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Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 11, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine, Jim Blanton

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue eleven of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 9, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue nine of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 8, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine, Nathan Hays, Deborah Bloys Hardin, Martha Spalding

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue eight of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 7, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine, Jesse Todd, Tom Jennings

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue seven of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 5, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine, Alan Skinner

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue five of TCAS Benchmark

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 6, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue six of TCAS Benchmark. Page three is missing.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine, Alan Skinner

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue four of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 5. 2005, Color Copy, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine, Alan Skinner

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Color copy of volume four and issue five of TCAS Benchmark, with last few pages missing.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue three of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue two of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2005, Draft, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume four and issue two of TCAS Benchmark. This issue marks the sudden switch to volume four and missing pages.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2005, Glynn Osburn, Paula Vastine

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume three and issue one of TCAS Benchmark.

The Latter-Day Saint Indian Placement Program: An Examination Through An Experiential Lens, Quinn Elise Christiansen

Theses and Dissertations

The Indian Placement Program, operated by the LDS Church from around 1947 to 2000, was influenced by the Church's belief in a connection between Native Americans to a Book of Mormon group known as the Lamanites. This group held a special status within the LDS Church because of their believed Israelite heritage as well as a prophecy promising their conversion in the last days. Spencer W. Kimball, motivated by both personal goals and his authority within the LDS Church, expanded on a successful experience of a young Native girl, Helen John, growing it into the broader Indian Placement Program. This …

Autoethnographic Action Research As A Contemplative Practice: Awareness And Transformation Of Inner And Outer Selves, Jiju Varghese, Bal Chandra Luitel, Niroj Dahal

The Qualitative Report

Contemplation as a spiritual practice has taken various forms across different religious traditions and regions worldwide. Over the years, various contemplative practices have evolved and become popular even outside religious traditions to promote the well-being of all for inner and outer selves’ transformation. In education, many scholars worldwide have expounded on the benefits of contemplative practices in the classroom for students and teachers. Contemplative practices have penetrated research practices in the form of contemplative inquiry considering performative, philosophical, and artistic transformations, where researchers enter into a deep, thoughtful, and reflective introspective journey to see the connection between what is seen …

Role Of Alter-Modernism On Saudi Visual Arts: Hybrid Art, Ebtsam. S. Alrasheed

Journal of Art, Design and Music

This study deals with the impact of alter-modernism on Saudi plastic art, "hybrid art," in three aspects: national identity, acceptance of multiculturalism, and freedom of the artist. An analytical descriptive curriculum was used and a questionnaire was submitted to a sample of plastic artists and art learners of the Faculty of Design and Arts, Princess Norah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The sample size was one hundred and eighteen participants. The study aims to elucidate the impact of alter-modernism (hybrid art) on Saudi art by preserving national identity, accepting multiculturalism, and respecting the freedom of the plastic artist from the point …

Global Scientific Production On Stakeholder Engagement In Community Forestry: A Bibliometric Analysis, Whisnu Febry Afrianto

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Community forestry is a concept that presents management and utilization rights to local communities through empowering communities in sustainably managing forest resources and engaging them in forest conservation movements. This study aims to investigate the scope of stakeholder engagement in community forestry using a bibliometric review. Understanding stakeholders' participation in community forest management through a 30-year bibliometric analysis is essential for achieving historical insights, deciding conflicts, and discussing global forest landscape topics. The data was obtained from the Scopus database. Analysis of references with 808 publications and an annual publication growth rate of 6.49% (1981 – 2023) was used to …

Urban Security And The Crisis Of Values In A Risk Society: Elements For Reflection And Research, Bahamou Abdelilah, Abdelghani Chafik

Journal of Maya Heritage

Abstract: Urban security has become one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century, shaped by the complexities of modern urban life. As cities grow and evolve, they face unprecedented security challenges that transcend traditional notions of crime prevention. These challenges encompass social, cultural, economic, and psychological dimensions, deeply intertwined with societal transformations.

