Cheyenne Sun Dance Ritual Research Unit 2

This is a link to my posting on the team blog for this particular assignment.

http://anthropologyofussociety.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/cheyenne-sun-dance-ritual-research-unit-2-by-erik-lee/

Thanksgiving part 3

http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/environmental-studies/courses/es-399%20home/es-399-05/Projects/Thanksgiving/thanksgiving%20history.htm

This is a picture of a Turkey race. There are two stories told about the history of Thanksgiving. One is a traditional story from popular culture. That the Pilgrims experienced trouble in the first years of arriving on the continent and that the Native Americans helped them through the hard times. The story then claims that in gratitude for the help the Pilgrims had a feast which they invited the natives to.

Historical research like that performed by Peggy and James Baker in "Thanksgiving: a brief history" (EBSCOHost, Academic Search Complete) shows that the history of Thanksgiving is more complicated than the traditionally shared story from United States popular culture. Their research shows that what is considered the first Thanksgiving may have actually been more like a traditional English harvest festival. According to the Bakers the first Thanksgiving was "a solemn day of humiliation, to seek the Lord by humble and fervent prayer, in this great distress." (pg 1) This seems to imply that the first Thanksgiving may not have been a feast at all as also referenced in the link below the picture.

Thanksgiving part 2

http://veg.ca/2012/10/01/2012-vegetarian-thanksgiving/

Not all humans from the United States eat their turkey. Some of them eat alternative options on Thanksgiving. Instead eating something called Tofurky, or a celebration roast.

http://inhabitat.com/6-vegan-vegetarian-and-raw-food-turkey-alternatives-for-thanksgiving/tofurky-telephone-melts/?extend=1

These celebrants of the Thanksgiving holiday also sometimes use a different name calling the holiday a Gentle Thanksgiving instead of simply Thanksgiving. There appears to be a belief that such a change to tradition makes for a better holiday.

http://www.gentlethanksgiving.org/guide/recipes.htm

Thanksgiving part 1

Thanksgiving is a day that humans from the United States celebrate things they are thankful for. The tradition comes from One way they do this is by having a feast or very large meal. Pictured here are some traditional Thanksgiving dinner items. A turkey with stuffing and gravy. Pumpkin pie, and some cranberry sauce.

http://do512.com/thanksgivingaustin/venues

Unit 1 Holistic and Non-essentialist perspective on Bellevue College.

In the United States citizens go through a process of learning called the formal education system. They are entered into the system at a young age beginning something called Kindergarden around their 5th year. http://www.rentonschools.us/DistrictPage.aspx?dept=RentonSchoolDistrict&pagename=FrequentlyAskedQuestions#3

After 13 years of this formal education they then make a choice about whether to voluntarily enter higher education. The focus here will be higher education at a location called Bellevue College. It can be found in the United States. It resides in a state called Washington State and a city called Bellevue.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bellevue+College,+Landerholm+Circle+Southeast,+Bellevue,+WA&hl=en&sll=47.272986,-120.882277&sspn=5.210608,11.634521&oq=bellevue+coll&hq=Bellevue+College,+Landerholm+Circle+Southeast,+Bellevue,+WA&t=m&z=16

The people who attend Bellevue College start off as applicants. They must go through a process to gain permission to participate in higher education. 

http://bellevuecollege.edu/enrollment/admissions/apply/credit/

Once admitted and registered for classes they are now considered students. They will either sequester themselves in rooms with someone called a teacher who will talk at them for several hours while they write down what they have been told.

The students will then study what they have written down and read assigned texts provided to them to help them understand what the teacher has told them.

 Periodically the students will take breaks to play games like these three returning from having played Baseball.

Most importantly there are lots of options for food to help the students keep up their energy while participating in all of this learning.

Meet the natives episode post unit 1

    I watched episode 1 where the 5 ambassadors from Tanna visit Montana. The Elders are portrayed as happy, friendly and curious. They are quick with a joke and good natured, smiling and laughing the whole time. Inspite of the jokes and laughter then are also presented with a seriousness concerning their mission of peace that they bring to the US. They also are represented as not being savvy when it comes to technology. There is a fair amount of video of their experiences with the video camera they have. Also they are presented as having very little experience with clothes. There is a wonderful portion of the video where they dress in their travel close in front of the whole tribe. They are also presented as enjoying dancing. They dance before their departure and then again at the end of the episode. They are also represented as being wary of many of our food options. In Tanna the women prepare the food for the men. Also in Tanna they raise chicken and pigs as well as several plants. They only give medicine to their animals when they look sick.

    The natives of the US are represented cowboys. The natives are represented as a small family with 3 children. The natives are also represented as having animals hung up on the walls of their houses. Sometimes with extra features added to them. They are also portrayed as hunters, their fathers shooting elk and their sons with weapons in their rooms. The natives also get a lot of their food items from stores with lots of chemicals and preservatives added to it. The natives are represented as sharing the food preparing duties. They are also represented as running feedlots with thousands of cattle both their own and other peoples. They mark each cow and treat them with antibiotics and feed them a mix of hay and corn. The natives are also presented as surviving on money.

http://www.youtube.com/user/VanuatuVeritas?feature=watch

RSA - Animate – Changing the Educational Paradigm

I noticed that the RSA Animate video on youtube was taken down due to copy right infringement. Happened about half way through my watching of it. So here are a couple of locations for viewing it that appear to have secured the copyright approval.

http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate/animate/rsa-animate-changing-paradigms

http://rsa.dl.groovygecko.com/IPOD/animate_changing_paradigms.mp4

http://www.schooltube.com/video/2cb4889891b0c637f8f8/