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    father. This helped to avoid power struggles when a chief died. Chiefly Authority was more limited among the Trobrianders than was among the Hawaiians and Tahitians. The Trobriand chief has to work to expand his area of power and status and prevent other chiefs from destroying or diminishing his ancestral rights. A Trobriand chief gained rights‚ legitimacy‚ and authority through descent. Generosity was one of

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    Eric Weiner was ready to go for an adventure. His plan was to search the happiest place to live in the world. His first place to visit was the Netherlands. The chapter begin when the author was in a café near in downtown Rotterdam. The place was really cozy‚ large and upscale. Because everyone was smoking‚ he lit up his cigar and ordered a Trapiste beer. While he was drinking this delicious warm beer‚ he noticed that Dutch is very similar to English spoken backwards. He stayed a long time in the

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    1. The most surprising experience was that all people we interviewed were supportive. They shared their opinions‚ personal stories‚ and feelings freely. What went well include the team work‚ the communication with the targeted audience‚ and the insights’ generation. The team spirit was spectacular. All team members were engaging and well prepared. Each one treated others with respect and welcomed different voices. As a result‚ the team perform well in the task and had a lot of laughs and joys.

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    Supervisor--------------------- Deborah Lombardi 3. Date and hour of fieldwork—4/14/2011‚ 4/21/2011‚ 4/28/2011‚ ----24hrs total 4. Do you believe you had worthwhile experience at this facility? Yes—X—No— Comments: It was an exciting visit‚ I was able to meet with different group of people‚ they all performed different activities for the clients. Some of the clients fully participated as others did not. I learned a real life experience on this field trip and was involved in some group activities with

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    In Coney Island: American Experience‚ the video reveals the extravagant world that once was Coney Island. It includes a considerable amount of information about the island‚ but it can be summarized. The documentary focuses on the rise of the island‚ the amusement parks built there‚ and the events that caused the closing of the parks. Coney Island was discovered in 1609 by Henry Hudson. It remained mostly unpopulated until 1847 when a side-wheeler began to make stops on the island. Because

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    Biology Fieldwork Report Tioman Island Kevin Kam 11W Biology Fieldwork Survey 2013 Date: 15th April – 19th April 2013 (Monday – Friday) Site location: Tioman Island‚ Malaysia Type of habitat surveyed: Located 32km away from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia‚ Tioman Island is a small island is surrounded by the South China Sea and has a sheer size of 20km long and 11km wide. Tioman Island bears constant humid conditions and hot temperatures due to its close proximity to the equator. The

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    The Anthony Weiner Scandal Many people in today’s world would do just about anything to rise to power. Weather it’s doing drugs‚or sabotaging and trying to make people think you’re the good guy. Other people use their power for their own selfish gain and in turn they think they can do just about anything they want. People like this are corrupted in their own twisted way and they can corrupt the people around them. Corruption in it’s highest form is dishonest and sometimes people don’t understand

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    In The Geography of Bliss‚ Eric Weiner uses Iceland‚ Bhutan‚ and Moldova to reveal the necessity of cooperation and inconvenience‚ as these two factors ultimately determine each country’s respective happiness. He observes that a nation’s overall contentment increases when the people connect to one another or to nature by making compromises. He also explores the advantages of nationwide obstacles‚ as the shared inconveniences bring the affected people together. Ultimately‚ he discovers that cooperation

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    The problems that faced by anthropologists in the fieldwork are adaptation to new culture‚ maintain objectivism and get access to all information from their subjects. Adaptation to new culture is hard‚ since they have to stay for a period of time and try to live in the way their subjects’ do. Adaptation that done by anthropologists is not only adapt new lifestyle‚ but also learning their cultural norms and language in order to be accepeted by their subjects as a part of them‚ not only as a foreigner

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    Nalini Sharma Professor Moran Anthropology 102 December 3‚ 2013 Ethnographic Fieldwork Assignment: FINAL RESEARCH PAPER The subject of our research topic were homeless people. We had chosen this topic out of curiosity and wonder about the cause behind homelessness. Our hypothesis was that alcohol and drugs play an important role and are the leading cause of homelessness and expected more males or an individual homeless person. To conduct our field research we had gone to The Samaritan Center

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