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Sacred Pathways The Importance Of Caves In Maya Ritual And Ideology, Karin Camila Boynton Jan 2010

Sacred Pathways The Importance Of Caves In Maya Ritual And Ideology, Karin Camila Boynton

Theses & ETDs

In the Maya tradition, caves are considered important parts of the sacred landscape. Mayan art and literature often depict caves as the portals between the human realm and the Underworld. Remains of religious rituals in caves have been recovered from sites all across Mesoamerica, pointing to a possible cave complex that extends as far back as the Preclassic Olmec (1200-400 BC). In this thesis, I will use Naj Tunich � a remote cave in the Guatemalan Pet�n � as a case study to illustrate the importance of caves in Maya ritual and ideology. Naj Tunich and the artwork found within …

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Tibetan Buddhist Autobiography 18th Century To Present, Theresa Sellers Jan 2010

Tibetan Buddhist Autobiography 18th Century To Present, Theresa Sellers

Theses & ETDs

The tremendous literary heritage of Tibetan Buddhist culture contains a number of autobiographical works known as rangnam, or liberation stories, written as early as the eleventh century. In a style unique to Tibet, accomplished Buddhist masters would give accounts of their outer, inner, and secret lives on the path to enlightenment, negotiating Buddhist ideals with the lived realities of Tibetan society via the written medium. This thesis will explore the genre of rangnam, examining selected works of Tibetan Buddhists from the 18th through 20th centuries. Looking at how historically situated individuals lived and wrote in a traditional framework that also …

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In The Company Of Detective Ladies Gendered Modes Of Detection In The Works Of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, And Alexander Mccall, Alexandra Alden Charles Jan 2010

In The Company Of Detective Ladies Gendered Modes Of Detection In The Works Of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, And Alexander Mccall, Alexandra Alden Charles

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The rational male detective, exemplified in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle�s Sherlock Holmes, is frequently portrayed as a socially unfixed, unemotional, loner figure. He protects, but is divorced from domestic realm. Because female characters cannot disengage from their domestic identity in the same way in which male characters can, female detectives have to incorporate two seemingly conflicting identities. In order to negotiate the issues that result from their gender�namely, assumed differences both in types of knowledge, and in the construction of personal and professional identities�female detectives employ different modes of detection. Miss Marple, Agatha Christie�s spinster detective, gleans information from town …

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People Helping People Community, Identity, Memory, And Place At The Senior Friendship Center, Loren Mora Jan 2010

People Helping People Community, Identity, Memory, And Place At The Senior Friendship Center, Loren Mora

Theses & ETDs

This thesis provides an ethnographic case study of the Senior Friendship Center (SFC) in Sarasota, FL. Within an American cultural context of aging, I will explore how Reminiscence and ritual work together to construct identity, community, and �home�. Relying on Myerhoff, I discuss how Reminiscence and ritual turn space into place by infusing it with memory and meaning on the individual and collective level. These constructions result in the formation of elder-friendly places necessary for successful aging.

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Effect Of Props On Preschool Children's Communicative Interactions In Scripted Play Events, Gabrielle Yvonne Defiebre Jan 2010

Effect Of Props On Preschool Children's Communicative Interactions In Scripted Play Events, Gabrielle Yvonne Defiebre

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The current literature review and research proposal investigated the role of props in preschool children�s communicative exchanges during scripted play. It has been shown that several factors influence the physical environment that children are exposed to, and that the physical environment (including toys) influences how children play and communicate. The proposed study would try to explicate the role of abstract or realistic props during scripted play interactions. A total of sixty-four preschool children (thirty-two boys, thirty-two girls) between the ages of four and five would participate in this study. Preschool children would play with a same-sex peer and would be …

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Ain't Nothin' To It But To Do It Collaboration And Reflexivity In Experimental Performance, Caitlin Mcmullen, Christina Martin Jan 2010

Ain't Nothin' To It But To Do It Collaboration And Reflexivity In Experimental Performance, Caitlin Mcmullen, Christina Martin

Theses & ETDs

This thesis is the written component of a performance project co-conducted over the 2009-2010 academic year. This project was comprised of fall workshop rehearsals, composition of set pieces in January, and a final performance event. Working collaboratively with an ensemble of students, we structured improvisational games and created a distinct compositional vocabulary based on these games. We composed pieces individually as directors for a final performance, which took place on Sunday, January 31st, 2010. We did not begin this project with a specific end product in mind. This process was highly reflexive; we allowed the experience of rehearsals to guide …

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Where We've Been, Where We're Going Feminist Voices In Anthropology, Roxanne Sawhill Jan 2010

Where We've Been, Where We're Going Feminist Voices In Anthropology, Roxanne Sawhill

