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Does Our Being There Change What We Come To Study?, Lindsey King Jun 2022

Does Our Being There Change What We Come To Study?, Lindsey King

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

While documenting an ex-voto tradition in a small Roman Catholic shrine town in Northeast Brazil where pilgrims craft mimetic offerings in payment for a spiritual healing, I began to see subtle changes in the manufacture of and interest shown in these offerings. Was this just a coincidence or did my traveling from the United States with expensive cameras and recording equipment spark this change? In this discussion, I examine the “art” of anthropology, delving into the question of how our gaze may be changing the material traditions that we travel to study and what linking changes this may bring to …

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Style And Configuration In Prehistoric Iconography, Vernon James Knight Jr. Jun 2022

Style And Configuration In Prehistoric Iconography, Vernon James Knight Jr.

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

The iconography of ancient art has to do with making propositions about what that art depicts. Stylistic studies, in contrast, make propositions about the sharedness of formal properties with other objects. These can be done separately. Although many iconographic analyses of ancient art proceed with little or no consideration of style, I argue that the two modes of analysis are interdependent. I offer a methodological case that stylistic analysis is logically prior to iconographic study in the domain of ancient art. This observation argues for a distinctively staged approach to the iconography of ancient objects, one in which detailed stylistic …

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Defining Art In The Gozo International Contemporary Arts Festival, Rachel Syka Jun 2022

Defining Art In The Gozo International Contemporary Arts Festival, Rachel Syka

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

This chapter explores the role of identity, place, and origin of the artists in the Gozo International Contemporary Arts Festival in Gozo, Malta. Based on research conducted in July 2010 for a summer field school in sociocultural anthropology, I draw on conversations with several of the artists showing their work, as well as interactions with local organizing officials, arts instructors, and Gozitan artists and craftspeople not directly involved in the exhibit. I argue that the event is a space in which central questions of Gozitan identity are actively addressed and negotiated, focusing particularly on the manner in which the international …

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Thomas Kinkade: Money, Class, And The Aesthetic Economy, Susan Falls Jun 2022

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 …

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A World Of Difference: Unity And Differentiation Among Ceramicists In Quinua, Ayacucho, Peru, Jennifer A. Vogt Jun 2022

A World Of Difference: Unity And Differentiation Among Ceramicists In Quinua, Ayacucho, Peru, Jennifer A. Vogt

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

This chapter analyzes local notions of authenticity drawing on ethnographic data collected during thirteen months of fieldwork in the rural village of Quinua, Peru. The author highlights how local ceramic artisans conceived of authenticity, which, it is argued, is encapsulated by local terms and material practices surrounding the concept of artesano verdadero. Artisans in Quinua share, borrow, and even “steal” designs from others. Within this context, artisans persistently evaluated each other based on these practices. Ultimately, the narratives artisans tell themselves and others about who they are, and are not, as artisans, thereby put forth claims about who counts and …

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Mirror Dance: Tourists, Artists, And First People Heritage In Botswana, Jessica Stephenson Jun 2022

Mirror Dance: Tourists, Artists, And First People Heritage In Botswana, Jessica Stephenson

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

Arts destined for the tourist market have long been devalued and set aside from serious study. They are considered mass-produced, artistically uninteresting, and inferior in quality. Recent scholarship counters these views; many forms of tourist art can be recognized as artistically inventive and conceptually complex authentic objects of significance to both client and artist. Here the paintings and prints created by artists affiliated with the Kuru Art Project in Botswana are considered as forms of autoethnography, after Mary Louis Pratt’s term for indigenous autobiographies created in the context of “contact zones.” Autoethnographies are received heterogeneously—in this case, as both nostalgic …

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A Memoir Of An Other, Robert C. Philen Jun 2022

A Memoir Of An Other, Robert C. Philen

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

I am the literary executor for my late partner, the prolific poet and essayist Reginald Shepherd. Shepherd often spoke of writing a memoir but never had the chance to do so before his death. However, the essays he wrote, his poetry, his correspondences, and other writings contain many, many fragments of memoiristic material in his voice. I am in the process of assembling these fragments into his posthumous memoir, and the project bears a strong relationship to the long tradition of ethnographic biographies, as well as being a strong example of bricolage and mythic thinking. Here, I will reflect on …

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Pocahontas And Rebecca: Two Tales Of A Captive, Margaret Williamson Huber Jun 2022

Pocahontas And Rebecca: Two Tales Of A Captive, Margaret Williamson Huber

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

The Jamestown colonists’ accounts of their capture of Pocahontas, her reactions to life among them, and the consequences for the success of the colony differ radically from the Mattaponi Indian oral history of the same events, published in 2007. Both versions present themselves as “true” — that is, objective reporting of real events; but the fact that each inverts the other raises questions of validity and, ultimately, of historiography in general. This paper argues that the question of veracity is irrelevant to our interpretation of these accounts. Instead, we must take them as representations of a culturally conceived reality—that is, …

