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    genre for the play‚ since his concern was with reality and the service of the truth."3 Malcolm Pittock‚ harshly rationalistic‚ criticizes Synge‚ saying "he cheats us‚ for the sake of effect‚ into actively assenting to some of the [beliefs of the islanders] least acceptable elements. . . . When as a boy I first saw the play‚ the powerful justification given by the action for Maurya ’s subjective misgivings puzzled me: the implication seemed to be that to put to sea in rough weather was not merely to

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    Aboriginal Customary Law

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    Aboriginal law had lasted for hundreds of years before white settlement of Australia in 1788. The laws were based from the Dreamtime and were formed by ancestors‚ spirits and Aboriginal beliefs. These laws were passed down by a word-of-mouth tradition and as there were many different tribes consisting of many clans spread out over a large area‚ separate laws were adapted to specific tribes and areas. Aboriginal customary laws were developed and based on the aboriginal relationship to the land as

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    UU114: English for Academic purposes. ASSIGNMENT 1. Name: Litiana Komaitai ID#: s11061023 Date: 20/03/14. Plan Argument essay- block pattern Title: discuss the major reasons for the decline in communal life in the pacific people. C – Decline in communal life L - Reasons‚ pacific D – Discuss Introduction Context: Every society in the pacific look for ways to uphold their inherited ways of life and preserve their unique culture. Limited subject: Decline

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    Pacific Navigation

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    Pacific was explored by some great navigators who sailed from different parts of the world like Captain James Cook who used navigation tools like sextant and radars to navigate the Pacific. On the other hand‚ Polynesia was explored around 1000 years ago by navigators who used the waves‚ stars‚ and the flights of birds to set their voyage and travel through the Pacific Ocean. “In hand-built‚ double-hulled canoes sixty feet long‚ the ancestors of today ’s Polynesians sailed across a vast ocean area

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    FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY A. The Science of Sociology and Anthropology Sociology is the scientific study of human society and its origins‚ development‚ organizations‚ and institutions.] It is a social science which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity‚ structures‚ and functions. A goal for many sociologists is to conduct research which may be applied directly to social policy and welfare

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    University Press‚ 1997. 2. "Caribbean islanders acquiring British passports ." Miami Herald ‚ 5 22‚ 2002. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/caribbean/passports.htm. 3. "Countries and Their Cultures." (online forum message). Advameg‚ Inc.. 2012. http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Montserrat.html 4 5. "Islanders who fled volcano are ordered to leave the U.S.."Miami Herald ‚ 8 9‚ 2004. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/caribbean/islanders.htm. 6. "Islanders fear forced return to battered nation

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    traditions and beliefs. One of these beliefs is sorcery. In Pohnpei they believe that jealousy or greed towards others was the same as sending a curse”(ward 2005). Pohnpei is a society in which cooperation and being humble are key values of life. The Islander are still human though ‚ they believe that hidden feelings are causes of bad fortune. The author claims scientifically she can not prove the were the victims of sorcery but the most problems including stepping on toads‚ losing items‚ and nightmares

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    Anthropology 2A Concepts & Terms Final Exam Macro & Local Levels of Social Analysis Local Level: Analyzing relationships of a single society (village) (Trobriand) Macro Level: Analyzing relationships between societies and among global (colonialism‚ globalization‚ trade) Imperialism - The Practice of running an empire; one society subjugating/dominating other societies. -Refers to a policy of extending rule of a country or empire over foreign nations and of taking and holding foreign

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    majority”‚ with 49.72% of Filipinos residing in California. These figures beg the question‚ how can a group so large continue to be considered an underrepresented minority in our colleges and universities when in total‚ Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are attending institutions of higher education more now than ever? Though faced with the same obstacles as other American families‚ Filipinos possess a unique set of cultural‚ social‚ historical‚ and financial factors that negatively influence

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    trouble was brewing. On an island called “the island of boys”‚ a distant wave grew larger than any other wave ever named. This was later called “The Wave” by all of the islanders that arrived in the aftermath of the wave on the island called the Nation. The main characters are named Mau and Daphne‚ both around 14‚ Mau being the islander and Daphne the “Trousermen”‚ basically anyone not from the island that wore clothes. Mau was able to communicate with the grandfathers‚ all of the great warriors that

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