Ethnographic research is defined as the in person observation and recording of cultures, lifestyles, and behaviors within a society. The concept of examining people in their natural habitats has been present for hundreds of years, allowing us to understand certain aspects of life in places…
Essays on Anthropology
Introduction We have no idea how will our society be remembered in 100 years because change is happening so quickly. We know that quantum computing – the introduction of physics into the field of computer science – is going to be extremely important; that computers…
To be honest I have no idea, I have no intention of trying to predict that far in the future and think about how will our society be remembered in 100 years. But, we will still have laptops and desktops as they are the best…
Abstract Fashion defines the social phenomenon of the way the people dress in a particular style depending upon various factors such as place, occasion, etc. It has always been considered to be a whim to a certain group of individual, stereotyping the body forms of…
Introduction South Africa is one of the countries that has the lowest fertility levels on the continent. Its fertility has declined in past years; it has shown a remarkable demographic achievement in those years. This literature reviews in depth analysis to study the relation between…
This delay in marriage will also mean that Singaporean women will start to conceive at a later age (Thang 87). According to the Singapore’s Current Population Trends (Tan 5), the average age of Singaporeans having their first child have went up to over 28 years…
Singapore is an epitome of a success story in which the burgeoning population boom was curbed efficiently. Family planning had become imperative due to the strain on scarce land resources and possible diminishing economic prospects for the budding independent nation. This fuelled the state to…
The fertility rate in China is historically declined from the 1960s to today. In generally, China’s fertility rate reached the highest point as roughly 6.2 children per family in the 1960s. Start from the 1970s, the Chinese government started to implement several fertility policies for…
This documentation includes a reflective representation of mine on the above-mentioned video. It represents the importance of the demography subject and the evolution of the demographic features of the world along with the time. It also highlights the correlated problems and potential solution that can…
Every settlement in the world changes. Some change in a good way and some change in a bad way. A settlement changes in a good way when it has a big population and a lot of people enjoy living in the said settlement but a…
Throughout our lives, disobedience has had a crucial impact dating back to our years of adolescence. Disobedience could simply be shown through our defiance to study for a test or take part in a vast upheaval hoping to bring drastic change by disputing certain standards…
As of 2019, the world’s population is 7.7 billion. The number of fertility and life expectancy is the main factor that makes up population growth. You may ask why is our planet overpopulated? There are several reasons why overpopulation occurs. According to an article I…
Williams perfectly portrays the tension between the characters and how society has influenced the character’s personalities and also Williams brings to life the gender roles that were imposed on both women and men for centuries. A Streetcar Named Desire offers an insight into the lives…
The internet is the global system of the interconnected computer networks that uses the internet protocol suite to communicate between networks and devices. To make this clear, Wikipedia states “the internet is a particular global computer network connecting millions of computing devices, the World Wide…
Homelessness and mass media coverage often falls short in getting a good word out. Homeless people are reported as people on the street or live in shelters this are anonymous often used. But many people who work with these populations daily find the term offensive…
Fertilisers are the chemical products that human created with the help of ammonia so the plants can grow faster and be bigger. There are different types of fertilisers, the Complete inorganic fertilisers, and the Special purpose fertiliser. The complete inorganic fertilisers contain all three major…
What the earth could possible look like and what will the world be like in 100 Years? In 100 Years and In 100 years the Earth will pretty much almost look the same but significant consequences are to come if nothing is put into place…
In response to the term the Anthropocene this essay will explore how social and environmental factors are relying not only on scientific research but also art as a tool to enagege humanity in sustainable growth. The essay will elaborate and exemplify through various projects and…
Due to increase aging population, screening elderly relate to social determinants of health (SDOH) requires thoughtful investigation the present state of the science. The objective of the study is to systematically evaluate SDOH among elderly to manage, maintain and promote healthier stage of life. A…
