Introduction As a child, I’ve always wanted to own a pet, however my parents did not allow me, so I did not gain the experience or knowledge of owning one. Nonetheless, I still kept the fascination of owning a pet like a dog. One day, while walking in a park, I saw a person looking joyful while walking their dog, and as an anthropology student, this intrigued me in wanted to find out the symbols, and what of the symbols represents in dog walking. Research Question and Theoretical Framework The research question that is being investigated is: What are the symbols and their meaning in dog walking? The investigation, I will be analyzing the data obtained from the fieldwork with the theory and ideas of Clifford Geertz, such as using thick description and a semiotic perspective to interpret what was observed, which then in turn will allow me to figure out the meaning in the symbols of dog walking. Methodology The fieldwork of this investigation was done at High Park, 1873 …show more content…
This is because on the weekend, there is no school and more days off on the weekend, meaning that there are more people at the park. How I conducted my fieldwork was that for both Saturday and Sunday, at the time of 1pm to 3pm, I did my non-participant observations. This time was chosen as it is the time with the most visitors, as said by Google Maps. During the fieldwork, I sat on a bench that was near the dog park that was located in High Park, and I had my phone out to write observations. What I wrote when I saw someone walking a dog were detailed observations, such as the gender of the participant, their facial expression, body language and if the dog was leashed or not. When writing the observations, an attempt to write them using the technique of thick description was used, where one provides enough of the context of the action/symbol so that someone outside the culture, such as myself, could understand the meaning of
Since the beginning of time, animals have symbolized the strong and desirable traits, usually that they possess such as, strengths, purity, love, and wisdom. Since the Mesopotamian era, animals have been depicted in paintings statues, and stories. Many Gods and Goddess from mythology from every culture are represented by an animal, as well as half human half animal creatures. During the Medieval times, animals have been used to symbolize traits or meanings of a family name on their Coat of Arms. Native Americans use carvings of animals on their totems to represent their tribes, spirits, etc. As you can see Animal motifs have been around for a significantly long time.
Truly, hereditary qualities plays an expansive part in a mutts conduct, however despite the fact that pooches have been reared for some, extraordinary occupations, they were essentially reproduced for human friendship. Subsequently, they have to feel a similar love and sympathy they give their proprietors. Not exclusively do puppy should be treated with adoration they additionally should be prepared keeping in mind the end goal to set up guidelines and limits. An enormous oversight made by pet proprietors is accepting that pooches know the contrast amongst good and bad.
Paulsen was constantly learning their ways; how they thought, moved, acted. The bond between man and dog is truly understood and explained through this novel.
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Brent Staples explains one of his situations in a jewelry store, “I entered a jewelry store on the city’s affluent Near North Side. The proprietor excused herself and returned with an enormous red Doberman pinscher straining at the end of a leash. She stood; the dog extended toward me, silent to my questions, her eyes bulging nearly out of her head. I took a cursory look around, nodded, and bade her good night” (2). Staples stays very harmonious and reticent, so he does not give the dog the wrong impression.
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The images in the passage were a good source of primary evidance which help to more thoroughly explain the characteristic
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Dog out for a walk, out for potty should be a regular schedule and that itself is good indicator of overall health. A regular schedule means body waste and toxicity is eliminated from body regularly. But how often this should be done will vary from one dog to another dog. Irrespective of breed or body weight. There are many factors that determine, the frequency a dog gets the urge to pee.
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Melissa is a photographer that tries to raise the treatment awareness of dogs. She is not only an author of biography’s such as W.E.B. Dubois (1999), Spike Lee (1999) and the biography of Stephen Hawking (1994). She also claimed a lot of books about certain places such as Arizona (2009), North Dakota (2010), South Dakota (2006) and New Mexico (2008). M. McDaniel also published books about the historic events of the United States such as The Great depression (2012), The declaration of Independence (2011) and Ellis Island (2011).