References: Blakeley‚ G. and Staples‚ M. (2014) ‘The life and times of the street’‚ in Allen‚ J. and Blakeley‚ G. (eds) (2014) Understanding Social Lives‚ Part 1‚ Milton Keynes: The Open University. The Open University (2014a) ‘The Life and Times of the street: Part 1’ [Video]‚ DD102 Introducing the social sciences
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Robson tell of sandwiches being made ‘for us special’ (‘Making Social Lives on City Road’‚ 2009‚ scene 3). The customers feel a sense of security in the Café. However‚ different places along City Road may seemingly appear to exclude older people. Blakeley et al states ‘Older people feel welcomed at Taste Buds Café while they may think that they would not feel as welcomed in the Pool Hall.’ (Blakely et al‚ 2009‚ page 26). The Pool Hall is used more by younger people but this is because it is designed
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inequalities in our society. After that I will summarize the examples and give you my opinion to what I have learned so far in this course. “Inequality refers to the unequal distribution of valued social resources within a society or between societies.“ (Blakeley et al.‚ 2012‚ page 24) These resources can either be money‚ time‚ education or different cultural backgrounds. You may think‚ that inequality is the same as differences‚ but in the social sciences these two terms are not the same. The term differences
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2013. Torture‚ the United States‚ and Laws of War. [online] Available at: http://www.cfr.org/terrorism-and-the-law/torture-united-states-laws-war/p9209#p4 [Accessed: 20 Nov 2013]. Blakeley‚ R. 2007. Why Torture?. Review of Internaitonal Studies‚ 33 (3)‚ pp. 373-394. [Accessed: 20 Nov 2013]. Hannah‚ M. 2006. Torture and the Ticking Bomb: The War on Terrorism as a Geographical Imagination of Power/Knowledge. Annals of the Association
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In Sinatra’s mid-career‚ he began to shift his motives for performing. He had always stayed true to his professionalism and believed in the quote that a friend had told him‚ saying‚ “The only thing you owe to the public‚ is a good performance.” (Sinatra the passing of a Legend CBS) In 1965‚ Frank performed in front of the inmates at the Lorton penitentiary. At this point in Sinatra’s career‚ he wanted to perform for the benefit of his audience rather than in search for higher pay. Sinatra said‚ “I
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a complex anxiety disorder that may develop when individuals experience or witness an event perceived as a threat or experience fear‚ terror‚ or helplessness (McNulty). Many men and women who return from a war suffer from this including characters from Ernest Hemingway’s stories like Harold Krebs from "Soldier’s Home." The story revolves around the character named Harold Krebs who has just returned from war as a distant and unapproachable man with PTSD (Hemingway)
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The way to every man’s heart is through his stomach Ever since I was 13 years old‚ I have always wanted to be a chef. I have loved food with a passion‚ not just food but also cooking it. My mother would teach me the basics when i was young and I used to love to help her. She would tell me neat little tricks and I would listen very intently. For years‚ my mother and I would serve dinner to our whole family and as the years progressed i got better and better at cooking. My love also grew much
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City Road is a busy street in Cardiff. It has a variety of businesses and residents‚ creating dynamics which change according to the time of day. Many of the businesses are shops‚ such as Xquisite Africa which caters to the ethnic residents who have felt in the past that their needs were not met. There are also restaurants and takeaways that thrive at night‚ the majority of customers being local students and young people living in the area. The Making Social Lives DVD shows local resident Lloyd Robson
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‘In light of what you have learned about City Road‚ describe some of the inequalities on a street which you know. ’ 750 words Inequalities or differences in the streets of the UK are looked in many different aspects; differences among people are looked through our social lives and through our material differences. These can include what people find valuable‚ what similarities they might have and what things are distributed between people. We start to categorise people and we label them according
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In the Milgram experiment‚ a man picks random people to participate in an experiment. They believe that they are helping discover the roles of punishment on behavior. Although‚ this is not true. The participants themselves are the ones being analyzed. The experiment is to discover how far someone would obey an instruction of harming another person‚ despite personal conflict. The participant and an actor are places in a room and “get to choose” their roles of either teacher or learner‚ although the
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