Physical anthropology

All individual despite their colour of skin, race, religious persuasion, ethnicity or country are socialized from an early age in a particular culture. Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. The Center for Advance Research on Language Acquisition goes a step further, defining culture as shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and understanding…

Social Policy is the study of social welfare and its relationship to politics and society. It is basically the study of social services and welfare state. More specifically, it also considers detailed issues in management and administration of social services, including policies for health, housing, income maintenance, education and social work. Social policy also covers needs and issues affecting the users of services, including poverty, old age, health, disability, and family policy. Social…

1. Introduction C. Wright Mills introduced a new concept to the social sciences that showed the undeniable connection between the individual and society. This concept is known as The Sociological Imagination. This essay will discuss the sociological imagination and the difference between a personal problem and a public issue. The essay will also focus on the personal issue of anorexia and the social issue of corruption. At the end of this essay, how the sociological imagination can be applied…

Introduction This essay it will be looking at the ways that Ferdinand de Saussure ideas contribute towards the modern linguistics. Ferdinand de Saussure was responsible for the systematic study of language and he was also responsible for the three directions in the study of language and involve the branches of linguistic diachronic and synchrony and he contributed on the idea of the sign which includes the signifier and the signified. Ferdinand who was the father of linguistics came up with…

2. Getting Acquainted People in different occupations differ from each other in many important ways (Erickson, 2003:25). The work we do reflects much of our pasts, such as schooling and family background, and this shapes the ways we live, such as tastes and lifestyles (Erickson, 2003:25). As a clinical sociologist, one needs to be more accurate when perceiving the client – individual, groups and organisations, the more useful the sociological contribution (Lee, s.a.:165). In an organisation,…

In her 1975 book The Traffic in Women: Notes on the Political Economy of Sex, anthropologist, activist and theorist of sex and gender politics, Gayle Rubin attempts to illustrate the origins and causes of female oppression. She does so by examining the social relations responsible for doing so as well as offering a detailed account of her social structure she refers to as the "sex/gender system” which she explains as "the set of arrangements by which a society transforms biological sexuality…

Race is one of those subjects that you have to basically walk on egg shells to talk about, so you don’t offend anyone in the process. Race can be a good thing, since it can give someone their own cultural identity. But, it can be used as a way to justify the mistreatment of someone because of their race. You’ve seen that side of race being used heavily in the United States just for that reason. This paper will analyze the idea of race in society from a functionalist, conflict, and symbolic…

Music itself is a language. This language is used everywhere and we relate it to everything. For an individual, one language might speak louder then another. The song “Life of the Party” by Shawn Mendes speaks a language that I can relate too. Released in July of 2014, the song was featured on the Shawn Mendes EP and Handwritten album. “Life of the Party” is a song that has an impact on me and has and will have a cultural and historical significance. This song, which is one of my favourites,…

Holism - In anthropology, this refers to looking at a sociocultural system in its entirety. Encompassing range of interest - Encompassing range of interest means applying anthropology in various sociocultural systems. Cross-cultural comparison - Anthropologists seek commonality between cultural groups in order to make certain generalisations about humankind, which is known as cross-cultural comparison. Sociocultural systems - A sociocultural system is a group of people who share a common…

There are many different cultures that exist in our current society. Many cultural conflicts in the past have led to superiority of cultures over others, which has resulted in slavery in some cases. This leads to the concept of cultures, clashes, communities and freedom. These concepts can be conveyed through many different ideas in texts. The two texts The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson and The Arrival by Shaun Tan, convey the ideas of cultural…