Guatemala is the largest country in Central America, and it has a population of around 18 million people. Guatemala is about the size of Bulgaria, and the state of Kentucky (US). Known for its mountainous surface, the country ,borders multiple nations such as Honduras, Belize,…
The UK population has experienced a major transformation within its age structure, the average age is increasing, as a result of improved healthcare and people having fewer children (Roberts, 2019). It can be seen on figure 1, it represents historic and projected period life expectancy…
Puerto Rico is an island a Caribbean island. It is a territory of landscape, mountains, waterfalls and the El Yunque tropical rainforest. It is a very beautiful and refreshing place to visit in your holidays. It is a self-governing island. It is situated at the…
Nepal is a landlocked country in Southern Asia. It has a population of 26.4 million people. Nepal borders China and India. Nepal is an LEDC. One of the main reasons this is because it is a landlocked country and there’s a lack of access to…
I want you to take a good look at the person sitting next you. Take a second to realize how different we are all from one another. From our hair, to our skin, to our overall physical appearance. As you all may know we are…
The population of developed countries has undergone a fundamental change in their age structure, with many people living longer lives. It is believed that longer life span of humans can lead to many thorny problems to individuals and society; however, measures can be taken to…
Sweden is a reasonably small country located in Northwestern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula with Norway on their right, and Finland on the left. Sweden is said to have a utopian society due to its low birthrate, low employment, and having the world’s highest life…
To put it into perspective if something happens to disrupt the order and the flow of the system, a set of interconnected parts which together form a whole, society must adjust to achieve a stable state. Functionalism is a top down theory which works to…
The first view that one can possible argue to be a pioneer of functionalism is Aristotle’s Theory of the Soul. (350 BCE) (Levin (2018) para.2) Aristotle thought that the soul is to be identified for whichever powers and capacities allow for an organized human body…
Functionalism describes society as a system; It is a sociological theory that defines individuals, institutions and thoughts as compatible parts within this system. Although it is mentioned together with Talcott Parsons, Emile Durkheim originally invented this concept for the first time. The effects of this…
Alaska can be described as a dangerous place to live however, listening to the dangers of animals and weather conditions within the city. This was by no comparison from the deaths of both the fisheries and the aircraft logging. The state of Alaska in 1980…
A minority is a smaller number or part, especially a number that is half the whole number,A fact you might not know about minorities is that they are world wide. A minority can impact society, this is seen through Adolf Hitler, Ben Ross in ‘The…
Over the past few decades, America has been experiencing a lot of alterations. One of those changes involves population growth. The population of America has been rapidly growing since 1950. Decreased death rate and an increase in average human age are some of the leading…
It is generally accepted that with the modernization of a community comes an increase in the standard of living in that community. While this may be true, the modernization of the United States has left many communities behind. The increase in the standard of living…
Gender roles have always been a part of our society, whether we like it or not. From the days of our nomadic ancestors who enforced gender roles with hunting and gathering, to today’s common discourse over wage gaps in relation to gender, there has always…
Populace blast can be named as the unexpected increment in the number of inhabitants in world. In the twentieth century, the total populace has expanded up by a few times and the Subcontinent populace has developed by multiple times. This expansion in the populace goes…
There has been a rapid increase in the world’s population in this century compared to the last century. Right now, the world population is about seven million and counting, and it will continue to grow. The industrial revolution sparked a big jump in the number…
Big Brother is a Social Experiment in the form of a reality TV show, people from all around Australia send in applications and ultimately only 24 get chosen. Although some may not go in on the first day. These new housemates are put into the…
Just like physical health, mental health is very important. Mental health impacts thoughts, behaviors, and emotions, so everyone must take care of it and seek help when they need it. Even so, mental illness is quite common, yet it is often misunderstood, especially social anxiety….
