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2009-2010, Csusb

Anthropology Department newsletter

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[Undergraduate Bulletin, 2009, Fall]., College Of Arts And Sciences, University Communications

Undergraduate Course Bulletins

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Between Law And Justice: Kant, Derrida, And Religious Violence, Evgeni V. Pavlov

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Although a number of approaches to the issue of religious violence are already available for academic consumption, this study attempts to approach the problem of the violent tension between religious principles and secular socio-political realities from a new perspective. We argue that religious violence is best conceptualized as a moment of crisis in the relationship between law and justice, considered as both intimately related (in Kant's analysis of the rightful condition) and peculiarly disjointed (in Derrida's reflections on the possibility of "justice beyond law"). We provide a preliminary account of the necessary conditions for a future theory of religious violence …

The Spirit Of Stuff: What I Learned When I Sold (Almost) Everything, Rachel Tamsen Perry Schrank

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The following document is a report submitted in conjunction with a video project. The video is a personal documentary, filmed in Denver, Colorado and Mexico City, Mexico, which explores the spiritual connection that people have with their material objects. The report is comprised of a project proposal and a post-production report. The proposal discusses the theoretical underpinnings of the project, and offers a plan for the film's production. The post-production report discusses my filmmaking process in retrospect, reviews production problems and solutions, and includes a final schedule and budget.

Please visit my website at http://www.upupintothesky.com, or contact the author at …

Communicating Queer Identities Through Personal Narrative And Intersectional Reflexivity, Richard G. Jones, Jr.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

There is currently a lack of intersubjective research involving human participants and conceptual frameworks that include queer theory. Queer theory's poststructuralist epistemology tends toward desubjectification, problematizing research that relies on participants' self-reports of lived experience. The author proposes that the interdisciplinary nature of Communication Studies, which is situated within the humanities and social sciences, leaves communication scholars well poised to contribute to ongoing metatheoretical and metamethodological conversations regarding queer theory and intersubjective research, particularly in relation to cultures and identities. To contribute to this scholarly conversation, the author utilizes the deconstructionist lens of queer theory to contextualize communication, employs personal …

Toward A Dialogic Interpretation Of Psychological Belief In Spirits Among Gamei Of Ghana, Ebenezer Narh Yebuah

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examines central aspects of the ancestral tradition of the Gamei of Ghana which have not previously been investigated systematically from a psychological perspective. It is argued that Carl Gustav Jung and his intellectual descendants are the only Western psychological thinkers who have come close to formulating a conceptual framework that is helpful in this context, because Africa featured prominently in Jung's formulations of his influential psychological theories during his archetypal journey to Africa. Accordingly, core features of Jungian theory are examined in order to determine the extent to which a psychological investigation of Gamei cosmological perspectives, particularly perspectives …

A Clash Of Worldviews: The Impact Of Modern Western Notion Of Progress On Indigenous Naga Culture, Tezenlo Thong

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The term "progress" is a modern Western notion that life is always improving and advancing toward an ideal state. It is a vital modern concept which underlies geographic explorations and scientific and technological inventions as well as the desire to harness nature in order to increase human beings' ease and comfort. With the advent of Western colonization and to the great detriment of the colonized, the notion of progress began to perniciously and pervasively permeate across cultures.

During the classical colonial period, Western anthropologists, sociologists and others had hypothesized, or at least ardently bought into the notion, that human beings, …

Cc: Connecticut College Magazine, Winter 2009, Connecticut College

Alumni News/Connecticut College Magazine

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2009 Image, Dayna Silver, Ed Ziegler

Yearbooks

Rowan University yearbook for the Class of 2009; 176 pages.

Contents: Student Life 4, Seniors 26, Organizations 72, Greek Life 94, Sports 114, Faculty 146, Graduation 154.

Vol. 21 Num. 2 The Farms Review, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

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Bridgewater College Catalog, Session 2009-10, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater College Catalogs

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An Analysis Of Primary Resources Used As Tools For Discovery And Research At Archaeological Sites: Nomini Hall Case Study, Jamie Elizabeth Mesrobian

Theses & Honors Papers

Primary documentation is of great help to archaeologists, no matter the site nor the circumstance. At places like Colonial Williamsburg, Belle Grove, Carter’s Grove and Nomini Hall, help has come through primary documentation in many different ways from journals to paintings, from maps to oral histories. It is true that the archaeological excavations at Nomini Hall for Philip Vickers Fithian’s schoolhouse have been confusing.

South Asians In Scandinavia: Diasporic Identity Processes, Rashmi Singla

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

This chapter1 probes selected social-psychological aspects for South Asian young adults in Denmark and is a follow up of a Danish project conducted in the mid-nineties. The diasporic conceptualizations in respect to human centeredness and cultural processes in migration combined with life course perspective, provide the theoretical framework for this study. In-depth interviews were employed, and information was analyzed through meaning condensation and subsequent categorization of the narratives. The results show the reinterpretation of the self, “others” and home in the diasporic families, for the parental as well as the young generation. The chapter also depicts the young adults’ diasporic …

The Iaccp Archives Project, John W. Berry, Walt Lonner

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

In July 2006 a workshop featuring a suggested IACCP Archives Project was part of the programme at the IACCP international congress in Spetses, Greece. About 25 highly interested people attended it. An informal meeting was held about a week later. John Berry and Walt Lonner, and several senior members of IACCP, were active participants in both sessions. Everyone involved so far has enthusiastically endorsed the basic idea of establishing the Archives and finding a permanent home for them. We also will need to develop some procedures for possible uses of the various components that the archives may contain.

