What is the name and cultural association of the food dish you tried? I tried Korean traditional food called Kimchi, which is one of the top five healthiest foods

Amelia Christy Lingkam Anthropology 2 Friday/ 1.30-5.00 Leslie Anderson Friday 3rd, 2008 EXTRA CREDIT - FOOD AND CULTURE . What is the name and cultural association of the food dish you tried? I tried Korean traditional food called Kimchi, which is one of the top five healthiest foods in the world because it contains essential vitamins like vitamin A, B, C, etc. This food also good for diet because rich of fiber. 2. What are the main ingredients of the dish? The main ingredient of the dish is Korean cabbage, radish, a young radish, leaf mustard, hot pepper, a green onion, garlic and ginger 3. How is this different from the foods you are familiar with and eat regularly? The taste of this food and the color are not usual. I think this food is very unique compare to the food that I used to eat everyday, which have a lot of varieties of meat, sauce and vegetables. In my home country, the food is usually tastes sweet, but in Korean Kimchi the tastes is different. It is like a combination of sour, sweet, and spicy. 4. Food plays a large part in defining our family roles, rules, and traditions: describe one food that figures prominently in your family. I think the food that plays a large part in defining our family is rice and fish. As we know, Indonesian is an island country where seafood is cheaper than meat. When I was in my home country, I used to eat rice and

  • Word count: 494
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

Tribes: The Study of an Online Community

Tribes: The Study of an Online Community Tribes is an online multiplayer game where different missions, worlds, weapons, and players combine to create a defend and destroy kind of gaming experience. Players use mouse, key, and voice commands to target and destroy the enemy as they sneak around trying to capture the other team's flag and return it to their own base. But it is more than just a game that these players have created with Tribes. They have created a whole online community with an interactive website leading to discussion forums and chat rooms, where the action really takes place. Call it a behind the scenes look at Tribes. Teams are put together, players are taught and assisted, and even more so, long-lasting friendships are made. I studied the discussion forums of Tribalwar.com and continually entered the Tribal war chat room hosted by the server irc.dynamix.com for a period of two weeks. I found an online community full of life constantly being infested with anything from small talk to serious gaming talk. In the article "Log on and Shoot," Katie Hafner discusses online gaming becoming a sort of addiction. She claims it is turning into a "virtual party" and that oftentimes the game becomes the underdog when conversation takes over (Hafner 75). And this, Hafner says, is the kind of stuff that gaming networks want. They want to have the social environment it

  • Word count: 1627
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

Trobrianders Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5: MARRIAGE AND THE POLITICS OF YAMS Social Organization AUTHORITY AND THE EXERCISE OF POWER POWER * Every generation, one man who is the head of the matrilineage controls the land in which they live, until his death, as his younger brother takes his place, followed by his youngest sister's oldest son. * The wife has the right to make certain decisions regarding marriage, if she wants to divorce her husband; she is allowed to do so. * Chiefdom is important to the Trobrianders, and it is usually only the chiefs who practice polygyny, while other clan members practice monogamy * A man can become politically significant in Trobriand society if he: - has support from wife's relatives; thus demonstrating the important role of the wife's family - has a large yam production STATUS * The largest yams were painted with white and black paint, reserved for the chief's wife * Relationship of gardener and the owner's husband is evident through yam production, exchange and how the gardener is repaid * Social status is dependant on the exchange of yams because the yam house is reflective of one's position in society FORMAL AND INFORMAL POLITICAL SYSTEMS What marks the beginning of a marriage? * When the marriage between two individuals is announced, the wife's parents bring cooked yams, followed by a large presentation of raw