In the context of what sociologist Ulrich Beck refers to as the "risk society," rapid globalization, technological advancement, and cultural diffusion have disrupted traditional social values. This disruption has created environments of uncertainty and fear, where mutual trust and social cohesion are eroded. As Émile Durkheim …

Improving Student Hunger: An Exploration Of Aggravated Hunger Within Food Justice At Seattle University, Annie M. Dyer Gordon

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

This paper provides insight into the nuances and complexities of food secu- rity at a small, private, urban university. Research questions included an interest in expanding knowledge around the relationship between stigma related to food insecurity and food pantry utilization within the first year of a food pantry service on campus. Five students of the university who had all previously utilized the food pantry service on campus participated in qualitative interviews that were openly coded for themes and conducted from within a critical discourse lens. Findings in- dicated a differentiation between food insecurity and stress aggravated hunger. Ag- gravated hunger, …

Addressing Food Insecurity Beyond Food Pantries, Steffi N. Huynh

MAGIS: Student Development Journal

The issue of food insecurity is becoming more prevalent among college students. To address food insecurity at Seattle University, the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Seattle University recently opened a food pantry on campus. In order to better understand the level of food insecurity among Seattle University students, this research project will conduct a quantitative study on students who have utilized the food pantry. The literature review implied that while food pantries are an effective short-term solution, college institutions should consider financial literacy as a protective method against food insecurity. Additionally, the literature review suggested that practices which enhance students’ …

Audiotactile Music Theory And Jazz Education: Historical And Pedagogical Perspectives, Stéphane Audard

The IASJ Journal of Applied Jazz Research

The Audiotactile Music Theory offers new perspectives for considering the issues associated with the institutionalization of jazz education and the gradual transition from informal transmission situations to formalized curricula. The aim of this article is to show how certain central the concepts of the ‘Audiotactile Music Theory’ can be used in a dual historical and pedagogical perspective, to overcome certain dichotomies that structure discourses on jazz teaching at different times: written/oral, formal/informal and art/popular music. The Audiotactile Music Theory also allows us to question the place of jazz in music teaching institutions today, and our own pedagogical practice.

Manganese For Whom? A Review On Manganese Mining Permits Towards The Existence Of Springs’ Sacred Forest In Manggarai Flores, Bernadinus Steni, Hariadi Kartodihardjo, Soeryo Adiwibowo, Ruchyat Deni Djakapermana

Forest and Society

Amid global efforts to find minerals for renewable energy, social-environmental concerns related to mineral extraction are still ongoing. Various agreements at the global level are calling for the renewable energies market to uphold principles of sustainability throughout the entire supply chain, including raw materials extraction, to protect the integrity and objectives of the industry. Importantly, such action must extend beyond the narrow parameters of environmental management to inclusively consider impacts on community wellbeing as well. This article evaluates concerns around land and spring conversion in manganese mining operations in Manggarai, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province, NTT. The study is critical …

Resurrection In The Regensburg Pendant: Materials And Iconography, Devotional Object As Sacred Jewelry, Margarita Benacerraf

Theses and Dissertations

The Regensburg butterfly (1310-1320), an exquisitely crafted reliquary pendant, was found in the head of a fourteenth-century crucifix in 1991. The locket’s butterfly shape—and the ways in which the butterfly serves as a metaphor for Christ’s redemption—remains a fascinating window into late medieval Christianity and devotional practices in the medieval world.

Using Spatial Network Analysis To Explore Migration Of Extended Families In Historical Research, Rock Miller

Theses and Dissertations

This project proposes a geoinformatics approach for understanding the migration of extended families in historical contexts. It uses full-count longitudinal census data (developed by the Minnesota Population Center) and graph methods to define multi-generational extended family relationships and to model the locational structures of these families as a spatial network. Graph algorithms and mapping methods are used to interrogate these structures as reflections of the patterns of family outmigration and extension over time. The study is based on a set of extended families resident in a 15-county study area in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky in 1870, and their evolution …

Serious Music With Bea Witkin: An Upper West Side Audio Walk, Megan Hattie Stahl

Theses and Dissertations

Serious Music with Bea Witkin is a site-specific audio walk on New York City’s Upper West Side produced by Megan Hattie Stahl. This immersive, musical documentary explores and extends the life and work of composer Beatrice Witkin (1916-1990). Across four stationary chapters and three walking interludes, participants follow a one-mile route from Riverside Park to Straus Park by way of Witkin’s longtime residence on West End Avenue. Through guided narration, archival music, interviews and recordings of contemporary musicians sight-reading a 1985 string quartet piece by Witkin, Serious Music invites listeners to consider where music begins and ends.