Theses & ETDs

This thesis is an exploration of the possibilities and problematics of feminist anthropology. Through conversations with individual anthropologists, I aim to understand the gendered experience of working in the discipline, feminist critiques of anthropology, feminist methodology and activist scholarship, as well as the perspectives that feminists can offer anthropology in terms of identity, difference and marginalization. I begin with a history of feminist anthropology through the eyes of some of the senior contemporary feminist anthropologists. I continue with a discussion of difference in feminist anthropology, attending to intersecting identities. Finally, I consider the possibilities for feminist research and the progress …

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Pacha Mama Politics Indigenous Environmental Discourse In Contemporary Ecuador, Nina C. Barraclough Jan 2010

Pacha Mama Politics Indigenous Environmental Discourse In Contemporary Ecuador, Nina C. Barraclough

Theses & ETDs

This thesis examines the relationship between indigenous identity and environmentalist discourse in the case of Ecuador's indigenous movement. The first chapter situates contemporary politics with a historical overview of indigenous marginalization and resistance in Ecuador. The second chapter analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of environmental identity politics as practiced by indigenous groups. The third chapter shows how the evolving language on indigenousness and environmental protection manifests itself in the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador. This thesis argues that the document's incorporation of indigenous-crafted alternatives to western discourses of nationality, nature, and development signified a reshaping of national values that better reflects …

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Challenging Stereotypes, Testing Hypotheses, And Presenting Truths About Santeria, Christina Goldstein Jan 2010

Challenging Stereotypes, Testing Hypotheses, And Presenting Truths About Santeria, Christina Goldstein

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This exploration challenges the stereotypes attributed to Santeria by the dominant Protestant culture and media of the United States, examines the observations of bygone and contemporary anthropologists, and offers new insights on the religion. It employs material from interviews with santeros and santeras living in Tampa, sacred stories, songs, and poems, and personal anecdotes to convey that the popular depictions of Santeria are not founded on reality, and that charges of irrationality and darkness and criticism of embodiment in the religion as primitive are unjustified, to test the hypotheses of Santeria�s new openness, Afro-centrism, syncretism, and growing racial and ethnic …

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Coral Reefs In The Gulf Of Mexico Strengthening Protection Policies, Christine Bowden Jan 2010

Coral Reefs In The Gulf Of Mexico Strengthening Protection Policies, Christine Bowden

Theses & ETDs

This thesis delves into coral reef protection policies as they exist today in the Gulf of Mexico, and how they can be improved in the future using existing and new legislation. My research describes the stressors, both anthropogenic and natural, that are affecting the health of the Gulf reef ecosystems, and goes into depth about the effects of each stressor and its causes. This thesis then goes into detail about the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas, including several examples both on a global scale and more locally, in the Florida Reef Tract. Many of the coral reef ecosystems in the …

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Ain't Nothin' To It But To Do It Collaboration And Reflexivity In Experimental Performance, Christina Martin, Caitlin Mcmullen Jan 2010

Ain't Nothin' To It But To Do It Collaboration And Reflexivity In Experimental Performance, Christina Martin, Caitlin Mcmullen

Theses & ETDs

This thesis is the written component of a performance project co-conducted over the 2009-2010 academic year. This project was comprised of fall workshop rehearsals, composition of set pieces in January, and a final performance event. Working collaboratively with an ensemble of students, we structured improvisational games and created a distinct compositional vocabulary based on these games. We composed pieces individually as directors for a final performance, which took place on Sunday, January 31st, 2010. We did not begin this project with a specific end product in mind. This process was highly reflexive; we allowed the experience of rehearsals to guide …

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Conservation And Restoration In Archaeology Practical Complexities In The Implementation Of International Agreements, Alana Boynton Jan 2010

Conservation And Restoration In Archaeology Practical Complexities In The Implementation Of International Agreements, Alana Boynton

Theses & ETDs

A growing concern for the preservation of an expanding definition of heritage has led to the adoption and revision of numerous international charters, such as the Athens Charter (1931) and the Venice Charter (1964), which outline guiding principles for the conservation and restoration of archaeological and historic sites. My thesis will trace the origin of these charters, and explain their evolution into the 21st century by examining the historical context in which they were created. Using the sites of Zaculeu, Tikal, and Naj� Tunich in Guatemala as case studies, I will analyze and evaluate the social, political, ethical, and practical …

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2010-2011 Nova Southeastern University Undergraduate Student Catalog, Nova Southeastern University Jan 2010

2010-2011 Nova Southeastern University Undergraduate Student Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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Hiv-Aids And The Gendering Of Stigma In Tamil Nadu South India, Cecilia Van Hollen Jan 2010

Hiv-Aids And The Gendering Of Stigma In Tamil Nadu South India, Cecilia Van Hollen

Anthropology - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Introducing Purchase On Demand @ Scribner Library, 2009-2010, Andy Krzystynaik Jan 2010

Introducing Purchase On Demand @ Scribner Library, 2009-2010, Andy Krzystynaik

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

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Why Do Students Want To Be In The Library If They Aren’T Using The Books?, Susan Gibbons Jan 2010

Why Do Students Want To Be In The Library If They Aren’T Using The Books?, Susan Gibbons

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

No abstract provided.

