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Agriculture And Labor: Carlynn Crosby Examines Potato Farming In Florida, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

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Written by Rebecca Lauck Cleary You might not immediately think of potatoes when you think of Florida, but it turns out the crop has deep roots there. On June 4, Carlynn Crosby successfully defended her thesis "Potato Capital: Agriculture, Labor, and the (Un)Making of Hastings," which shed light on the labor practices of Florida potato farmers.

Investigation Of The "Cultural Appropriation" Of Yoga, Olivia Bartholomew

International ResearchScape Journal

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Pivot 2020: Introduction, Laura Murphy

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

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Envisioning A Pluriversal Design Education, Lesley-Ann Noel

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Vestiges of the curricula at the Bauhaus and the Hochschule, Ulm, the former designed in the 1920s, and the latter created in the 1950s, can still be seen in design curricula around the world. These curricula focused on the craft of design and were very tied to large industrial economies. More traditional design curricula born out of the Bauhaus and Ulm, focused on graphic and product or industrial design. The design community has placed several calls to re-imagine a future design education. This contribution shares several sketches of design curricula driven by pluriversal issues, epistemologies and ontologies, and not created …

(De)Institution Design: Decolonizing Design Discourse In Uruguay, Lucia Trias Cornú

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Design is a relatively new discipline in Uruguay. The dominant discourse, linked to Industrial Design-ID, has its beginnings in the foundation of the Centre of Industrial Design-CDI in 1987. This research is an invitation to look further into how ID has played a role in Uruguay -as a global-south country- related to economic and social structures introduced with the implementation of neoliberal production policies. In line with current global-south design discourses, the research aims to understand the role of institutions in the formation of design discourse(s) in Uruguay by approaching the CDI’s foundation from a decolonial worldview. Following the idea …

Opening Up Our Gated Community, Arvind Lodaya

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Teaching design in a non-Western culture makes one vaguely aware of its embedded cultural and technological determinants, such as the machine aesthetic or mass production techniques and materials. When this is juxtaposed against local design traditions and cultures of practice – many of which pre-date post-war Europe – these ‘normalisations’ become glaringly self-evident. Design education in the non-Western context, therefore, becomes more an acculturation project (along with its shadow, ‘deculturation’) than one involving technical training. This paper attempts to narrate this epiphanic experience of a designer-educator, which has met with instant and widespread resonance when sharing this with peers from …

Exploring Participatory Learning Beyond The Institution, Leigh-Anne Hepburn

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Engaged practices of participatory design and socially-constructed models of learning recognise that understanding alternative perspectives can elicit deeper insights and contribute to a rich culture of openness and exchange for those involved. Participatory design attempts to empower passive participants to become active contributors in addressing societal challenges. Academia similarly values active contribution, recognising that engaging beyond the walls of the institution can provide students with real-world experiences. However, while participatory design draws upon the values of democratic engagement, ethics and empowerment, the educational perspective is still situated within Western, neoliberal ideologies, framed around enhancing career prospects and increasing earning potential. …

Defining The Value Of Educational Equilibrium For Immigrant And At-Risk Youths Through Art Education In The 2020s And Beyond, Clovis Benjamin Nelson

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

The purpose of this study is to explore the inefficiencies of a one-size-fits-all curricular structure that has no bearing on the anthropological behavior of unique learners. Little is known about cultural relevance in learning through artistic means such as the visual arts, especially for unique project-based learners. This paper is a methodological consideration of a specific visual arts teaching approach for global application in the effort of shaping a “world of many centers.” Attention is given to the natural principles of ecological psychology, identifying the construct of the anthropological respectability of indigenous voices globally, and clarifying related scientific perception-action. The …

The Story Of ‘The Spirit Of The Hibiscus’; Worldmaking Activities From Bali, Britta Boyer

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

The spirit of the Hibiscus is a creativity story of design otherwise, or design for other world making purposes that is a strategic response to the violence of universalism and Western imperialism. This participatory action research (PAR) approach facilitates storytelling through an intimate entanglement – thinking with the soil. Chakra, a Balinese sacred activist, and autonomous change agent directs his experiences to find relevant knowledge that both transforms himself and the community. Through his story, an epistemology of the South, we come to understand soil as a living infrastructure and one that is crucial for plant, animal, and human wellbeing. …

Speculation Of The Purpose Of Life In 2050 From Kyoto: Case Study On Transition Design In Japan, Masaki Iwabuchi, Daijiro Mizuno

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Japanese life and career situation have become opaque due to nationwide problems such as the collapse of lifetime employment, the aging society with declining birth rates, and the drop in GDP manifested in a reduction in international competitiveness. Statistics show that the younger generation of Japan has significantly lower ratings of self-confidence, willingness to contribute to society, and hopes for the future, compared to other nations. Under these circumstances, we aimed to speculate on a humane vision where everyone can live with a meaningful purpose (*ikigai* in Japanese) from the historical city of Kyoto, Japan. Using the theories underpinning Transition …

