WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE This questionnaire is designed to measure the extent to which individuals experience discrimination at the workplace. These questionnaires are completely anonymous and will be regarded as confidential. The purpose of the questionnaire is purely for personal research purposes and does not form part of any Sasol programme. SECTION A: Demographic Information 1 Gender Male Female 2 Age Years 3 Race Black White Indian Coloured 4 Highest Qualification
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Paper on a Cultural Event HUM/100 02/03/2011 University of Phoenix In May 2007, I took a long flight to the Hawaiian Island Oahu. I flew into Honolulu airport for a 15-day vacation. Samoans greeted me saying, “Aloha’’, which is their greeting word. The trip was a life experience. The natives on the island were very spiritual and musical. All around the island natives were singing dancing and playing instruments. The natives were also skilled in the art of fire knife dance. This was only something
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Humanities and Sciences are both essential in each and everyone’s lives. Sciences are important as it ensures new possibilities and ideas for our society. Science can be defined as “the study of the physical, biological aspects of the world.” 1 It is very much like reality. Technology, medicine, business are all science-related courses that are essential in our daily lives in the future. Humanities, on the other hand, are more about “content with not knowing, but rather, practice questioning and
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1. Discuss the cultural differences, risks, and difficulties of working in Poland compared to the U.S. Culture is the most influential factors in the human life which have deep impacts on the personal behavior. Here in this case same things happen where two different culture believer clash with each other in the working place. The cultural system in America is more focused on individualism. Due to those factors American people work hard to climb up in the upper position in the work place therefore
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THE BATEK OF MALAYSIA “An Original People” Carolyn Holmes Cultural Anthropology Prof. Kathryn Cohan July 1, 2013 Introduction In this peaceful society, lives a tribe called the Batek, an Orang Asli society in Malaysia, meaning “Original People”. This tribe is known for being peaceful, and consider themselves as forest people because the forest is their home, and if any form of violence should occur; the person or persons will be ostracized from their
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ANT 3212: Peoples and Cultures of the World Spring 2013 www.anthrocervone.org/peoplesandcultures Instructor: Dr. Sarah Cervone Telephone: (904) 620-1000 Email: s.cervone.157873@unf.edu Course Description: This online course introduces students to the anthropological concept of culture and the sociohistorical circumstances that contribute to human diversity worldwide. It focuses on the defining dimensions of culture as well as the mechanisms of cultural change. Goals: At the conclusion
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A Friendly Life with the Dolphins As a culture being a learned behavior for humans, it is for the animals as well. Humans have grown, evolved, adapted, and developed to survive; and their acquired skills and consistent improvements have accelerated such developments. Surprisingly, dolphins also have acquired such skills to live more convenient life by working with the humans. The article “Dolphins help fishermen to catch fish” describes how dolphins and fishermen work together. This article explains
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Cultural universality of magic, witchcraft and religion somewhat go hand in hand in some nature. They relatively have the same concept and beliefs of supernatural powers that can be compelled or influenced in certain ways for good or evil purposes by using rituals formulas. Magic was used in ancient Native American tribes for many purposes. An example of this exercise is blowing powdered tobacco up a person nose to get rid of him or her evil spirits. Also magic is used to heal illnesses. Shamans
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ANTH 1200 – Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 10-29-12 Dr. Williams, Instructor 1 Study Questions for Quiz# 3 (Ferraro’s Chapters 9, 10 and 11) 1. Are there any universals about gender roles across all societies? Use examples from your readings to support your position. 2. Male dominance a cultural universal? Use examples from your reading to support your position. 3. How important are economic factors in the definition of gender in the United States? 4. What are “Genderlects”
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Reading Guide, Mauss, The Gift Anthropology 125A/Econ 152A Economic Anthropology Reading Guide for Mauss, The Gift NOTE: use this guide to the extent that you find it helpful. You will hopefully have already read through the reading once. The guide is long because I often include quotations from the book. You can use this to reexamine points that I think important. I ask many questions. I do not expect you to be able to answer them. Ponder over the quotations and questions for a second
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