...The person I am interviewing and who I think has an interesting past is my mother Maria. She has been my rock for the past 20 years she is filled with happiness, knowledge, laughter and love. My mother taught me everything I know, she taught me the right from wrong, she taught me how to treat others and most important she taught me how to love. Maria grew up poor in Jalisco Mexico but then immigrated to the United States and gave birth to my sister, me and my little brother. I asked my mother a couple questions about her past and the answers I received were astonishing. “Family tales were a great way to pass the time in my family.” Every time when we are at a family gathering my mother will always bring up some child hood memories of the family. Like the time when I was three years old, all my teeth had fallen out and I was basically toothless but I only...
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...The person I interviewed for this assignment was my mother. The reason I decided to interview her was to think about the differences between three generations of women in my family. While reading the articles for this assignment I was struck at the vastly different experiences seen in my grandmother’s experience versus my mother’s and then mine own experience. By the 1920’s 30-50% of women gave birth in hospitals (Feldhusen, 2000), my grandmother was not one of them. She gave birth 12 times, at home, with only my grandfather in attendance. Prenatal health care was not even something that was considered, and having anyone other then family around wasn’t even a thought. My mother’s experience, (which I will go into more detail later) was in a hospital and she stayed 5 days after the birth. As for my own experience, I was in a hospital, and I left after 48 hours. I. When I asked my mother about her pregnancies with my brother and I, she stated that she didn’t really have a lot of problems. The one thing that stood out was that she developed a full body rash when pregnant with her first child. With her second child she remembers the doctor asking if she was getting any exercise – she laughed and told him she had a two year old and was in the...
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...My interviewee was Argentina Raudales, my mom. She was born on April 22, 1953, in Esquías, Comayagua, Honduras. She spoke of anecdotes about her childhood and why she moved to the United States, yet she was kept in a bubble by her parents about the wars and disagreements happening around her country and neighboring countries. I chose to interview my mom because she would always tell me stories about her childhood, yet she never told me anything bad happening in Honduras but because of history, I know civil wars were happening in Central America during the time she was growing up. My grandfather was in the military, but when he got married to my grandmother he left the military and worked in agriculture. During the 50’s and 60’s, he decided...
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...in their language, how important is it to find a translator? Whose problem is it, the health care provider’s or the patient’s? Why? HLT 324V Week 2 Family Interview – Compare and Contrast Cultures Paper Family Roles and Organization, Work Attitudes, and Communication It is important to identify and understand your own family culture in order to be able to understand and respect other cultures. Interview a family member, and an individual from another culture with which you are unfamiliar. Some examples of an individual from another culture to consider for the assignment include a neighbor, coworker, patient, or friend. Please inform the individuals of the purpose of this assignment and make sure you receive their consent. Interviews: Review the “Family Interview” template prior to the interview. Additional space is designated on the template for you to create three additional questions to ask both interviewees (family member and person from another culture). Additional questions should be relevant to the readings or discussion and should provide value to the interview by helping to understand culture. Some of the questions may include: 1. Family beliefs: Have they changed over generations? 2. Educational and occupational status in the culture and in the family 3. Communication methods: verbal and nonverbal 4. Current family...
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...and customs at your table, who eats when, what it means to have food and share it, what it means to gather at a table with family, who is your dinnertime family, and what expectations or ideals you have for dinnertime. Think carefully about your own dinnertime experiences BEFORE you ask your interview questions. Brainstorm by typing for 4 minutes--save this work, as you will need to turn it in with the rest of your assignment. 2. Interview a classmate (or friend): Now you have thought about how dinnertime and meal-sharing works in your family. So, next you will develop 5 interview questions. Your goal is to learn how someone else experiences dinnertime and meal-sharing with his/her family. I want you to attempt an anthropological view of dinnertime practices. You will need to choose a focus, but you could explore many different questions. Here are some ideas (you may choose from this list or come up with your own questions): How are your dinnertimes organized? Who attends? Who cooks? Who cleans? Do you all eat together? Does it matter? Do you have special traditions at the dinner table (like reviewing the day or praying)? What gender roles are learned and taught at the table? Do the women cook? Do the men do dishes? How does age matter? Do the elders eat first? What does dinnertime mean for you? What does it mean to share food together with family? Does it mean something different to share food with friends than it does...
