Anthropology is a word that covers a wide spectrum of human related actions‚ patterns and impact on the world. The article Behind the Curtain of Vietnam’s Oldest Circus by Christian Rodriguez‚ focus on a reclusive group of circus performers in Vietnam. Circus performers are a group of people that are marveled for their daring and gravity defying acts in their societies. Little is known about the performers’ lives outside their costumes. Rodriguez writes and photographs the lives of two circus troupes
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An Inquiry into the Conditions of Social Justice in India [Note: 1. This study of justice concentrates on conditions of social justice in India and will not include general issues of criminal justice; the proposal refers mainly to social justice and popular ideas of justice‚ as linked to‚ but distinct from rights. 2. This proposal is built on the insights drawn from the previous research programme on autonomy‚ and thus while this is a new proposal it is also a follow up on the earlier exercise. Similar
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While many societies around the world are becoming more connected due to globalization‚ individual civilizations have distinct cultures that affect all aspects of that society’s behavior‚ including play. How people play is often misconstrued as a universal constant‚ however‚ this is not the case and such an interpretation can make it difficult to objectively study a group of people. Indigenous tribes‚ like the Yanomamo Tribe‚ and western civilizations‚ like the United States‚ are where some of the
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process of observing‚ describing‚ detailing‚ documenting and analyzing the cultural beliefs‚ practices‚ customs and rituals of a cultural group in order to obtain information about their culture in their particular environment. That is why for our Ethnography‚ we have decided to feature Barangay San Jose and its well- known Giant Lantern. II. Objectives We want to explore Barangay San Jose especially its geography and its landmarks. We want to educate ourselves regarding Barangay San Jose’s Giant
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Cognitive Anthropology Tara Robertson and Duke Beasley (Note: authorship is arranged stratigraphically with the most recent author listed first) Basic Premises: Cognitive anthropology is an idealist approach to studying the human condition. The field of cognitive anthropology focuses on the study of the relation between human culture and human thought. In contrast with some earlier anthropological approaches to culture‚ cultures are not regarded as material phenomena‚ but rather cognitive organizations
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control. This ideal system‚based on the ideal of male predominance‚ is outlined impeccably in the writings of Baker‚ Watson and Xiaotong. There are also excellent examples of an ideal "jia" and its power structure in Wolf’s ethnography‚ "The House of Lim". But Wolf"s ethnography also outlines examples whereby the ideal system of dominance is not always put into practice or is just not as smooth running as the writings of the 3 former anthropologists would have you believe. It is my aim then‚ to include
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Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education‚ 17‚ 3‚ 337-349. Fetterman‚ D. (1998) Ethnography Step bySstep (2nd Ed.) London: Sage. Folgerø‚ Ingebjørg S. & Fjeldstadt‚ Ingrid H. (1995) ‘On Duty - Off Guard: Cultural Norms and Sexual Harassment in Service Organizations’‚ Organization Studies‚ 16‚ 2‚ 299-313Franklin 1985:9). Gough‚ B Hammersley‚ M. & Atkinson‚ P. (1983) Ethnography: Principles in Practice‚ London: Routledge. Hey‚ V. (1986) Patriarchy and Pub Culture‚ London: Tavistock
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1.How do nurses and doctors interact in acute settings? In this study‚ I would like to use ethnography. When compared to other qualitative methods like ;phenomenology or grounded theory‚ethnography is a systematic approach‚which includes observing‚detailing‚describing‚and analyzing the patterns of culture(Leininger‚1985).The key feature of ethnography as a qualitative research methodology is that‚ it involves long term study of a
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Question 1 1. Following C. Wright Mills‚ sociologists refer to breaking free from the immediacy of personal circumstances and putting things in a wider social context as the: a. sociological imagination b. psychologization process c. emergence theory d. recognition of self e. accumulation of capital 1 points Question 2 1. According to the text‚ __________ involve constructing abstract interpretations that can be used to explain a wide variety of situations. a
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Why is anthro important? Important to understand the diversity Important to be tolerant Important to be able to apply our knowledge Anthropological perspective What makes anthro unique Comparative: views humans across time and space (comparative method) Has many sub areas; past present or future anthropologist spend many years studying in different countries how people act allows others to compare ex‚ students researching product of ethnographic (generalizations based on comparative
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