Prototyping A Micro-Pluriverse: Performed Cosmologies To Decolonize Augmented Reality, Selwa Sweidan, Jessica Escobedo Sibrian

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

How do we apply theories of decolonization to an emerging technology such as augmented reality (AR)? We explain how our co-creative pilot laboratory contributes to efforts in decolonizing augmented reality through embodied prototyping, and designing pluriversality in AR to “augment” de-centered narratives. Our initial methods included facilitating reading discussions and affinity mapping (to transpose theories into action). “Thinking-feeling” (Escobar, 2015) and “power-geometries” (Massey, 1991) became a means to engage with our own mental models and constructs, as they relate to colonization. This led us to build a series of prompts organized into a “Cosmology Toolkit” (Escobedo, Kris & Sweidan, 2020). …

The Role Of Socio-Technical Instruments In Craft And Design Practice In Indonesia, Prananda Luffiansyah Malasan, Meirina Triharini, Muhammad Ihsan

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

Craft and design practice has emerged as a tool to improve the economic and social conditions in various countries. Many approaches have been formulated, particularly participatory design (PD) method to bring a democratic design process. However, the narrow focus of PD on micro activities tends to neglect wider contextual factors, such as formal and informal types of institutions. Based on the study of the development of craft products organized by the design center in Indonesia, this paper attempts to identify the diverse interests of the actors, including the objectives of the design center, the target market set by the designers, …

New Worlds With Some Tinkering…, Sucharita Beniwal

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

This research paper looks repair and repairpersons as propagators of design for sustainability. The idea of discard, upgrade, consumerism and mono-cultural globalized world of objects is forever questioned through the idea of longevity, repurpose and customization. Originating in adversity, due to scarcity and as coping mechanisms, these localized solutions afford us designers the pluriverse - many worlds together. The paper also tries to define what could be open-design and longevity in design through case studies of a street tailor and a cobbler, in the city of Ahmedabad, India. The repairperson as designer through examples of repair, recycle, repurpose and reuse …

Participating In The Pluriverse From Within The Academy: Design Thinking Assessment & Research, Danielle Lake

Pluriversal Design Conference Series

How might those situated within university structures design teaching, research, and service opportunities that shift higher education towards supporting a “pluriverse”? This paper is meant to serve as an invitation to Reimagine ‘Impact’ within Higher Education. I situate this call within my own lived experiences trying to enact these practices and by explicating several promising strategies emerging from overlapping fields—including ecosystems design, participatory action research, and feminist pragmatism. While design thinking and systems thinking are interwoven with and can reinforce hegemonic and colonial practices, they also provide opportunities for radical and relational imaginaries that build bridges toward multiple ways of …

Ferries As Travelling Landscapes: Tourism And Watery Mobilities, Eva Mcgrath, Nichola Harmer, Richard Yarwood

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the use of small river ferries as an under-researched but novel mode of travel which enhances and brings new dimensions to tourist experiences of travelling landscapes. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed methods approach including participant observation, a survey and interviews with ferry users and staff at one river crossing in South West England. Findings The ferry attracts tourists as a different and practical mode of transport. The river crossing provides an experience of being on water, and the material structure of the ferry significantly shapes on-board interactions whilst providing new …

Iron-Focussed Nutritional Status Of Mothers With Children (6–59 Months) In Rural Northern Ghana, Brenda Ariba Zarhari Abu, Jacques Eugene Raubenheimer, Violet Louise Van Den Berg

Articles

Background: Anaemia, especially iron deficiency anemia, is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in African women and children. Aim: To assess the intake of nutrients related to iron and anaemia status among mothers in smallholder agrarian communities in Northern Ghana where anaemia is known to be endemic. Setting: Tolon Kumbumgu district and Tamale Metropolis in Ghana. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 161 mothers with children 6–59 months. Questionnaires on socio-demographics, household food security and production and food frequencies, and three 24-hour recalls were administered during structured interviews, and BMI was assessed. Dietary intakes were analysed with the …

Spatial Production And Nomadic Subjectivities In A Buddhist Learning Space, Chau Bao Le

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Space and place are an integral part in the geographies of education, therefore, knowledge about culturally complex and ethnically diverse transnational communities could inform curricular innovations that meet the needs of individual students. This year-long ethnographic study challenged the prevailing realities that U.S. schools continue to devalue the experiences and cultural backgrounds of immigrant youth, which caused students from ethnic, cultural, racial, linguistic, and religious minority groups to feel structurally excluded and marginalized. Through examining the spatial production and nomadic subjectivities enacted over time in a transnational, diasporic space of a Buddhist temple in a U.S. southern state, the study …

Becoming A Good Host: A Beginner’S Guide To Learning Deliberative Civic Engagement, Kevin L.D. Leaven

VA Engage Journal

This article examines how Deliberative Civic Engagement (DCE) is used as a public engagement process to invite disjointed cultural communities into a shared space to engage in democratically inspired dialogue. Dialogue is sought in DCE events because it encourages reflexivity and allows for collaborative ideation processes. Collaboration among differing groups demands that DCE events are open enough to be influenced by the immediate concerns of the participants involved. In addition, openness and vulnerability are required to support deep level thinking and connection between heterogeneous identities represented.

