Collaborative Consumption: Is it a disruptive business model? Introduction Airbnb (www.airbnb.com) started in August 2008 as a booking service letting private‚ spare space around the world‚ a marketplace that connects people who need temporary living spaces‚ to people who have extra spaces. The extra spaces could be a spare bed‚ a room‚ an apartment or even a villa. In five years’ time they now have over 10 million nights booked‚ have over 300‚000 listings worldwide‚ operate over 33‚000 cities
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In chapter one of The Sacred and Profane‚ Mircea Eliade suggests that the basis of religion depends on the distinction between sacred and profane space. He describes the “sacred” as the opposite of profane‚ and the profane as any nonreligious‚ chaotic place or object with no relation to God. According to Eliade‚ a space “manifests itself‚ shows itself‚ as something wholly different from the profane” to be deemed sacred (Eliade‚ 11). Also known as a hierophany‚ these supernatural events can occur
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interesting because it conveys how far away the man on the bottom right is from the building. Scale is the size of an object compared to another object. I also thought it was intriguing how the man is dressed in religious garb. The painting is titled “The Sacred Lake” so there is likely some religious
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Eliade describes sacred space as “Every sacred space implies a hierophony‚ an irruption of the sacred that results in detaching a territory from the surrounding cosmic milieu and making it qualitatively different” (Eliade‚ 26). After a recent trip to Santuario de Chimayo‚ I was able to refer to and apply Eliade’s ideas about sacred space to my own research. I have come to the conclusion that Mircea Eliade’s Theological Approach on sacred sites is very logical and truthful. Sacred sites are indeed
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9/12/09 Media Consumption Paper Prof. Sarah Wright Media Consumption is defined as usage of specified media by a person and or group of people. After conducting a week long journal‚ I’ve realized that my media consumption consists of many different media mediums. In general I mostly intake media from‚ the internet‚ my mobile phone‚ and television. On the internet‚ I usually visit social networking sites such as facebook.com and twitter.com‚ or pop culture/fashion websites like‚ fashion.com‚
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Responsible Consumption 11th October 2013 Responsible consumption is a key concern for the 21st century as it affects individual‚ socio-economic and environmental stability on a domestic and international scale. There is overwhelming scientific evidence to suggest that global warming is a by-product of human activity. Since the industrial revolution of the 1800s‚ there has been incremental increases in global temperatures which have been reflected through the melting of the polar ice caps
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Sacred Destination Presentation STONEHENGE NAME HERE CLASS DATE TEACHER NAME ORIGINS of STONEHENGE • Earliest construction dated 5‚000 years ago • Built in several stages • First stage‚ Neolithic peoples possibly used primitive tools • Second stage‚ hoisted stones into circular formation • Third stage‚ arranged into trilithons IMAGE: www.redbubble.com HISTORY of STONEHENGE • Created by Merlin • Created by the Saxons‚ Danes‚ Romans‚ Greeks or Egyptians • Created by the Celtic high priest‚ the
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considered the ancient equivalent of natural sanctuaries where No one is permitted to cut any tree or plant‚ or harm any form of life in this area. Ancient Indian texts have many references to sacred groves‚ for example‚ Kalidaasa’s Vikramorvawsiyam. Today‚ there are only about 1000 square kilometres of undisturbed sacred groves‚ scattered in patches all over the country.. These groves are important today as they are banks of genetic and plant diversity that have to be preserved and sustained. These areas
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Ten Sacred Objects Michelle Sanders Hum/105 August 1‚ 2013 Greg Jorge Ten Sacred Objects 1.) Fish are a symbol of luck in China. In fact‚ it’s traditional to serve fish at New Year’s dinner. The word fish‚ “Yu”‚ sounds like the word “wish” or “abundance” in Cantonese and Mandarin. 2.) Cows have long been sacred in India. They are protected animals under the Hindu religion. Hindus do not eat beef. In fact‚ most rural Indian families have at least one dairy cow which is
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indigenous patients at some hospitals. And even referred to in some instances‚ ex: Navajo. One example of self-sacrifice is the Sun Dance. Dancers will dance for days without food or water. They will also endure torturous rituals with piercing sticks and body mutilation. They believe the suffering makes their prayers mean more. Vision-quests are normally done at the onset of puberty. A tribe member is sent to a sacred spot to ask the spirits for help in their journey. In some cultures‚ an animal presents
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