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    Anthropological Foundation of Education  Culture‚ Characteristics‚ Categories and Approaches  Kinship‚ Decent‚ and Marriage ______________________________________________________________________ Culture is the patterns of learned and shared behavior and beliefs of a particular social‚ ethnic‚ or age group. The goal of a cultural anthropologist is to learn about another culture by collecting data about how the world economy and political practices effect the new culture that is being studied

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    Holly. Anubhav. Patrick Origins of Field Research Anthropology Ethnographic field work: The study of native cultures by learning the native language‚ observing and taking part in native life‚ originated with founders of modern anthropology. Sociology The social reform tradition of sociology is another major source of modern field research . In the late nineteenth century‚ as social reformers and sociologists turned first to social surveys and then to a more varied methodology based primarily

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    needs a computer  Never send it without Proofreading Hybrid Language: A Study of E-mail and Miscommunication Laura Grosvenor Electronic communication is a hybrid of spoken‚ written and digital communication. Using linguistic theories and ethnographic methods‚ this paper examines how the unique language composition of email contributes to miscommunication between individuals. Until written language evolves to account for electronic media‚ careful reading and writing of email‚ recognition

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    Ethnographic showcases are a way of collecting and displaying the world "for amusement and edification" (Corbey‚ 342). Human beings were actually being collected and were "presented as ’different’ and forced to behave that way" (Corbey‚ 344). These people who were put on show were wrongfully taken out of their homes and moved into a place where they were seen as savages. The viewers were practicing ethnocentrism‚ probably unknowingly‚ by being centered around their own ethnicity and culture and thinking

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    379 Tues/Thurs Professor: Dr. Alan Smart Due: December 4th‚ 2012 1. Examine a policy issue in the light of at least one‚ preferably more‚ relevant ethnographic study. Does the ethnographic perspective raise questions about the assumptions in positions proposed on that policy issue? 2. Are there reasons deriving from the ethnographic material‚ for example‚ to expect that the policy will fail or have negative unintended consequences? 3. Or what alternative possibilities are omitted

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    European colonialism is the Arabic sources. Our knowledge of medieval complex West African states is entirely based on these sources. However‚ the Arabic sources also suffers from some problems. They depended on contemporary ethnographic data. This dependence on ethnographic material collapses the present and the past and fails to show the historical dynamism over the temporal continuum. Since the Arabic writings obtained their information by chance or through hearsay they were haphazard and presented

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    Group 3  Notes Dancing Skeletons Elisa Castillo - Chapters 1 and 2 i.              Return to the Field Author has been conducting research in the town of Magnambougou‚ capital city of Mali‚ during her dissertation fieldwork ‘…research involved documenting traditional infant feeding practices and their effect on children’s growth’ (pg 2) The author continued further research in her dissertation post receiving her Doctorates Three projects that she wanted to conduct; 1. Relocate children previously

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    Case 8-38 A. In our opinion‚ Henson‚ Davis & Co. did not comply with auditing standards by accepting McMullan Resources as a new client. Ms. Beales lack of quality control is clearly reflected within in this case. Ms Beales attempt to communicate with the previous accountant was inefficient as she never followed up with them. She relied heavily on information she received from the client.. This type of evidence is not the most reliable and may result in a huge problem. The information received

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    Site Pictures: Computations: Given: d1 = 4.5 ° T = Rtan(I/2) D = 7.5 ° T = 15.28tan(34.5/2) T = 4.74m Full Chord = 2m Ls = 24m TS to PI = (R + S/4)tan(I/2) + L/2 TS to PI = (15.28 + 0.92/4)tan(34.5/2) + 24/2 I = d1 + 4D TS to PI = 16.82m I = 4.5 +4(7.5) PI to ST = 16.82m I = 34.5 ° R = (Full Sta. * 180)/ pi*D R = (2 * 180)/ pi * 7.5 R = 15.28m Lc = 2I/D Lc = 2(34.5)/7.5 Lc = 9.2m S = Lc2/6R

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