...Mary Louise Pratt defined contact zones as “social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today.” A contact zone is a place where two cultures can mesh together. People from different cultures are able to interact with each other through these contact zones. A contact zone allows people to look into cultures other than their own. They can get new ideas by looking into another culture, as well as their own. Contact zones allow you to look at things in a new way. Pratt talks about contact zones being seen more and more today. People may have to look beyond how they think of something so that it can be understood by someone who thinks about the same thing in a different way. Pratt defines an autoethnographic text as “a text in which people undertake to describe themselves in ways that engage with representations others have made of them.” Guaman Poma’s New Chronicle is an autoethnographic text because it is mixed Andean with the Spanish culture. Pratt said, “autoethnographic works are often addressed to both metropolitan audiences and the speaker’s own community.” They are merged together so that both groups can understand. You can change something around so that it is said in a way that other people can understand it. You can describe yourself in a way that other people would describe you. You might...
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...The Contact Zone [Pratt] The idea of the contact zone is intended in part to contrast with ideas of community that underlie much of the thinking about language, communication, and culture that gets done in academy (507). - Mary Louise Pratt Arts of the Contact Zone In her lecture turned essay, Arts of the Contact Zone, Mary Louise Pratt introduces many new terms to her readers, including contact zone and community. The term imagined community can also be applied to her essay, and many communities in general. On one hand, it is true that these former two terms can be considered complete opposites. Pratt herself states that “the idea of the contact zone is intended in part to contrast with ideas of community” (507). They are, nonetheless, also indubitably related. Insiders, for example, often times view their group as a community, homogenous in its views and goals. Conversely, many outsiders may view the group as a heterogeneous contact zone. This discussion also leads to a truly intriguing question: Can you, simultaneously, consider a group you belong to as both a community and a contact zone? Although there are surely many examples of groups that could be described as communities and/or contact zones, one very relatable instance to me, along with many others, is the high school experience as a whole. My father, who recently retired, was active duty in the United States Air Force for twenty-two years, including nearly my entire childhood. Due to this fact...
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... The Contact Zone The Holocaust happened because two groups of people were grappling with each and one was stronger than the other. Wars typically occur because two cultures disagree and choose to settle it, and the strong culture prevails. African American and Caucasian people used to be exiled for getting married, because they were different. There are millions of different cultures in the world today and every day is an example of how they clash. An author, Mary Louise Pratt, wrote an essay referring to these conflicts. Her essay made it possible to further examine these struggles. In works such as The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and “Family Stories From the Trail of Tears” Pratt’s essay makes it possible to deeply examine the clashing culture and gain insight into how it impacted the world today. Mary Louise Pratt’s essay is called “Arts of the Contact Zone”. She defines a contact zone as a space where two cultures wrestle with each other’s ideas and beliefs. She goes on to discuss how these contact zones have come to help shape society, and how the aftermath is world changing. Her essay provides an excellent analysis of what happens when two distinct cultures come into contact, and most importantly, how that affects others. She also examines the two phenomena that occur as a result of the Contact Zone. One sensation, authoethnography, gives the reader first hand insight into cultures. The other, transculturation, shows what happens after the contact zone. The...
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...Fuck the Police written by NWA is a great modern representation of the contact zone. The contact zone is defined as “social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermath as they are lived out in many parts of the world today”(Pratt 34) by Mary Louise Pratt in her writing titled “Arts of the contact zone”. This song has been helpful and caused huge issues within the communities. The song shows the struggle that people of color go through in society and how different races portray each other based on stereotypes. NWA, which stands for Niggas With Attitude, wrote this song as a parody. I believe that they presented themselves with such vulgar because they felt like everyone saw them in a negative way. They became what the public thought they were. In doing so they caused a lot of commotion with the FBI and police. The song is from the view point of the 3 attorneys; MC Ren, Ice Cube, Eazy-E and the judge Dr. Dre. Each attorney shares their story about the struggle of being a person of color living in Compton. The first verse is by Ice Cube who mentions “and not the other color so police think/ they have the authority to kill a minority”(NWA 5). What Ice Cube is saying is that cops think because they are white, they are superior to people of color. The cops assume they have the right to kill them and abusing the authority they have. Instead of protecting the civilians...
