Hello, My name is Shia, (pronounced ShY-uh, or SHe-uh if you want to be formal), most people just call me ShY. I have senior standing and I enjoy studying computers and Mandarin, I have a new appreciation for mathematics since this past summer. You may recognize me as I ran for ASM last year. I […]
SOC 140 Intro-Community & Envir Soc
The medical staff at MCMC were not trained or ready for anything like what they experienced with the Hmong community. Language difficulty was a given, but lack of compliance, strong differences in cultural beliefs, hardships related to scientific discovery, and high birth rates, caused medical staff to become worked up when caring for Hmong patients. […]
In less than two decades, much of Gebusi life has changed due to Western influence. For instance, “not one of the 16 marriages in the community between 1982 and 1998 was considered sister-exchange,” which was arguably the most culturally acceptable method for marriage at one point (156). On Knauft’s first exposure to Gebusi settlements in […]
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