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Category: School Papers
Selection of writings and research for school projects and assignments
Medical Explanatory Models of Illness and Health
Medical explanatory models are our social and cultural beliefs around illness and health. While this can have interesting (and questionable) applications. Like your grandmother telling you, you’ll catch a cold if you don’t wear a hat in the winter. Explanatory models have become an important aspect of Arthur Kleinman’s theory on illness narratives. Which includes…
Can We Eradicate Human Disease?
An entire class full of conversations on if we can Eradicate Human Disease? I couldn’t wait to sign up for this class. This paper is an opinion piece on why I don’t believe we can eradicate human disease. While this class was not in anthropology, my lens takes a wide look at the history of…
The Revolutionary Aspects of Practice Theory in Anthropology
Practice Theory caught my interest because I’m fascinated by the things that influence beliefs and behavior. And how we come to know what we know. I’m really interested in how we accept new information into our worldview. And the cultural systems that support, reject or slow down that flow of knowledge. Fall Semester, 2021 (7…
Protected: Creative Constraints of Pandemic Proportions: Filmmakers vs Covid Lockdowns
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Atlanta History Within the Garden and Graves of Oakland Cemetery
This essay is from my first class back to school in many years. And one that got me really excited about studying Anthropology. This assignment explores two sections of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta and highlights my observations. In full disclosure, I love this cemetery. I attend and enjoy a lot of the events they put…
Beyond the Book: My Worldview as a Reader
When I think of my childhood, I think of my mother reading to us. This essay is a reflection of how important being a reader is to me. How the stories I read as a child continue to influence and inspire and sometimes even challenge me. I studied film at SCAD, but it was this…