When Old Technologies Were New Carolyn Marvin Ch 2: community and class order p62 two narratives: electric promise vs electric threat ’electrician’s: the IT professionals of the 90s hype: Telephones make life easier and better. electricity as transformative agent of social possibility electricity: a natural force under control p64 electrical communication makes interaction ‘strange’ p68 protected areas of family life...secrets laid open... listening in on secrets (via switchboard..) boundaries
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Participant observation: Shan New Year’s Festival 2107 (14th‚ Dec‚ 2012 from 7.30 p.m to midnight) Reported by Thanh Thanh Phan Topic 2 General Questions: Who they are? Where they come from? Why they came here and when? When they started their business? Do they have citizenship and how? What are they doing here? What are their monthly incomes? Interviewing sellers of a consumption shop‚ cloth shop‚ CDs shop‚ food shop and their customers. ____________________________________________________________
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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of The Year Since I was a little kid‚ Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. It is magical with all of the special treats and traditions. Most importantly is the family‚ they are everything to me when Christmas comes around it makes it even more special. The least important thing about Christmas to me is Santa. When I was little it interested me more because I believed in him and I just couldn’t wait for Christmas to come. I was always good and
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On my first day at my new school‚ I expect many new things to happen as well. Many routines had to be changed too. I had to wake up earlier than usual to prepare for school because the new school was four bus-stops away from my house. Ring‚ ring‚ ring‚ my alarm clock started to go off. One part of me wanted to sleep for a few more minutes while another wanted to head to school immediately. Somehow or rather‚ I got myself to the bathroom to get ready for school. It was a new term and on every first
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Samurai or Knight? To begin Knights and Samurai have a lot of common traits‚ but they also have differences. Traits that they both share are‚ they are warriors who protect their land. But a difference is that they have different weapons‚armor‚training and different religions. While knights and samurai have many similarities‚ in a one on one battle‚ the advantage would be given to the knight and this can be seen in their training‚armor‚and their Honor Code. The first way that knights have an advantage
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Angelica Perez English 4 U-Writing: A Modern Day Sir Thomas Moore In American society currently there are numerous significant problems in modern times. Many of these issues seen rising in the 21st century are problems related with the consumption of alcohol among college students‚ and the rise of sexual assaults among college campuses. Both problems correlate within the effects of each other‚ and result in serious problems among the students and the college environment. As a problem in society
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Throughout Sir Thomas Malory’s epic romance‚ Le Morte D’Arthur‚ the Knights of the Round Table repeatedly find themselves pressured to behave in ways that are contradictory to their knightly code. The restrictive social structure of Camelot‚ along with the problematic nature of the Pentecostal Oath‚ produces a paradoxical environment where knights find themselves compromised by opposing obligations and expectations. The incompatibility of knightly and chivalric duties within Le Morte D’Arthur cause
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Everything Happens for a Reason Leslie Torres English 121 Ms. Rankin November 7‚ 2012 Have you ever heard of “things happen for a reason”? Well I am a firm believer of this quote. I feel like if I didn’t make the choices I did in the past I wouldn’t be here where I am today. Back when I was in high school I made some unwise decisions that caused me to get kicked out of school and be on home studies. Everyone who I thought were my friends never cared to give me a call a text or even send me
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Text: The Dark Knight Director: Christopher Nolan Text Type: Film Gotham City is rapidly becoming a better place. Under the guard of Batman and with the help of Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent‚ the popular new district attorney‚ organised crime is being eradicated. In desperation the mob turns to a psychotic mastermind called only ‘The Joker’ and Gotham rapidly descends into chaos. As Bruce Wayne tries to deal with his toughest adversary yet he must deal also with his internal conflicts and the horrific
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The two characters I have chosen from The Canterbury Tales are The Knight and the Squire‚ who share a father and son relation. These characters set out on a religious pilgrimage to a cathedral in Canterbury. The Squire‚ opposed to the Knight‚ goes for a vacation instead of religious purposes like the Knight. Though the Knight and the Squire are from the same feudal class and vocation‚ they differ in the fact that the Knight represents how society should have been; and the Squire depicts an accurate
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