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    bundles of other stories." p. 233 In this quote Leslie Silko describes the value of storytelling in Pueblo people everyday life‚ she equals storytelling to collective memory of the people. I find it very interesting because just the other day I heard Dr. Richard Leo Enos from TCU proclaim that the Iliad was written as a means of mnemonics‚ a mere technique of information retention. I find it amazing that storytelling can be viewed at the same time as both collective memory‚ the memory of a group of

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    Introduction Chapter 1 ( Introduction to Sociology & Anthropology by Dr. Victorio Saquilayan) Discussant: Prof. Ferdinand Dupaya Salagan‚ BSEd‚ MA‚MPA‚PhD(c.) Associate Professor V Sociology • Is also concerned with repetitive and recurrent forms of behavior‚ attitudes‚ beliefs‚ values‚ norms and social institutions that make up the social order ( Panopio & Rolda‚ 2000) Social Interactions: • The responses between individuals are perhaps the basic sociological concepts because such interactions

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    never really appealed to me. I’ve heard about it‚ but when my friends tried to explain the movie to me‚ I became really confused. In chapter three of Henry Jenkins’s book‚ Convergence Culture‚ Jenkins uses The Matrix movie to define transmedia storytelling and calculate its rise in America media culture. Immediately Jenkins classifies The Matrix as a cult file‚ which plays an important role in making The Matrix a transmedia film. Jenkins cites the two important characteristics in defining a cult

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    distinguishes anthropology from other fields that study human beings? How do anthropologists study human diversity in time and space? Why is anthropology both scientific and humanistic? Street scene with soccer in Istanbul‚ Turkey. Culture‚ including sports‚ helps shape our bodies‚ personalities‚ and personal health. 12/24/09 7:41:11 PM user-s173 /Users/Shared/K4/Layout kot16996_ch01_002-023.indd Page 3 12/25/09 4:08:41 PM user-s173 What Is Anthropology? /Users/Shared/K4/Layout

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    Evolution by Anthropology Evolution can be explained religiously and scientifically. Scientifically evolution is the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth. One of the first scientists to introduce evolution in a scientific manor was Lamarck and his theory of inheritance for acquired characteristics. One of the reason’s Lamarck’s theory failed was because he wasn’t able to incorporate different aspects

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    Shahrazad’s Stories Shahrazad uses the power of (her storytelling/stories) to inspire Shahryar to change his attitude towards women. Shahrazad uses the power of (her storytelling/stories) to inspire Shahryar to change his attitude towards women. “The Fisherman and the Bottle‚” is a story that shows the king he shouldn’t take his anger out on the third party. In the story “The Fisherman and the Bottle‚”The main characters Jinni‚ and the fisherman‚ represents the king and queen in that the share

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    reviewing the limits and current positions of Korea’s fantasy storytelling derived from the history of researches‚ we will be able to learn about the future direction of fantasy and cultural contents. It is also true that storytelling is not as useful as we expect in popular music. However‚ it is expected to contribute to the development of pop music by proving that the success factors in the idol industry are a strong world

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    The Brain Science of Storytelling The New Oxford American Dictionary defines ‘Story’ as “an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.” Lisa Cron offers a more robust definition which reflects more on what should be at the heart of a compelling story : “A story is how ‘what happens’ (plot) affects ‘someone’ (protagonist) who is trying to achieve what turns out to be a difficult ‘goal’ (story question)‚ and ‘how he or she changes’ (story arc) as a result” (11). As stories

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    leading thestudents into discovering and responding tolanguage expressions they have never heard before. | Storytelling | Wajnryb (1986) identifies the following reasons for telling stories inthe English as a second language learners:1. The purpose of telling a story is genuinelycommunicative.2. Storytelling is linguistically honest. (It is orallanguage‚ meant to be heard.)3. Storytelling is real!

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    Storytelling gives us the ability to take a step into a different time and place for a moment and see the world through another person’s eyes. Stories from the past are significant for newer generations; they help people grow and connect with their elders. Without these stories‚ there would be little knowledge about the past’s people‚ their passions‚ wisdom and lifestyle. Particularly‚ authors‚ Momaday‚ Fixico and Wallace‚ transport us into a different world through their stories and they explain

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