2013-01-31, 14:43 | Link #6661 |
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So when people refer to "the West", they mean Europe and North America.
When people refer to "the East", they refer to Asia. Where do Africa, South America and Australia fit in this equation? Do they have their own names? I know where they are literally located, but I've never seen someone refer to "the West" with pupusas and fufu in mind, or to "the East" with kangaroos and Aborigines in mind. Thoughts? |
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2013-01-31, 20:32 | Link #6667 | |
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But I wonder still if Africa and South America are considered "Western" culture by these unwritten rules? |
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2013-01-31, 21:31 | Link #6668 |
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The original "Orient" was indeed the Middle East. For instance, the "Orient Express" was a train that ran from Paris to Istanbul, which at the time was considered in "the Orient", in fact it was the capital of the "Orient".
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2013-02-01, 08:04 | Link #6670 | |
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In thinking about it, perhaps the cultural distinction on its own isn't quite right. Rather, it's cultural and political. Think about the world news, where you often hear about the United States, Canada, (Western) Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Australia as being in agreement. It happens almost all of the time; they have similar goals and back each other up. The rest of the nations are generally uninvolved or opposed. When the term "the West" is used, it's usually used by people from those uninvolved or opposed nations.
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2013-02-02, 15:28 | Link #6671 | ||
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Thanks for all this guys. It makes sense to me now. Why, in some anime, are school disciplinary committees run by students? It seems like the one extracurricular you'd do if you wanted to get your ass whooped regularly by other students. Maybe so the cast stays full of students? |
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2013-02-02, 19:08 | Link #6673 | |
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It's students policing and punishing other students that seems strange to me. |
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2013-02-02, 19:13 | Link #6675 |
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Student council doesn't punish and reprimand students when they do wrong like disciplinary committee in anime. Especially not without any input from adults on how to do it.
And government =/= police. Government just sets the law. Police just enforce it. |
2013-02-02, 19:14 | Link #6676 |
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Based on my experience, if you live in the US, it's rare to see students being given any sort of real power over others whatsoever. All responsibility is in the hands of the teachers and disciplinary staff. So being an American and seeing students being given such responsibilities in anime might be strange.
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2013-02-02, 19:15 | Link #6677 | |
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I didn't want to ask "Why is Japan like this?" for something seemingly absurd to me. That's be like asking "Are there magic ninjas in Japan? Because Naruto told me." |
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2013-02-02, 19:27 | Link #6678 |
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IDK about Japan exactly, but I think it very well could be. Now of course everything in anime is exaggerated, but I wouldn't be surprised if students were given this kind of responsibility (and more workload, incidentally). I'll look into it.
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2013-02-02, 19:38 | Link #6680 |
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While waiting for my source to respond, I'll give a couple examples. My mom grew up in China, and she and other students had a bunch of extra work and chores the teacher(s) assigned to them, a fair bit of which was certainly not directly related to studying. Granted this was the 60s and 70s and not Japan but teher might be similarities.
When I went to high school in Germany I was surprised that each class had a couple designated representatives (forget the exact term) who were responsible for various things such as the attendance book, collecting materials the teachers might need, etc. None of this we had in the US, the students were purely there to be taught. |
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