  • Word count: 1239
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

Trobrianders: Men working for women

Authority & the Exercise of Power * Yams play a prominent role in the display of conspicuous consumption, used to impress others in hope of acquiring status and prestige in the Trobriand society. * Yam competitions are held to "announce fame and renown" (111) where one must provide guests with large quantities of yams. * Competitors can make "good friends" (112) with members of a different clan. * The distribution of yams allows chieftains to contract marriages create affinal relationships with other matrilineages outside of their own clan. The polygynous practices of the chieftains of the Trobriand society, gives him authority within his clan. * The female that has produced the most yams may claim her matrilineage is "strong" allowing her to receive a greater number of marriage candidates. Adaptation & Economic Organization * Trobrianders are a subsistence society specializing in slash and burn horticulture. * Yams serve as a "bank account" = contribution to the economic system ? Those that produce the largest quantities are often rewarded with valuables such as the stone axe-blade or money, known as balanced reciprocity. * Role of women in the economy is evident in the process of yam harvests and mortuary distributions (If you are associated with the deceased you are given banana-leaf bundles). * Men supported women by trading resources for bundles

  • Word count: 897
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

The caste system in India has developed over many generations. Even today, the caste systems are strongly held. There are five main caste systems in India: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, and Harijans. With in these caste systems, there are also many

Janaki Dasari Victoria Baker English 101 30 January 2010. Caste System in India. The caste system in India has developed over many generations. Even today, the caste systems are strongly held. There are five main caste systems in India: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, and Harijans. With in these caste systems, there are also many subgroups. In the olden days, people would not talk to another person from a different caste system. They lived in their own little groups and would not let others enter. The Brahmin caste is in the first group and they are treated as gurus with a lot of respect because everybody believed that they came from one of the Gods. The Kshatriya caste is made up of people who rule the country like rajas, otherwise known as presidents or kings. The Vaishya caste is famous for their merchants. The people of the Shudra caste are famous for cultivating the fields and are like farmers. The final caste is Harijans and they are called the untouchables or Dalits. Even though the government is trying to get rid of and help the lower caste systems, they still exist in India. The Shudras and Harijans are in the lower level group and they were treated as slaves for the other upper three castes. The untouchables were also considered as almost nonexistent. Even though they were Hindus, no one gave priority to them and they were assigned to do all kind of

  • Word count: 1256
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

Tradition or outdated habit

Tradition or outdated habit Is uniform a good tradition or an outdated habit? Does school allows us to explore the ideas, do they let there students to wear what they like, or impose a uniform? Some students are complaining about the school uniform, they are saying that the school uniforms are not comfortable, they should be able to express themselves not wanted to be look alike, we don't all want to grow up like sheep just following the leader and student wants the uniform should be banned from the school. "The teacher always said wearing uniform is a good thing because it makes you look smarter, it represents the school" but sometime the students are not always wearing as what the school want us to, sometime students have they shirts hanging out or maybe not having they ties look nice as they were scruffy so that would make other people think this school is bad and the students are bad attitude. Students does judge other students because of the wealth and maybe because of they fashion so that the Uniform does not stop other being judged on how they look, no matter what you dress students in; they will always find a way to judgment, they could judge you because of social class. If one avoids buying name brand clothing, clothes can be relatively affordable, they don't need to have to buy designer labels, no needs to pay lots of money just because of what other thinks;

  • Word count: 603
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

Religion Essay Celtic The Celts of Europe were an Indigenous, polytheistic religion and culture with a very distinctive worldview. They had an understanding of the world around them and their meaning of life and death

Religion Essay - Celtic The Celts of Europe were an Indigenous, polytheistic religion and culture with a very distinctive worldview. They had an understanding of the world around them and their meaning of life and death both came from their core beliefs and rituals. This was also linked to their myths and stories. Celts believed that the earth had spiritual powers. They believed it was especially evident in trees and water. As a consequence Celts worshiped in natural areas such as springs, water beds. They carried objects or amulets to ward of evil sprits. They also believed that this world was situated between other worlds and natural places were rich with portals into these other worlds. The Celts had shrines which were situated in remote areas like hilltops, groves and lakes. Celts believed in the existence of another world which was a domain of Celtic deities or supernatural beings such as the "Fairy People". The other world was considered to be a Celtic version of heaven. There were portals to these places which were situated in all types of areas. They could be located on dunes, islands, dun-hills, forests, rivers and lakes. Normal time would not pass in the other world, a year may seem to pass in the other world but centuries had passed in the real world. Time seemed to have stood still - people who went to these other world seemed to stay forever young. The