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...There are many recent pieces of legislation and policies. The Children Act 1989, States that it is the authorities' duty to safeguard children and promote their welfare. This is to say that children from all backgrounds that are vulnerable to harm should be protected. Also their general way of life should be shielded from those who threaten to harm or impair it in anyway. To protect the children from such people or events, such as abduction, social workers (sometimes known as child protection officers) have been employed. Their primary goal is to focus on the safeguarding of children and for many years these workers have also provided additional support to families and family members that feel they are vulnerable. CAFCAS along with social work is another agency that is employed in the welfare of children dealing with courts to find solutions to families’ differences when parents separate. Their goal is to reunite parents with their children and also to provide the children with a better way of life. This is either by shielding them from an abusive parent or, by helping the single parent gain access to finances to help support the child. Another feature of this legislation is to enable the courts to decide on what is best for the child, if that choice is more beneficial for the child in their current situation. This could in extreme cases involve the removal of the child from their parents and be placed into the care/foster care system; this is always the last resort. CAFCAS...
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...Task 1 Criteria: P1 – Outline why children and young people may need to be looked after away from their families (Unit 10) In the year ending 31 March 2013, a total of 68,110 children were looked after by local authorities in England, a rate of 60 per 10,000 children under 18 years.(13/09/15; Rachael Harker and Sarah Heath)In our community, the local authority has a duty of care which is to ensure the safety/ well – being of others. However, there are times when a child’s best interests have to be taken into account and these interests may be that being cared for away from their family home is best. There are many different reasons as to why children and young people may need to be ‘looked after’ away from their families. The term ‘looked after’ has a specific legal meaning based on the Children Act. More often than not, the reason behind the child being looked after is because the child’s parent or the person who have parental responsibilities and rights to look after the child are unable to care for him/her. (@ Citizens Advice; 13/09/15) These could be either family or child related reasons behind the removal of the child. One of the family related reasons could be through a court order. There are a number of orders that can be issued to ensure the protection and supervision of children. However the main orders that can be made are a child protection order, a child assessment order, an exclusion order, a permanence order and a parenting order. (@citizens Advice:...
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...The essay “I Killed Britney Spears” was written by the London based journalist Jean Hanna Edelstein, in 2008. Edelstein was born in New York, 1981 to an American father, and Scottish mother. She later moved (1999) to London, where she studied economics and political science. She has also lived in Montreal, Berlin. She has an online-based blog, where she uploads a few essays and inputs – inputs that are all backed up by her academic background. Despite the online essays, her first official published book was in 2009. “I Killed Britney Spears” is a (non-fiction) personal essay, with a first person narrator which makes the essay identifiable. Edelstein clearly wrote this essay to highlight a few consequences and flaws in the relationship between fan and idol. Most of these flaws are shown in the age 13-18. These years are filled with the confusion that follows the transition from child to adult. Edelstein might have thought about this particular transition and thereby, intending the text to be read by these confused adolescents. The text “I Killed Britney Spears” was written in 2008, a year of great turmoil for the star Britney Spears. She was fighting over the custody of her children, she had been in rehab and just cut off her hair. All these events generated a lot of public attention. Mostly negative attention. Many of the “Spears” fans (including Edelstein herself) who identified themselves with her, were emotionally hit by Britney’s instability. The intention of Edelstein...