Not including off-book numbers of child workers, more than 320 million children under sixteen are employed more than part-time, with only 25 percent of those children ever completing even an elementary level education. Child labor has long been a controversial subject, with much emotion and…
In 2019, There are 76 billion people around the world and increased by 1% compared with last year, according to the world better. The population has increased sharply which is a global problem with living, economic and environmental issues. Especially, Vietnam is the 15th country…
In July 2012 Americans spent over 121 billion minutes on social media (Are Social Networking Sites Good). Researchers suggest that using social media becomes a risk to adolescents more often than most adults realize (O’Keefe, Clarke-Pearson). Social networking has many detriments to society, because it…
The earth’s capacity is estimated to be 9 to 10 billion persons. Every day the earth’s population fluctuates as persons die and babies are born. Over the last 2.5 centuries, the population has multiplied sevenfold and is estimated to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. By…
Everyone has the right to decide where they live, what religion they worship, what education they would like to earn, and many more life choices. However, although they have the right to decide, our decisions are influenced by our society, whether we realize it or…
Honesty is a value or quality of people closely related to the principles of truth, justice, and moral integrity. An honest person is someone who always tries to get the truth out before their thoughts, expressions, and actions. This quality is therefore not only related…
Society’s harmful stigmatization of homelessness is evident in everyday life, including avoidance of homeless (Phelan et al., 1997). The public majority assume the reasoning behind homelessness is due to factors including substance abuse when the public does not understand or empathize with alternative underlying causes….
New York City society places a high value on innocence in Edith Warton’s novel, The Age of Innocence, forcing its characters to abide by the strict social codes of the 1870s or face scorn. Any deviation from an innocent lifestyle appears scandalous and inappropriate and…
A citizen is a person who has the country’s passport that they are staying in and can legally live in that country. Although Citizenship is the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country. Citizenship can be viewed in different ways. For…
Any bodily movements that require energy expenditure produced by skeletal muscles, is known as Physical Activity (PA).[1]Physical activity is generally classified as Low, Moderate and High levels of Physical activity and is measured in METs as follows: Low levels of Physical activity- Less than 3…
In the 1600s, the people of Easter Island experienced a steep population decline. This event has been an object of much speculation by scientists and laypeople alike, and has spawned dozens of theries; people have guessed everything from alien influence to slavery to a plague…
The heart is an organ in animals, including human beings that acts as a pumping mechanism for blood around the body, through veins and arteries. The heart and the blood vessels together form the cardiovascular or circulatory system. Cardiovascular diseases refers to the diseases and…
One of the core elements of Emerson’s transcendental ideas that can be found in contemporary American psyche is the intuitive belief. He postulates the encouragement to act freely rather than automatically following popular opinion and put a special emphasis on originality, as the saying goes…
Transcendentalism was a tremendous social development in the nineteenth century; be that as it may, the thoughts of the development still keep on impacting our general public in the twenty-first century. These thoughts of Transcendentalism have kept on existing all through numerous years in light…
During the 18th century in the north, several philosophical movements were beginning to occur. One in particular happening during the market revolution was the Transcendentalism movement. It involved the combination of European Romanticism and the lifestyles of the United States. Just like other movements happening,…
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe is the book I have chosen for my critical book analysis. This is the second book part of a trilogy by Chinua that explores Nigeria’s history through a fictional point of view. The trilogy is often referred to…
Introduction The social structure in Victorian England was rigid and fixed, so any drift of change was highly judged. Gaskell’s novel “North and South” explores that, through situations, through characters, through war and peace. It is a novel about social structures, about respecting authority and…
Ku Klux Klan since it began has brought more harm than good, it has led to the destruction of property, loss of lives, infringement of peoples’ rights and created division along with the ethnic groups. This paper is therefore set to explore how Ku Klux…
Introduction Within the mainstream media of today’s world, there is a noticeable absence of accurate Asian-American representation. When they are able to find roles in television and film, these roles frequently revolve around stereotypical beliefs that have been prevalent for centuries. This ideology can vary…
Introduction Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism both have the same essential ideas with a couple of major differences, they both relate to how we judge another’s culture. Ethnocentrism is when we evaluate a culture with the standards of our own. Cultural relativism is the idea that…
I examined the article by Shanshan Du titled “‘Husband and Wife Do It Together’: Sex/Gender Allocation of Labor among the Qhawqhat Lahu of Lancang, Southwest China” which “explores both the diversity and commonality of human labor organization in response to sex difference through an ethnographic…
