Culture Paper: 24.5 % Due on Monday‚ 12/02- Each student will select a specific culture and write a minimum 5 page paper (double spaced‚ 12pt.‚ Times New Roman) describing it utilizing an anthropological perspective. You may select any culture or subculture to write your paper on as long as conducting the research does not pose a risk to you or anyone else. Emphasis should be placed on applying the course theories and perspectives to analyze the culture (you could discuss their language‚ symbols
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Moviegoers’ Perceptions of Food & Drink at Cineplex Odeon As the start time for the Friday night film nears‚ friends‚ families‚ and partners all begin to filter into the dimly lit theatre. Nearly all are carrying‚ almost without exception‚ a bag of popcorn. But what accompanies an individual’s popcorn varies‚ including Coca-Cola‚ Twizzlers‚ or even donuts. This research project seeks to uncover these latent combinations by eliciting moviegoers’ perceptions surrounding food and drink at Cineplex
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As an introduction‚ Horace Miner in his essay provides again the definition of an anthropologist‚ in which we have to maintain an open mind regarding things we may not understand. He introduces the Nacirema people for their “exotic customs”. Extreme behaviors in human aspects that have been either suspected or been imagined can be found in this tribe. A study done on them was conducted due to many unknown (pre-study) details regarding this tribe. The Nacirema culture views the human body is “ugly
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Ethnographic Research Ethnography is a type of social science research that investigates the practices and life of a community‚ by becoming one of its members. It is based on learning about a context and the people living in it‚ by understanding their values‚ needs and vocabulary. It requires faithful reporting of what is experienced or observed‚ avoiding any interpretation or evaluation as far as possible. Within the field of experience design‚ ethnography or video ethnography are methods used to
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Research Paper Critique By Julian Ritzema During this process of an analytical review I shall draw upon evidence already existing in the field of audience research to complete a critique reflecting the accumulated data. The reflection will produce questions focusing on hypothesis and rational‚ regarding what questions where asked and why‚ leading to a more marginalised focused question (hypothesis). Operationalisation relating to the use of different media research
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Speaking with Names In the beginning of this article‚ the first point that is mostly stressed is ethnographers. He tries to emphasize that they’re study points should be more than just a language. He believes that in order to understand they’re custom and traditions they need to take into consideration the land in which they live in. Here are a couple examples of what he says about it. “In other words‚ one must acknowledge that local understandings of external realities are fashioned from local
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12:00 Section September 16‚ 2012 Grasping Different Life Anthropologists are consistently trying to understand different cultures and the way people think‚ act‚ and feel. Some experience the different cultures through filed studies‚ living amongst the people allowing them to study and act like one of them. For others‚ this involves studying historical content and observing the people from a higher vantage point. This technique allows them to study their actions from a distance‚ but Clifford
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According to the textbook‚ ethnomethodology is “the study of the commonsense knowledge that people use to understand the situations in which they find themselves.” For this requirement‚ I had to “break the rules” during a specific activity and observe the results. I chose a rather safe approach to this requirement‚ breaking the rules of how I should behave when speaking to someone. I tried this out on two people‚ my boyfriend‚ and an acquaintance. Usually‚ it is not expected and probably considered
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Basseri ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Introduction The Basseri are a nomadic‚ pastoral tribe of the Fars region of present-day Iran. They have formerly been part of the so-called Khamseh confederation. The area that the Basseri migrate in is the steep mountains of South‚ East and North Shiraz. The "tent" is the basic unit of social organization among the Basseri. All tents have a recognized head that deals with the formal officers of the tribe‚ villagers‚ and
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What has Denise Levertov’s poem‚ “In Thai Binh (Peace) Province” clarify for you about history and memory. Levetov’s poem “In Thai Binh (Peace) Province” shows how sometimes the collective memory that is the history of a society is used by those within that society as a substitute for a lack of personal connection. This inevitably clouds not only the individual’s perception of the event but also hides the truth‚ and also becomes part of the collective memory. This perpetual motion of fallacies via
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