Haiti's Culture, Education and Technology

Introduction2

Discussion2

Cultural Attributes2

Values3

Reflections3

a.Religion and Death Concepts4

b.Health and Care Values4

c.Diet5

Traditions5

Reflections6

Generalization Principles and Theories6

a.Voodoo Ceremony6

b.Carnival7

c.Rara and hybrid artistic Traditions7

Education in Haiti7

Educational System in Haiti8

Financing of the Educational System in Haiti9

Technology in Haiti10

Technology and Effect of Cultural Diffucsion of Technology11

Availability of Technology in Small Nations11

Relevance of Natural Resources to the Country11

Cultural Foundation for producing the Natural Resource12

Adaptability of Haitian Culture adapt to new Technology12

Capability of existing Educational System12

Monetary Contributions and Short Term Financial Goals13

Biodiesel and Haiti13

Impact on Economy14

Policy Conception15

Conclusion16

References17

Implications of Culture, Education and Technology

Introduction

Haiti is a country located in Central America; its land area is 27,750 km square in its territory totals more than 10 million inhabitants. Former French colony, the country is the first black republic in the world, being founded in 1804 by former slaves. Marked by a series of coups and dictatorships, the Haitian population witnesses a civil war and many socioeconomic problems. Haiti is the poorest country of America in economic terms, its Human Development Index is 0.404 (low), approximately 60% of the population is undernourished and more than half live below the poverty line, or less than 1.25 dollar a day. Apart from all these factors, the country went through another tragedy, this time from the natural order. On January 12, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit the country, causing a number of injured, homeless and deaths. Several buildings have collapsed, including the presidential palace in the capital Port au Prince. However, the below report will discuss about the capacity of Haiti to develop new technology, its cultural attributes and its educational capacity according to the resources and technology available (Métraux & Mintz, 1972).

Discussion

Cultural Attributes

Every individual of the society has to go along with the cultural norms and values even if he doesn't want to adapt or perform cultural norms. These cultures encompass other sub cultures in them. Therefore it is the combination of all the values, traditions, environmental factors, work ethic, economic structure and authority of any society (Farmer, 1994).

Values

“A specific mode of conduct or end state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end state of existence is important.” (Anonymous) In Haiti I have experienced that for them their values are the basic component of cultures. These are the concepts about the end desirable states. Their values represent the priorities of an individual. Also those values define the behavioral aspects. These values are not taught by anyone, the culture itself teaches a person adapting them (Farmer, 1994).

Reflections

With the experiences being observed it is found that Haiti is that region where the cultural values are really strict and not commonly found in other cultures. The people of Haiti are much affectionate, polite but shy, and they are very modest. This attitude is really hale and hearty in Haiti. The weird part of their values is that they aren't committed to the time schedules. I myself have observed that people are not aware of the importance of time and how it ...