Amish Culture Ana Cormier ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Michelle Dorne July 15, 2012 Every culture has a different way of living, the Amish are one of the few cultures that are still living by following their cultures set of rules. The Amish are widely regarded as a sacred, even quaint people. The primary mode of subsistence of the Amish is Horticulturalist. They are farmers; they plant different crops every year. The women help them with the farming and with the farming they feed themselves and most don’t depend on anything else other than what they grow on their lands.
Running head: CULTURAL SENSITIVITY 1 Cultural Sensitivity in Professional Communication with the Amish Kathy U. Walker Grand Canyon University: NUR 502 May 8, 2013 Cultural Sensitivity in Professional Communication With the Amish It is a well-known fact that disparities in healthcare exist among minority groups. The nursing profession, in an effort to deliver more appropriate and individualized patient care, is continually gathering data that can influence the patient’s experience. One very important arena is that of culture. Culture can be a determining factor in the care delivered, and therefore should be included in the approach to maintaining and restoring health (Barker, 2009). One such minority culture is that of the Amish.
Belonging "To belong is to feel secure and safe and to know ones place in the world." All people want to belong. That want to belong has many degrees and many ambiguous meanings. The wish to belong reflects each person and their situation differently, yet that one desire is still felt similarly by all human beings and even non-sentient creatures. This is the case for Emily Dickinson and her poetry, as well as two very different texts, ‘Walking Naked’ by Alyssa Brugman and the play ‘Stolen’ by Jane Harrison.
The weddings usually took place in a church and people would come and bring gifts. During the marriage the law stated that the husband had full rights over his wife. The wife’s job was to take care of the household and to have
At about the same time, the offender contacted a wedding celebrant to discuss his plans to marry Janet in November of that year. The offender later cancelled the wedding. 7 On 10 September 2003 the proceedings brought by Ms Ingham were settled with the offender agreeing to pay the sum of $9000 by 12 April 2004. That sum was received by Ms Ingham on 28 January 2004. 8 Janet did not disclose her relationship with the offender to members of her family until mid-March 2004 and later that month she announced that they were engaged.
Behavior is regulated by a set foundation of traditions, which limits any chance of social change. This type of social group has strong ties between generations; typically, individuality must be sacrificed in the sense that if you’re father was a carpenter, and his father before him were a carpenter; there is a sense of obligation to carry on the work of previous generations. On the other hand, “Gesellschaft is a characteristic of modern urban life. In modern societies, most people are strangers who feel little in common with other residents” (Witt, 106). In Gesellshaft, the relations between members of a community are naturally more detached and impersonal, and people are highly concerned with the interest of themselves.
They are required to wear the khimar during certain events in their life. Material worn cannot be seen through and their everyday clothes cannot be visual. The jilbab is required to hang loose and no body shape can be visual. The jilbab must not resemble men’s clothing and clothing of non religious women. The jilbab cannot have any bold designs or be made out of bright color.
Many people may agree that men do not avoid family work but rather they just simply become comfortable with their environment. Family work can range anywhere from simply spending time with other members of the family in various ways to some light house cleaning. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary avoidance is the act of keeping away from or preventing something from happening. It can also be considered to be a conscious of unconscious defense mechanism. In my opinion, men do not avoid family work any more than a woman.
Everyone that come to the center including staff must not be revealing any undergarment or private areas. No one is allowed to wear tank tops or spaghetti strap blouses, short shorts or skirts, plunging or gaping necklines, and low riding
Cultural Sensitivity Introduction to Communication 10/20/13 Cultural Sensitivity As a future nurse practitioner cultural sensitivity is very important, I have to be thoughtful of other cultures and their traditions. There are several aspects of cultural sensitivity that come to mind, stereotyping, discrimination, racism, and prejudice. These are situations in which we may portray a lack of sensitivity without realizing it or intending to offend someone else. A stereotype is “...a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people.” (Cardwell, 1996). Stereotyping happens all the time, people assume that everybody has the same believes and same ideas.