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ANALYSIS AND CRITIQUE
Analysis and Critique
Analysis and Critique
Introduction
Conflict between the claims of Christ and heritage is neither new neither rare. From the early Christian martyrs of Rome to the Confessing Church1 of Nazi Germany, Christians have paid the cost for declining the State's pretensions to supreme authority.2 Christians really ...
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KINSHIP SYSTEMS
Kinship systems in Foraging and Horticultural
Kinship systems in Foraging and Horticultural
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Kinship is a relationship that is a privileged social relationship based on the existence, real or imagined, of a lineage common to an alliance or an adoption. One can consider that everyone in each society have relations ...
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology
Anthropology
Phase 1
Question 1
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One of the great gifts that humans have is the ability to self-regulate. For example, the body's ability to maintain a constant temperature stems from its ability to self-regulate and is called homeostasis. Unfortunately we have no simple term or way to describe homeostasis in a culture, ...
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Cultural Diversity in the United States: A Critical Reader review
Introduction
Cultural Diversity in the United States: A Critical Reader is an unparalleled compilation of modern-day compositions composed by some of anthropology's most celebrated academic intellectuals-from all over the field - on the fundamental subject of ethnic variety in America. The subscribers ...
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ETHNOGRAPHY PROJECT
Ethnography Project
Ethnography Project
Surely, 'global ethnography' is an oxymoron? How can the global be ethnographic? How can ethnography contribute to the understanding of globalization? After all, in anthropology, we stereotypically picture the lone ethnographer settled in his or her village, itself isolated from the world around. In sociology, we think ...
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MARRIAGE
Marriage
Marriage
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This study examined in ethnographic detail the social construction and functions of the symbols, cultural and rituals meanings of a “modern” Turkish wedding. It provides a participant observer's first-hand account of a celebration of a Turkish marriage in Adana, Turkey that reflects the symbolic traditional and “modern” ...
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FUNERAL
Funeral
Funeral
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Death is not only a biological occurrence leaving the corpse as a residue that must be administered to; it is also, and more importantly, a sociocultural fundamental because of the beliefs and representations it gives rise to and the attitudes and rituals it brings about. It is of course understood ...
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The Egyptian Civilization
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In the middle of the desert came one of the most splendid civilizations of history, Egyptian Civilization. It survived for over 30 centuries, which made an everlasting mark on the face of this earth. Egyptians gave many things to the today's world including writing, calendar, medicine and wonderful ...
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TOPIC : CULTURAL CAPITAL AND POST-MODERN METROPOLIS
Cultural Capital and Post-Modern Metropolis
Cultural Capital and Post-Modern Metropolis
Cultural Capital
There are non-financial assets that consist of educational, social, and intellectual knowledge which is given to children who does not belong to wealthy families but these families are intellectually-sophisticated and highly-educated. This is termed as ...
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Extinction of Homo erectus
Extinction of Homo erectus
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The evolution of human beings involves several transition periods before becoming Homo sapiens that are the modern human beings and the most advanced form of evolution of human beings. One of the most important transition period occurred in the history of human beings is ...