  • Word count: 560
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

Garbology. It might sound a little silly, but archaeologists can find out a lot about people by looking through their trash.The first thing I have learned from going through the trash is the household lives a clean and sanitary home. Evidence for this fi

It might sound a little silly, but archaeologists can find out a lot about people by looking through their trash. More is told about people's culture and lifestyles by studying there refuse then by asking them directly. Think about what you consider an average week then take a step back and compare the story you would tell and what your trash would tell. The revelation of how different the story's are would astonish you. A person's trash will tell several things about their life and culture including the way they care for their home, what they eat and how much, and how environmentally conscience they are. This is a study of one household's trash collected over one week. The first thing I have learned from going through the trash is the household lives a clean and sanitary home. Evidence for this finding is the Lysol disinfecting wipes and other house hold cleaning supplies such as kaboom and cleaning gloves. Another thing I have noticed is that the household has pets due to the potty training pads and empty fish bags. Due to the quantity of potty pads and empty fish bags indicate to me that they clean up a lot after a young pet that is currently being potty trained and they either have a lot of fish or have an animal that eats a lot of fish. I also noticed that in the trash there was no baby food, child waste, and or child food which indicates to me that the household has no

  • Word count: 805
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

Compare and contrast how three poets explore the theme of childhood.

Compare and contrast how three poets explore the theme of childhood. I am going to compare the content, language and structure of 3 different poems, half past two, piano and my parents kept me from children who were rough. The piano key themes are a memory of his childhood of his mum and a relationship between a mother and a child, "My parent's" are about a relationships between a child and a mother, the mother try to keep him away from being a bully or getting bullied and "The half past two" is about a child's perspective on the adult world whilst all three poem explore the theme of childhood, they have different approaches to the subject. In the piano poem, the speaker is an old man who is talking about when he was a child, in this poem it is written in first person by D.H Lawrence. In each stanza he can hear a women singing and make him think of his beloved mother when he was a child. The structure of piano are in each stanzas at the end of the line are rhyme to other sentence. The length of a stanza are long like the piano note, in each stanza have four lines which the first line goes steady and get faster when it get to the end of a stanza. The word 'insidious' is a hard word for 10 years old child to understand, so that mean is written from grownup's point of view. The enjambment relate to the tempo of piano. In The poem it rhyme to give a rhyming scheme as aa, bb,

  • Word count: 930
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay

This is a summary of Women, Men and Politeness by Janet Holmes (2006). Holmes discusses the gender differences in the context of conversational politeness.

Women, Men and Politeness Summary and Evaluation of the source Name: Sze Hwui Yap, Sandra Tutor's Name: Bob Fisher Draft: 2nd Word Count:1102 Date of Submission:11th of December 2009 Summary This is a summary of "Women, Men and Politeness" by Janet Holmes (2006). Holmes discusses the gender differences in the context of conversational politeness. According to Holmes, women are generally more polite than men in verbal conversations. According to Coates (1989), women often search for agreement as an adopted strategy to a greater degree than men. Eckert (1990), meanwhile, states that women often make contributions and complete each other's sentences and agree with each other's opinion which gives an impression of a united undertaking. As Pilkington (1992) describes, conversations between men are combative typically and a kind of "verbal sparring". However, according to Gilbert and Stubbe (1991), positive agreements are used more often with the girls in the "single-sex" group than the boys but the differences are reduced in the "mixed-sex" group. The analysis shows that, overall, the boys use more 'bald' disagreements than girls in the types of preferred responses. Girls use more 'modified' disagreements for example, instead of "no, that's stupid" it will be "I don't think it's a good idea. It is suggested by Brown, Levinson and Leech (1987, 1983) that the purpose of

  • Word count: 1140
  • Level: International Baccalaureate
  • Subject: Anthropology
Access this essay