Social Science

“What is this “black” in black popular culture?” in Social Justice By Stuart Hall. Spring-Summer 1993 v. 20, pp. 104-111. One overall review of Hall’s work is found in “Itinerary of a Thought: Stuart Hall, Cultural Studies, and the Unresolved…
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For many students, the desire to study archeology comes about after watching Harrison Ford in the “Indiana Jones” films. Going to college to become archeologists, though, entails more than the ability to crack a whip and fight bad guys. It’s…
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Socialization is what we all go through in our lives, and sometimes we go through more than once depending on what conditions you might be living under. Socialization in itself isn’t a bad thing really. We all need to learn…
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One major field of education is often forgotten about with all the talk of law, medical, and historical programs in the United States. That major field is archaeology, and it is still a prominent part of many universities’ and students’…
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There are many reasons to fear technology. Everyday we abuse the environment to create new tools, new tools allow us to live longer and in better health. Longer lives mean we need more food to feed the surplus population and…
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It is far too easy to view discipline strictly in terms of punishment, especially in early socialization or in fields where full immersion into specialized social environments is involved. But discipline comes in a more complex form than the mere…
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Any issue concerning human society can be analyzed from two perspectives: from the individual point of view and from the point of view of society itself. Usually when we deal with organizing different systems we don’t take into account the…
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I agree that this question is a bit vague in its wording. However, I can foresee physical, written text declining over the next century to the point of near extinction. The writings of 20th century media scholar, Marshall McLuhan, suggest…
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History: At the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949 the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) had defeated the  nationalist Kuomintang. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) then took over full control of the country’s security operations, which included protecting China…
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A hoarder confuses a sense of having, with  s sense of BE-ing. Hoarding displays a lack of security.  A person holds onto to objects, and often attaches to them unrealistic expectations of what happiness (future) or value they hold.  The…
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