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...Writing Workshop Anthropology 120 Course Paper Formatting Instructions ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2,000 word minimum (~ 6 pages) double spaced, 1-1.5” margins stapled page numbers word count include your fieldnotes DUE WEDNESDAY APRIL 29 in lecture Minimum of THREE (3) Key Themes: sexuality, dating and marriage experiences – family and kinship experiences - economic (subsistence) experiences – the roles of race and ethnicity in the life of your informant (including the impact of racism and/or racial tension) - the social expectations of men and women (gender roles) as experienced by your informant- problems related to living in an increasingly industrialized society - social pressures related to the body - education experience- religious beliefs and experiences Paper Structure Introduction Body Conclusion Introduction ● Introduce the topic of your paper: immigrant or senior citizen. ● Introduce who your informant is and what is your relationship to him or her. ● Why you chose to interview him or her. ● Introduce the three (3) key themes that you will be examining in your paper Body Body Paragraph 1: Key Theme #1 Body Paragraph 2: Key Theme #2 Body Paragraph 3: Key Theme #3 Body Paragraphs: Basic Paragraph Structure Topic Sentence(s) Supporting Sentences Concluding Sentence(s) Body Paragraphs: Topic Sentence(s) Introduces the topic of the paragraph. It is a statement that creates questions in the reader's mind...
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...Qualitative Research Critical Analysis Paper Introduction This paper is an academic critique of a qualitative research paper written by Bridgitte Cypress (2014) entitled “The emergency department: Experiences of patients, families, and their nurses.” In this research, the subjects were investigated with regards towards lived experiences to gain insights on how each key elements correlate in the Emergency Department. This academic critique will highlight its strengths and gaps by operating an analytic approach based on the research process in which it exemplifies the parts and qualities of a qualitative research Research Design There is a commitment in maintaining the social context/emic perspective in this study to capture and reflect worldviews...
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...Gathering Research Data Paper Hayley Lacy CJA/334 April 11, 2016 Rhonda Grant Gathering Research Data Paper Police officers are viewed by the masses of Americans that they are sworn to protect as the men and women in blue. They have sworn to protect the innocent and keep them from harm’s way and in turn do much more than that for their community. It takes an extraordinaire person to be a police officer. They are someone who is willing to dedicate their lives, health and safety in order to protect those who depend on them. In this paper we will attempt to address and research an interest that has been voiced concerning police officers and their jobs. In this paper we will state the purpose behind our proposed research. We will inform you of the interview structure we will use and we will inform you as to some of the questions that we would ask. We will give distinct advantages of a qualitative data-gathering strategy, such as participant observation, over more qualitative approaches. We will inform you when conducting survey research the importance of informed consent and confidentiality. It is a common conception that police officers choose their particular career path simply because they are inheriting a family member’s desire. They choose to be an officer because their father or their mother or a relative was an officer. It is a common conception that officers are not chosen they are inherited and expected to be from family. This area of interest is something...
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...Term Project Autobiographical Family Study Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/cultural-anthropology-term-project/ The objective is to relate this project to the text readings and to events in your family history. Think enculturation, culture, ethnic background and customs and learn more by asking your family and friends about the events: history, traditions, beliefs, cultural heritage, etc.that make you who you are You may relate it to the entire Social Science group- economics, sociology, philosophy, political science, history, psychology which make up Cultural Anthropology. This is your opportunity to tell your story and that of your family. Remember to cite your paper properly and no plagiarism, all papers will be scanned! Parameters of the Paper Minimum content of 6-7 pages includes the Title Page and a bibliography 12 pt., double spaced report. Spell and Grammar check and submitted (attach the file) in the Assignment drop box by due date posted. Attach the file not a copy of the paper in the drop box. Bibliography or References: Text, interviews or other documentation Text- author, text, publisher, date of publication and pages Interview- name of interviewee, date, relationship to student, how (personal, phone, e-mails, letters etc…. Internet- standard internet format: name of article, author, and website address Please make sure you compose your paper and save in a “WORD” formatted...
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...Ethnographic Interview Paper Assignment Purpose: Purpose of this assignment is to develop a comprehensive insight of another culture and its influence on an individual’s psychological process – therefore, how does a particular culture(s) influence an individual’s cognition, emotion, motivation, behavior, self-concept, etc. Exploring/challenging personal assumptions and feelings about a particular culture and its members. Instructions: CHOOSE A CULTURAL SCENE WITH WHICH YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR. Choose someone to interview who is quite different from you primarily in some cultural domain. As expected, this person must identify as an Asian American. This person cannot be a family member or a close friend. Tell him/her that the interview is a class project, that his/her name will be kept confidential, and that you are interested in learning about his/her experiences and thoughts about his/her cultural background. Tell your interviewee that you would like to conduct the interview in a setting that s/he finds comfortable (e.g., workplace, home, coffee shop, etc.). BEFORE THE INTERVIEW, formulate general questions that you will ask your interviewee. Your questions should be based on two themes: 1) relevant background information such as age, gender, family, occupational, and immigrant history, and 2) specific cultural scene of interest. For example, if you are interested in the racial identity development of an Asian American college student. You might want to...
