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Tradition: Intermittent And Persistent, With Particular References To The Cherokees, Raymond D. Fogelson

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Recreating Trickster: Negotiating Cultural Continuity Through Discourse, Hartwell S. Francis

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Introduction, Lisa J. Lefler

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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About The Contributors, Journal Editors

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Flipping The Microscope: Peer Education, Race, And Fieldwork In A South African Travel Course, Scott London, Kristen Klaaren

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Doing Ethnography To Connect, Exchange, And Impact, Brian A. Hoey

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Celebrating The Local, Melinda Bollar Wagner

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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The Influences Of Vodou On Medical Pluralism And Treatment-Seeking Behavior Among Haitian Immigrants In The United States: Suggestions For Cultural Competency Programs, Sarah Hoover

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Index, Journal Editors

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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The Art Of Teaching Anthropology: Examples From Biological Anthropology, Susan Kirkpatrick Smith, Laura D. Lund, Marilyn R. London

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

Teaching in a college or university setting has many challenges, including often-inadequate preparation in graduate school and the requirement to develop new courses, often in a short period of time. Anthropology faculty are at a particular disadvantage because anthropology lacks any discipline-specific journals for the publication of articles on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Many anthropology faculty desire to have more resources available for course and assignment development. In this chapter, we present several examples of course syllabi, class activities, and a sample student paper that faculty can use as they develop or revise anthropology courses.

Thomas Kinkade: Money, Class, And The Aesthetic Economy, Susan Falls

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

Contemporary art is seldom given sustained anthropological analysis despite its tantalizing potential. As a response, this essay examines the work of Thomas Kinkade to cast an oblique light on the production of value. Kinkade’s mechanically reproduced opus representing Cotswold cottages, quaint city scenes, and Disney fantasies are sold by authorized dealers in malls, along tourist strips, and online. Rather than operating as kitsch, lowbrow, or a new model for art-making, Kinkade’s overt profit motive, self-celebration, and evangelical Christianity refract political, economic, and especially aesthetic constructions that undergird contemporary markets. A bad boy of the aesthetic economy, Kinkade’s work, mostly dismissed …

Cherokee Snakebite Remedies, David Cozzo

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Contributors, Journal Editors

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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“Ooo Ooo, Aah Aah”: People, Bonobos, And Mirrored Projections At The Zoo, Robert Shanafelt

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Making Africa Accessible: Bringing Guinea-Bissau Into The University Classroom, Brandon D. Lundy

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Enculturating Student Anthropologists Through Fieldwork In Fiji, Sharyn R. Jones, Loretta A. Cormier, Caitlin Aamodt, Jade Delisle, Anna Mccown, Mallory Messersmith, Megan Noojin

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Human Scales, Thomas Brasdefer

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Culture As Information: Not A Shaky Link But A Stable Connection, Robert Shanafelt

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Introduction, Robert Shanafelt

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Moving Around In The Room: Cherokee Language, Worldview And Memory, Heidi Altman, Tom Belt

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Contributors, Journal Editors

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Introduction, Margaret Williamson Huber

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Forget Culture, Remember Memory? (Keynote Address), Eric Gable, Richard Handler

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Russia's Agenda For Ukraine: An Examination Of Putin's Media Propaganda Narratives, Gillian Grace Littleton

Honors Theses

This thesis explores Russian discourse about Ukraine as reflected in Russian popular media since 2014’s Euromaidan Revolution. The thesis provides an overview of Russia’s historic denial of Ukrainian statehood and it argues: Russian historians and politicians have seen Ukraine as a “little-brother” nation to Russia, with a shared Slavic heritage, and that any attempts by Ukrainians to separate themselves from Russia are Western influence movements. The thesis examines three types of mass media in order to demonstrate the interaction between history, politics and popular culture. Chapter 1 explores the public speeches of key Russian political figures including Vladimir Putin himself, …

The Efficacy Of The Student Communication Repair Inventory And Practical Training Program On Adolescent’S Self-Advocacy Skills In Communication Breakdowns, Karlye Tolbird

Honors Theses

Purpose

Hearing loss can affect several aspects of an adolescent’s life, particularly their self-advocacy skills and ability to communicate their needs in the classroom. Literature shows that adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 years have a prevalence of hearing loss between 14.9 percent and 19.5 percent (Shargorodsky et al., 2010). Therefore, early identification and intervention of hearing loss are necessary to reduce the adverse effects on the development of cognition, verbal communication skills, and self-advocacy skills (Michael & Zidan, 2018). This research study aimed to determine if the implementation of the SCRIPT program changes the communication repair behavior …

Supporting Teachers With Psychologically Diverse Populations, Morgan Wilkie

Honors Theses

While the issue of mental health management in education settings has been a focus for research for decades now, much of what is missing from these examinations is direct accounts from educators themselves on how they may be better supported as they navigate teaching psychologically diverse populations. In this study, 20 public-school teachers across the Oxford-Lafayette school district were surveyed through the use of semi-structured interviews in order to understand how they may be better equipped to manage psychological disorders in their classrooms. Each participant was asked the same prompt, and after the interviews were administered, their answers were then …

How Are Children's Books Used To Teach France's Core Republican Value Of Equality In Middle School?, Elizabeth Clauss

Honors Theses

The following thesis will evaluate how the French government uses literature in schools to teach the French republican value of equality. The thesis will analyze five works of literature and their authors that are taught in French middle schools. I will analyze how these texts are taught focusing on the theme of equality, and I will look at the lesson plans distributed to schools and their teachers corresponding to each piece of literature.

Education, Media Coverage, And Ballot Roll-Off: Evidence From Three Ballot Measures In Mississippi, Morgan Atkins

Honors Theses

Ballot roll-off is an issue that continues to plague American society, leaving thousands of ballots incomplete every election cycle. In my research, I investigate what influences the likelihood of voters rolling off on three ballot measures in the 2020 Mississippi elections. I hypothesize that educational attainment and newspaper coverage in voters’ counties will have an impact on ballot roll-off. I observe previous research on the influences of ballot roll-off, and I combine the data I collected for voter turnout in Mississippi in 2020 and newspaper coverage of ballot measures from six sources to evaluate the influence of each of these …

Driving Factors Behind Language Use Among Younger Generations In Taiwan: Is The Demise Of Hokkien Inevitable?, Jesse Weaver Paxton

Honors Theses

Globalization and internationalization have undoubtedly led to a decrease in linguistic diversity worldwide. Yet even receiving active governmental support and boasting native speakers in the millions, Taiwanese Hokkien is on the decline. Though researchers have begun to hypothesize why a generational gap exists in local language use within Taiwan, there is little agreement about the possible drivers or causes of the decline. This thesis examines why the use of Taiwanese Hokkien and other local languages has continued to decrease, despite governmental language initiatives and policies created to encourage the use of these languages. Using specific factors that have been identified …

Student Attitudes Towards English Grammar, Evalyn H. Bassett

Honors Theses

The literature on English grammar is mostly on its history, standardization, educational implementations, how ideologies shape its frequency of usage, and how it is perceived by students learning English as a second language. This study seeks to address a gap in the literature that reviews the attitudes of college students towards English grammar as their first language and how these attitudes correlate with any past experience with English grammar up to this point. To gain a better understanding of student’s attitudes towards English grammar, an online mixed-methods survey was distributed to graduate and undergraduate students in all departments of the …