A recurring theme throughout the novel Kindred by Octavia Butler and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is the significance of literature in society. Literature and literacy, in both novels, are limited in order to maintain social order and prevent rebellion. Both set in dystopian…
In life, it is very important to have personal values. Without them life could just pass you by like a flash. Personal values help you in ever day life, and in your professional life as well. It does not matter what they are as long…
Religion is an important for understanding democracy according to Tocqueville because it restrains excessive individualism. Tocqueville felt that the best way to counter individualism was through religion. Religion has taught people that there are more things in life besides money. Tocqueville wanted to pursue and…
Kindness is one of the most influential forces that boost one’s happiness. We define kindness in countless terms because it holds a different meaning for everyone. From helping someone in need without searching for anything in return, being honest, respecting others’ opinions, accepting others despite…
Everyday, humans are faced with making choices. Some of them are desirable, and some of them are not so desirable. We often choose to do things for the benefit of others, or we do them out of mere obligation. Either way, we can wake up…
Second Discourse My goal in this article is to examine whether the ideal political society proposed in Jean- Jacques Rousseau’s book successfully resolve the problems of three types of the dependence identified in his book . To examine the effectiveness and the limitations of Social…
The philosophy of freedom is the basis of society for equal opportunities In her dystopian fiction novella Anthem, Ayn Rand presents the philosophy of individuality. After reading this literary work, each reader can share the point of view of the author or, on the contrary,…
Among the most distinguished and long-standing debates in the anthropology of economy in general – and that of exchange in particular – is the divide between formalists and substantivists that occurred during the 20th century. These perspectives, as coined by Polanyi, provide distinct explanations for…
Adoption is not just the call to have a seamless glowing family. Rather, it is a call to share and give love, kindness, and patience…! What is the Role of Adoption of Parents in Society? The adoption triangle comprises of the kids who are adopted,…
Introduction My topic is about people’s first impression and I believe that first impression is one of the things that people can be misjudged because of it, so people should be careful with their behavior and many other things I’ll take about to make people’s…
Luis Valdez mixed art and politics in his writing, like “Zoot Suit” which focuses on the Zoot Suit Riots that occurred in Los Angeles during the 1940s. The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of violent clashes between U.S. servicemen who would attack young Latinos…
Introduction The name of the film that I will be anthropologically analyzing is My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The film is a romantic comedy which revolves around a woman named Toula Portokalos and as you can tell from the last name she comes from a…
Introduction Sociological imagination is the capacity to be able to understand the relation between the history of society and the life of the individual. This helps to understand the rational but complex monologues of our own lives and the part we play in world history…
Why do girls have trouble going to school in many areas of the world? Why are certain racial stereotypes prevalent throughout society? Why are the perpetrators of the vast majority of violence cases men? The sociological imagination allows us to answer these questions by allowing…
Ageist Basic Leadership In western culture, the age of a man has come to be the measuring stick by which he or she is esteemed or downgraded. Ageism traverses all life stages, but it is acknowledged that the broadest yet significant impacts are found in…
Whatever the inequality is, I want to focus on age restrictions and discrimination. Imagine your own transition to adulthood. After all, this period is accompanied not only by established social formal and informal restrictions, but the process of growing up is also associated with ageism….
Do we always look at an elderly person and immediately assume that they will not be productive, they will not be adaptable, they can’t perform their job? Or do we give them an opportunity? Because it’s our mindset then that determines whether we want to…
Introduction “Everyone all ages, all genders, all nationalities is old or future old.” Says Ashton Applewhite, the most well-known anti-ageism activist. Does it seem fair that the younger generations make elder’s feel less worthy simply because they are old? How would you feel if your…
Introduction Pluralism is the essence of Islam. Islam has its own concept of pluralism derived from Quran and Sunnah. According to those principles, Islam highly acknowledges the inevitability of cultural and ethnic diversity. Compulsion is forbidden in the matter of faith. Islam believes in showing…
Introduction We live in a world where people are afraid to be themselves and this is because of our society. The society has a major impact on us as humans. If you aren’t a size zero or you don’t look like a model, you don’t…
Tolerance is described as an attitude that recognizes the right of others to think, live, or worship according to their own beliefs. Tolerance is especially needed today in society, where people of different backgrounds, cultures, and religions live together. Today’s world has become very multicultural…