Cultural universal

A cultural universal (also called an anthropological universal or human universal), as discussed by Emile Durkheim, George Murdock, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Donald Brown and others, is an element, pattern, trait, or institution that is common to all human cultures worldwide. Taken together, the whole body of cultural universals is known as the human condition. Evolutionary psychologists hold that behaviors or traits that occur universally in all cultures are good candidates for evolutionary adaptations. Some anthropological and sociological theorists that take a cultural relativist perspective may deny the existence of cultural universals: the extent to which these universals are "cultural" in the narrow sense, or in fact biologically inherited behavior is an issue of "nature versus nurture".

In his book Human Universals (1991), Donald Brown defines human universals as comprising "those features of culture, society, language, behavior, and psyche for which there are no known exception", providing a list of 67 items.

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Taiwan students visit mainland amid tensions

China Daily 02 Apr 2025
The group will engage with university students in Shandong, participate in a Confucius memorial ceremony, and visit historical and cultural sites, according to Hsiao, who is leading the delegation ... Earlier this year, Hsiao led a group of about 40 Taiwan students to Beijing for cultural and sports exchanges....
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Guideline to develop AI-backed Chinese language database

China.dot.org 02 Apr 2025
A woman displays the Spring Festival decoration she made at a cultural experience event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan ... China is accelerating the digitalization of ancient texts and boosting access to oracle bone script data, aiming to integrate cultural heritage with digital Chinese, officials said on Monday....
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Qatar National Blood Donation Center develops several community outreach initiatives

The Peninsula 02 Apr 2025
These initiatives include awareness campaigns targeting new residents, collaboration with embassies and cultural associations, workplace and university blood donation drives, said Chair of Clinical Services, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Hamad Medical Corporation, Dr....
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Continued progression

China Daily 02 Apr 2025
Bilateral relations started modestly with a focus on trade, cultural exchanges and diplomatic mutual recognition ... The deep cultural and people-to-people connections between Thailand and China are based on a centuries-long process of migration ... Tourism is now recovering and continues to be an important economic and cultural bridge....
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First Vietnamese singer uses 3D sound technology in new album

Vietnam News 02 Apr 2025
She is currently a lecturer at Hà Nội University of Culture ... She is currently a lecturer at Hà Nội University of Culture ... I become popular with folk-influenced songs so these are the kind of songs I want to develop to contribute to Vietnamese folk culture....
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Stanford investigating water polo coach Brian Flacks after players allege retaliation

East Bay Times 02 Apr 2025
The university hired attorney Kate Weaver Patterson in October to investigate what multiple players and their parents have described in emails to Stanford administrators and in interviews with the SCNG as a “culture of complete fear” under Flacks hired by the university prior to the 2022 season from Harvard-Westlake High School....
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DOGE drags down Vanderbilt's expansion plans. West Palm Beach deserves better. | Editorial

The Palm Beach Post 02 Apr 2025
Vanderbilt University wants to build a campus in West Palm Beach ... The cuts to its budget will impact a wide range of medical research and university teaching facilities ... Vanderbilt University has been dubbed the Harvard of the South, but the school isn't usually associated with being a breeding ground of woke culture....
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Micro dramas, video games, online literature: Chinese digital content goes global

People Daily 02 Apr 2025
Wukong" demonstrate China's cultural innovation by skillfully blending traditional heritage with global fantasy elements, said Xue Ke, deputy dean of USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry of Shanghai Jiao Tong University....
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Where the right’s defense of free speech ends

Vox 02 Apr 2025
In response, Buckley argues, university trustees and administrators should “banish” favorable discussion of such ideas from the classroom, replacing them with a curriculum that emphasizes the eternal truths of Christianity and capitalism ... Yet, Trump’s current approach to universities is a dire threat to the First Amendment....
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DeepSeek-based emergency translation platform supports Myanmar earthquake relief

ECNS 02 Apr 2025
The Chinese-Myanmar-English translation system was developed within just seven hours by a rapid-response team formed by the National Language Service Corps of China and Beijing Language and Culture University, according to the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar ... Related news....
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China employs DeepSeek AI for translation as aid groups battle Myanmar earthquakes

Anadolu Agency 02 Apr 2025
The translation system was created in just seven hours by a language service team established by the Secretariat of the National Language Service Corps of China and Beijing Language and Culture University ... ....
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Meme politics: White House embraces aggressive alt-right online culture

Oelwein Daily Register 02 Apr 2025
For Marcus Maloney, a sociology professor at Coventry University, it is a social media strategy that speaks to "the 4Chanification of American politics." ... "They're leaning pretty heavily into meme culture and to chronically online individuals," said Jacob Neiheisel, a political science professor at the University of Buffalo....

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