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    Arts of the Contact Zone

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    Grant Schumacher Paper 3 English 110 Final Draft Arts of the Contact Zone: Parody Assignment Pratt defines a contact zone by saying it is “social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today” (319). What this means to me‚ is that there is classrooms in which there are many differences‚ which creates a difficult learning

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    Communication and Eye Contact

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    Communication requires that all parties have an area of communicative commonality. There are verbal means using language and there are nonverbal means‚ such as body language‚ sign language‚ paralanguage‚ haptic communication‚ chromatics‚ and eye contact‚ through media‚ i.e.‚ pictures‚ graphics and sound‚ and writing. It is essential that the basic elements of communication be identified. These elements are: • Sender/encoder/speaker • Receiver/decoder/listener • Message • Medium • Feedback/reply

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    investigation and research action report (RAP) Natural Environment- Coal point is a small saline coastal lagoon that opens intermittently. Coal point overs an area of approximately 1.3 km. A range of ecological habitats are supported by the lake‚ which is itself subjected to a wide range of human uses including recreation‚ industry‚ development‚ and rural activities. This has resulted in a high degree of modification to the natural environment and the ecology of the region. Coal point’s flora is

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    Racism and Contact Hypothesis

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    Siegel‚ 451–68 Brewer‚ Marilyn B. 1997. “The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations: Can Research Inform Practice?” Journal of Social Issues 53: 197–211. Brewer‚ Marilyn B.‚ and Norman Miller. 1984. “Beyond the Contact Hypothesis: Theoretical Perspectives on Desegregation.” In Groups in Contact: The Psychology of Desegregation‚ ed. Norman Miller and Marilyn B Brophy‚ Ira N. 1946. “The Luxury of Anti-Negro Prejudice.” Public Opinion Quarterly 9: 456–66. Burgess‚ Diana Jill‚ Michelle van Ryn‚ John F.

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    How to Insert Contacts

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    Speech Topic: How to insert contact lenses Specific Purpose: To enlighten my audience on the advantages of contacts and how to insert contact lenses into their eyes. Central Purpose: How to insert their contact lenses into their eyes. ------------------------------------------------- Intro: I. How many fingers am I holding up? II. …Just like I suspected you need contacts! III. Let’s fast forward this a little. You go to the store get your contacts and you get them home and you

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    Arts Of The Contact Zone

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    Response to Question 1 According to Mary Pratt‚ “contact zone” is a term “to refer to social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today” (Pratt 487). In Pratt’s speech “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” she uses terms‚ such as autoethnography and transculturation‚ to help demonstrate the reasoning of her ideas. The main

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    Contact and Residence Orders

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    Should the law in relation to contact and residence orders be amended to include a presumption that children should live with their genetic parents‚ unless their welfare positively demands otherwise? There has been much debate to the law in relation to contact and residence and whether there should be a presumption that children should live with their genetic parents unless their welfare positively demands otherwise. This essay will look at the advantages and disadvantages on whether the child’s

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    Contacts vs Glasses

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    Contacts and Glasses These days many students have been wearing contact lenses and glasses. But sometimes parents don’t allow their children wear contacts because it can cause infections and sometimes worse cases. Wearing glasses and contacts both have advantages and disadvantages. I will be contrasting their comfort‚ price‚ and appearance. First‚ I will be talking about the comfort between both glasses and contact lenses. When wearing glasses sometimes people get irritated when their glasses

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    arts of the contact zone

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    Arts of the Contact Zone Q2R#3&4 In “”Arts of the Contact Zone” Pratt gets the point across that cultures should recognize the “contact zone.” By giving examples like Poma’s writing and a homework assignment that her son had‚ Pratt defines the contact zone as the “meeting of cultures with asymmetric power.” (p 487) The word “cultures” refers to every type of group in my eyes‚ groups such as sports teams and even classrooms. A classroom can be defined as a contact zone because the Teacher and

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    The Power of Eye Contact

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    Eye contact and eye expressions are arguably one of the strongest and most intimate forms of non-verbal communication through reading a person’s body language during face-to-face interaction. Eye contact can make or break a job interview or presentation‚ romantic dates‚ casual conversations and many other situations. It can show whether a person is feeling sad‚ happy‚ confident‚ excited or scared and so on. Experts say it is unclear whether it is a person’s eyeballs directly portraying the look of

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