The term ‘social capital’ was first coined by Pierre Bourdieu who used it to describe the networks of relationships among people in society, and how it allows society to function properly. Bourdieu’s thinking was concerned with the understanding of social hierarchy. He believed that economic capital is at the root of all other forms of capital, and he was interested how economic capital could combine with other forms of capital to create and reproduce inequality (Ihelen, 2005). Although Bourdieu
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Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural relativism is the principle of regarding the beliefs, values, and practices of a culture from the viewpoint of that culture itself. (Cultural Relativism NP). According to the cultural relativist the civil rights reforms that Martin Luther King sought were not morally right or wrong. One example would be if you were raised to believe that African Americans should be discriminated, yet in another country, people believe is wrong to discriminate because of their skin
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Cosmo the Cougar is not a normal mascot. Cosmo is best known for his insane dance moves. Cosmo went viral after his dance to the song “Rolex by Ayo and Teo” with the “cougarettes” (Birgham cheerleaders) by his side. The dance has over 1 million views on facebook and he is now known across the internet for his dance moves (Larimer). He is so popular many people believe he could be in the Mascots Hall of Fame. The Mascot Hall of Fame is an organisation, they nominate mascots that do good deeds and
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Folktales, sometimes also known as myths, has strong ties with Native American tribes. Their sacred beliefs of divine things consists of places, animals, and people. Native American myths are slightly similar to each other. The Hurons ( an American Indian tribe) myths were related to the creation of the earth with the help of animals. Hurons believed in supreme deity and their myths were mainly concerned with how creations, living within the single water source, can be supportive in the beginning
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People are classified based on several factors, including age. In the twenty first century, age is classified into two broad categories. Two of the main groups are boomers and millennials. Boomers are the group of the people born during the baby boom, which occurred from the 1940s to 1960s. In the 1950s, the United States experienced a marked economic growth with an increase in manufacturing and home construction. In this decade America had recovered from the great depression due to the increase
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The findings in this study are more similar and consistent with existing research than they are not. Although this study included different age groups while the existing research studies only used college students, the data did not have much variation and still resulted in the same conclusions. The appearance of a pleasant, more attractive face caused a figurative "halo" to appear over the viewing images. The evidence found in this study demonstrates the occurrence of the halo effect as it does in
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2. Cultural Anthropologists must use a variety of methods in order to gain the native point of view while studying culture, especially when it's a culture separate from their own. While "in the field" anthropologists must refrain from analyzing a culture from their own cultures point of view. By doing so, an anthropologist will better understand the culture from which they are learning and not only that, but will have unbiased, more accurate results. If an anthropologist were to observe and study
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and especially the differing ways in which power is transferred and how social order is maintained within generations. Bourdieu defines that there are three different types of capital which are economic capital, cultural capital and social capital. Economic capital is what we have, cultural capital is what we know and social capital is who we know. All three of these capitals are linked together which define our habitus. The habitus is defined as the mental structure through which we interact with
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Obviously there are numerous examples of cultural appropriation that the United States has taken from other countries, such as white people in the U.S. winning awards for best hip-hop videos over African Americans, but there is no better example of this than the practice of yoga in America. What used to be/still is a common religious practice in the Hindu community, has simply been stolen by westerners, modified slightly, and coined as America’s own. The class reading describing how yoga is a religious
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Good Day Willy, Welcome back, I hope your trip went fine! Please forget the rain this is unusual here ;-) I have been on-board to ASV looking for you but perhaps was not my lucky day! Unfortunately since few days we are on Yellow Alert due to the bad weather conditions. In preparation of this, they have swap several people between the ASV and the FLNG including myself yesterday evening, I hope the situation will be back soon. Although I still have few more days to spend on board, I would very
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