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Is the idea of human rights a universal concept, or does it represent Western cultural imperialism?

What do we know about human rights? According to the United Nations definition, “human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status.” All humans are equal in their rights without any discrimination. In this article, I will analyze the difference of understanding of human rights between the Western and the Eastern worlds and will try to answer the question: Is the idea of human rights a universal concept, or does it represent Western cultural imperialism? James Paul and Joe Stork state “ ...

In architecture, representation plays an important role in the overall design construction because it is the process wherein the architects combine the visual, memory, and the knowledge in order to create something that meant to ‘represent’ any object, culture, or people. Therefore, the notion of architectural representation has been greatly affected by the cultural exchanges of the people all over the world from different centuries. As Graves (1982) pointed out the discourse regarding architectural representation needs to be fully studied and understood in order to understand its premises. Yet, despite the uncertainties, architecture without representation is like a building ...