People need places to live‚ work‚ play‚ learn‚ worship‚ meet‚ govern‚ shop‚ and eat. Architects‚ which transform these needs into concepts and then develop the concepts into building images and plans that can be constructed by others‚ are licensed professionals trained in the art and science of building design. Architecture interests me the most because it gives me the ability to express my imagination. The type of education that will prepare me for a job in architecture is a Professional Degree
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Arthur Manuel’s Unsettling Canada‚ A National Wake Up Call is absolutely inspiring and a must read for all Canadians as they go through the discoveries of colonization policies‚ legislations and unfair treatment of Indigenous land and peoples. This book completely resonated with me as I feel the necessity to settle Indigenous title and rights has been long overdue and the imperative requirement for all to live lightly on the land. Unsettling Canada has substantial value as a pertinent text worth
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MARCUS AND FISCHER Ethnography – concern with descriptions Experimental moment – eccectical‚ free of authoritarian paradigm‚ interpretive‚ anti-establishment; Positivism vs. interpretive SELF-CRITIQUE – discrupts common sens‚ remise en question of assumptions 1. First predicament : sensitivity to cultural difference 2. Second predicament : status of anthropology as a cultural critique (reflection of self through studying alien culture). DUALITY-Palestinian and American‚ Said 50s linguistics
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The Birth of Mesoamerican and Andean Artistry By Erica Seidman The Olmec and Chavin peoples were important to the development of Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations because they provided the foundations of cultural influence in which their predecessors derived from. In particular‚ the two artistic styles that became prevalent throughout pre-Columbian civilizations can be credited to the time when the Olmec and Chavin peoples lived whom marked the beginning of artistic production in Mesoamerican
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MGB200 – Leading Organisations Semester 2‚ 2013 “Knowledge is experience. Everything else is just information” Albert Einstein Learning Objectives After studying this week’s content you should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Define knowledge management‚ intellectual capital‚ and organisational learning. Identify specific ways that organisations acquire and share knowledge. Describe the knowledge creation process. Explain the role of trust in knowledge sharing. Identify organisational
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Though seemingly unrelated‚ Buddhism and Confucianism share many similarities‚ such as their influence on Chinese society and also teaching their people to be virtuous. They do though‚ differ in their beliefs and on a fundamental point; Buddhism is spiritual‚ while Confucianism is entirely secular. Buddhism and Confucianism are parallel in several ways. First‚ as mentioned before‚ they both influenced Chinese society in a way. Buddhism influenced China by the improvements of landscape painting
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like that of two electrical poles‚ for man represents both the positive and the neutral‚ as indicated by the common use of man to designate human beings in general‚ whereas woman represents only the negative‚ defined by limiting criteria‚ without reciprocity. Men represent both the positive and neutral‚ leaving women to only represent the negative. Simone De Beauvoir was raised in Paris‚ France to be an upper middle class housewife‚ the only thing that stopped her was her father lost his fortune before
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use her sin as a lesson to her daughter. Moreover‚ it is known that a child’s relationship with their biological mother benefits both the child and the mother. In multiple cases throughout the text‚ it is shown that Hester and Pearl share equal reciprocity for each other’s lives. Even though Hester Prynne is not the ideal mother‚ she should be allowed to keep her only treasure‚ Pearl. On page 78‚ Reverend Dimmesdale said‚ “ … is there not a quality of awful sacredness in the relation between this
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September 8‚ 2009 M03 Some are More Equal than Others On August 5‚ 1997‚ Korean Airlines management received news that no airline wants to hear- one of their planes had crashed. Korean Airlines flight 801 crash-landed three miles away from Guam airport. Plane crashes are an unfortunate and rare occurrence in the airline industry‚ but Korean Airlines had a problem. Their planes were crashing at a rate many times higher than other airlines. In comparison‚ Korean Airlines’s crash rate was
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Critically analyse the effects of high performance work practices on employers and employees. The primary goal of most businesses is to maximize profits for the owners. High performance work practices (HPWPs) are a methodology used by various organizations to maximize workforce potential. HPWP is a combination of various theoretical models working alongside a receptive organizational climate and culture. This analysis will state the merits of HPWPs on employers and scrutinize its shortcoming
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