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...Introduction and Case Study Creswell (2002) defines the interview as a method of qualitative research that seeks to describe central themes and meanings of various human phenomena and experience. A web dictionary defines the word “generative” as having the ability to originate, produce, or procreate. This implies that a generative family is a family which is able to multiply by producing new offspring. A family is a system or unit which is defined as a group of individuals who are bound by strong emotional ties, a sense of belonging, and a passion for being involved in one another’s lives (Wright, Watson & Bell, 1996). The family visited was a nuclear family. The term nuclear family was developed in the western world to distinguish the family group consisting of a father and mother, and their children, from what is known as an extended family (Wright & Leahey, 2005). Nuclear families can be any size, as long as the family can support itself and there are only the parents and children. The purpose of the interview presented in this paper was to discover and describe the experience of pregnancy by a married woman who is in her late twenties. The paper presents the findings observed in the interview and ends with a series of conclusions and personal reflections on the interview method. The confidentiality of the pregnant lady’s name and that of any member of her family will be respected throughout the paper. This essay is an example of a student's work Disclaimer This...
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...which healthcare workers will need to consider within their practice. The goal of this paper is to show the reader the usefulness of the Heritage Assessment tool when it is used to evaluate the individual’s needs in relation to culture and tradition. The author of the paper will share with the reader the interviews of families from three different cultures (the first being her own) and explore the common health traditions of their cultures and how the families subscribe to the traditions. Heritage Assessment tool The usefulness of the heritage assessment tool is to give the provider a way to understand the role of culture and traditions and how it affects the way a patient views health and illness. The tool uses simple questions regarding cultural background of an individual such as: the relationship of family members, religious beliefs, ethnic activities and language. At the end of the assessment the nurse will have a better idea of how the individual identifies with a particular culture and traditions. Mexican and Iraqi health culture and traditions The author of this paper is of Mexican heritage. Her grandmother came over from Mexico when she was a small child. The author of the paper was brought up in a large Mexican family and attended a small catholic church where she also went to school. It was important to...
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... PROJ545: Risk Paper #1 Risk Paper Introduction A few years ago I received some advice from my brother who at the time was a rather successful real-estate agent and previous real estate appraiser. He had built some wealth not only buy and selling houses for clients but also managed to purchase a few properties as personal investments. The advice I received was I should look at investing in real-estate. “You can look to me for guidance, I will not only make sure the property you choose makes sense on paper but I can also guide you through the renovation/remodeling process.” My family was no stranger to real-estate investment. My parents had for a long time been landlords and had purchased a few properties, renovated them churned a profit at the time of sale. After a few years of receiving continued encouragement from my family to invest, I finally made the decision to make my first big purchase. I was never a fan of taking big risks but as I watched my family succeed in real-estate and did put my mind at ease. I was not naïve of the inherent risks and I did consider obstacles that I could face and or threaten my investment. Identifying Risks After making the decision to attempt my luck at real-estate, I started to gather ideas on what potential risks I would be most affected by. My main sources of risk identification was braining storming and interviews with what were my “mentors” although they were family. I “interviewed” my family a few months prior up until...
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...Gathering Research Data Paper CJA/334 University of Phoenix Gathering Research Data Paper Looked upon as honorable individual’s who protect the community from harms way are those who fulfill the position of being a law enforcement official. Police officer’s dedicate themselves to striving in protecting and representing their community with the service in which they provide. Putting their lives at risk during the hours of work and aside from the career life these individual’s live like any other person. Much of their time is spent out on the streets patrolling and when they are not they find themselves in court being pressed for information from lawyers regarding cases. Emphases of this paper is to provide some of the data information on why people choose to become a law enforcement official. Why a Law Enforcement Official? Many may believe that officer’s take on the career to follow another family member’s foot steps. To specifically conclude on this matter the information in which will need to be attained will be through the process of intense researching online and via telephone interviewing. The first thought in which must be received is defining why individual’s choose the career of becoming a police officer. According to Nicole A. (2007) it has been noted that many officer’s become involved in law enforcement due to family tradition. Having the desire to follow parent’s footsteps in the same career path has been noted as being a huge reason...
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...MEDICAL RESEARCH PAPER GUIDELINES You will be writing a 4-page research paper on a medical condition that affects you, a member of your family, or someone you know. The condition may be either physical or mental. Title Page – A creative title should be centered and located about 1/3 down the sheet of paper. Your name, your class name, and your high school name should appear on separate lines, single spaced, about 2/3 down the page. I. Introduction (one paragraph long) Attention-getter • Give examples or a story that is hypothetical or real, give alarming or surprising facts or figures, or ask questions • Integrate information from your personal interview • Should be at least 3 sentences long Lead-in • One or two sentences that connect the attention-getter to the thesis Thesis statement • One sentence that summarizes the paper • States the nature of the medical condition • Should be the last sentence of the introduction • Never begin thesis with “I will write about...” or “My paper is on...” • Thesis statement should be in bold II. Disease, Ailment, or Condition (Length determined by subject matter) What is it? Fully explain this. What are the known or suspected causes? What are the symptoms? How is it diagnosed? Integrate information from your personal interview. III. Treatment (Length determined by subject matter) How is it treated? Fully describe all possible treatments. Integrate information from your personal interview. IV. Prognosis (Length determined by subject matter) What...
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