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Anthropology, 2010-2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Jan 2010

Anthropology, 2010-2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

The Academic Learning Compact for 2010-2011 for the Bachelor's of Arts in Anthropology.

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12th Biennial Symposium Program, Part 1, Textiles And Settlement: From Plains Space To Cyber Space Jan 2010

12th Biennial Symposium Program, Part 1, Textiles And Settlement: From Plains Space To Cyber Space

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

As President of TSA, I am delighted to welcome you to the 12th Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America. This gathering brings together an impressive number of scholars, artists, museum and gallery professionals, educators, and textile enthusiasts from around the world.

As an organization, TSA selects Symposium venues which through their unique site specific offerings broaden our understanding of diverse museum collections and institutions in different geographic settings, encouraging new and old members to discover what yet another location holds of serious interest to specialists. Each gathering has its own flavor and distinct sense of place. For this …

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Textiles Of Qaraqalpaqstan And Their Relationship To Central Asian Traditions And The Legacy Of Igor Savitsky, Marinika Babanazarova Jan 2010

Textiles Of Qaraqalpaqstan And Their Relationship To Central Asian Traditions And The Legacy Of Igor Savitsky, Marinika Babanazarova

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

The Karakalpak people are a semi-nomadic, Turkic-speaking tribe situated near the southern end of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, whose textile folk art forms a distinct thread in the larger fabric of the Central Asian textile tradition. The I.V. Savitsky State Art Museum of the Republic of Karakalpakstan in the northwest of Uzbekistan near the southern end of the Aral Sea houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of Karakalpak textile art. Passionately collected by Igor Savitsky despite Soviet prohibitions, he singlehandedly preserved records of a dying culture. This presentation will focus on aspects of the collection as it relates to …

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Natural Dyes, Our Global Heritage Of Colors, Dominique Cardon Jan 2010

Natural Dyes, Our Global Heritage Of Colors, Dominique Cardon

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

In the past, each civilization throughout the world has selected its own specific range of plant and animal sources of color, each from their respective natural environments. These included dyes and colorants that were used for the hair and skin, for everyday or festive food, for clothing and furnishing textiles, matting, etc. Scientific research into the colorants present in historical and anthropological textiles and objects have revealed a common empiric logic for this selection, and astonishing parallels can be found in the technical processes developed by ancient and traditional dyers of all continents. This lecture will consist of a discussion …

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The History And Analysis Of Pre-Aniline Native American Quillwork Dyes, Christina Cole, Susan Heald Jan 2010

The History And Analysis Of Pre-Aniline Native American Quillwork Dyes, Christina Cole, Susan Heald

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Before beadwork, Native Americans used brightly-colored porcupine quills to decorate objects from moccasins to bags to wall hangings. Though the know-how of folding quills to create floral and abstract designs has survived, very little is known about the materials used to color the quills, particularly on the pre-aniline dyes used by communities east of the Mississippi, as historical recipes tend to be more reflective of Plains and Pacific Northwest quillwork traditions. Additionally, Native American artisans have expressed interest in having museum collections analyzed to further their knowledge of traditional materials. To address the literature gap and answer community questions, a …

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Trousseaux: From Weaving Handwoven Textiles To Collecting Mass Commodities, Kimberly Hart Jan 2010

Trousseaux: From Weaving Handwoven Textiles To Collecting Mass Commodities, Kimberly Hart

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

In rural Turkey, trousseaux are a personal and socially representative collection of textile practices, economies, and desires. This paper addresses the questions of how, when, why and in what forms handweaving gave way to the collection of mass-produced commodities and handmade goods reflecting urban styles in trousseaux. It considers how local communities abandon cultural heritage production for their own consumption and make the transition to desiring, making and buying decorative goods, which reflect current fashions in both local and national terms. The paper is based on long-term ethnographic research in rural villages in western Anatolia, where handweaving once demonstrated cultural …

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Shipibo Textile Practices 1952-2010, Claire Odland, Nancy Feldman Jan 2010

