The Amish Community: The Effects of Subsistence on Aspects of a Culture Tristin Bovee ANT 101 Ilda Jimenez y West October 29‚ 2012 The Amish Community: The Effects of Subsistence on Aspects of a Culture Any person who observes an Amish community may catch a glimpse of a lifestyle that looks as if it adheres to no modicum of logic. Why would a whole group of people choose to live without the technology that makes life so much easier? The answer is simple and uncomplicated; cultural preservation
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Amish Country Last Thursday‚ the ELI took all the students to Amish country. We all went by bus. We went to an Amish house where we met Mike. Mike made a presentation about Amish life. He showed their clothes. He told us that the Amish came from Germany. He told us that the Amish want to be separate from society. They don’t have electricity‚ so they use lanterns‚ also they don’t have cars they use buggies. I learned many things from the presentation. Firstly‚ the Amish are peaceful people
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Burlington Coat Factory is not what I would call an aesthetically pleasing store. The fluorescent lights are almost blinding‚ the signs above the racks of clothing are incredibly plain‚ the displays don’t all match; Burlington Coat Factory is not the place to go for a relaxing shopping experience. But just because it doesn’t share the same aesthetic-oriented goals as retail establishments like Starbucks‚ doesn’t mean it doesn’t design its stores to best serve its customers. In fact‚ the plain‚ warehouse-like
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For my mini-ethnography project I will examen coffee house culture in Georgetown‚ Texas. Specifically I will compare the coffee house culture of Starbucks and Cianfrani’s. In this environment I am an outsider of sorts with still wholly a participant. This atmosphere is an interesting one because‚ though there are regulars‚ the participant base is a largely rotating one. My previous experience with coffee shops is what you would expect. Though I do not commonly frequent them‚ I am familiar with
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American Cultures Ethnography Project: The Elderly Introduction: Throughout my career as a paramedic‚ I have encountered countless different cultures and sub-cultures. However‚ those I have encountered most would include the elderly by a huge margin. Due to their age‚ they routinely must request assistant from emergency services because of falls‚ medical emergencies‚ or just assistance getting through a certain task; such as getting up the stairs to their home. “The Elderly” is a subjective term
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Concealed Carry Weapons on Campus: Ethnography Project Over the course of 20 years‚ there have been numerous school shootings‚ which has resulted in thousands of lives ending to quickly. Which leads me to my central focus of this ethnography project. I wanted to determine how students across the country attending different universities felt about implementing a safety course‚ which will allow a student the ability to conceal carry a firearm on campus. In the criminal justice field‚ individuals are
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In the two articles Social Change Among the Amish‚ and The McDonaldization of Society we can plainly comprehend the distinction between a Gemeinschaft and a Gesellschaft. The term Gemeinschaft what’s more‚ Gesellschaft is utilized by Ferdinand Tonnies to dissect the two noteworthy terms in the public arena. A Gemeinschaft is also called a "personal group." It is utilized to portray the conventional sort of society in which everybody knows every other person. While a Gesellschaft is what
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The origin of human kind only goes so far back in which it is very difficult to research all accounts of such. Our prehistoric past does not reveal all of the sufficient documents in which we need to obtain different information about human kind. There is much lack of evidence that can help to further understand our past. To better help us‚ there are people who researches this call Ethnographer in which they study Anthropology‚ the study and research of the origin‚ and the physical‚ social‚ and
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working out are all ways to help me cope‚ but these activities never seem to fully get the job done. I never thought that this horrible sequence of stress would find and ending‚ until I experienced my first hot yoga class. I decided to do my ethnography on the subculture of yogis to find out how these people step out of society’s craziness and enter into a world of relaxation by connecting their bodies and minds. Lucky for me‚ one of my close friends‚ Jamie Mack‚ is someone who takes immense pride
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Social and Cultural Anthropology Studying Cultures: A Blueprint Ethnography: Liquidated an Ethnography of Wall Street 1-31-12 1) Name of the society: Wall Street society 2) Source: Liquidated An Ethnography of Wall Street 3) author or anthropologist: Karen Ho 4) specific location: Wall Street‚ New York City‚ New York‚ USA 5) description of the living arrangements: N/A 6) government: it is governed economically by The Dow Jones Industrial Average which is an index showing how 30 large
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