In Mary Louise Pratt’s words of “Arts of the Contact Zone”‚ a community is “held together by a homogeneous competence or grammar shared identically and equally among all the members.” (493) What she means by that is we all share the same traits. I am a member of the aviation community of The University of North Dakota. It consists of about 1‚200 students and was started in 1968 by John D. Odegard. The department employs over 30 faculty members and offers the aviation education of your preferred
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Crumple zones are one of the greatest innovations made with cars to protect the passengers in the event of an auto accident. Crumple zones cause impulse‚ or the change in momentum when an object acts on by a force for a certain amount of time. Though first‚ we need to know why crumple zones were made. An average of almost 1.3 million people die from nearly 5.5 million car accidents around the world annually. Along with this 20-50 million people are either injured or disabled in the wrecks. This
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Comfort Care Theory Nightingale described comfort as first duty of nurses. Since then comfort theory is flourishing in nursing and medical field. The first article on comfort theory was published in 1994 (Oliveira‚ 2013). Katharine Kolcaba first published her book on comfort care in 2003. This theory has been published and accepted at many health care authorities (Kolcaba & Dimarco‚ 2005). Kolcaba defined comfort as “the immediate state of being strengthen through having the human needs for relief
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Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification‚ 2011 – its Livelihood implication for the Traditional Fisher folk Russel Ignatius (russelignatiusmsw@gmail.com) Abstract: The articles highlights the important points stressed in the recent Coastal Regulation Zone Notification‚ 2011‚ published on 7th January‚ 2011. It journeys through the livelihood implications it has on the traditional fisher folk‚ the original inhabitants of the coast. It reflects the positive and negative lineage of the
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Worldwide Proliferation of Gray Zones Annawadi is a perfect example that symbolizes what Boo considers to be the Zero Sum Game as the amount of economic prosperity that is occurring in India is offset by the many costs. Specifically in gray areas such as Annawadi‚ what it represents is how an area can effectively become a “gray area” where the economic prosperities of the country are not fully reflected equally nor in a way that benefit all. Rather‚ the example of Annawadi and its area shows how
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Response to Question 1 According to Mary Pratt‚ “contact zone” is a term “to refer to social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today” (Pratt 487). In Pratt’s speech “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” she uses terms‚ such as autoethnography and transculturation‚ to help demonstrate the reasoning of her ideas. The main
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This allows for diversity of the time zones along with diversity of ages‚ all ranging from 16-61. Having a diverse age group and traveling time zone difference will allow for a more accurate outcome in regards to the data. When looking at the data before considering the outcomes one must look at the circumstances that face the participants. Results will also vary depending on the amount of time spent flying. The longer one spends flying‚ the more time zones are crossed over and the better chance
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Essay #2 Arts of the Contact Zone During a recent English Literature class we were asked to read and learn about the Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt. This essay opened up a whole new concept for me. The new term “Contact Zone” appeared and Pratt defined it as “social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or the aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the
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Chapter 2: Strategy Analysis Copyright (c) 2010 South-Western Cengage Learning Chapter 2: Strategy analysis - Palepu‚ Healy & Peek The Importance of Strategy Analysis • Strategy drives the actions of an organization. • Studying a firm’s strategy provides: – An understanding of what drives risks‚ profitability‚ and competitive advantages – A basis for future performance to be forecasted – An idea of how to measure the success of a firm’s actions Copyright (c) 2010 South-Western
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Zone of Proximal Development Vygotsky introduced the construct of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) as a new approach that aims at matching the learning with the child’s level of development (Palincsar‚ 1998). In other words‚ ZPD connects psychological perspective of child development with that of a pedagogical perspective on 28 instruction (Hedegaard‚ 1990). It implies the importance of the social environment and the support and assistance it can offer for development. It encompasses a degree
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