When we head overseas we brace ourselves for the variety of new foods, the crazy streets, and missteps in a new culture. The thing we often forget is that culture is truly ubiquitous, permeating absolutely every aspect of life. So over the next few days we will be looking at a few of the places where cultural differences surprise us because we didn’t even realize they were part of culture. As I like to think of this blog as a place to be exposed to new concepts and ideas, I’ll be introducing a variety of anthropological terms that will help us talk more exactly about culture. Time This one seems fairly obvious, we have heard about cultures that are more or less time sensitive (Americans […]
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