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MA course: Life and Death in a More-Than-Human Anthropocene: Waste in and out of Pericapitalist Sites

MA course @ Institute for Cultural Anthropology & European Ethnology
Institute for Cultural Anthropology & European Ethnology

Politics of Hate in Southern California

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EthnoSketch: Competing Hegemonies

Ethnography, at its best, provides a powerful and efficient way to read historical conditions.

EthnoSketch: Peopling a Project

On the "peopling" sketch, "catalysts" are things (money, honorable reputation, etc) that enable that group of people to get what they want.

EthnoSketch: Historicizing a Project

This sketch should include at least ten events that had significance in the historical build up to your project space -- from your perspective, and from the perspective of people in your various “d

EthnoSketch: Mapping Subject Positions

In this sketch, compile statements made by a particular subject or type of subject you are studying.

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Median Household Income by Race

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How are hazards / risks distributed among different groups?

This bar graph shows that blacks have the lowest median household income out of all races. This means that they are at most risk of hazards, they are most affected by poverty, with Hispanics being the second most affected.

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Child Standardized Test and Blood Lead

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Where is this study published? Give a brief description of the journal, including what types of studies and topics they usually publish and how the publication is regarded among health professionals.

This study is published the Environmental Health Perspectives. The journal helps explain the continuity between human health and the environment. They publish topics like toxicology, epidemiology, exposure science, and risk assessment. The publication is ranked highly among professionals and has a rating of 8.44.

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poverty rate graph

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How are agencies/companies helping to minimize this hazard.

Food stamp (SNAP) rolls increased over the years, and the article addresses that this is a sign of poverty. The USDA is an agency that administers food stamps.

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Newark Kids Count 2018

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How are agencies/companies helping to minimize this hazard.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are two agencies that many low-income families are enrolled in. WIC provides nutritious food for pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to the age of five; it is specifically available for household up to 185 percent of the federal poverty lines. SNAP provides low-income families with nutritious food.