God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

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Reviews And End Matter

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

African Beads: Jewels of a Continent, by Evelyn Simak and Carl Dreibelbis (2010), reviewed by Ato Hansemo Hamela

Beads: Journal Of The Society Of Bead Researchers - Volume 21 (Complete)

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

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Service Science,Management, Engineering, And Design (Ssmed): An Emerging Discipline -- Outline And References, J. Spohrer, Stephen K. Kwan

Faculty Publications, Information Systems & Technology

The growth of the global service economy has led to a dramatic increase in our daily interactions with highly specialized service systems. Service (or value-cocreation) interactions are both frequent and diverse, and may include retail, financial, healthcare, education, on-line, communications, technical support, entertainment, transportation, legal, professional, government, or many other types of specialized interactions. And yet surprisingly few students graduating from universities have studied anything about service or service systems. Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Design (SSMED), or service science for short, is an emerging discipline aimed at understanding service and innovating service systems. This article sketches an outline and …

Annual Summary Of Grant And Contract Activity Fiscal Year 2009, Grants Development Office

Grants Development Office Reports

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Grants And Contracts Awarded In Fiscal Year 2009, Grants Development Office

Grants Development Office Reports

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Dissonance Reduction In Response To Emotional And Sexual Infidelity: Evidence For An Evolved Sexually Dimorphic Jealousy Mechanism, Triin Anton

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of the current research was to provide support for an evolutionary psychology perspective that views the brain as a modular device. According to this viewpoint, the brain is thought to have evolved to use information from the environment and the body to regulate behavior and bodily functions. The present research utilized a cognitive dissonance paradigm to evaluate the validity of the theory that sexual jealousy is an evolved, sex-linked psychological mechanism and that the reactions of men and wmoen differ. A total of 100 California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) students participated in this study.

A Cross -Cultural Research About Advertising Practices For Self-Image Projective Products Between The United States And Thailand, Pasinee Kaewmesri

Theses Digitization Project

This study performs a content analysis of the degree of standardization in print advertisements for self-image projective products. Catagories include perfumes, cosmetics jewelry, and women's apparel and accessories.

United States Mainland Speakers' Use Of Hawaiian Creole English And Standard American English Across Social Situations, Nicole Kaylani Kanahele Stutz

Theses Digitization Project

This study will focus on Hawaiian Creole English and standard American English (HCE/SAE) speakers who grew up in Hawai'i and relocated to the mainland as adults, and how their use of HCE and SAE varies across different social situations. In Hawai'i much of the population speaks Hawaiian Creole English and Standard American English, speakers often code-switch between the two varieties. Fluency in HCE and SAE differs among speakers, and this fact has implications for communication in a preferred language variety in particular social situations.

Moral And Familial Automatisms: Religious And Cultural Myth As Fuels For Domestic Violence, Amber DeneéN Gray

Theses Digitization Project

This research will examine whether or not religion, as an aspect of culture and cultural mythologies, acts as a fuel for domestic violence. Because the recidivism rate of domestic violence is not being diminished, the focus of this thesis aims to create a new paradigm, by which families in crisis can be assisted.

Presumpscot River Watershed Cd Resource Guide For Teachers, A Product Of The Presumpscot River Targeted Watershed Initiative Grant, Robert M. Sanford Phd, Sarah Plummer, Rosemary Mosher, Matthew Craig

Publications

Overview

This CD resource guide accompanies a series of maps made available to teachers1 for educational use. The maps cover basic geographical data within the Presumpscot watershed in southern Maine, including past and present settlement patterns, dam location, population density, surface water quality classifications, and amount of land that has been paved over or built upon (impervious surfaces). Scientists, scholars, conservation experts, land use managers, and the public use such maps to understand resource issues and help make better decisions about them. This CD provides opportunities for students to explore environmental issues in their own watershed using a Geographic Information …

Biomechanics Of Running Indicates Endothermy In Bipedal Dinosaurs, Herman Pontzer, Vivian Allen, John R. Hutchinson

Open Access Publications

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Washington University School Of Medicine Bulletin, 2009

Washington University School of Medicine Bulletins

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Crackers In The Glade: Life And Times In The Old Everglades By Rob Storter And Betty Savidge Briggs, Michael Jepson

Tampa Bay History

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The Editor, The Preface, And The Eighteenth-Century Edition: A Critical Bibliographic Study, Jessica Jost-Costanzo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Scholarly editions became entrenched as published texts during the eighteenth century. This dissertation considers the contributions of editors to their specific editions and, ultimately, the editorial project. Forty-five editions, some well-known and some obscure, are critically and bibliographically analyzed in four cross-referenced chapters. The first chapter deals with editions of autobiography and memoirs. The second chapter examines editions of women's texts. Chapter three focuses on family editions (in which the editor is a family member of the author), and the fourth and final chapter addresses colonial editions. Such a study reveals that eighteenth-century editors were interested in diverse texts. Furthermore, …

On Whether Or Not Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology Of Lived Body Experience Can Enrich St. Thomas Aquinas's Integral Anthropology, Joshua Miller

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

I argue that Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of lived body experience can be used to enrich Aquinas's integral anthropology. In Chapter One I lay out the possibilities of such an enrichment by examining contemporary philosophers of mind who draw on Aquinas and Merleau-Ponty in strikingly similar ways. Analytical Thomists, as represented by Eric LaRock, and thinkers seeking to integrate neuropsychology and phenomenology, like Ralph Ellis, argue that that the concept of form (taken from Aquinas and Merleau-Ponty respectively) is necessary for properly understanding the human being as an integral unity of intellectual principle and body. I then pose potential objections to my …