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Fieldwork #4: Gestures and Observations

I have noticed a lot of gestures throughout my day on campus.

1. A handshake between two people is a very common way to introduce yourself to someone you’re just meeting. It can also just be a way of greeting someone you already know. This gesture is something that I see all throughout the day between the students and professors. 

2. As I enter the lab room inside of the library, I look up, and almost every student is sitting at a computer in this position. Making this gesture is usually because of stress, confusion, or because they’re simply just tired. I often do the myself. 

3. Hugging. This is a sweet gesture to show that you’re happy to see someone. Throughout the day, all you see is hugging because there’s so many people on campus, you may not see the same people every single day. A hug can also make someone feel better. If someone is down, crying, or hurt, a hug is a small gesture that can make a huge difference.

4. Another gesture I noticed today was a girl bobbing her head to some music she was listening to in her earphones. This is a gesture made when someone is loving a certain song and just enjoying the many different elements in that song. 

5. The next gesture I notice on campus usually is made in the classroom; but, this is a gesture that is used outside of the classroom as well. In class, the teacher felt as if nobody was paying attention to him and he decided to call on a student; when he did, the student didn’t know the answer and shrugged her shoulders. This is a gesture made when you don’t know the answer to something.

6. A gesture I also see is the “happy dance”. When something exciting happens or when someone finds out some good news, they do a little happy dance  to express their excitement. 

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The Culture of Consumerism

My Wants:

1. African Black Soap

2. Neutrogena Face Wash

3. All the extra pillows on my bed

4. Refrigerator

5. Snacks

My Needs:

1. Laptop

2. Phone

3. Clothing (bottoms, tops, etc.)

4. Footwear

5. Lip moisturizers

5. Hair Products

My list of wants is what it is because all of these are things that not everyone has access to. Not everyone has access to extra face cleansers and pillows when I don’t even sleep on pillows.

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This picture represents uneven development because one side is more wealthier than the side next to it. This example shows the clear clear capitalism and shows how other areas are disregarded even if they are right next to a wealthy area.

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This phone is an example of time space compression. The cell phone allows people to have conversation with people within a matter of seconds, whether it is a text or phone call. It also allows people to talk to each other even if they are  in two different countries or across the world from each other. 

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Flexible Accumulation creates profit in a business by giving people the job who are okay with getting paid the bare minimum instead of what what should actually be given. They take the jobs from the people who require more. 

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Increasing Migration: A train, airplane, boat, and truck are just some examples of the many different ways transportation has evolved since riding horses. 

With these innovations, people can now get to one place to another within hours instead of days.

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What’s in it? Where did the ingredients come from?

There are a lot of chemicals in this everyday-use product such as water, sodium hypochlorite, sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, and sodium polyacrate. These are all chemicals that are known to disinfect, cleanse, and remove stains from our clothing. These ingredients are all made of different forms of sodium which is salt; the ingredients come from salt.

     2. Who made it? What’s their life like?

In 1913, there were five businessmen in Oakland, California who all invested in a bleach factory. Out of a miner, a banker, a bookkeeper, a lawyer, and a purveyor, only one of them actually knew about chemistry and they made their innovation work.

     3. What is the impact on the local community where it is produced?

The impact on the local community where it is produced is that everyone can be clean, look clean, and have a clean living space. It did not do much harm to the community because there are tons of salt in the salt mines and the other chemicals are made inside the factory; however, there is pollution due to the factories.

     4.What impact does this product have on your life?

The impact that bleach has on my life is ensuring nice looking clothes, it protects me and the people around me from dirt and bacteria that could possibly do some harm.

     5.Where is the product being made or manufactured?

Oakland, California in 1913

     6.Additional links:

Kirchhoff, Herb. “Chemicals in Clorox Bleach.” Hunker.com, Hunker, 28 Apr. 2011, www.hunker.com/13422673/chemicals-in-clorox-bleach.

https://www.cloroxprofessional.com/about-us/clorox/

http://www.maldonsalt.co.uk/About-Salt-Where-does-Salt-come-from.html

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Hii! I’m Daiani

My name is Daiani Kennedy and I am from Philadelphia, PA. I am friendly, nice, and a little shy. I am majoring in Business Admin. and will soon be minoring in Criminal Justice. I hope to gain more critical thinking skills and more ideas about many different topics throughout the semester, in this class.