1) How does an ethnohistory differ from an ethnography and why does Berdan utilize this method for her research? What are the primary lines of evidence that Berdan uses? What are the problems associated with ethnohistories and what additional methods can be used to overcome these problems? A) Enthohistory involves investigating historical records of a culture in order to piece together their way of life‚ while ethnography relies more heavily on the living aspects of a culture such as language‚ customs
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Barbara Rogoff studied cultural transmission in several families across different indigenous cultures. Her ethnographic research tries to show that cultural factors combine with biological factors to shape a child’s behavior‚ values‚ and gender identity. She was inspired by the work of Vygotsky‚ who claimed that human activities and skills take place in cultural contexts and that development is mediated by linguistic‚ social‚ and cultural interactions. This made sense to her because humans change
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Marrow go to Good Magician Humfrey’s castle (like in all the books) to see if there’s anything that would give them clues to his disappearance. In a hidden room they find is a message that reads Skeleton Key to Heaven Cent. Dolph and Marrow find out it must be a pun so the go to a key made of coral a Skeleton Key. On Dolph and Marrow’s adventure
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American Cultures Ethnography Project: The Elderly Introduction: Throughout my career as a paramedic‚ I have encountered countless different cultures and sub-cultures. However‚ those I have encountered most would include the elderly by a huge margin. Due to their age‚ they routinely must request assistant from emergency services because of falls‚ medical emergencies‚ or just assistance getting through a certain task; such as getting up the stairs to their home. “The Elderly” is a subjective term
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Guests of the Sheik: Ethnography of an Iraqi Village Written in the late 1950’s this is ethnography of a small village El Nahra‚ in Iraq. Elizabeth Fernea‚ the author‚ is the new wife of an anthropologist‚ who joins her husband in Iraq to do his graduate work. As an American woman‚ Elizabeth eventually chooses to integrate herself into tribal society by donning the traditional abayah (what we know as a burka)‚ avoiding being seen by unfamiliar men. She lives and eats and works as the women
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Gift exchange and reciprocity in societies Gift exchange is a key aspect of life and is constantly employed within cultures to maintain social relations between people. Seldom acknowledged and hardly spoken about‚ there are many unwritten rules that determine what we give‚ the quantity given‚ and to whom we give. Reciprocity is closely intertwined with gift exchange as it describes a situation in which an item or service is repaid. According to Mauss (as cited in Reciprocity‚ n.d.)‚ reciprocity entails
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infectious diseases to any form of creature that has life such as humans and animals. In the present-day‚ microbiologists and archeologists are discovering evidence of infectious diseases in ancient human skeletons. As the scientists and researchers were tracking those diseases in ancient human skeletons they had started to discover that microbes contribute too many chronic diseases and illnesses. Having scientific evidence‚ it firmly connects that microbes exist to some manifestation of disease‚ diabetes
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Skeleton in My Body by Ray Bradbury & Leaping Poetry by Robert Bly is about people being bones and brains or rather mind and body. This is the cycle of life: spirit and body. Conception‚ birth‚ toddler‚ childhood‚ adolescence‚ coming of age and adulthood is what makes us who we are. Humans have 3 types of brains: reptilian‚ mammalian‚ and nonmammalian. Each one has a special job and some parts will be stronger than others‚ depending who you are. “The term “reptilian” refers to our primitive‚
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how to dance.” This quote shows the power of dancing and all it has to offer. There are many different dance forms throughout the world. Most of us are accustomed to the most popular forms such as Salsa‚ Break dancing‚ Ballroom dancing‚ Ballet‚ Hip-Hop dancing but apart from all these dancing there are many other dance forms that are not so known. History has proven that dancing has always been the main source of entertainment. As time progresses‚ dancing is becoming more and more significant. This
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"Man‚ Fragged by the LPB Sniper again!!!" That may sound like nonsense to the average person but to the seasoned Counterstrike veteran it speaks volumes. Today‚ millions of people of all ages are coming together on the Internet to compete against each other in a variety of online games. The most popular of which is an online modification of the game Half-life entitled Counterstrike. <br> <br>Counterstrike itself is comprised of players broken up in to two teams‚ terrorists and counter terrorists
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