Domestication

Exotic Animals as Pets Bears, sugar gliders, snakes, black panthers, snow tigers, flying squirrels, bearded dragons, chameleons, pythons, geckos, iguanas, lemurs—these are just a few of the huge list of unusual, or so called exotic, animals that people might own or trade. The availablity of these extoic animals has made it easy to acquire or to sell them. It is harmful to the animals, the environment and even humans. It may be marginally legal to sell and own these animals, however, in many…

Prior to the Civil Rights movement, slavery was the fulcrum which held society together as a whole helping to characterize women of the South. Slavery would later be considered the underpinning of the South in cultural, political, and spiritual aspects. Everything was constructed around slavery. A person’s class was determined by two things: race and gender. A clear distinction was always made: White slave owners sat atop of the totem pole, while black female slaves remained at the bottom,…

With the advent of prints, reproductions, engraving reliefs etc and the ability to manufacture more art with consistent results lead to a domestication in art that was never seen before. The wallpaper painting embodies a common form of domestic art. With domestic art on the rise from the mid-19th century forward artists were able to commodify there pieces in annual magazines through manufacturing…

Tik tok, tik tok, tik tok. Quick grab your glass slipper and run child, the clock has struck twelve and your coach is about to be nothing more than a pumpkin and you don’t want your prince seeing you dressed like that do you. Now hurry along child, go ! The films Cinderella release in 1950, Beauty and the Beast release in 1991, and The Little Mermaid released in 1989 I have been able to conclude that these films created by Disney reinforce typical Female stereotypes. This has had a negative…

I decided to focus my interest on the medicinal and healing side of the Jivaroan people, and the group that I found the most information on was the Achuar people. They are one of the subgroups of the Jivaroan people, who are a community of some 18,500 individuals along either side of the border between Ecuador and Peru. Using plants as a form of medication is “an integral part of the subsistence strategies of indigenous peoples” and it has been for generations (Dufour and Warren 1994). Since…

From 1492 when Columbus first “discovered” the Americas, Iberian colonisation of the native Amerindian peoples had begun. Already inhabited by the native peoples, the Spanish and Portuguese begun the task of conquering through killing, enslaving and bringing the natives under their rule and power. This large and expansive conquest of Central and South America killed conceivably as much as 90% of the natives in little under 200 years, due to the introduction of old world disease and the power of…

as the example that each emperor would model his reign after. In order to stay in power, the emperors had to ensure political dominance and foster unity among the people. The emperors control of the Senate, military superiority, generosity, and domestication of the economy contributed to their popularity and success as rulers. Augustus took control and united the Roman Republic by defeating the last opposing power, Marc…

Many might not acknowledge how much of an impact food has made in shaping the society in which we live. Another unknown detail is that the use of farming is very recent to our knowledge. Dating to about 11,000 years ago, farming has played a key role in the evolution of mankind. About 11,000 years ago humans started to cultivate food intentionally. This process of cultivating food is known as “farming” and it started taking hold in the Near Eastern part of the world at about 8,500 B.C.…

and had numerous amounts of gold, the king was the only one who was able to have gold nuggets, and the commoners were only allowed gold dust. This made sure that the gold prices will not fall down, and make Ghana prosper and rich even more. Domestication of camels helped trade, and surplus goods were sent north by camels, expanding the kingdom even more. Their knowledge on iron made it possible for the Ghana Empire to create a strong army with superior weapons, allowing them to conquer more…

You can learn a lot about someone by the way they tell a story. In Bruce Knauft’s The Gebusi, you can learn a lot about another culture through his eyes. In his book Bruce, presents to the reader stories of a people that will never be the same as they were when he wrote about them. The Gebusi are a cultural group within the Nomad River area of the East Strickland River Plain, Western Province of Papua New Guinea. They live near the northern edge of New Guinea's large south central lowland rain…