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...genders, to direct their parents to drop them at the respective room while they join the service at church. The program will have to select the volunteer teachers and securities as need per room, so there is enough care, and that the kids have time for kids activities. As the renovations continue the administrator wants to create a series of activities for kids walking trough different zones, but there will be 4 zones, zone 1 for kids worship where all the groups will meet, zone 2 for teaching of the word of God and questions, zone 3 play activity, zone 4 snacks and return to their rooms, but there will be many groups, so time is limited for each zone so every group can enjoy them. So the local church want to create groups of girls from 1 year to 3 years in room G1, girls from 4 years to 6 years in room G2, and girls 7 years to 10 years in room G3, and the same will be for boys, same group ages but the rooms will be B1, B2, B3. The program should give the administrator a set time for each activity keeping boys and girls separated from each other after zone 1, plus time for each group to enjoy zone 2, 3 and 4 while their parents are in the service, which lats...
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...Turning it on In order for this to work, you need to eliminate all distractions a write completely stream-of-conciousness. If you don’t go right from your head to the paper, you’ll have to go back and read through old parts of the paper in order to get back into the zone. Checking your email three times is going to cost you much more than a few minutes. Close everything but the word processor and go somewhere quiet, bare and lonely. The content Jojjo felz nadvidad ajksdfa kasjfksdjfs j jfjhf hf jd hdh dfjh d You can’t ask for an extension We’ll assume that you can’t ask for an extension, which is usually the case — but one thing you can certainly do is check the syllabus for other loopholes. Some professors deduct a specific point count per day of lateness. That will definitely be worth considering. But don’t spend too much time deliberating. You can decide to turn it in late while you’re walking to class with your bullshit-backup in hand. Turning it on In order for this to work, you need to eliminate all distractions a write completely stream-of-conciousness. If you don’t go right from your head to the paper, you’ll have to go back and read through old parts of the paper in order to get back into the zone. Checking your email three times is going to cost you much more than a few minutes. Close everything but the word processor and go somewhere quiet, bare and lonely. The...
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...1. Using the table below, explain the key areas in current legislation which relate to the safeguarding of children (1.1) | Legislation | Description of the area | 1 | The Children Act 1989 | * a child’s welfare is paramount when making any decisions about a child’s upbringing. * It introduced the concept of parental responsibility * Local authorities are charged with the duty to investigate if there are suspicions a child suffers significant harm * The NSPCC is designated “authorised person status”. * defines “harm” as ill-treatment (including sexual abuse and non- physical forms of ill-treatment), or the impairment of health or development. * helps professionals in identifying children in need, and deliver the best options in helping the families and children. * | 2 | Children Act 2004 | * sets out the process for integrating services to children * appoints local authorities and their partners to delegate a director of children’s services and an elected lead member for children’s services, who is ultimately accountable for the delivery of services * created the post of Children's Commissioner for England * updates the legislation on physical punishment | 3 | The sexual Offences Act 2003 | * updates the existent legislation regarding offences against children * monitors the sex offenders * includes the offences of grooming, abuse of position of trust ,trafficking. | 2. Evaluate the effectiveness of a range of activities that...
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...Antidepressants: It can either heal or harm you If you are considering antidepressants, think again. Antidepressants are designed to relieve one’s self from depression on the contrary, it still harmfully affect humans. Studies show that antidepressant users are more likely in peril than those of non-users. Researchers found that it affects all the systems in the body. Antidepressants are not efficient medicine though it may lessen depression to increase the level of happiness. Common antidepressant users blame their anxiety as the root of their medicine dependency. Depression is a dreadful nightmare anyone would ever want to escape. And this is why people use different medicine to overcome this horror. Often, personal problems cause their depression. While not all reasons may be their misery’s fault, certain and various causes may also take place. Famous popstar Britney Spears claimed that she was being prescribed antidepressants at the age of 18. She would take the medicine everytime she feels restless and tired, but then the continuous intake made her mental state even worse. There are times she would wake up feeling depressed. As this horror frightened her, she decided not to take it again. Certain cases lead to different diseases. Even worse, it can lead to death. There are a lot of things you can do to replace this approach. One way is by simply listening to music. Using antidepressants can surely eliminate your burden, but will it last longer than you think? These...
