Lecture Notes on Culture: Why we do what we do • Anthropology – study of culture • How and why cultures differ and are similar • Theoretical orientation – attitude about how cultural phenomenon is to be explained. Early evolutionism(Tylor and Morgan) - culture evolved from simple to complex- 3 stages of development savagery‚ barbarism‚ civilization - to account for variations – societies in different stages of evolution Historical Particularism – (Boas) disagreed with evolutionists that
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investigate the undiscovered‚ illusive world of being a stripper‚ the stigma that surrounds this unspoken business and the clientele these social spaces entice. G-Strings and Sympathy: Strip Club Regulars and Male Desire(2002) Frank’s ethnography draws on her work as an exotic dancer in five strip clubs‚ as well as on interviews with over thirty regular customers--middle-class men in their late-twenties to mid-fifties. Reflecting on the customers’ dual desires for intimacy and visibility
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1. Introduction The objective of this paper is to propose a study and discussion on the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches in engineering research methods and design. In this introduction it is to provide a thorough presentation on the aspects of qualitative and quantitative approaches for engineering research. As such‚ the scope of this paper covers a broad range of topics and it is important that the engineer to perform successful experiments‚ and it is equally important that to
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Information sheet 15 Qualitative Research Introduction Qualitative research is becoming more widely valued and recognised in the health care research field. The importance of qualitative research was established in the early 20th Century as a form of inquiry for the study of human group life‚ particularly in the fields of sociology and anthropology. Qualitative research aims to generate further research and theories rather than to verify them. It relies on transforming information from observations
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contributed in making people understand urban sociology‚ urban poverty‚ racial inequality‚ the body‚ social theory and ethnography. Wacquant is currently a Professor of Sociology and Research Associate at the Earl Warren Legal Institute‚ University of California‚ Berkeley‚ where he is also affiliated with the Program in Medical Anthropology and the Center for Urban Ethnography. (4) Paul Felix Lazarsfeld : Born February 13‚ 1901‚ died August 30‚ 1976 was one of the major figures in 20th-century
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rural‚ ecotourism‚ adventure (biking‚ horseback riding‚ snowshoeing‚ ski mountaineering‚ rafting‚ diving‚ caving‚ climbing)‚ thematic tourism – connected with the cultural and historical heritage‚ the esoteric‚ religion‚ wine‚ traditional cuisine‚ ethnography and traditional music and handicrafts. Sustainable tourism is a new category and is a continuation of the conception for sustainable development which was launched at the conference in Rio in 1993. It is a result of the concerns to the protection
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__ Important Questions Of UNIT 1 __ MARKS- 10 to 28 1. Explain how both the waterfall model and the prototyping model can be accommodated in the spiral process model.* 2. Mention the six specific design process activities. Give explanation for two of them. 3. Software is product. Justify this statement. 4. Explain the attributes of good software.* 5. Explain the salient features of spiral model of a software process with an illustration diagram.* 6. Explain different
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INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS There are generally two kinds of research: qualitative and quantitative. For any research project the researcher needs to be clear about which type of research will provide the information required. The role of qualitative research is to tell you why; quantitative research tells you how many. The methods are quite different. Definition of Quantitative research? "There ’s no such thing as qualitative data. Everything is either 1
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SLS Course Descriptions Fall 2014 600-‐ through 700-‐level SLS 600 (1). Introduction to Second Language Studies (ONLINE). Hudson This course introduces students to second language studies‚ as represented in the MA in SLS program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa‚ and to the field(s) of applied linguistics more generally. This course also serves as an introduction to the kinds of work that will be expected of students as they progress through the
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Social Anthropology Essay. How would you summarize Clifford Geertz’s contribution to the field of anthropology? Clifford Geertz I have chosen this essay on Geertz‚ as the information I received in class I found interesting and wanted to elaborate on the knowledge I already had. In this essay‚ I will be discussing Geertz’s contributions to anthropology‚ and what I have interpreted these contributions as myself. When looking at Geertz’s ideas and theories in Anthropology‚ some of these ideas and
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