anthropology course The way that anthropology course is taught is through directive learning, reading, and seminars. Therefore, I do not have to study through passive lecture experience. I also have access to the reading guidance, form my own opinions and talk about my views, which is probably what I did not expect while pursuing an anthropology course. Through reading about different cultures, anthropology gives an alternative outlook to ways of life. The course has enabled me to study anthropology in a broad, creative, and comprehensive format. The academic culture of studying anthropology is different in the sense that it involves a lot of freedom, time and independence. Moreover, there is no exact path that needs to be followed in the study. Therefore, I can learn things that are appealing to me. Through this, it has helped with my time management, especially during ethnographic research. Ethnographical research requires one to spend a lot of time in the field learning and understanding the sociocultural world. For this to be achieved, they must take part in local activities and learn the native language.…

Travelogue We start in the city of Tangier. For years, the town loosely governed from 1923 to 1956 through the influence of significant powers that permitted everything. The town became a magnet for writers, spies, artists with the most famous novelists being Paul Bowles and William s Burroughs. These two created a romantic vision that exists even today. Petit Socco means the meeting place. The streets of Tangier have blind alleys that smell of hashish, eared meat, and sewage. It is a port city with between choke point of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The city has fertile fishing ground with people making a living from the sea. The method of fishing is senhal fishing with weighted nets dragging fishing across the bottom of the sea. Lots of fish end up at the restaurant Populaire which offers the best food in town. The restaurant serves fresh olives, nuts, warm bread, juice, tangine, which include veggies, meat or fish, etc. Spinach cover charcoal in a classical pot. Whole turbine fish dressed with salt, pepper, and coriander, grilled entirely over…

Analysis Paper Prompt Have you ever been watching the news and think to yourself, “How did the world become such a bad place?” Well, what makes a society bad has been a common debate for quite a while. In Uglies and Ship Breaker, the theme of a dystopian society is very clear. The controversy over what shifts a utopian society into a dystopian society is very fickle, however. The line is very thin as to what exactly crosses the line and what is deemed beneficial to society. We are continually seeking advancements and more sustainable ways of life, but we often find ourselves in very morally questionable situations. Many times, scientific manipulation of nature and life are involved in these developments, and opinions are very split as we may be “playing god” too much and messing with the natural balance of life. On the other hand, when we don’t control anything, it becomes chaotic. Both the Uglies and Ship Breaker exemplify how our society contains detrimental characteristics that lead these two societies to be how they are. In the Uglies…

Thought Experiment A thought experiment is something that is used to trigger different emotions and thoughts in a person and is used to evaluate how a person reacts to different situations (Ludwig, 128).  In philosophy, thought experiments are used to test how a person relates to moral reasoning, different philosophical ideas, different theories, and different philosophical situations. There are no fixed thought experiments that a philosopher can use to guide their thoughts or those of their followers. However, a philosopher can form his thought experiments when looking at different scenarios and propose experiments to the people who relate to them. Such thoughts trigger a philosopher to engage in critical thinking and to evaluate life in various dimensions (Ludwig, 131). For instance, if a man sees a child who is about to fall into a well, what would trigger his thought of saving the child? Would it be to keep the child safe, or would it be so that he is recognized as a hero? Would it be so that he gets gratitude from society, or would it be so that…

The Success of Korean Pop Music Introduction Ove the past decade, the popularity of Korean culture through popular music has achieved huge success. The continued rise in popularity is a process that continues to receive international attention. In 2012, PSY attracted the whole world with his famous song ‘Gangnam Style.’ The singer and songwriter recorded over 2.5 billion views on YouTube, making the song the most viewed on the music streaming site. However, the Korean Pop (K-Pop) was already successful long before PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style.’ The music culture attracted huge crowds in Japan, Singapore, and other nations across South-Eastern Asia since the early 2000s. Since the early 2010s, K-Pop has been establishing international marks in Asia, the Middle East, and the rest of the world. The Korean wave, also known as Hallyu, is responsible for the popularity of pop culture in the region. The advancement of media technologies and support from the Korean government has been essential in the growth of K-Pop. In addition, globalization, cross-cultural relationships, and Korean diaspora are notable factors behind the success of this music culture.…

