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Dr. Damaris Garcia was born and raised in ______________________________. She moved to the United States where she studied at the University of ______________, . While attending college she worked as a veterinary assistant at ______________________. Dr. Garcia received her doctorate from the University of____________ in 20___. Growing up she had an extensive love for animals, and has always been a pet owner. Currently, she is the proud owner of a _________ named ________ and a_______…

Etic and Emic Perspective of Rituals Christopher Bradley ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Dr. Emma Bate May 16, 2018 Introduction The world of today has many different cultures that can be better understood when you view the cultures from a close and distinctive perspective. According to Crapo (2013), ethnocentrism is viewing your own culture as superior to others; whereas, cultural relativism is regarding a different culture based on the culture itself. However…

At a time Bharatavarsha was largely fragmented with Greek invaders still lurking around (left by Alexander), a brahmin scholar masterminded their expulsion and reinstated a powerful Indian empire using the military strength of Chandragupta Maurya. Mired in myths, the name Chanakya, invokes to this day, the image of a scheming strategist who used realpolitik as a necessary means to common good. Two millenniums later, the modern nation-state of India found itself in more dire conditions. Four…

Yuhang Jia To What Degree Did Catholic- Protestant Conflicts During the 1600s Lead To the Rise of Witchcraft? World History II Ms. Chinn April 1st, 2016 Protestant Reformation was the period during 1517 -- 1648 that ends the Middle Ages and begins a new era in the history of Western Civilization. It was mainly about the conflicts between the protestant and Catholic Church. Witchcraft is the use of magic powers, especially evil ones, to make things happen. In Europe…

if at all, until it happens. There are truly only a few methods to get rid of a horse in today’s society. The most popular choices consist of sending them to slaughter, burial on the owner’s property, calling a rendering vehicle or service, and cremation. While slaughter is the cheapest means, it cannot be done if it is banned, and the other options…

southern Illyria by the Greeks, Illyrian burial practices began to alter. In particular Apollonia’s tumuli show a variety of burial practices. These tumuli contained sarcophagi, simple pits, wood-lined pits, mud-brick pits, tile-lined pits, in situ cremations, urns, and enchytrismòs (Antonaccio, 2001:126; Amore, 2005:90; Lafe, 2003:78; Stallo, 2007:11). Wealthier Apollonians even used marble sarcophagi, like the Greeks, which were then placed inside a tumulus. Some of these individuals had…

Meas Sokha, a former prisoner of the Cambodian Genocide, retold her story about what she experienced during the Cambodian Genocide. She explained how the Khmer Rouge guards would treat the prisoners. The guards took the gall bladders of the deceased prisoners that the guards, themselves, most likely killed, and used them to drink wine (Campbell). Sokha explains the brutality of the Khmer Rouge and how she was treated during the Khmer Rouge. “Sokha also told the U.N. backed ECOC that he witnessed…

Through Adolf Hitler’s tactical pursuit of a pseudo-legal road to power, slow and methodical additions to anti-semitic policy, and the savage, sadistic, ruthlessness displayed in his “final solution,” Hitler transformed Germany from a country with strong Jewish integration, into an anti-semitic hellscape. Furthermore, the negligence of the Allied forces, the rejection of blatant indications and evidence of the ongoing genocide, enabled the Germans extermination policy to continue largely…

Dark tourism, also known as grief tourism, is not a popular form of tourism in most countries but has occurred ever since people have the ability to travel. Within the last ten years, dark tourism has become increasingly popular with tourists, with websites like www.thecabinet.com naming the various dark attractions around the world (Dark Destinations, 2007). The term ‘dark tourism’ was coined by Malcolm Foley and J. John Lennon to describe “…the phenomenon which encompasses the presentation and…

I chose to read the book Funeral Festivals in America: Rituals for the Living by Jacqueline S. Thursby. This work explores numerous aspects of funerals and the customs that surround it. Although some of it was hard to follow and seemed a bit jumbled, I was able to get a sufficient amount of information from it that I believe will help me become a great funeral director in the future. I was able to extract a few great lessons from the work, the first being the fact that all people unconsciously…