RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF COMMUNICATIONS MASTER’S STUDY PROGRAM “SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY” Essay in course “Kinship” Reciprocity and free hospitality concept. CouchSurfing network in Riga. 1st years student Ieva Irbina Riga‚ 2013 The concept of reciprocity in the host - guest form has been recognized for centuries. The way of relationships between hosts and guests depends on many factors‚ including cultural concept of hospitality. During times host - guest concept obtained
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The state of health and health care for Canadian Aboriginal people is currently not improving‚ “Canadian Aboriginals tend to bear a disproportionate burden of illness; an outcome linked to their economic and social conditions [and] oppression” (Newbold 1998). European contact would forever change the course of life for the Aboriginals and their communities in Canada. It was only after the encounter between the old world and new world that two completely separate ecosystems had interaction between
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(Kuhn‚ 1998: 30). The European invaders drove most of Aboriginal people out of the mainland‚ and furthermore‚ they took a lot of indigenous children from their families and forced them to work at white farms or stations. They did not even consider Aboriginal people the citizen of Australia until 1967‚ and this continued in some states until 1980s (Yunupingu‚ 1997: 63-64). D’Souza (1999: 26) claims that what European people have done to Aboriginal people is a ’genocide’‚ which can be defined as a crime
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Aboriginal societies were admired for their sense of belonging; everybody in their language group was their family. Everybody helped in the raising‚ care and discipline of children in the group (Bourke and Edwards‚ 1994. p.97). Kinship took a central role in the structure of Aboriginal communities because it was their main way of organising people and their social relationships (Keen 2004‚ p.174). It helped the Aboriginal people to know where they stood in
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The substance of this paper will be to discuss the discourse regarding the inequalities facing aboriginal peoples living on reserves in the northwestern corner of Ontario. Inequality is not naturally occurring; poverty is not an innate cultural trait that accumulates at the feet of the marginalized (Schick & St.Denis‚ 2005‚ p.304). Stephens‚ Nettleton and Porter stated in the Lancet (2005) “Aboriginal people in Canada suffer enormous inequalities in health and in accessibility to health care (p.4)
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Aboriginal on Campus: A Note on Terminology The Aboriginal Resource Centre‚ in the Office of Intercultural Affairs‚ recognizes the fluidity of language and that‚ in the context of this land and community‚ certain terms are preferred or contested by different Indigenous people and communities. There are many terms associated with First Nations‚ Métis and Inuit people. Some Aboriginal people identify more closely with their nation or linguistic group designation‚ e.g. Ojibwe‚ while others prefer
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Aboriginal Self-Government at the National Level: Progressing towards a Legitimate Goal The Royal Proclamation of 1763‚ and the Constitution Act‚ 1982 that reaffirmed the existing rights of Aboriginals‚ both establish that it is legitimate for Aboriginal self-government to be located at the national level. A nation-to-nation relationship shows the greatest respect for the sovereignty of the Aboriginal peoples and therefore have the greatest legitimacy. However‚ it would impossible for Aboriginal
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Reflective Paper Assessment 1 ABT13 Aboriginal Cultures What is the Australian Aboriginal worldview of all creation? White man or in Aboriginal Translation (Gubba)‚ would say in most religious views that there is a god‚ heaven and a hell and when man or women die they go to either of these two places dependant on their ability to live by law of their religion. Is the Aboriginal concept any different? I believe it has its own characteristics of belief‚ values‚ and behaviours but is similar
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Moreover‚ "Aboriginal people" is a communal title for the original popular of North America (AANDC‚ 2015). The prejudice against the Aboriginal people still continues today‚ it is not as severe and oppressive as it used to be; however‚ it still remains today and is entrenched in the legal‚ education‚ and health care systems (Morrison et al.‚ 2008). Aboriginal people are more prone to be sent to prison especially because they are unable to compensate their fines and receive inadequate representation
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Aboriginal is an Australian culture that includes various practices and ceremonies which are centered on dreamtime belief. The culture is characterized by the reverence for land and oral traditions. The views are considered to be based on both the ancient time of the creation and the present days of reality. Resultantly‚ there are many different groups each with their individual culture and language which have evolved over time. For instance‚ the rainbow serpent is the main ancestral being for
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