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    We’re All Human According to Brian Schwimmer‚ “kinship is constructed from a set of categories‚ groups‚ relationships‚ and behaviors based upon culturally determined beliefs and values concerning human biology and reproduction.” (Schwimmer‚ 1996) This definition resonates with me because it has the influx of the sociobiology and relativist perspective on the subject. Faubion describes kinship as “…illustrative of the constitution of intersubjectivity‚ of organized alterity…” (Faubion‚ 2001) which

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    The Amish Tiffany Capehart ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Jennifer Hotzman 12/10/12 The Amish Community is very interesting to me. I enjoyed the research and all I have learned by writing this paper. I am going to write this paper on the Amish ways. This paper will include the Amish history‚ beliefs‚ economic status and their organization. Amish History The Amish (also called Amish Mennonites) are all members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination who are especially known

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    Kinship Table Of Contents: • Definition • Abstract • Introduction • Objectives • Punjabi Language • Kinship Terminology in Punjabi and Urdu • Table 1:Urdu and Punjabi Kinship Terms • Population • Procedure • Results and Analysis of Data • Table 2:Results of Questionnaire • Discussion • Conclusion • References Definition: Kinship can be define as: 1. relation or connection by blood‚ marriage or adoption 2. relation or connection by nature or character 3. the state of having common

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    Technology & the Amish  The Amish are averse to any technology which they feel weakens the family structure. The conveniences that the rest of us take for granted such as electricity‚ television‚ automobiles‚ telephones and tractors are considered to be a temptation that could cause vanity‚ create inequality‚ or lead the Amish away from their close-knit community and‚ as such‚ are not encouraged or accepted in most orders. Most Amish cultivate their fields with horse-drawn machinery‚ live

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    The Amish‚ who are also called "The Plain People" or Old Order Amish‚ originated in Switzerland in approximately 1525. They originated from a movement called the Anabaptist movement. Jacom Amman was the leader. This happened during the reformation in the16th Century Europe. They believed in holding on to traditions and keeping themselves separated from the world. He was stricter about this than other Anabaptists of that time. The Anabaptists were against the union of church and state and also

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    Who are the Amish? Many people around the world have no idea who or what the Amish culture is. Many countries or towns around the world have their differences and their own rules about their environment and things other people should respect from other countries‚ but most of them are not as strict as the Amish communities. The Amish sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites‚ are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches. The Amish are known

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    The Amish are a group of church abiding people‚ whose way of life is driven by their religion. There religion basically tells them that they must be separate from worldly sin to receive salvation. Every facet of their life has something to do with them keeping this way of life. There way of life ties in with their mode of subsistence. The Amish are horticulturist. “Horticulture is a non mechanized‚ non intensive form of plant cultivation performed non repetitively on a plot of land”(Nowak &Laird

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    is present in the United States whose values‚ practices and beliefs are very different from that of the dominant culture is that of the Amish. The Amish is a subculture as well as a religious sect whose values‚ practices and beliefs existed long before its introduction to the United States. Amish origin can be traced back to the sixteenth century and the Amish are direct descendants of the Antabtists‚ later known as Mennonites‚ a group that challenged the reforms during the Protestant Reformation

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    The Amish Culture

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    The Amish Culture The Amish are a fascinating people. They live surrounded by cities full of technology. Yet they live without automobiles‚ electricity‚ and most modern comforts that are taken for granted by many. Donald Kraybill asks the question “How is it that a tradition-laden people who spurn electricity‚ computers‚ automobiles‚ and higher education are not merely surviving but are‚ in fact‚ thriving in the midst of modern life?” Though they do not have all of the technology that we

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    Iroquois Kinship Susan Pierson ANT101 Cultural Anthropology Kristin Akerele May 13‚ 2013 Iroquois Kinship This paper is going to introduce the Iroquois kinship. Kinship can best be defined as a system of social relationships‚ or in simpler terms a system of family. Kinship can be seen in our everyday lives within our own circle of family and friends‚ and how we classify them in regards to importance and how we treat them based on our classifications of them. Kinship can best be defined

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