Fukunaga intertwines the lives of Sayra – a young Honduran immigrant looking to reach the United States – and Willy – a Mexican gangster whose cognitive understanding of community has shattered and turned into his worst nightmare. The result is a potent exposition of the effects of globalization on transnational interactions, community identity, and urban space. Paired with Zilberg’s ethnographic study of Maras and Marreros across borders, Sin Nombre suggests that forced trans-nationality and the associated
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the face of it, are the “lawless”, the defenders are the law- abiding. An absence of morality can easily be found in the rioters and looters. How, we ask, could they attack their own community with such disregard? But the young people would reply “easily”, because they feel they don’t actually belong to the community. Com- munity, they would say, has nothing to offer them. Instead, for years they have experi- 20 enced themselves cut adrift from civil society’s legitimate structures. Society relies
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Effective communication is a good way to understand a person or a situation that lets us resolve problems. It also helps build trust and respect between people. Having an effective communication is very vital in everybody’s life even in a business environment. The time I experienced an effective communication was when I went to Wal-Mart and bought an air mattress, when I was there I was able to witness how they communicated. They listened to me by making feel heard and understood, they avoided interrupting
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coinciding in (and filming) the Bosnian village before any intercultural tensions subsisted. We can see this at the beginning, how pacific the village and neighbors are with each other despite that they pertain to different religions. The close knit community and respect between them are also apparent in the dialogue between two Slavic women, a Muslim and her Catholic neighbor. Being aware of the war and the inter-ethnic hatred, they reassure that “What ever happens, we’ll drink coffee together…as we
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view ourselves and others. Experiences of communities often shape personal identity and decisions to belong and not belong. Max Lucado’s picture book ‘You Are Special’, and Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ delve into the intricacies of belonging within community. Both texts explore how personal differences can alienate individuals from their community and cause a loss of self-worth. However people often overcome this disconnection to community through experiences of belonging in their own
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up starfishes. He considers it a miseducative analogy that simplifies the intricacies of human agency or in this case the starfish, who has no voice or say in the matter of being hurled back into the sea. In conclusion, Morton finds more merit in community service and communication between the parties involved, than individual acts of kindness without dialogue between service recipients and providers. Eby reiterates a similar position highlighting that students may learn from the service learning however;
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Business and Community Development II Capitalist development creates winners and losers, both socially and geographically. The fundamental process of capitalism is the transfer of wealth created by particular people in particular places into the hands of other people in other places. Communities that are unable to Jorge Sousa, Ph.D Contact sousa@ualberta.ca capture the wealth that they create tend to decline. Sustainable economies require rooting wealth within communities. Businesses
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The conversation of assimilation into a discourse community has been a long standing presence in academic conversation. Especially if you give the church the title of a discourse community. The church to which I would be referring to is Titus Harvest Dome Spectrum Church. Titus Harvest Dome (THD) is a large religious group (large church) that is located around a suburban area. From what I researched, I have found that the assimilation into Christianity can be related to the social aspects that surround
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There is a community called OU cousins which consists in helping international students being engaged in the United States and developing friendship. In order to deeply analyze this community as a discourse community, two interviews as well as observations were conducted. According to James Paul Gee’s definition of Discourse community, Gee is a researcher at Arizona State University who defines discourse community as being the different ways people integrate and combine language, interactions, actions
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when the Battle of Ridgefield took place between a small militia force that included Benedict Arnold. Although the British won this battle, the colonists ultimately won, as no further battles took place inland within the state. Originally a farming community, Ridgefield began to grow and expand when the railroad came through in the late 19th century. Wealthy residents of New York took notice of the town and started to build summer cottages that dwarfed the average homes. Most of these homes were destroyed
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