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    The Asmat are a group of village-living people from New Guinea. They are famously known for their woodcarving skills. When looking at their artwork, one can see how some features and themes are very prevalent throughout the pieces, while other times it seems as though the art was made by a completely different group of people. When looking at two specific pieces the similarities and differences really shine through. The two pieces that will be compared and contrasted are one of the Asmat…

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    the poetry bruce dawe reflects on the ideas and values regarding Australian identity. the attention he has is to make the reader aware of the lifestyle, values and beliefs of the normal suburban Australian, with luckly the help of two of his poems life cycles and the homecoming along with the assistance of Rob Sitch’s movie the castle. All three of them refer to the Australian identity also in diffrent ways.with numerous diffrent lines in the ballad Life cycles Bruce Dawe has presents…

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    If globalisation brings people who are socially problematic and politically traumatic from vast populations, with different language cultures, identities, religious beliefs, outlooks, lifestyle and everyday practice to a new country (Pakulski and Markowski 4) then the idea of nationalism…

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    Ella Minnow Pea Analysis

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    the culture in Nollopton. It is what the island was founded upon, it is how they diversified themselves. By the High Council taking letters away from the alphabet, they began destroying and corrupting the culture in Nollopton. Without language, the people began to go mad. Their decision making began to change entirely. Their daily routines were halted as they had to check themselves to ensure that they were not using any banned letters or they would face consequences as far as being banished…

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    Brazilian Identity

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    Minha terra tem palmeiras. Onde canta o sabiá. _____________________________________________________________________ This essay will investigate the construction of Brazilian identity based on founding myths and how society, in general, continues to define itself based on them. Analyzing the censorship of the exhibition Queermuseu – Cartografias da Diferença na Arte da Brasileira, I intend to demonstrate how in the Brazilian's imaginary, it remains alive the need to follow social, religious,…

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    don't connect with. While I do agree that many of Shakespeare's work had messages and situations that transcend, many of those messages are also covered by many indigenous authors. Unlike Shakespeare's work however, the writing of these are more relatable, and also would discuss more specific issues for Canadian's. Indigenous people might not make up a significant part of the total Canadian population, 4.3% (statcan, 2011), but their culture is giant part of Canada's history. I believe it is…

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    Bangarra Dance Analysis

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    the front of the stage – representing the purity and authoritarianism of the colonists; as opposed to the Aboriginal people cowering in the shadows which connotes primitiveness. Conversely, costumes play an instrumental role in the depiction of the story; signifying the historical point in time, as well as the cultural differentiation between colonialists and the Indigenous people. The colonialist’s attire consists of crisp white clothing, neat and pressed. While not explicitly signified, the…

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    (Blake, 1981). However, according to Dixon, Ramson & Thomas (1990), their total number of that time lay between one and two million, divided into about 700 tribes. In 1921, the Aboriginal population was at its lowest level so far with around 60,000 people. After that, they started to recover and increase again in number (Prentis, 2008). However, still today they make up less than 3% of the entire Australian population. With the drastic decline of the population, there were also fewer elders…

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    Australian anthropological writing recognizes the critical religious measurements of Creation myths, investigations of the secularized old stories of indigenous groups living in country and urban territories have been to a great extent dismissed. This paper researches the parts of Australian Aboriginal mythology in late indigenous and non-indigenous societies inside mild Australia. (Clarke 2007, p.141).…

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    is bound to encounter many terms. However, what happens when every state and territory of Australia uses their own words and slang? This is a source of confusion for many, and can even trigger many debates amongst states. There are many different people living in Australia, all with their own identities and individual use of Australian English. It is important to highlight these differences and identities by celebrating the fact that Australians from various states and territories use their own…

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