texts. Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel "Brave New World"‚ published in 1932‚ explores the issues that can evolve from a totalitarian society where technology is considered more important than human values. Similarly in Andrew Niccol’s 1997 film "Gattaca" people are dehumanised and branded by their genetic makeup. Though these texts were composed 60 years apart they both explore similar issues and share the same theme of technological‚ genetic and scientific advance taking over and replacing human
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Alexander David Garsez ANT 1310 -21 – Hughes 4/28/2012 Colonization Project Southeast Asia is home to many people and countries today. The United States is very familiar with the state internationally recognized as the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam; it is commonly referred to as Vietnam in verbal and printed English-American language. This is because of the relatively recent U.S. and Vietnam War between 1963 and 1974. The influence of this war is still seen today. The Socialist Republic of
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Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era. Members of this community in Melaka address themselves as "Nyonya Baba" instead of "Baba-Nyonya". Nyonya is the term for the ladies and Baba for the gentlemen. It applies especially to the ethnic Chinese populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations
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Mr. Healy‚ Period 5 4/25/13 Chapter 4 KBAT Material Culture-The physical objects produced by a culture in order to meet its material needs: food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ arts‚ and recreation. Culture-The body of beliefs (values)‚ social forms‚ and material traits that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people. Folk Culture-Cultural traditions practiced by a small‚ homogeneous‚ rural group living in relative isolation. Popular Culture-Cultural elements found in
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If only time travel were possible. That way we could go back to 1993 and hopefully correct the mistakes involved in the tragedy-laden raid in Somalia. The media could be prevented from turning this incident into a tentpole for the government to get squeamish about sending our boys in to kick a little ass. Someone could even send The Terminator back to kill Michael Bay‚ Final Countdown-style‚ thus preventing the cinematic catastrophe that was Pearl Harbor from ever materializing. All good reasons
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I recently witnessed a Wiccan Mabon ritual on September 22nd 2012. This ritual was the celebration of the change from summer to fall. It took place in Colorado Springs‚ on the outskirts of town. We were outdoors‚ in a small grove of trees. It was a clear sky with the First Quarter moon beginning to rise over the horizon. The breeze was cool but not cold yet and slowly people started to drift into the clearing. My friend Tiff (name has been changed) was the leader of the ritual. Everyone was wearing
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Annette B. Weiner describes her fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea as entering a world without cultural guideposts. She was fully aware and expected to find difficulty with learning a new language and of letting go of her own cultural assumptions. Weiner studied the Trobriand Islands via the writings of Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski and thus her expectations were set by fieldwork performed sixty years earlier. Not to mention that Malinowski was a man‚ of a different time and therefore
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Marine archaeologists can use topographic data‚ specifically in a marine chart‚ to analyze the site of a sunken ship. As charts include the data of the ocean floor along with one’s outlines of courses and positions‚ they should aid any mariner in avoiding potential hazards at sea ("What Is a"). For marine archaeologists‚ it familiarizes them to the seafloor of their site‚ hopefully encouraging them to carefully plan out their survey and excavation of the site. Though not only should archaeologists
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Anthropology Grade 11 Exam Review Social Sciences and Scientists List several social sciences. Anthropology‚ economics‚ geography‚ history‚ politics‚ psychology and sociology. * Anything that uses research and analysis to examine human behaviour. What do psychologists study? People’s thoughts‚ feelings and behaviours‚ personality‚ individuals. Ex. What in his personality made him do this? What are some divisions of psychology? Psychoanalysis: probe inner experiences
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Gattaca and the Holy See of Cloning The world is filled with new technologies and inventions that allow a human to become “Perfect”. To many the main point of life is to be better than the next person. Life is meant to prepare us for heaven‚ but some people lose sight of that goal. They see temptations and pleasures that can be easily achieved if you are better than the person next to you. Standing out can destroy you or make you in today’s society. Those who strive for perfection want a life
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