Social constructions define meanings‚ notions‚ or connotations that are assigned to objects and events in the environment and to people’s notions of their relationships to and interactions with these objects. In the area of social constructionist thought‚ a social construct is an idea that appears to be natural and obvious to people who accept it but may or may not represent reality‚ so it remains largely an invention or trickery of a given society. Money‚ citizenship and newspapers are transparent
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On October 25 I found an eccentric style of artwork. As I was walking through the Nerman Museum looking for a piece of artwork that spoke to me. I wandered through many sculptures made from different types of material‚ and gazed upon clay pots with vibrant colors and engravings. All were beautiful and extravagant‚ but‚ as I looked nothing caught my eye. I rounded one of the very last rooms of the Nerman museum and there it was. Instantly I knew that’s the artwork I want to tell others about. For
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Portfolio construction models The project that we have done based on the Markowitz and Sharp methodologies that allow investors to build an efficient portfolio. An efficient portfolio is defined as the portfolio that maximizes the expected return for a given amount of risk (standard deviation)‚ or the portfolio that minimizes the risk subject to a given expected return. Markowitz method determines the asset allocation that produces the highest expected return for each unit of risk. The calculation
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practices Race: group of people; socially constructed Ethnicity: group of people who share cultures and practices What is Race? Race as a biological construction “biological race”: view of race that are hereditary. Terms like Black‚ White‚ and Asian. Ancestors determine membership in genetically defined racial group Race as social construction “race” is a vast group of people loosely bounded by historically contingent‚ socially significant elements of morphology and/or ancestry. Ongoing‚ contradictory
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Race is a social construction which involves putting people into categories to determine which group of people were to be considered privileged or otherwise superior to others. This categorization of people has been a concept not always understood. Therefore‚ to gain greater insight regarding this concept‚ one must fully examine the motivating factors that led Americans to construct racial categories and learn how race relations affect society as a whole. How Social Construction Compares to the
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Abstract The point of this paper is to help the reader grasp the different aspects of human identity construction with regards to ones race and/or ethnicity. This is a topic that is incredibly important to all races of people regardless of economic class or whatever else is seemingly more important. It is quite impossible to go throughout life without forming an idea of who you are or where you have come whether you care to make it a part of your daily life‚ have no choice or acknowledge it when
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How important is gender in the construction of life stories? Refer to specific life stories or films in your answer. “There is no ungendered reality or perspective‚ but rather the power to declare one universal and the other partial.” (Catharine MacKinnon 1989) My auntie was born in 1925. Since I was a child she always insisted on teaching me‚ recalling and using her personal life story as a respectable and orthodox example to follow. How a proper woman supposed to behave within the domestic
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“Road Construction and Conservation in the Congo Basin” A look inside the life‚ culture‚ and habitat of the CONGO. The Congo Basin is located in the continent of Africa‚ Central Africa. It is represented by the countries of democratic republic of Congo‚ Republic of Congo‚ Central Africa Republic‚ Cameroon Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. An area of many rivers‚ forest‚ savannas and swamps the Congo has many unique animals that reside there. According to (World Wildlife) “There are 10‚000 species
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CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PAVEMENT DEFINITION Surface or pavement is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic‚ such as a road or walkway. In the past gravel road surfaces‚ cobblestones and granite settles were extensively used‚ but these surfaces have mostly been replaced by asphalt or concrete. Such surfaces are frequently marked to guide traffic. Today‚ permeable paving methods are beginning to be used for low-impact roadways
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The Silver Maple (Acer Saccharinum) samaras reside in the eastern United States and undergo seed dispersal between April and July of each year. During seed dispersal these fruits are trying to disperse their seeds as far away from their tree as possible to have the highest success to produce offspring. The seeds that disperse close to the parent plant have shown less success and higher mortality rates than seeds that disperse farther from the base of the tree. Also‚ fruits with larger seeds have
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