Symbolic anthropology

The difference between equity and equality is that equity is about looking at inequalities in our classrooms, making changes to reflect or support the needs and strengths of various ethnic groups. While educational equality is that each student is being handed the same test with the same material at the same time. Equity is a mindset because it involves looking and notices inequalities in the classroom and choosing not to ignore them. One way that I will ensure equity in my classroom is by…

As we approach the summer of 2016, the issue of immigration in the Western world has yet to lose momentum; whether Donald Trump is arguing to build a wall on the Mexican border in the U.S. or European parties against immigration are gaining traction, it’s become clear that opposition to multiculturalism is currently rampant. German chancellor Angela Merkel is under fire for the number of refugees being let into this country; but perhaps her actions are serving one of her oldest goals, true…

individuals. There could also be certain implementations that could be put into place in order to mitigate the negatives and embolden the positive attributes laptops bring into the classrooms. Methods The goal of the project is to understand analyze the impact of personal computers and tablets have on the education of U.S college and university students and how they are used in classrooms. I am particularly interested in how computers are used either to aid education or are they a distraction…

D. The Impact of Literacy The existence of literacy can impact people who have it or around someone who apply it in their life. The impact can be in their personality or psychology, sociology relating to their social, economic and political status and also interpersonal relationship with others. 1. Impact on the personality Amory in TSOP is deeply affected by his ability in reading and writing. He becomes an over-confident person, a man with a high self-esteem and thinks that he has a superior…

Introduction It is considered that language is like “a mirror image of society” or “a system of measurement to evaluate the social perceptions” in various aspects of human life in different societies at different historical timeline. (Khang, 2011). Social changings push the development of language to recognize and reflect those movements. Beside social factors, cultural background, the growth of economy, education… gender also has a huge impact on the way of using language between two groups…

What is time? Time is a measure used to identify the order of events. Like the fish in water example it seems that time is natural and we do not notice it is manmade. We seem to have become so used to this idea that we do not think of time as something that is socially constructed. Social constructions of time is a way we try to giver order to our world. Time is a “social process of coordinating two or more human activities by reference to an external marker.” What we think of time is in…

At the time of Tom Boellstorff’s (2007) article ‘Queer Studies in the House of Anthropology,’ little anthropological research had been undertaken in the realm of non-normative sexualities and genders in non-western contexts. Along with this, there was a lack of scholarship on female non-normative sexualities in both western and non-western contexts. Boellstorff (2007:21) argued that this gap in anthropological research was due to a range of factors; particularly the continued barriers women face…

From the above, it can be observed that mortuary cannibalism should not always be associated with hostility and aggression. For the Wari, as well for other 5 non- western societies mentioned above, it is not an anti-social act, but an act defined by ideas about the human body, social perception of identity, psychological stability, and by their worldview. Since mortuary cannibalism is such a complex procedure which includes many different stages and attitudes, how easy is it to recognize its…

Conformity is defined as the compliance with social standards and laws of a particular culture, environment, society and time. Conformity occurs when individuals change their attitudes, beliefs or actions to align more closely with those in the surrounding groups and environment, as a consequence of real or perceived group pressure. There are two types of conformity, normative conformity, and informational conformity. Normative conformity is conformity results from the desire to be accepted,…

With the billions of people out there in the world living today, it causes a lot of cultures to arise. On the other hand, all these different cultures ancient or modern, are not a negative thing, in fact, it is not only positive, but also significant, with the diverse world we live in today. With that being said, the Meras were a small, yet significant ancient civilization with a rich and long culture, known to few till this day. They were a highly advanced, ancient society living near what…