R e la t io n s s u b c o m m itte e o p en s p u b lic h e a r in g s on U .S . p...

Social enhancement can create adaptive, arbitrary and maladaptive cultural traditions.

Many animals are known to learn socially, i.e. they are able to acquire new behaviours by using information from other individuals. Researchers distinguish between a number of different social-learning mechanisms such as imitation and social enhancement. Social enhancement is a simple form of social learning that is among the most widespread in animals. However, unlike imitation, it is debated ...

Cross-cultural IS research: perspectives from Eastern and Western traditions

Globalization not only affects all dimensions of organizational management, it can also impact IS research and research methods. China and other Eastern cultures are contributing the Oriental traditions to the Occidental lenses of analysis, while also providing interesting contrasts to the historical experiences in the Western world. With this backdrop, the significance of cultural issues is be...