FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY A. The Science of Sociology and Anthropology Sociology is the scientific study of human society and its origins‚ development‚ organizations‚ and institutions.] It is a social science which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity‚ structures‚ and functions. A goal for many sociologists is to conduct research which may be applied directly to social policy and welfare
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The queer communities and the communities of color in Los Angeles have a common history of police violence. Their geographic proximity during the 1950’s and 1960’s‚ exposed them to the same heavy policing in the form of "vice" entrapments‚ which were motivated not only by the police’s need to control the queer community‚ but also to stop interracial relationships. The struggles of these two groups were put in evidence in the 1952 case of Horace Martinez and his friends. Martinez was using the restroom
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Queer sexuality is a stigmatized identity in terms of society because of social norms‚ rhetoric‚ and most importantly policy. The word “queer” means “strange‚ or odd” which perfectly describes just how polluted American society is in the Modern Era. Many different points attribute to stigmatized queer sexuality which include the process of identity management‚ heteronormativity and mononormativity‚ and policies restricting freedoms . Queer sexuality that is being stigmatized is a serious issue that
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Generally speaking‚ forensic anthropology is the examination of human skeletal remains for law enforcement agencies to help recover human remains‚ determine the identity of unidentified human remains‚ interpret trauma‚ and estimate time since death. Anthropology is the study of man. Anthropologists are interested in many fields like culture (cultural anthropologists)‚ language (linguistic anthropologists)‚ the physical remains or artifacts left behind by human occupation (archaeologists)‚ and human
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In the social sciences of sociology and cultural anthropology‚ researchers have developed their own unique style or research and investigational techniques. While between these fields some techniques are similar‚ there are some differences. Some differences occur with the philosophical reasons certain techniques are used. In the field of sociology researchers strive to understand social situations and to discover repeating patterns in society (Tischler‚ p.4‚ 2007). Two methods that sociologists
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Anthropology can be defined in basic terms as the study of humankind. It incorporates the findings of many other fields such as biology‚ sociology‚ history and economics. Since the study of humankind is so broad‚ anthropology is divided into four major fields which are Cultural‚ Archeology‚ Physical and Linguistic. I have found that each of these fields has many specialized areas or subfields that can open the doors to a wide-variety of fascinating‚ interesting and even unexpected careers.
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tithe was 10% of the value of what he had farmed. It was possible that it could make or break a peasant’s family. A peasant could pay in cash or in seeds‚ equipment etc. Either ways‚ tithes were an unpopular tax. The church collected so much produce from this tax that it had to be stored in huge tithe barns. Peasants lived in cruck houses.Families would have cooked and slept in the same room. Children would have slept in a loft if the cruck house was big enough.These had a wooden frame onto which
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Kant-Byers Cultural Anthropology 5/15/15 Essay #2 Cultural anthropologists main job is to study different cultures all over the world and then to compare the similarities and differences to their own culture or other cultures. This is typically done by that anthropologist going and living with that cultural group for an extended period of time so they can learn everything there is to that particular culture. While they are there‚ they learn about everything that they can‚ from the religion to how
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Tradition is the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation‚ or the fact of being passed on in this way. Many people value and like their traditions but for many others they feel (locked in a prison) by certain parts of their tradition. The traditions we receive have been handed down to us through many generations which have been influenced by our parents and their background history. This helps to control our identity and through their teaching‚ it gives us a sense of belonging
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Wenda Trevathan. Essentials of Physical Anthropology. 8th ed. Belmont‚ CA: Wadsworth‚ Cengage Learning‚ 2009. Print. Houck‚ Max M.‚ and Jay A. Siegel. Fundamentals of Forensic Science. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic‚ 2006. Print. "Human Osteology - A laboratory and Field Manual" 3rd Edition‚ 1987 http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/boneintro.html France‚ Diane L. "Forensic Anthropology: A Brief Review." Forensic Anthropology. Web. 01.Dec.2011.http://www.wadsworth.c
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