Witkin, who graduated …

Activism Within The Music And Recorded Sound Archive, Julius Tanner

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the integration of applied ethnomusicology within the recorded sound archive of the New York Public Library. The process of repatriating recorded sound through community engagement lead to the development and eventual reparative work of outdated subject headings and other descriptive language within the archive. This thesis also explores how cultural preservation of similar non-physical fields such as naming conventions within linguistics and the development of gastronationalism combats globalization and ultimately colonization.

Art As Resistance: Challenging Colonial Legacies Through The Eyes Of South Asian Diasporic Women, Sofina Tanni

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores how South Asian diasporic women artists in New York utilize art to resist colonial legacies and express their multifaceted identities. Through ethnographic research, it highlights how themes of nostalgia, preservation, community, and activism shape their work, fostering collective resistance and transformative decolonial pathways.

Center For The Humanities Supports Trio Of Faculty Research Fellows, Katie Umans

UNH Today Archive

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For Church Or People: The History Of Land Dispute In Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province From The Perspective Of Tana' Ai Community, Desmiwati Desmiwati, Suraya Afiff, Edwin Martin, Surati Surati, Kresno Agus Hendarto, Rini Astuti

Forest and Society

This study employs a political ecology approach to analyze the dynamics of land ownership in Indonesia, focusing on the Tana' Ai community in Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara province. We argue that agrarian change is driven by external actors, including private companies that religious institutions and government agencies own. The latter often impose their will on indigenous populations, which can result in land conflicts, marginalization, and uneven capital accumulation. In particular, the church's status as a land use permit holder from the colonial era complicates the Tana' Ai ethnic community's ability to assert its ancestral land rights. To understand this …

Collaboration As Method: Field Lessons From South Sulawesi, Indonesia And Khon Kaen, Thailand, Ci Yan Sara Loh, Dalilah Haji Laidin, Fatwa Faturachmat, Anna Robin Duerr, Pamula Mita Andary, Andi Vika Faradiba Muin, Ariel Mota Alves, Olivia Meyer

Forest and Society

Collaboration in the context of international fieldwork serves to elevate the skills of all members involved while simultaneously contributing to a robust body of observations. This paper reflects on methodological lessons from a Collaborative Southeast Asia Summer Field School where graduate and undergraduate students from Universitas Hasanuddin, Sulawesi, Indonesia (UNHAS), Khon Kaen University, Thailand (KKU), and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA (UHM) came together to learn how to conduct research collaboratively. Guided by mentors from these three institutions, our multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural group participated in collaborative field schools at three field sites - two in South Sulawesi; and one …

Historical Land Use And Land Cover Change Of The Lake Tempe Region: A Multi-Source Data Landscape Reconstruction, Syahruddin Mansyur, Nur Ihsan Djindar, Wasita Wasita, Imam Hindarto, Nani Somba, Hasrianti Hasrianti, Moh. Ali Fadillah, Hamka Naping, Sofyan Setia Budi

Forest and Society

Lake Tempe, situated in the Wajo Regency, is an ancient lake in Indonesia that plays a crucial role in the socio-historical evolution of Southern Sulawesi. The Lontara manuscript, a significant source of regional history, highlights Lake Tempe as a vital resource for adjacent communities. Contemporary narratives of Lake Tempe, however, are overshadowed by recurrent flooding attributed to accelerated sedimentation leading to lake shallowing, which impedes its capacity to manage the inflow from tributary rivers. This study aims to offer a historical perspective by reconstructing the landscape and detailing the evolution of land use and land cover (LU/LC) in the Lake …