Liquidated: An ethnography of Wall Street. Durham: Duke University Press, 2009. In the wake of the recent financial crisis, many commentators attempted to analyze the roots of the conflict from a political or economic perspective. Anthropologist Karen Ho, a veteran of Wall Street as well as an academic, attempted to understand the reason that Wall Street behaves the way it does in her 2009 anthropological study of American finance entitled Liquidated: An ethnography of Wall Street from a cultural
The built environment has been defined by various scholars as the man-made neighborhood that gives the settings for human activities ranging from large scale civic surroundings to personal places while elderly fall has been simply defined as a person coming to rest on the ground or another lower level with or without losing consciousness. An American opera singer famously remarked that in youth we run into difficulties, in old age difficulties run into us. This wise saying adequately express the
How does “the space of possibilities” (Bourdieu 1983) both theoretically and physically, define the media, medium, and message that is produced within it? What does the act of production mean for the media produced? Media, through technology and its use by agents in social and material production, operates on a local and a global level through its production and dissemination. This creates spaces in which roles and agendas can be played out to the conclusion of an end product. This end product
held by commuters on trains. Various methods of observation and readings have been employed into refining the context of our research and exploring different avenues in order to quantify our knowledge of Ethnographic Data to get to the concepts. Ethnography is the study of cultural and social phenomena. It’s is described by Brian Hoey as something “equated with virtually any qualitative research project (e.g., see Research Gateway) where the intent is to provide a detailed, in-depth description of
multicultural curriculum as well as offering many opportunities for students to use critical thinking across all subjects. Southwest high school is situated on the corner of 47th street and Chowen Avenue in Minneapolis. It’s in the Linden Hills neighborhood. This neighborhood has a very high median income or 90,000 a year. The streets surrounding the school are mostly made up of residential houses and a large park. These houses are upper middle class and are well maintained and landscaped. This neighborhood
Leadership and Strategic Decision-Making in Social Movement Organizations Introduction Throughout history, social movement organizations (SMO) have been actively involved in their community’s seeking to mobilize others and gain resources in order to achieve their goals. It is important to study how SMO achieve their goals to understand the strategic decision-making process and leadership that movements develop for success. Aims: This study aims to investigate the interaction and processes of
During a civil war, the country 's is divided into two ideas. In a civil war, it gets bloody to the point that one kills their own blood because of their different points of views. When this happens, a generation tends to be lost. Forgot like the concept survival of the fittest; where one party wins and gets in control of the country. This happened in Guatemala during their thirty year civil war. It began in 1954, when President Arbenze left office. Reasons were, he had some socialist ideas that
Mr/Madam Toastmaster, fellow members and guest(s). Good afternoon! It is a great privilege for me to be standing here in front of you. . “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him…” where are you born? In a city, in a town, or in a ranch. In my case, growing in a rural area gave me the opportunity to overcome some situations that now I am going to expose you, including my ambitions and interests. Because I live my first 6 years of live in a farmer
respondent error and administrative error | B. | random sampling error and administrative error | C. | response bias and interview error | D. | primary error and secondary error | 26. When a respondent tells the interviewer that he reads The Wall Street Journal on a daily basis so that he can impress the interviewer, this is an example of _______. A. | interviewer bias | B. | auspices bias | C. | administrative bias | D. | acquiescence bias | 27. Which term is
NYC has always been considered the "melting pot" of the world, citizens from all walks of life and different backgrounds have adopted the city as either their home or a ground for tourism. While NYC is technically a melting pot, the real melting of cultures occurs in the underground heart of the city: the subway system. NYC has 21 train lines and 3 shuttle trains that service over a billion commuters on a daily basis. The subway system makes it possible for anyone - whether you live in the city or