Folkways

Ishmael’s experiences of being traumatically separated from his childhood family, becoming a child soldier for his own survival, and his experience with re-socialization after being rescued by UNICEF is possibly quite similar to the traumatic stories of many of “about 250,000 children employed in armed factions worldwide” (Taylor 869). Sociology of the life course effectively assesses what happens to these children when they are separated from their familiar families and surroundings. I believe…

For all of our society’s history, women have been oppressed in many ways. Many individual can see this division of gender ranging from the biblical era. The bible often sorted the differentiation between the two roles of gender, and many people couldn’t stray from this constructed idea. Also in early societies, women were deemed to gathering surplus from the ground, and men were constructed as hunters. Until recently these arbitrary socially constructed ideas were not challenged by individuals…

Breaking The Norms Norms are created by a society. According to Conley, norms is how values tell us to behave; it means if it is something is not appropriate or unnatural and something that we never done before, we refuse instantly. Therefore, breaking social norms was not easy and that is why this paper was turning late because it is not something I would like to do; it is contradict with me because it is kind of embarrassing and I am a shy person. But I tried to collect my guts as much as I…

According to Nathaniel Branden, self-esteem is the disposition to experience oneself as being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy of happiness. It is the confidence in the efficacy of the mind, ability to learn, appropriateness of the decisions and choices, and effectiveness of the response to change. Self-esteem is not a euphoria that may be temporarily induced by a drug or a compliment nor an illusion or hallucination. It is grounded in reality and built…

Power is the ability to define reality and to have other people respond to your definition as if it were their own. – Dr. Wade Nobles What is power, and how does one possess enough of it to define the reality of others? Power is the invention of labels and categories to separate people into different social positions based on race, class, gender, sexuality, or other characteristics. These categories and positions are often the basis of the individual’s identity. We so often hear people say, “I…

Comparatively, African American children are exponentially exposed to teachers who do not culturally mirror them. Various studies show that non-white students undergo a cultural mismatch of teacher to student at a higher rate than white students. The Achievement gap in standardized test scores shows a consistent and pervasive disparity between the scholastic success of African American students and that of white students. Researchers found that low expectations and racial bias are the result…

Many would think that the art of communication may not be a need for survival, yet through communication, civilization has evolved to make life easier for the human race as a whole. In the article How many languages are there in the world? By Stephen R. Anderson, Anderson share the Ethnologue catalog published by SIL International that classified there to be 6,909 distinct languages. The Ethnologue was published in 2009, adjusting the number of languages to increase or decrease over the years…

In Criminal Law in Colonial Virginia, Arthur Scott claims that despite a desire by the company to follow English traditions, “in practice these principals were largely disregarded before 1619.” It was therefore the repeal of the Laws Divine in 1619 which marked the beginning of English common law in the colony. Scott contends the intent of the new laws, now being drafted by the Governor’s council and passed through the House of Burgesses, was to regulate the morals of the colonists, promote…

Dia de los Muertos: A Complicated History and Unique Celebration of the Mexican Identity The history of Mexico’s most popular celebration, “Dia De Los Muertos” or “Day of the Dead, (English and Spanish will be used interchangeably in the paper), is complex and combines Indigenous culture with Catholicism in Mexico, to create a unique celebration of life and death, which is evident the rituals, foods and arts. The festival blends two different ideologies, yet in ways similar, to create an…

anthropologist, and record producer. The title “Why Suya Sing” portrays the general idea of all ethnomusicologists, which is to further understand music in its cultural context (“What Is Ethnomusicology?”). Seeger is also the director emeritus of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The author tackled field research for the book at Mato Grosso, Brazil, during 1971 and 1982. More specifically, Seeger traveled to Brazil to study the culture of the Suya Indians, today known as the Kïsêdjê (Mengel 1).…