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Childhood, Marcia Mikulak
The Place(S) Of Moldovanka In The Making Of Odessa, Tanya Richardson
The Place(S) Of Moldovanka In The Making Of Odessa, Tanya Richardson
Anthropology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Christians Against Globalization In The Philippines, Kathy Nadeau
Christians Against Globalization In The Philippines, Kathy Nadeau
Anthropology Faculty Publications
This paper focuses on the Basic Christian Communities in the Philippines that work to counter human and environmental rights violations resulting from macro-economic development processes. While not every activist-led and mass-based people's movement includes critical environmental issues on their agendas for social change, this paper directs its attention to the progressive Basic Christian Community movement that incorporates an environmentally concerned and team-oriented approach to problem solving at the local level. This movement is part of an international bottom-up effort to counteract some of the negative effects of global capitalism (e.g., the fragmentation of close-knit communities that were once based on …
Women’S Health: Attitudes And Practices In North Carolina, Jennie E. Burnet
Women’S Health: Attitudes And Practices In North Carolina, Jennie E. Burnet
Anthropology Faculty Publications
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The Diary Of A District Officer: Alastair Morrison's 1953 Trip To The Kelabit Highlands, Matthew H. Amster
The Diary Of A District Officer: Alastair Morrison's 1953 Trip To The Kelabit Highlands, Matthew H. Amster
Anthropology Faculty Publications
In 1953, Alastair Morrison, then acting District Officer for the Bara, traveled to the Kelabit Highlands along with his wife, photographer Hedda Morrison, and ever changing entourage of 'coolie" porters and guides. This journey was part of his regular responsibilities as a District Officer. During such tours, Morrison surveyed longhouse communities and collected information about the local population and spoke to people about government policies, school fees, taxes, the registering of guns, and often sought to resolve local disputes. Such journeys were summarized in formal reports. However, Morrison also kept travel notebooks, which he later used to write his memoir, …