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Disciplined Aesthetics: Fashioning Art And Anthropology, Brandon D. Lundy Jun 2022

Disciplined Aesthetics: Fashioning Art And Anthropology, Brandon D. Lundy

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Art As Distraction: Rocking The Farm, Daniel W. Ingersoll, Kathleen Butler Ingersoll Jun 2022

Art As Distraction: Rocking The Farm, Daniel W. Ingersoll, Kathleen Butler Ingersoll

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

Monumental architecture, massive statuary, and other art forms fascinate Westerners and tend to inspire positive judgments about past cultural virtuosity and sophistication. Like the pyramids of Egypt or the stone masonry of Machu Picchu, the moai (the statues) and ahu (stone platforms supporting moai) of Rapa Nui (a.k.a. Easter Island) have impressed, mystified, and preoccupied the Western cultural imagination since their encounter by Europeans. Explorers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and tourists are drawn to the monumental like moths to light—which is understandable—but that light also blinds. Here a case is made that for Rapa Nui the obsession for the monumental has led …

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Preface And Acknowledgments, Brandon D. Lundy Jun 2022

Preface And Acknowledgments, Brandon D. Lundy

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Front Matter, Including Table Of Contents, Journal Editors Jun 2022

Front Matter, Including Table Of Contents, Journal Editors

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Will The New State Laws On Fairness In Female Athletics And The Politics Of Transgender Athletes Create A New Sports Exception Under Title Ix?, Albert D. Clark Jun 2022

Will The New State Laws On Fairness In Female Athletics And The Politics Of Transgender Athletes Create A New Sports Exception Under Title Ix?, Albert D. Clark

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

In the Summer of 2021, many states across the nation entered into a cultural, social, and legal war pitting the rights of female athletes against those of transgender athletes. Louisiana Governor John Bell Edwards vetoed the legislation here in the state of Louisiana. In a special Veto session of the Louisiana Legislature, the House voted 68-30 to override, and the Senate 26-12 to override the Governor’s veto. Tthe Veto session failed as the House could not deliver on the minimum 70 votes they had promised and which were needed to override the Governor veto. Although the session ended upon the …

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Will More Technology In Accounting Become Another Barrier To Attracting And Retaining Black Students To The Profession?, Darlene Booth-Bell, Kristen E. Broady, Axsel Brown Jun 2022

Will More Technology In Accounting Become Another Barrier To Attracting And Retaining Black Students To The Profession?, Darlene Booth-Bell, Kristen E. Broady, Axsel Brown

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

Automation in the form of drones, machine learning, computer vision, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, and robotic software applications will continue to increase productivity and reduce the need for some workers. While there may not be an immediate reduction in accounting professionals, data analytics has begun to shift the primary skill sets needed for accountants in the United States and abroad. In this paper, we identify and discuss the main challenges the profession faces in attracting black students to the profession. Additionally, we present a theoretical discussion of the challenge of ensuring that as more accounting work moves from traditional …

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Tariffs, Trade Wars, And Protective Barriers: Should Louisianans Be Worried?, Albert D. Clark Jun 2022

Tariffs, Trade Wars, And Protective Barriers: Should Louisianans Be Worried?, Albert D. Clark

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

This paper is designed to give an overview as to how Tariffs as proposed and enacted by our current Federal Government came about and why citizens both in the U.S. and in the State of Louisiana might be affected.

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Contributors, Journal Editors Jun 2022

Contributors, Journal Editors

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Fair Fare?: Food As Contested Terrain In U. S. Prisons And Jails, Avi Brisman Jun 2022

Fair Fare?: Food As Contested Terrain In U. S. Prisons And Jails, Avi Brisman

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Teaching Anthropology Through Food, David M. Johnson Jun 2022

Teaching Anthropology Through Food, David M. Johnson

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Cherokee Snakebite Remedies, David Cozzo Jun 2022

Cherokee Snakebite Remedies, David Cozzo

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Ramps: Appalachian Delicacies That “Smells God-Awful, But Cures What Ails Ya”, Lisa J. Lefler Jun 2022

Ramps: Appalachian Delicacies That “Smells God-Awful, But Cures What Ails Ya”, Lisa J. Lefler

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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The Politics Of Traditional Foodways In The Arkansas Delta, C. Laine Gates, Justin M. Nolan, Mary Jo Schneider Jun 2022

The Politics Of Traditional Foodways In The Arkansas Delta, C. Laine Gates, Justin M. Nolan, Mary Jo Schneider

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Introduction, Lisa J. Lefler Jun 2022

Introduction, Lisa J. Lefler

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Front Matter, Including Table Of Contents, Journal Editors Jun 2022

Front Matter, Including Table Of Contents, Journal Editors

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society

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Stages Of Entrepreneurship In The International Arena: The Role Of Access To Capital And Developmental Support, Benjamin B. Boozer Jr. Jun 2022

Stages Of Entrepreneurship In The International Arena: The Role Of Access To Capital And Developmental Support, Benjamin B. Boozer Jr.

