Rub & Stub is first restaurant in Europe to fight food waste by using surplus goods from the food industry (Rub & Stub‚ 2015). The restaurant receives food‚ which has been donated from farmers‚ food cooperatives‚ local food stores‚ bakeries‚ and FødevareBanken. The goal is to minimize the amount of food waste‚ therefore they receive food that has the ‘wrong’ size‚ shape or color‚ just food which is close to the ‘best before’ date (Rub & Stub‚ 2015). The food waste issue remains alarming‚ however
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Anthropology (from the Greek word ἄνθρωπος‚ "human" or "person") consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). The discipline is a holistic study‚ concerned with all humans‚ at all times‚ in all humanity’s dimensions. Anthropology is traditionally distinguished from other disciplines by its emphasis on cultural relativity‚ in-depth examination of context‚ and cross-cultural comparisons. Anthropology is methodologically diverse‚ using both qualitative and quantitative methods‚ such as firsthand
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replace them by free and deregulated markets that operated independently of social needs. The breakdown in England’s economic life that ensued has been called the ’Great Transformation’ where according to Karl Polanyi "Nineteenth-century civilization has collapsed" (Polanyi‚ 1944:3). According Polanyi nineteenth-century civilization was constructed on four pillars or institutions. These four constructs were interdependent such that if anyone of the pillars collapsed the others would be also be uniformly
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every other of a quick growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for lawns and gardens; reserve large areas for football‚ hockey and parks; earmark areas for Hindu temples‚ Mohammedan mosques and Christian churches." Messrs Julin Kennedy Sahlin from Pittsburgh prepared the first layout of the town of Jamshedpur. What the city looks like today is a testament to his visionary
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The researchers deem it quintessential to set the stage by touching on one of the major themes of their field of study - social economy (SE). Such an exploration is necessary as we are dealing with a case – The Guldsmeden Hotel – whose commercial activities are interlaced with several social activities and as such showing signs quite typical to that of social economy organizations. For instance‚ aside operating as a commercial hotel‚ the hotel persists on the need for a balanced sustainability angle
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If there was ever an important period historians‚ and people could put a finger on‚ this would be it. This is the important period where the world’s countries‚ kingdoms‚ and dynasties established trade routes. This is the period where countries were made and countries were destroyed because of the importance of trade and the importance of building a fundamental‚ religious‚ and economical way of life. This paper will discuss the goals and functions of trades‚ and traders‚ and a historical analysis
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Yet the evidence indicates that they have lived together surprisingly well‚ solving their problems among themselves largely without recourse to authority figures and without a particular propensity for violence. American anthropologist Marshall Sahlins to call them‚ in another famous phrase‚ "the original affluent society:’ Most striking‚ the hunter and gatherers have demonstrated the remarkable ability to survive and thrive for long periods‚ in some cases thousands of years without destroying their
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Knowledge Definition Firstly‚ knowledge does not have the same meaning as data and information. Data is simply about statistics and facts that have been collected for analysis or reference and has no significant meaning (Zack‚ 1999). Information is the result of data that has been analysed by a specific arrangement and is the outcome of placing data in the right place (Zack‚ 1999). On the other hand‚ knowledge is something beyond information (Beijerse‚ 1999). It is a structured and arrangement of
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events… speak clearly of a deep feeling for the spiritual quality of life. A concern for the fate of the human soul… was evidently a theme of Neanderthal society too.” 1. During the Paleolithic era‚ humans discovered a way life that scholar Marshall Sahlin refers to as “the original affluent society” due to their need or want of so little. Additionally‚ during the Old Stone Age‚ the Paleolithic people established a habitat in every habitable region of the earth‚ also known as the Austronesian
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societies like the Cahuilla (Mukat’s People) (cf. lecture 4/7/11) Though Soc 65/Anthro89 focuses Native Americans‚ a larger context is the contrast between pre-modern and modern worldviews (see Tonnie’s Geminschaft and Gesllschaft). Like Tonnies and Sahlins‚ Mauss does not see humans in archaic times as having the same utilitarian motives as we do (that is‚ that we are economic ‘animals’ and will always behave to maximize our own profit)‚ but for pre-modern peoples‚ exchanges were made that had much
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