Cultural Differences in Latvia / ID: 577560

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ID number:577560

Author: b1n (4)

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Published: 15.02.2010.

Language: English

Level: Secondary school

Literature: 4 units

References: Used

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Table of contents

Nr.	Chapter	Page.
	Introduction	3
1.	What is a culture?	4
1.1.	Cultures within a society	5
1.2.	What are cultural differences?	5
1.3	How to overcome the problems in comunication connected with cultural differences?	6
2.	Nationalities in Latvia	8
2.1.	Latvian culture	8
2.2.	Russian culture	9
2.3.	Why learning about other cultures is important?	10
2.4.	Other cultures in Latvia	11
2.5.	Latvia – multicultural society?	13
3.	Fighting Discrimination in Latvia	14
	List of literature	15

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Differences between people within any given nation or culture are quite big. Nationality, education, social standing, religion, personality, belief structure, past experience, affection shown in the home, and a myriad of other factors will effect human behavior and culture.
This project is about cultural diferences in Latvia. The authors wanted to compare Latvian nation with other nations (minorities) which mainly live in Latvia. In the previous (2007) year in Latvia there were 60% Latvians, 28.3% Russians, 3,7% Belarussians and many other nations the number of whom are 8%. So, it means, that in Latvia Latvians are only one half of all inhabitants, the other half is foreigners.
The main goal of research: to consider cultural differences, especially Russian and Latvian cultures, comparing traditions, religion, language, education, etc.
The main tasks:
To obtain the needed information on the topic
To do analyse about cultural differences in Latvia
To make conclusions

The methods of research:
Analysis of scientific literature and other information sources
Analysis of questionnaire results.…

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