Shipibo Textile Practices 1952-2010, Claire Odland, Nancy Feldman

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

indigenous Shipibo communities. In Part One, we will describe our work with a 1952 film on the Shipibo by Harry Tschopik, Jr., Associate Curator of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History. In 2007, one of the presenters compiled this footage into a DVD, called El Pueblo Shipibo: Men of the Montaña. This silent film is unique; no other historic film of these people and their heritage has been found to exist. Shipibo communities at preliminary screenings in 2008 reacted with delight as they saw images validating their ancestral knowledge. Men of the Montaña provides authentic visual images and …

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Woven Images: All Techniques Considered, Tommye Mcclure Scanlin Jan 2010

Woven Images: All Techniques Considered, Tommye Mcclure Scanlin

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

What motivates an artist to create images using textile media? What weaving techniques are suitable for image making? Weavers through the ages have taken colored weft threads in hand and inserted them into the warp, row-by-row, building shape upon shape in the powerful and nuanced, yet structurally simple, technique of weft-faced tapestry. With the invention of the jacquard loom, the kind of complex image making that was previously only common in tapestry weaving became mechanized, and available on a commercial level that involved faster production rates, lower costs and the creation of multiples. In recent years, the innovations in, and …

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Hsta 391.03: Intoxication Nation - Alcohol In American History, Kyle G. Volk Jan 2010

Hsta 391.03: Intoxication Nation - Alcohol In American History, Kyle G. Volk

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Technological Innovations And In The Banking Sector: An Evaluation Of The Rate Of Diffusion Of The Automated Teller Machine, Igwe Chinedu Jan 2010

Technological Innovations And In The Banking Sector: An Evaluation Of The Rate Of Diffusion Of The Automated Teller Machine, Igwe Chinedu

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The internet widely regarded as the third wave of revolution, (after the industrial revolution and the agricultural revolution) heralds the age of electronic revolution and is fast becoming the central nervous system of a universal consumer marketplace and an essential means of conducting and coordinating business activities. For the banking sector, the internet marks the transition from the brick and mortar stage of banking to the branchless stage. In a word, Information Technology (IT) has moderated the constraints of time, space, and information access in world trade and commerce as a whole. The growing popularity of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) …

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An Examination Of Tension In The Space Between Leadership Philosophy And The Cultural Reality Of Schools, Lisa Starr Jan 2010

An Examination Of Tension In The Space Between Leadership Philosophy And The Cultural Reality Of Schools, Lisa Starr

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Diversity is what gives our society depth and arguably beauty but it also problematizes already complex social issues like the importance and value placed on the education. In part, this challenge exists because public education is founded on the “values and belief systems of the dominant cultural and linguistic class” (Goddard & Hart, 2007, p. 16) yet schools are a complex, heterogeneous weave of cultures (Murakami-Ramalho, 2008). According to Chambers (2003), Canadian students are “probably the most ethnically, racially, linguistically, and religiously diverse of any school population in the world” (p. 223). This is no less true in the United …

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Motivational Techniques, Communication Patterns, And Job Productivity Of Non-Academic Staff In Ogun State Owned Universities, A. Ositoye, Muyiwa Adeyemi Jan 2010

Motivational Techniques, Communication Patterns, And Job Productivity Of Non-Academic Staff In Ogun State Owned Universities, A. Ositoye, Muyiwa Adeyemi

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The classical economists of the 19th-century had the idea that individuals choose to maximize profits in every relation that they ever get involved in. Both the contemporary economists and educationists have equally held strongly to this belief (Kottak, 2005). For this reason, both individual psychologists and economists have shown a great concern about how best to achieve motivation (in the industrial/ economic setting) in order to produce the desired results of profit maximization (Ibid, 2005). Such a concern is, nevertheless, a worthwhile concern since productivity can be said to be the raison detre of any management and that of any …

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College-Readiness: The Current State Of Affairs, W. Barnes Jan 2010

College-Readiness: The Current State Of Affairs, W. Barnes

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Imagine a nation in which every student, from Boston to Houston, from Cleveland to Miami, from Chicago’s South side to Compton, from a New Mexico Indian reservation to the Appalachian Mountains, characteristically graduates from high school prepared for postsecondary training (i.e., college, university, trade school, or workforce training). Further, imagine being able to say to every child “you will be provided with a high school that will educate you, challenge you, care for you, support you, and graduate you ready to compete and succeed in this world” (Balfanz & Letgers, 2004, p. 2). The current realities of the proposed outcomes …

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Akhenaten - Controversy And Catastrophe: The Reassertion Of Pharonic Power, Chase Childs Jan 2010

Akhenaten - Controversy And Catastrophe: The Reassertion Of Pharonic Power, Chase Childs

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 47-58

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