Contrary to a popular belief—one especially among historians and theorists—the lack of objectivity in history books and school textbooks is not hugely problematic. The reason for the previous claim is that‚ simply‚ when it comes to historical occurrences‚ bias and inclinations of perspectives—though can hypothetically be eliminated—are totally inevitable. Historians are human beings‚ with brains to know‚ comprehend‚ and evaluate historical events and consciousnesses to feel and sense the underlying
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THE INSIDER/OUTSIDE DEBATE IN RELIGION One of the major debate in religious studies is the believers/observers or insiders/outsiders position. The debate is about how the individual position themselves in the study. Often the discussion is put into term of “emic” and “etic”. The outsider’s approach is to produce a completely informative description or productions of sound‚ behavior‚ beliefs. This is the emic or phonemic approach. The insider’s approach is the observer being involved in the activities
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Discourses in higher education are apparent in almost every interaction a student has with any aspect of the higher learning institution including but not limited to staff and policies and procedures (including assessment procedures). The notion of subjectivity‚ or the subject position of student is also central to the following discussion of discourse. The use of language in promoting and maintaining such discourses can be seen in higher education policy documents developed by both the Government and
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OWT.223 2013 ADDITIONAL NOTES HOW DID HRM BEGIN? M ANAGEMENT IN THE 1970S AND 1980S: THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EMERGENCE OF ‘HR M’ AS WE KNOW IT Human Resource Management has developed its original programme in the 1980s‚ it has expanded and consolidated its agenda in the 1990s‚ and it has been flourishing explosively in the dozen years since the turn of the millennium (the 2000s so far). We will try to understand the conditions of possibility for the rise of HRM in terms of cultural
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that is influenced by the perceptual lens‚ or bias‚ that the individual has developed through various experiences over their lifetime. Nonetheless‚ how do subjectivity and the perceptual lens manipulate the terms of ‘civilized’ and ‘primitive’ in relation to the humanities? The answer is as unique as the individual giving it. Subjectivity often refers to the interpretation of an experience by an individual‚ in contrast with objectivity‚ which is a knowledge and fact-based belief system. The
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“Existentialists focus primarily on matters such as choice‚ individuality‚ subjectivity‚ freedom. And the nature of existence itself. The issues addressed in existentialist philosophy involve the problems of making free choices‚ of taking responsibility for what we choose‚ of overcoming alienation from our lives‚ and so forth.” (1) When looking at the principles of existentialism you can see the connections to other significant problems in our world. Sartre recognized a connection between the principles
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The native anthropologist: identity and methodological issues The aim of this paper is to explore some of the methodological problems faced by “native” anthropologists; in other words someone who studies his or her own culture. A good example is that an individual from‚ what is generally called the western culture (a Westerner) can study his or her own culture and thus‚ by definition‚ be a “native anthropologist” . I focus my attention in this essay on anthropologists from previously colonised
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by defining this illusive term‚ while also offering an insightful tour into its history – starting with the nascence of the usage of the word‚ through to its demise and then its current status. After explaining its inescapable relationship with subjectivity‚ I discuss the problems of
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Vanessa Mateo AP English The Beauty and Race Subjectivity in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eyes In The Bluest Eye‚ author Toni Morrison uses a combination of race and beauty as factors that contribute to a culture’s creation of artificial scale of beauty. An establishment of an artificial scale of beauty showing how a race and culture values are easily being disallowed by the ideology of being the perfect beauty of a human being. Morrison uses characters such as Claudia Macteer
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educationists that how a student scored 71 is better than those scored 70?. Is there any yard stick to exactly measure the mental level of a child ? the answer is definitely ’no’. The numerical marking is largely affected by subjectivity. What is subjectivity? Subjectivity is nothing but if an answer book is given to three examiner then after evaluation you will get three
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