Philosophy 2810F/G Chapter Notes -Indian Act, Paternalism, Social Control

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The regulation of native identity has been central to the colonization process in both. Decolonization must involve deconstructing and reshaping how we understand indigenous identity. The indian act provides ways of understanding native identity, organizing a conceptual framework that has shaped contemporary native life in ways that are now so familiar as to almost seem natural. We should think carefully about the various categories of native identity that have been legally defined under federal laws. While identity is intrinsically an individual issue, it is also relational. Highly political issue, ramifications for how contemporary and historical collective experience is understood. Bodies of law defining and controlling indianness have for years distorted and disrupted older indigenous ways of identifying the self in relation not only to collective identity but also to the land. Classified by race and subjected to colonization processes that reduced diverse nations to common experiences.

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y_standing (x,t) = [const.] Ã sin(kx +Î¦₁)sin(Ït + Î¦₂)

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y = rsin(Î±)sin(Ï)

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T = (1/2)m[d/dt((rsin(Î±)cos(Ï))^2 + (rsin(Î±)sin(Ï))^2 +(rcos(Î±))^2)]

Applying the time derivative makes a mess of things and trigidentities are not simplifying things which has led me to theconclusion that something must be wrong in my initial setup. What Ido not understand is how the Cramster answer has a kinetic energyof

T = (1/2)m[rdot^2 + (rsinÎ±Ïdot)^2]

If an explanation of how this is achieved can be provided, Iwould be incredibly grateful.

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(Diagram insert didn't work, all it really tells you is that xis on the axis of the springs and y is perpendicular to thesprings)

a) Write down the differential equation of motion (i.e.,Newton's Law) governing small oscillations in the xdirection.

b) Same as a but in the y direction (assume that y <<L).

c) In terms of L and L0, calculate the ratio of the periods ofthe oscillations along x and y.

d) If at t=0 the mass m is released from the point x = y = A0with zero velocity, what are its x and y coordinates at any latertime t?

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