Science Essays

Is it ethical to develop and grow human organs? Things like the invention of the light bulb, which provides lights for billions. The invention of vaccines, which bring viruses to eradication. and now we have the ability to develop and grow human organs in laboratories which would help supply the ever-lasting …

Anthropology is an interconnected area of study aims to answer some of the world’s most colossal questions. Each of the four subfields of Anthropology utilize each other’s findings to better grasp their respective material and identify interlocking patterns. Remarkably, these interlocking patterns teach us the world we live in today, …

Anne Allison, a cultural anthropologist, wrote the book Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club in 1994. The book’s primary focus is on analyzing the meaning of hostess clubs within the corporate population of Japan. Allison took an interesting participant-observation approach to carry out her fieldwork. …

There are many cultures in the world, and many aspects that make up a culture like norms, symbols, and languages. Cultures may be as broad as the American culture or East Asian culture, and as specific as while other cultures are less heard of, like The Trobriand Islands are a …

Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek Across the Pacific is an ethnography which shows how an anthropologist manly focused on the growth of Hello Kitty throughout time. Throughout the book we are able to see how Yano does her research based on Sanrio a Japanese company that has design merchandise that …

Anthropology is the study of man, by man. A subfield of this is ethnography, the attempt of man to understand his own culture by understanding the culture of another (Inskeep). This paper will explore the process of an ethnographic project. The first step in ethnography, as in every scientific project, …

Religion in the Kitchen: Cooking, Talking, and the Making of Black Atlantic Traditions, written by Elizabeth Perez is an extensive dive into the complexities involved in practicing Lucumí, the Afro-Cuban religion practiced by the people of the Chicago-based community called Ilé Laroye. Lucumí emerged in Havana as devotees of the orishas …

The world as we know it is an interesting place and continues to change as humanity advances. We make such an impact on this world and in many ways this impact can be inherently negative. Pollution, deforestation, exploitation, and other habits we humans have are just some ways that we …

Karen Tranberg Hansen’s goal for this article was to explore the social life of the second-hand clothing trade and figure out whether it was actually benefitting those for whom it is intended. By utilising reliable information, she creates a well written and supported article. However, a lack of local opinions …

Silkworms are adorable, furry moths. However, they can not fly, only hop. This is because of mankind. Humans have bred only the weakest ones over and over so that the silkworms wouldn’t fly. Why would we not want to let them fly? Well, we need to maintain them for more …