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

Background and Objective: Research addresses shortcomings in studies between a mature and developing economy within stages of development. Prior research has largely been homogenous with emphasis on overall development by country. This research isolates selected countries and stage – intentions, early stage, and established – of development. The main objective is to measure access to capital and developmental support in each stage of entrepreneurial development. Methods: The model considers four independent variables that measure financing, infrastructure, openness of the economy, and governmental support. A change variable isolates effects before and after the 2008 Financial Crisis. Secondary data were obtained from …

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Analysis Of The Comovement Of Unemployment In Midwestern States, Tammy Rapp Parker Jun 2022

Analysis Of The Comovement Of Unemployment In Midwestern States, Tammy Rapp Parker

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

The current paper investigates the interrelatedness of twelve Midwestern states through the comovement of unemployment rates. Due to their geographic location, we would anticipate similarities and comovement among macroeconomic variables. The results show that although most of the bivariate pairings do show a relationship. Five of the sixty-five pairings show no indication of cointegration among their unemployment rates. Each of these five pairings includes North Dakota. The paper investigates geographic and socioeconomic similarities between these states to try to explain these results.

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Baumol And Bowen Cost Effects In Research Universities, Robert E. Martin Jun 2022

Baumol And Bowen Cost Effects In Research Universities, Robert E. Martin

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

We estimate cost models for both public and private research universities and use partial differentials from these models to estimate different cost effects. The results suggest both Baumol’s cost disease and Bowen’s revenue theory drive cost higher and that Bowen effects are larger than Baumol effects. Tight revenue since 2008 reversed some declines in productivity and accelerated the trend in economizing on the use of tenure track faculty. This behavior under loose and tight revenue constraints is consistent with Bowen’s revenue theory.

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The Implications Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 Twenty Years Later, Jasmyn Linzy Jun 2022

The Implications Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 Twenty Years Later, Jasmyn Linzy

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

Define the process and experimental design of thesis As a scholarly thesis written by a Business Management Major with a concentration in Human Resource Management, this article shall outline one, the ethical and legal implications of Sarbane-Oxley Act of 2002 and two, its implications on business ethics. It is paramount that the foundation of this act is discussed in order to holistically comprehend the entirety of its impact on accounting practices today. Null Hypothesis Within business, there are laws, guidelines and rules that govern the quality of business ethics and investor trust. Businesses are expected to consistently maintain the mandates …

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Case Study Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.: Its Strategy During The Covid 19 Pandemic, James I. I. Schaap, Angel F. González Jun 2022

Case Study Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.: Its Strategy During The Covid 19 Pandemic, James I. I. Schaap, Angel F. González

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

Purpose The current paper presents the case of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. in the domain of gaming, entertainment, and lodging. Together with the top leadership and operators of Monarch, the authors investigated the timeline, business model, and strategic processes of the company, while exploring the markets that the company caters to. The research was focused on the following sub-domains: the company’s growth, business model, strategy, and operations. Design/methodology/approach The authors performed a review of the company’s literature and conducted interviews; for the part on company performance, the authors relied on in-house online data available of their financial statements, and …

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The Additional Burden Of The Bank Security Act On Community Banks In States With Casinos, Danielle Lewis Jun 2022

The Additional Burden Of The Bank Security Act On Community Banks In States With Casinos, Danielle Lewis

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

Deeply embedded compliance costs are difficult to account. We modeled non-interest expenses using all U.S. community banks and found the 2001 USA Patriot Act increased the compliance burdens, but particularly for banks with casinos in their state. Changes in policy pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act include Congress modernizing the BSA provisions because the rules leave excessive room for interpretation and subjectivity across examiners and courts. Additionally, a publication showing the effectiveness of BSA reporting could benefit bankers and help make compliance more cost efficient.

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Credit Market Innovations And Gross Domestic Income, Ellis Heath Jun 2022

Credit Market Innovations And Gross Domestic Income, Ellis Heath

Southern University College of Business E-Journal

In this paper I compare the effects of different credit variables on real output in the US. However, instead of using real Gross Domestic Product as a proxy for real output, I use real Gross Domestic Income. I use a VAR framework with generalized impulse response functions and generalized variance decompositions. I look at a credit aggregate and different credit spreads. I find that shocks to some credit variables can have significant effects on real output; the reaction, however, is a temporary one. Specifically, measures of the risk premium and the term premium have the most importance in explaining innovations …

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