An Ethnography of a Trendy Clothing Store The fieldwork that I present here took place in and around an H&M store‚ which is a clothing retailer of what is known as “fast fashion”: clothing styles that move directly to the store from the catwalks‚ presenting the trendiest clothes right when they are in fashion. H&M is one of the largest chain of clothing stores in America‚ and also among the most popular‚ especially with younger age groups. My ethnography begins across the street from the store
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Should the sale of junk food in school cafeterias be banned? In more traditional years‚ parents had to prepare packed lunch for their kids when going to school. However‚ in present times‚ most parents are already incapable of doing such things. This is because they lack the luxury of time with the hectic schedules that they have. Parents tend to just give money to their children to purchase what they need. Given this kind of situation‚ students are exposed to a variety of options and they are
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COMM 3P18 Lecture Notes Monday September 9‚ 2013 Why Audience Studies? We are all audiences. We are bought and sold. We are fans. We are active. The Cultural Industries Post WW1 Interested in how propaganda worked. Concerned with TV‚ Radio‚ etc. But… Effects models cant explain the complex relationships we have with texts. We aren’t docile‚ passive audiences. We don’t believe everything we read/see. Example of switching Barbie and GI Joe Voices in dolls and sold them.
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UNDER THE TABLES I WANT YOU ALL IN YOUR SEATS.” This was my cue. I reached down under into my duffel bag and pulled out my AK-47‚ joining Aaron on top of the table. I looked around and saw everyone’s faces filled with anguish and horror. The cafeterias eerie silence made it easier for us to speak up. For the first time‚ people were actually paying attention to what he had to say and it was an incredible feeling. No one moved a muscle and no one made a peep‚ we were in complete control. “Anybody
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their lunches to prevent childhood obesity and create healthier environments. Although people may think the answer to the problem is taking away certain foods and stopping homemade lunches‚ only through the influence of healthy parents‚ control over cafeteria items children are able to purchase‚ and tolerable food that’s still wholesome‚ will students be able to have nutritious and balanced school lunches‚ and in turn‚ healthier lives. If a child’s parent is able to make them a healthy lunch they should
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Research and Design Methodology Essay Abstract Psychologists do more than just wonder about human behavior‚ they conduct research to understand exactly how people feel‚ think‚ and behave the way they do. In the lifespan development‚ most research is on groups of individuals. These
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THE VODOU PRIESTESS: MAMA LOLA I found Karen McCarthy Brown’s Mama Lola to be an innovative and intimate “ethnographic spiritual biography” exploring the lived realities‚ material and immaterial‚ of a Haitian Voudou priestess and her family in New York City from the late 1970’s through the 1980’s. (xiv) Brown’s approach is innovative because she treats her subjects’ as multivocal and fluid. Brown heeds her own advice and contrary to most ethnographic scholars before her‚ appropriately represents her own
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In this exam I will demonstrate my knowledge of the postcolonial theoretical school and its relationship to ethnography and anthropology. The connection between colonialism and anthropology is an old one. Depending on when one sets the beginning of what we call Aanthropology‚@ issues of imperialism‚ colonialism and colonial justification go back as far as recorded history. For the purposes of this exam‚ I will focus on the current colonial/postcolonial paradigm that began with the age of European
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Readings # 2 Conrad Kottak (2000). Anthropology: the exploration of human diversity It is the coverage of physical anthropology and archaeology‚ which serves to make Kottak one of the most balanced introductions to the four fields of anthropology. This text offers an introduction to the five subdisciplines of anthropology: cultural‚ physical‚ archaeological‚ anthropological linguistics and applied anthropology. To reflect the role of anthropology in today’s world‚ Professor Kottak has revised
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century philosophical movement in western Europe that assumed a knowable order to the natural world and the interpretive value of reason as the primary means of identifying and explaining this order 11. Ethnographies: Detailed descriptive studies of human societies. In cultural anthropology‚ ethnography is traditionally the study of non western societies 12. Paleoanthropology: The interdisciplinary approach to the study of earlier hominins- their chronology‚ physical structure‚ archaeological remains
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