Kevin L.D. Leaven is a recent graduate of the James Madison University’s graduate program …

Speaking Volumes: The Failure Of American Courts To Address The Underlying Themes Of Silence And Patriarchy Within The Civil Order Of Protection Process In Davenport, Iowa, Catherine Priebe

Sociology: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

Domestic abuse is a pervasive issue within the United States. Approximately three women will be murdered by an intimate partner every day and around half of all women will experience psychological abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime. As such, it is important to have legal avenues that survivors can pursue in order to ensure safety for themselves and their children. There are many obstacles to obtaining a civil order of protection despite it being the most common legal option survivors choose to pursue. Survivors must take on the burden of proof and hire their own attorney if they …

Early Isotopic Evidence For Maize As A Staple Grain In The Americas, Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer, Brendan J. Culleton, Richard J. George, Mark Robinson, Willa R. Trask, Gina M. Buckley, Emily Moes, Emily J. Kate, Thomas K. Harper, Lexi O'Donnell, Erin E. Ray, Ethan C. Hill, Asia Alsgaard, Christopher Merriman, Clayton Meredith, Heather J H Edgar, Jaime J. Awe, Said M. Gutierrez

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Maize is a cultigen of global economic importance, but when it first became a staple grain in the Americas, was unknown and contested. Here, we report direct isotopic dietary evidence from 52 radiocarbon-dated human skeletons from two remarkably well-preserved rock-shelter contexts in the Maya Mountains of Belize spanning the past 10,000 years. Individuals dating before ~4700 calendar years before present (cal B.P.) show no clear evidence for the consumption of maize. Evidence for substantial maize consumption (~30% of total diet) appears in some individuals between 4700 and 4000 cal B.P. Isotopic evidence after 4000 cal B.P. indicates that maize became …

June 3, 2020 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Learning From The Failures And Institutionalized Ideology Of Colonial Feminist Education Programs In Afghanistan., Elena Selthun

SUURJ: Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal

From the interwar period (1918-1939) to the present, the United States has been involved in the Middle East not only in a military capacity, but as a creator and funder of educational programs in the region, especially for women, most frequently in Afghanistan. Although there is existing literature which examines the numerous and complex political effects of US intervention via such educational programs, this paper analyzes how previous US educational programs in the wider Middle East create a historical basis for colonial feminism which drove these programs and still persists today. This ideology is one that ultimately harms the women …

Interrogating Colonial Legacies: Jeffrey Gibson’S Indigenous Futurism., Mariah Ribeiro

SUURJ: Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal

In recent decades, post-colonial theory has allowed for scholars to re-contextualize American history, challenging the mythic narrative of the founding and settlement of the United States. This awareness of settler colonialism’s effect on every aspect of society calls for widespread accountability towards dismantling colonial legacies within the Americas. Such a shift in understanding has inherent consequences for the arts, raising the question: how do visual arts and their institutions function within the settler-colonial context of North America? As the subjects of ongoing settler-colonialism, Native American artists are uniquely positioned to participate in the dismantlement of the colonial legacy of art …

The Relationship Between White Supremacy And Capitalism: A Socioeconomic Study On Embeddedness In The Market And Society., Cara Nguyen

SUURJ: Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal

Economic liberalism has built a market system that is founded on the belief that it is separate from other social institutions, that it is self-regulating, and that it operates without bias. This paper claims that despite the classical liberal values that the market is built to serve, capitalism exists within a context in which societal contracts like cultural and racial contracts influence market outcomes. Specifically, the racial contract in the United States contextualizes the capitalist free market system as a system that normalizes, empowers, and encourages the exploitation and abuse of Nonwhite people, specifically Black and Indigenous folks. The market …

Suurj Volume 4 Entire Volume, Editors Of Suurj

SUURJ: Seattle University Undergraduate Research Journal

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Kosovo’S Cultural Heritage: Social And Economic Importance, Greta Avdyli

European Union Policy Studies Graduate Symposium

This paper aims to present some common definitions of culture and cultural heritage, either from UNESCO or from other sources as well as its importance in the creation of civilizations. Cultural heritage is of special significance for its role on cultural, social, economic, and tourist progress. Cultural heritage is to be used as a tool for further development. Its entire concept does not only rely on preserving one nations heritage but rather to directly intertwine cultures so to strengthen the collective knowledge across differences. Indeed, a stronger exchange across nations can help overcoming detrimental modern day hurdles. For this reason, …

If You Know You Know Podcast, Crystina Friese, Hannah Harkins

Spectrum

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It’S All Relative: How Linguists And Anthropologists View Language Differently, Thomas Pedtke

Spectrum

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The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Investment Of Conservative Forces In Renewable Energy Technology, Sarah Jarrar

Spectrum

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#Learnanthropologyliveanthropology Project, Crystina Friese

Spectrum

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