Ethnographic research is a naturalistic, observational method that produces real descriptions of context and culture. It alternates between a narrow and a broad focus. Ethnographers study a wide range of subjects, including, individual behavior, environmental conditions, and shared, taken-for-granted patterns of belief. In ethnography, researchers engage systematically with those they are studying by participating in ...
Introduction The distinction between sociology and cultural anthropology can occasionally be quite vague. They use similar forms of research, and have similar goals. However, where cultural anthropology seeks to understand specific cultures, sociology seeks to understand human beings as social creatures within and without their culture. Sociology Archival Research or Secondary Analysis Archival research or ...
The anthropology courses at CU deals in such helpful topics as the principles of anthropology, exploring non-western cultures like Japan, Maya and Africa, and physical anthropology. Learn all you can about the theories and reasons behind the theory of evolution, the human skeletal structure or even the behaviors of primates in the anthropology program. It’s ...
The Haitian proverb, “Tout moun se moun,” we’re all human beings, radiates throughout and shakes the very core of the nonfiction work by Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains (Kidder 80). Paul Farmer, an extraordinary medical anthropologist who travels the world healing the poorest and most helpless of people, is brought to life in a simplistic ...
In the studies of education, quantitative and qualitative approaches are commonly used. The methodologies are different. The purpose of a quantitative approach is to describe the current environment, investigate relationships, and to study cause and effect. The purpose of a qualitative approach is to provide a focused, interpreted, and detailed study of the participants and ...
Ukraine is a beautiful, history-filled country in the east of Europe. If you are planning a trip to the Ukraine, there are many sites and attractions that you will want to see. From breathtaking scenery to shopping and historical landmarks, you will want to see as much as you possibly can. Here are some of ...
Deviance is defined as something that goes against the norm. A norm is defined by a society or group (Erikson, 1966). In today’s society most people want to establish themselves as an individual adult. Our society is divided into several different kinds of subcultures. A subculture is defined as an organization of values and the ...
Tucked between Romania and Ukraine is the nation of Moldova, which grew directly out of the former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic after the fall of the USSR in 1991. As a country still trying to define its political and cultural orientations, Moldova makes for an interesting tourist spot with plenty of accessible attractions. Though it ...
Cultures tend to use mild scare tactics in order to get their children to behave properly, stories that serve a purpose, such as keeping small children in bed (“The boogy man will get you!”). Most stories are grown out of but the person retains the action (or inaction) that the story impressed upon them. As ...