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...There are many different types of legislation have influenced social care provision. This includes The Care Standards Act (2000) and The Children Act 1989 and 2004. The Care Standards Act (2000) provides for the administration of a variety of care institutions, including children's homes, independent hospitals, nursing homes and residential care homes. The Act was passed to regulate and to reduce unfairness and inequality in different social care services. The main purpose of the Act is to reform the regulatory system for care services. There are policies and procedures within the act which require CRB checks to take place. It attempts to take control of the whole concept of care, in all its forms, and to regulate those who provide it virtually in all settings and circumstances. Children Act 2004 is a wide ranging act covering many areas such as parental responsibility and child protection. This act states that children's welfare is paramount. It also made it clear that opinions from children and young people should be taken into account when decisions about their future are being made. It requires local authorities to make arrangements to promote cooperation between the authority, each of the authority's relevant partners and such other persons or bodies working with children in the local authority's area as the authority considers appropriate. The arrangements are to be made with a view to improving the wellbeing of all children in the authority's area, which includes...
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...Beneficence Beneficence refers to actions that promote the wellbeing of others. In the medical context, this means taking actions that serve the best interests of patients. Social care professionals have a duty to act in an individual’s best interest at all times. This can involve balancing the benefits of medical treatment against the risks and costs. Health care professionals quite often have to weigh up arguments over cost, the effectiveness of treatment and the benefit that patients gain from the proposed course of action Justice All individuals should have equal access to medical treatment and be fully aware of their legal rights. Practitioners have to make sure that relevant legislation is put into practice. The Children Act 1989, for instance, states that local authorities must act in the ‘best interests’ of all children, and that each child has a fundamental right to housing, health care and education. Autonomy Care should be person-centred, meaning that care is focused on the individual to ensure that independence and autonomy are promoted. When planning support the social care practitioner should use a variety of different methods to collect information about an individual’s unique qualities, abilities, interests and preferences as well as their needs. This means asking the individual what support or service they would like to meet their needs. The social care worker should not make any decisions or start delivering a service without discussion and consultation...
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...‘The conventional division of private and public law is to some extent a false dichotomy’. Discuss. The aim of this essay is to discuss the conventional division of private and public law is to some extent a false dichotomy. In order to achieve this aim it is necessary to inform that the writer, will examine the Children Act 1989 (CA 1989), giving examples of case law. This will include a brief background of implementation of private and public law into the Act. The next section will identify the similarities and differences in private and public law cases by comparing and contrasting case law. The current regulatory legal framework for contact issues in the public and private law context will be discussed by evaluating how the children’s views are considered. Further in the section the children’s representation in the public and private law arena will be touched on considering the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child 1990 (UNCRC 1990), implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998), and the incorporation of the of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) bearing in mind that the Children Act was outlined with a consideration to the convention. Throughout the chapters I will refer to relevant case law, statute, drawing attention to how both private and public law cases can have elements of both private and public law and amalgamation of some cases. There will be a brief discussion to address the different treatment of parties mainly kinship...
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...novel Contact is about a girl named Ellie who has a deep passion for astronomy. Her passion for Science comes from her Father who only encourages her to explore more into the universe. Ellie always believed there to be extraterrestrial life and worked throughout her life to discover it. People don't understand her or believe her determination to find what she's looking for. Until the day she received contact from a star known as Vega and is soon to physically experience this journey for herself. In Contact, Sagan's message is received through the different parts that occur in the book although, in the movie many parts were left out getting away from the point of the idea. In the novel Ellie's father died when she was 10 but her mother was still alive. Ellie's mother soon found a new husband, who wasn't very encouraging to Ellie. Ellie's step-father always told her to not seem so smart since she was a girl in order for her to make more friends and to attend these different schools. This is a big part in the message because Ellie proved him wrong by her discoveries even if she was a girl. In the film, Ellie didn't exactly have any push to prove her full ability, there was no person telling her what to do. She simply did it for her passion as well as she did it in the novel but there was more of a personal determination for it. Her mother was a a huge factor because it showed more of who Ellie was and to help her realize how much time she was putting into this contact. In...
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