Nuer

An essentialist approach to sexuality is based on the belief that how an individual understands and experiences their sexual identity is predetermined by their sex and gender. In this approach, sexuality is stable, predictable, and inherent because it is biologically acquired at birth (Rubin 1999:149). In his work, Seidman explain the theories of Judith Butler where society is organized into two distinct gender identities, male and female, which in turn influence ideas of sexual identity and…

1. What is Nicotine? Many people are well aware of the fact that nicotine is the main active ingredeint in cigarettes. However, very few know that it is also the tobacco plant 's natural protection from being consumed by insects. As a matter of fact, it is now known that the widespread use of neonicotinoids which is a cynthetic form of nicotine, as a farm insecticified is blamed for killing honey bees. In fact, nicotine is defined as being a toxin which can be just as lethal as strychine and…

government troops and rebel factions has resulted in the death of thousands and caused more than 2.2 million people to be displaced. The conflict of South Sudan is aided by ethnic tensions placing President Kiir’s ethnic Dinka people against Machar’s ethnic Nuer people. The ethnic power struggle is not the only conflict occurring in South Sudan, there is also the issue of oil between Sudan and South Sudan, the insubstantial economy, and border disputes over Abyei and the Nuba Mountains region.…

The feminist perspective on anthropology has, like in numerous other disciplines, run ‘parallel’ to the subject. The attempt to shift the paradigms has created some tension between the ideas of the feminist perspective and the existing archetypes of anthropology. However, feminist thinking in anthropology has reshaped the study of gender and has become somewhat accepted by mainstream social anthropologists. In this essay my aim is to explore the ways in which male-bias has been allowed to occur…

Affirmative Action and Refugees of Color: Starting the Conversation Dorian Brown Crosby Janita Bah ABSTRACT African Americans are the typical group that comes to mind when the words affirmative action are mentioned. Although white women were the initial benefactors of the policy, the most publicity surrounding its usage has come in the applications of African Americans and other marginalized groups into institutions of higher education. One of these marginalized groups is refugees.…

South Africa has a complex political history. It is filled with intricacies and subtleties which are difficult to understand from an outside perspective. The power and volatility of South Africa’s political climate was enough to drive hordes of South African’s to find refuge in other countries while still longing for their homeland. This review is about Rian Malan’s 1991 book “My Traitor’s Heart, Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself”…

Energy is an essential element for human life and a nation 's economic development. Throughout the years, human’s primary sources of energy have come from oil and coal. However, the world is facing the issue where it is not sure if it can produce an increasing amount of energy to supply what it consumes. The world wants to assure everyone that there is enough energy for the future generations to come. There are now new natural ways of providing energy that might ensure enough energy for the…

In all three of the ethnographic films we saw were cyclic in the way they presented information. The Hopi video started with the origin story and ended with death, the Nuer video starts during the wet season and goes through the dry season and back to the next wet season, and the Dani video started with their origin story and ended with death. In my ethnographic paper I started with the definition of family and ended…

Food was seen as a gift during the war because it was in such high demand. Salva was extremly lucky to have encountered a memeber of the group who happend to follow a bird to their souce of nutrients. A bees nest. Their technquie of getting the bes out of the nest wasnt eaxactly the smartest but they had to do what they ever it took to get the one thing they desperattly yearned for." It was worth it, Salva thought as he touched his eye gingerly." Even though Salva has been stung by multiple bees…

On July 9, 2011 South Sudan became an independent state separate from Sudan. When South Sudan became a sovereign, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement became the ruling party of the state. While gave South Sudan the opportunity to become a fresh vibrant new nation, its image has been tainted with accusations of political corruption and mischief within the government. In 2013 when South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir dismissed Vice President Riek Machar. Their ethnic groups Dinka (Kiir’s group) and…