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BUILDINGS AND CULTURE: REVIEW OF ARCHITECHTURAL DESIGNS/BOOKS
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This 5 page paper discusses the views of Brand, Geertz, Alexander, and Rapaport on architecture and culture. Examples are given to illustrate concepts of each author, quotes cited from text and referenced. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MBcularch.rtf

Canada's Northwest Explorers
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A 15 page paper discussing Samuel Hearne (1745-1792), John Henry Lefroy (1817-1890) and Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), all explores of the same region of extreme Northwest Canada. All had interest in the famed Northwest Passage, but finding the passage was more than only a passing interest for him. Each of the explorers had different motivations. Not all expeditions were successful, but there was value even in those that were not. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSCanExplor.wps

Canadian Aboriginals: Evolving Identities and an Emerging Hybridity
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A 20 page consideration of the many problems facing Canada’s native peoples as they move out from the reserves into mainstream Canadian culture. This paper relates those problems to the historic tendency to strictly regulate the actions of these people to the point of removing all self responsibility. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPnaCanHybrid.rtf

Cannibal Culture / Addressing The Similarities & Differences Of Culture
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A 12 page paper that provides an analysis of the issues that differentiate culture and also demonstrate similarities. This paper is based primarily on the work of Deborah Root, but also focuses on other anthropological perspectives on the progression of cultural norms. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Cannroot.wps

Cannibalism: Ancient Cultural Rituals, Acts of Desperation, and Acts of Psychological Deviancy
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An 8 page discussion of the societal considerations of cannibalism. Approaches cannibalism first from the ritualistic perspective of ancient cultures which in many case see the act as preserving the connection between living and dead and the passing of the attributes of the dead to the living. The author then approaches the topic of cannibalism from the perspective of those who must resort to cannibalism in order to survive catastrophic events. Provides examples of the 1992 air crash in the Andes and the Donner Party in the winter of 1846-1847 in which the survivors ate the flesh of those that died in order to live themselves. Concludes with an example of the psychological deviancy of cannibalism in such cases as that of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who was convicted of killing and eating portions of the bodies of seventeen of his victims. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPcannib.wps

Careers in Anthropology
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A 6 page overview of careers available in anthropology. Stipulates that the student with the most well-rounded academic background is more likely to obtain employment than is a student whose academic coursework was limited to anthropology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPanthro.wps

Caribbean Islands and Islands of the Indian Ocean
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An 8 page paper comparing these two areas. The writer describes and compares the culture, environment and society of each. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Caribisl.wps

Caribbean Tourism and Community Development
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A 10 page review of tourism as it relates to community development. This paper points out both the advantages and disadvantages of tourism in the Caribbean. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPtourismCaribbean.rtf

Caring: Russian Families
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A 3 page paper which examines the culture of caring in Russian families. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RArusfml.rtf

Carlo Ginzburg/ A Sixteenth Century Life
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A 7 page analysis of Carlo Ginzburg's book The Cheese and the Worms: the cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller. In this book, Ginzburg utilizes sixteenth century records from the Inquisition to recreate the mental world of an Italian miller. This work has helped to create a new historical genre—'micro-history'—which is an attempt to study historical themes through small, but revealing, individual episodes. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99chwms1.rtf