GAWAD KALINGA A Research Paper Presented to Professor Alex Lazo Department of Social Sciences and Humanities San Beda College In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements in SOCAN Sociology and Anthropology in the Philippine Business Environment Presented by: CALING‚ Michael Allan M. _______ ------ ------- _____ March 2‚ 2011 GAWAD KALINGA Gawad Kalinga (GK)‚ which means to "give care" in Filipino‚ is officially known as the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation
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The author’s purpose in writing this article was not to show the “Nacirema” as an example of how extreme human behavior can become‚ but how an outside perspective can affect your perception of an alien culture. If one were to look at the “Nacirema’s” cultural behaviors regarding physical appearance and health without any insight or knowledge of the specific beliefs or values of that culture‚ they might seem bizarre and even incomprehensible. By showing behaviors and “rituals” performed by this unknown
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Anthropology 101 Week 1 Discussion (Assimilation) Instructor K. Burke According to the textbook‚ assimilation is the process by which a society experiencing acculturation changes so much that it is hardly distinguishable from a more dominant society (Carpo‚ 2103). This means that a smaller society basically takes on the traits of a bigger one to the point that it is hard to tell the two apart. This film was unlike anything I was prepared to watch in this class. I was surprised to learn that
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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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Jurmain‚ Kilgore‚ & Trevathan Essentials of Physical Anthropology‚ 7th Edition CHAPTER 2: THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY Learning Objectives After reading Chapter 2‚ you should be able to… 1. Trace the development of theories of biological evolution in light of advances in the natural sciences‚ resulting in part from the age of discovery & exploration 2. Understand Western European world views (e.g.‚ the notions of fixity of species & a general sense of stasis) & how these
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The use of specialists include archaeologists which determine the human remians social status‚ wealth‚ and occupation. Forensic pathologists find the cause of death‚ time of death‚ and age/gender. Biologists tell what they ate. Specialist also use the technique use of technology which includes CT scans‚ X-rays‚ and facial reconstruction.These techniques help the understanding of how they died and things that happened before that. To tell the social status‚ wealth
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of the ancient" (Bahn‚ 1999). The study of prehistoric and historic civilizations as seen through what they have left behind in our earth‚ both the tangible and the intangible: artifacts‚ settlements‚ monuments‚ rubbish dumps‚ cultural behaviorisms‚ religions‚ legacies‚ and other remains. This definition alone already shows the bringing together and intertwining of archaeology‚ history and anthropology in order to piece together the scattered pieces of our past‚ hidden in our earth. It is the fact
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A History of Anthropology by Eriksen and Nielsen‚ 2001 Victorians‚ Germans‚ and a Frenchman 1) 19th century- rise of modern Europe‚ the modern world‚ the Industrial Revolution. In the early 20th century‚ United States begins its ascent to world power‚ replacing the European powers. 2) Result of the Industrial Revolution was that production increased in both Ag and manufacturing which resulted in rise in population who migrated into the cities and to the other countries (United States‚ Australia
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Sitting in his office in the German university town of Chemnitz‚ Arved Huebler often thinks of the poor in rural India. Huebler is a physicist‚ a professor at the Chemnitz University of Technology and director of the Institute for Print and Media Technology in the university. He runs an exchange programme with Manipal University and has a lab there‚ but that isn’t why he has Indian villages on his mind. Huebler is developing a product that will be useful for the poor‚ those who do not have electricity
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Franz Boas‚ ( 1858 – 1942 ) is a well-known‚ widely respected anthropologist and teacher often referred to as the Founder of American Anthropology. But there were other contri – butions by Boas‚ possibly not as well known‚ but in my opinion‚ equally important and deserving of recognition. Boas did not limit his outspoken opinions to just anthropology‚ he was equally outspoken regarding his opinions on human rights and equality‚ individual liberty and equal opportunity. And he did so
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