  Comparing between Vase Paintings and Iliad Scenes A review ofvase painting help in analyzing specific episodes of the Trojan War goes against the representation of Homer literature, as shown via Iliad. This essay would assess an art depicting Achilles as he reclines on his dining cough with meat in one hand and knife in the other and drips of blood from the meat onto which Hector lies dead beneath him. Such work would allow the re-examination of the possible cause of the said deviation with the view to understanding the issues that could arise when utilizing visual representations as validations in representing a specific concept in poetry. The variations in artistic images among the ancient artists emerge because some artists wanted to optimize their art instead of other sources. The fundamental understanding in Greek art shows that explaining narrative requires the display of basic variations by a specific artist on a given work. At the same time, the artist’s “gamut changes in a constant way as it responds to the external incentives and partly presenting a reflection of the…

PORTRAYAL OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN MUSIC Introduction. Over the past decade’s musicians and drugs have become entangled with one another. The primary reason for the consumption of these drugs is to enhance creativity. On the other end, listeners also use drugs to increase the pleasure emanating from music. The implication is that drugs and music supplement one another in a vast manner. Besides, the relationship between the two can be observed in the song lyrics. Apart from the words reflecting drugs in them, the musicians who compose them are, in most cases, under the influence of the drugs as revealed by their song at times (Palamar, Le & Cleland, 2018). For instance, the acid rock and house music comprising of the 4/4 repetitive beats could not have been famous in the absence of ecstasy during the late 80s and early 90s. In this essay, we shall explore how music portrays the lifestyle of those who use alcohol and drugs. We shall also mention why these musicians use drugs and how consumption affects their relationship with other people. Music samples…

Patronage in “The Agony and the Ecstasy” and “Girl with a Pearl Earring”.   The film “Girl with a Pearl Earring” is about a girl, sixteen-years-old, named Griet. She is hired by the famous painter, Vermeer after her father loses his eyesight as a result of kiln explosion. Her primary role was to clean Vermeer’s studio. The play opens with Vermeer and his wife, Catharina, visiting the family of Griet to have a meet the girl they were about to hire. “The Agony and the Ecstacy” is about a pope who contracts an influential painter, Michelangelo to do forty statuses for his tomb. The two keep clashing because the vision of the painter does not match with the demands of the Pope.The two films explore portrayal and differences as well as similarities between the roles played by artists in a play. The artists hold different social roles as even though they are both painters, they paint for different reasons. However, they do share a similar trait, as they both paint for the pleasure of members in a higher social class.…

Latin American Revolutionary Societies Fidel Castro’s Speeches In his speeches, History will absolve me; I Shall Be A Marxist-Leninist Till The End of my Life and words to the intellectual, Castro was very indicative of what his true motivations were for the revolution he caused and his rise into power. He emphasizes the changes he believed would make Cuba a better place for its citizens, such as socialism and the rights and freedoms of the people. From his speeches, Castro appears to have the best intentions for Cuba; however, it was in the implementation of these changes that various things went wrong, and he became worse than the thing he had fought so hard to eradicate from Cuba. A comparison between his speeches and his policies show that most of his plans contradicted his promises. Common Threads between Castro’s Policies and Speeches a) History Will Absolve Me In his first speech, “History Will Absolve Me,” Castro points the finger at Batista’s administration. He discusses the failure of Batista’s regime to improve the conditions of the people, how the government encouraged…

Samsung Galaxy offers its customers with a wide range of different models Samsung is a trading company found in 1938 in Seoul, South Korea. It involves many businesses, among them, is the sale of electronics such as phones. Samsung is widely engaged in the sales of smartphones and tablets. There initial Samsung galaxy product came out in 2009, and since then, there have been different models made (Heartofcodes.com, 2018). The various models of the Samsung Galaxy smartphones have distinct features, and with every new model, there are new advanced features from the previous model. Among the Samsung, models include Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G, Samsung Galaxy note 10. Samsung Galaxy offers its customers with a wide range of different models to choose from according to their affordability and preference. Samsung galaxy has a different series from which you can choose from, the high end of them are S models followed by the A-series and finally the old J models. The difference between the S and A series is that S models are made with higher performance. This makes them fast since…