Cultural anthropology

Judy Martz once stated “Everything has to do with geography.” I believe that she is correct, because geography covers basically anything that has to do with the Earth. For example, it covers population, maps, geographical grids, human activity, spatial patterns, and so many other things. Geography classifies material spatially, always asking the questions “where” and “why”. Geographers employ several different, fundamental concepts to explain why every place is unique and somehow connected to…

Everything evolves over time and we manage to adapt to the change. For instance, technology has been around for many years and yet, to this day, it is still advancing in becoming faster and easier to use. Kenji Yoshino, a Yale Law School Professor, writes an essay called “Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights”, which talks about the personal costs of covering and how people too often sacrifice authenticity in the interest of assimilation. He also talks about how covering is a form…

Does the influence of external and internal worlds impact the shaping and growth of our identities? Literature has the captivating ability to broaden and expand society’s knowledge of human complexity, and impact readers’ intellectual perceptions of their external and internal worlds. This is further investigated in both Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John and Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, as they provide perceptive offerings into colonial societies and families’ crucial influence on an…

People go about their day conforming to whatever it is they encounter, not even regarding their morals or cultural heritage. The question I ask myself is, “Why would someone stand by and not express who they really are when their culture is being ridiculed?” People with different cultures should share their culture with others so that other people may learn about different things and to accept different types of people. It is the other peoples job to listen and accept differences in heritage…

Aboriginal culture plays a very large role in the province of Saskatchewan. There are the Metis people, the non-status indian groups, and many others scattered not only throughout the province, but the entire country. With many Aboriginal cultures come many symbols, some of which may mean something different to each aboriginal group. One symbol that has been found scattered across Saskatchewan and can have multiple meanings is the Medicine wheel. Through history the meanings may have been…

Cultural competency is a vital component in the nursing community. Knowing a client’s culture can help in communication, and build a therapeutic relationship. Many different types of nursing cultural competency models have been developed throughout the years, though this essay will focus on the Sunrise Model by Madeleine Leininger. The Sunrise Model is a visual representation of Leininger’s Culture Care Diversity and Universality theory, which is a theory that pioneered many others into…

the trial of Rios Montt in Guatemala, the multidisciplinary approach proved pivotal in the conviction of Montt. Together Beatriz Manz, a social anthropologist and international eyewitness, Elizabeth Oglesby, a geographer, Clyde Collins Snow, an anthropology and archaeology consultant, and several others of different disciplines were able to bring the first…

How far was racism a dominant feature of British Society from 1958-79? The colour bar of the 1950s showed that racism was still a dominant part of society. The Colour Bar was a form of direct racism where unions, employers and the government all took part in refusing minority races services and employment. For example, during the 1950s, unions and management in business such as Ford enforced a quota system where 95% of jobs had to go to white people. This suggested a dominant racist society as…

POST #2 Watching Carlos lecture on recitatif, this is an informative and gives us a wider view of how racism goes about and how we are all participants in it no matter what we perceive ourselves to be. He starts by giving us two names and ask us to pick which race the two belong too. And he gives you a few seconds to make your judgment. He then says, if you made a judgement or even thought about who belongs to what race, its shows you identify with race. I will agree with him on that, because if…

Read Chapter 4" Collaboration with Families" and Chapter 5 "Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Issues in Education". Respond to the following: Q 1 | Why is it so important for teachers to understand culturally relevant pedagogy? Culturally relevant pedagogy promotes cultural acceptance and awareness in the classroom environment. It is effective in supporting the student(s) cultural identity and helps the student(s) develop perspectives that challenge inequalities in schools and society. This…