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Immigrant And Minority Student Visual Narratives Of High School Dropout In Atlanta, Anahita Modaresi Aug 2007

Immigrant And Minority Student Visual Narratives Of High School Dropout In Atlanta, Anahita Modaresi

Anthropology Theses

This thesis is about the Reading and Writing for Filmmaking Afterschool program, an extracurricular focus group centered around engaging urban immigrant and minority working-class high school students in a discussion about high school dropout using participatory video as a methodological tool. The program was created under the assumption that, (1) within 'free spaces' students who are encouraged to express themselves and explore their social realities through innovative methods will reveal their understanding of high school dropout and the factors contributing to it, and (2) the way these students conceptualize and talk about high school dropout is significant to understanding this …


Taxon, Site And Temporal Differentiation Using Dental Microwear In The Southern African Papionins, Darby Proctor Apr 2007

Taxon, Site And Temporal Differentiation Using Dental Microwear In The Southern African Papionins, Darby Proctor

Anthropology Theses

The evolutionary history of the South African papionins is a useful analog for the emergence of hominids in South Africa. However, the taxonomic relationships of the papionins are unclear. This study uses low-magnification stereomicroscopy to examine dental microwear and uses the microwear signals to explore the existing classification of these papionins. The results from the species and site level analyses are equivocal. However, the genera and time period results show clear evidence for a dietary change between the extinct and extant forms of Papio and Parapapio. This adds an additional tool for distinguishing these two groups. The dietary changes witnessed …