Divergent boundary

1. Introduction Football, originating in England, after hundred years of conversion, has been disseminated to almost every corner of the world. Until 2006, 211 countries and region affiliate with Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, 2007). Thus, its universality and prevalence enable football as an approach to interpret globalization. Comprehending what is an identity is the first step towards studying the outcome of globalization towards local identity. Barker (1999)…

The value of higher education, in today's society, is almost exclusively judged by the prospect of attaining a job upon graduation. This evaluation, however, is not unbiased, as it does not account for skills, connections, and other benefits that are obtained through higher education. Exemplifying that a college experience is not purely vocational training and cannot be quantified solely on such a restricting basis. "My View: Should Everyone Go to College?" by Mike Rose–a professor at…

Digital Learning Games a Curriculum Trend Today’s students spend most of their hours on electronic devices. According to Pew Research Center (2013) study, 78% of teens own a cellphone; furthermore, 74% of teens have access to the internet on their cell phone, tablets, and other media devices. Based on these statistics, students are living in a “digital environment that has shaped how they think, behave, and act” (Gu, Zuh, Guo, 2013, p. 392). Therefore, it is vital to incorporate technology…

When Kubrick unleashed his final cinematic work Eyes Wide Shut in1999, like all his previous films, it was grievously misunderstood by audiences and critics alike. Based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story), Kubrick upholds a psychoanalytic parallel between the two, as the source story heavily borrowed from Freud’s theory of life (Eros) and death instincts (Thanatos). The task of transporting the overall…

bunch of parallel can be drawn between the French and Japanese colonialism in terms of colonial foodways, the measurements adopted by Japan and France in colonial dietary practices were not on par with each other. In particular, the keywords are divergent - while superiority was an essential term to French colonialism in Equatorial Africa, sacrifice was hugely accentuated in Japanese…

Do state control immigration outcomes? To understand the complex process of immigration a basic knowledge of the concept is needed. The process of immigration is regarded as the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens, or to take-up employment as a migrant worker or temporarily as a foreign worker. It is very…

Essay 1: Adaptive Radiation Adaptive radiation is the fundamental mechanism responsible for the great variety of animal and plant species observed today and that dominated the Earth surface in the past (MacDonald, 2003). In simpler terms, adaptive radiation is the diversification of species to occupy a wide range of ecological niches. The term ecological niche describes the role of a species within its surrounding environment; its interaction with the biotic and abiotic environmental factors;…

The ethnic root of nationalism felt into the schema of ethnic and nationalism study, particularly since the 1970s. The resurgence of ethnic nationalism has been an intrinsic socio-political reality in many parts of the world since 70s till date. Scholars from ethnic and nationalism studies widely acknowledged that ethnicity occupy a crucial role in nationalism. However, there are few detailed studies that focus on the relationship between ethnicity, nation and nationalism. Walker Connor and…

This question posed by Adam Smith, the architect of classical economics, is appropriate starting point to understand how economic systems are essential to understanding national development. The wealth gap between countries can be attributed to the divergent national economic histories each nation possesses. Smith equates wealth with economic growth that arises from a growing source of labour and capital stock, increased efficiency in the use of capital and labour through greater division of…

Orwell’s 1984, and Huxley’s Brave New World both present extremely intricate dystopian societies, and illustrate their respective author’s observations on certain human traits. The vast majority of people often overlook several of these observations. One observation exemplified by the novels is that human nature and behavior can be permanently altered by changing one’s environment. Furthermore, love is a major part of humanity, however humans can be influenced to the point that even love for…