What do our maps have to do with our views of the world? Maps never accurately demonstrate the world scientifically. Instead‚ it serves as more of a perceived notion of territorial borders and power. Any given map is subject to bias in regards to detail and size depending on where it was created. A country with multiple islands and curvy topography essentially pay more attention to the detail and accuracy of that region‚ as opposed to an equally detailed country on the other side of the world. Nationalism
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choice of methodology‚ which was applied by Russell. In this case‚ ethnography matches all the criteria for the research‚ because this method is meant to let researcher obtain more deep information from the researched and achieve “thick description” (Geertz‚ 1973; Cassel and Symon‚ 2004). However‚ this fact was doubted in the paper of Bate (1997)‚ where he described modern ethnography methodology as “quick description” and argues that it lacks of time observation. Moreover‚ Russell argues that her
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developed by Karl Marx‚ identifies class conflict as the primary cause of social change. * Max Weber felt that culture and politics as well as economics were important influences on society‚ and his emphasis on subjectivity became a foundation of interpretive sociology. * Emile Durkheim‚ considered the founding practitioner of positivist
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research. Students will be able to use methods as interviews‚ questionnaires‚ case studies‚ participant observation‚ and evaluative techniques. The course seeks to demonstrate the significance of the social sciences (sociology‚ psychology and anthropology) for design. It does this by describing and analyzing specific examples of the use of social science thinking and methods in design practice. Additionally‚ the social sciences are contextualized historically‚ especially in terms of the modes of
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References: Anderson‚ Elijah. 1990. Streetwise: Race‚ Class‚ and Change in an Urban Community. Chicago‚ IL: University of Chicago Press. Arnold‚ Matthew. 1882. Culture and Anarchy. New York: Macmillan and Co. Geertz‚ Clifford. 1973. The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays. New York. Griswold‚ Wendy. 2004. Cultures and Societies in a Changing World. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Pine Forge Press. Halle‚ David. 1993. Inside Culture: Art and Class in the American Home.
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Schegloff and Gail Jefferson at the University of California in the 1960s. It was developed in an intellectual environment shaped by Goffman’s work on the moral underpinnings of social interaction and Garfinkel’s ethnomethodology focusing on the interpretive procedures underlying social action. Sacks started to study the real-time sequential ordering of actions which are rules‚ patterns‚ and structures in the relations between actions. Thereby‚ he made a radical shift in the perspective of social scientific
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processes and interaction‚ while phenomenologists consider the meanings of experience and describe the life world. Qualitative methodology is also useful in the exploration of change or conflict. The basis of qualitative research lies in the interpretive approach to social reality and in the description of the lived experience of human beings. Qualitative and quantitative approaches: underlying philosophies Social reality can be approached in different ways‚ and researchers will have to select
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Museums as rituals Scott Cunningham‚ a writer‚ once said‚ “Rituals developed as a means of contacting and utilizing the energy within humans as well as in the nature world” (Ascension Gateway). This thought provoking quote could be used to spark the thinking of how rituals are practiced in our daily secular lives. Carol Duncan does a great job with showing how rituals are practiced in our secular lives; she uses museums to emphasize this point. Carol Duncan’s Civilizing Rituals: Inside
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manufactured by men who reflect the culture’s values and norms. (2) Cross- cultural Analysis In 19th century‚ renowned anthropologists Edward Burnett Tylor and Lewis H Morgan have performed first cross-cultural analysis. Both Anthropology and Social Anthropology have made significant progress from the stages of Victorian England’s lower savagery to civilization. The concept of culture can be understood as a response against to those Western concepts and
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In this exam I will demonstrate my knowledge of the postcolonial theoretical school and its relationship to ethnography and anthropology. The connection between colonialism and anthropology is an old one. Depending on when one sets the beginning of what we call Aanthropology‚@ issues of imperialism‚ colonialism and colonial justification go back as far as recorded history. For the purposes of this exam‚ I will focus on the current colonial/postcolonial paradigm that began with the age of European
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