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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speeds and those speeds are only accelerating. These new technologies have allowed for people to complete tasks in new ways and from the comforts of their homes! With these improvements has come the argument about whether the limitation of human contact due to the use of technology has had positive or negative effects on people’s lives. While some negative effects are present‚ the vast majority of
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demonstrated in Numbers. In a similar way as in Exodus‚ Gods’ provision and work in Israelites was constantly present‚ despite their continued disobedience. The establishment of the tabernacle was still emphasized in Numbers‚ the laws and regulations that they had to obey and live by. Ultimately‚ their rebellion only worsened their situation‚ God taught them a lesson‚ in which He was in control and their sinful choices brought great suffering and caused the wrath of God upon them. In Numbers‚ the establishment
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Jake Huston 11116850 Criminal Justice 205 10/30/11 Research on police and prosecutors reveals that uniformly they disagree that discrimination occurs in their agency and office. What then explains the disproportionate minority contact that occurs and the disparate treatment within the prosecutor’s office? Although police and prosecutors may contend that discrimination does not occur within their agency but that does not mean discrimination doesn’t occur. The facts show that minorities are
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Arts of the Contact Zone Q2R#3&4 In “”Arts of the Contact Zone” Pratt gets the point across that cultures should recognize the “contact zone.” By giving examples like Poma’s writing and a homework assignment that her son had‚ Pratt defines the contact zone as the “meeting of cultures with asymmetric power.” (p 487) The word “cultures” refers to every type of group in my eyes‚ groups such as sports teams and even classrooms. A classroom can be defined as a contact zone because the Teacher and
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Grant Schumacher Paper 3 English 110 Final Draft Arts of the Contact Zone: Parody Assignment Pratt defines a contact zone by saying it is “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” (319). What this means to me‚ is that there is classrooms in which there are many differences‚ which creates a difficult learning
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Skin to Skin contact following Cesarean Birth Definition Skin to skin contact (SSC) or kangaroo care is defined as‚ “the placement of the diaper clad neonate on the bare chest of the mother‚ upright‚ prone‚ and between her breasts.” (Frederick) Presentation of the Topic Description and Background of the Topic There are many advantages associated with skin to skin contact provided soon after birth‚ such as maintaining the newborn’s thermoregulation and blood glucose levels‚ decreases the risk of
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The term of “contact zone” seems pretty simple to understand at the first look but what does it truly means? Mary Louise defines this term as “… social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical power” (Pratt 575). In a “contact zone” a person meets with two different cultures‚ going through a struggle to maintain a certain identity. As for me‚ I have faced this contact zone when I left my country to study abroad in United States. I have
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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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Author Joseph Staten brings to life a story from a loved game by many. The story is set between 2425 and 2525 on an outer colony planet named Harvest. Contact Harvest tells the story of humanity’s first encounter with a group of various alien species known as the Covenant. This book is great and I enjoyed it‚ I think it shows the potential of Mr. Staten’s writing. His outstanding amount of description really helped me imagine the planet Harvest and its inhabitants. The main theme is friendship
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