*When I chose Sociology as my major there were many things going on in my life. Around that time I was considering dropping my degree in Information Technology and school all together. For a good portion of my life I never could have imagined myself being a college student. In fact I did not wish to be a student. I only became a student because Georgia Military College was offering free tuition for students freshly out of highschool. That just so happened to fit my description at the time. So I signed
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Ethnography Research of a Sub-Culture In the forgotten recesses of Camp Hovey‚ resides a small platoon of MP ’s‚ standing in small groups in the battalion motor pool‚ it must be 9:30 in the morning and its must be Monday‚ Feb. 13th. Behind the large HUMMWV ’s stands a small tight nit group of males‚ their ranks range in the e-4 to e-6 range‚ laughing together. This is the group that always stands away from the rest of the platoon‚ secluding themselves‚ forming a group within a group‚ or their
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the attempt of this organisation to create a coffee culture in T&T. This evaluation will then inform the argument of hybridization by demonstrating how cultures exchange elements with each other thereby creating new‚ hybrid identities. An ethnography study was conducted at Rituals Coffee House (Rituals) located in the city of San Fernando in T&T. The study was conducted between 12:00-1:30pm. Interviews were conducted on five customers to gauge how often they drank coffee and whether they believed
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Abstract This essay describes the job of a tattoo parlor and the tattoo artist‚ and the interaction between the artist and the customer. The description is of a normal day where I visit Blue Moon Tattoo‚ watch a lady being tattooed‚ and receive a tattoo of my own. I describe the complete day in the parlor‚ from watching a woman find the perfect tattoo‚ to watching her getting the tattoo. Along with the description‚ the main point of this essay is to explain how people can actually be comfortable
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The Rite of Spring’s choreography and music combination kept me yearning for more. I most enjoyed the extremely emotional movements because they drew me in and made me ponder the underlying meaning of the dance. This dance was by far the most expressive one presented all semester. The frantic and sudden movements that interchanged with the soft and gentle movements flowed together and portrayed a frantic‚ yet elegant message. The type of mixed emotional energies and variation of movements is probably
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In this text the author uses a system of ethnography to analyze the different interpretation of rock art (Lewis-William‚ 2012‚ p.22). The idea of animism‚ mythology‚ analogy and shamanism were discussed during this investigation (Lewis-William‚ 2012). The foundation of his research suggests that all communities that create rock art‚ place a cultural meaning behind the drawing and they can be unravelled (Lewis-William‚
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Playing With Fire A Mini-Ethnographic Study on Life within ------ Fire Authority I had always believed that firemen sit in front of flat screen TV’s watching football all day until they got a call to an emergency. Their job was pretty easy for the most part. Most of their shifts were spent relaxing‚ I was convinced. However‚ as soon as I stepped foot into ---- Fire Authority Station 3‚ all the perceptions I had about firefighters quickly flew out the window and I had a near immediate respect
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When I am not attending school or participating in any school clubs‚ working on school assignments‚ doing chores at home‚ or earning money‚ I enjoy volunteering‚ reading‚ dancing at the studio‚ singing Carnatic music‚ and doing taekwondo. To elaborate‚ I volunteer through many clubs and organizations at various places. Usually on weekends‚ I volunteer at the St. Johns Hospital. Through National Honor Society‚ for which I serve as president‚ Key Club‚ Club Scrubs and the Interact Rotary International
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There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call "the breaks." ~Countee Cullen (1903–1946). Wanting to be successful isn’t easy‚ one must be determined to work hard and thrive for success. Success comes in many varieties and one way people thrive for success is by moving on in life after studying for years and working a career they have chosen themselves. Knowing what someone wants to do in life gives them the extra motivation they may need to reach
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Culture can be described in two different perspectives‚ emic and etic. When a culture is described from an emic point of view‚ that means that the culture is being described in a way that a person that belongs to said culture would see it. Ethnography in an etic perspective on the other hand will describe a culture from an outsider’s point of view. In Alverson’s study on the Peace Corps‚ an etic perspective was used. By attacking the research question from an etic perspective‚ he was able to determine
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