Architectural Firm: CS STUDIO Year of implementation: 1996-1999 Client/ Organisation: Langa community‚ Western Cape Reason: Community empowerment What is the balance of power? During 1996 the Langa Development Forum asked CS Studio to work on a Cultural Centre to create a space for community and culture upliftment. Firstly‚ house hold surveys were undertaken to establish the needs of the community‚ workshops were then held with various local organisations of Langa‚ this was taken to large
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The Benefits of Attending a Community College Some prospective college students tend to overlook the many benefits that come along with attending a community college. This may be because they aren’t aware of the advantages or they don’t have a true understanding of how this type of educational training can benefit them. Whatever the case may be‚ year after year large numbers of people opt to go straight from high school into four-year universities. Although that is of course a fantastic route to
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Evidence-Based Policing Henry Hall Class Criminal Justice Due Date January 28‚ 2012 Professor: Jane Bruce Within my paper I will be discussing evidence- based policing and its goals. I will also talk about some of the advantages within the community dealing with evidence-based policing‚ and the disadvantages as well. I will give two examples where evidence- based policing has been used and the impact that it had on the outcome of the case. Evidence Base Policing‚ is a style of policing that
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There have been three different models developed in modern policing which are intended to address some of the shortcomings within the police system. In the following paragraphs‚ I will analyze‚ compare and contrast the effectiveness of two of these models. These are‚ community policing and intelligence-led policing. David Phillips initially devised intelligence-led policing‚ community policing was a joint effort between John Alderson and Robert Trojanowicz. I will first explore the reasons that motivated
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A geopolitical community is a community‚ which is either man-made or surrounded by natural boundaries. It is considered a traditional point of view about communities. Man-made boundaries could be the towns where we live‚ work‚ or go to school. Natural boundaries could be the land formations that separate and isolate groups of people (Maurer & Smith 2008). The geopolitical community I live in is Nassau County‚ Long Island in New York. Nassau County is made up of many suburbs and towns and is located
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deaf community distinguish themselves from hearing impaired‚ the deaf individual complete loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears‚ and hearing impaired differentiate‚ because they wear hearing aids. Deaf people irrespective of their culture of self-identity‚ they are continuously looking to be socially accepted by their abilities not by the disabilities within the societies. (Masitry‚ Toh‚ Herawan 2013) Deaf community as a cultural minority is focus on consciousness and understanding of cultural
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intertwine with our textbooks as well as my topic the LGBT community. One of the topics in the book is Cultural heterosexism (pg 268). “Cultural heterosexism refers to a dominant culture defining heterosexuality as the norm and anything else as deviant”(Koppelman‚2014‚pg 268). One of the sources I am using perfecting supports what the term means‚ Understanding issues facing LGBT Americans. The entire books provides a number of examples of how cultural heterosexism is a true concept. It shows all the struggles
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Despite initial appearances‚ state-based and community-based justice systems have some similarities in common. For example‚ both systems‚ regardless of their methods‚ are in pursuit of greater justice (Forsyth‚ 2007). These systems attempt to right some wrongs by balancing the scales of justice and resolve disputes through either mechanisms of retribution or restitution. Also‚ at the same time‚ many individuals are skeptical about the use of these systems as a means of punishing the offender and
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AND IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM WITH A CASE STUDY ON NAGALAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PREFACE OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 Tourism In India Community Tourism and its Principals Challenges of Community based Tourism Considering the Potential for social ‚environmental and economic gains Pre – conditions for community based Tourism . CHAPTER 2 Adopting an Integrated approach Finding best way to Involve Community Working together
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Cultural Diversity in Our Community NAME Axia College of University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity I was walking down the street the other day when I stopped and took a hard look at all the different people‚ businesses‚ and cultures that surrounded me. My first thought was "wow‚ we really live in a world that is held together by a wide variety of ethnic groups." Without all the different cultures and influences that I have experienced‚ I would not be the person I am today. Ethnicity
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