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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Anthropologist As Progressive Reformer: Franz Boaz And The Scientific Battle Against American Racism, Thomas J. Horton
The Anthropologist As Progressive Reformer: Franz Boaz And The Scientific Battle Against American Racism, Thomas J. Horton
Thomas J. Horton
This thesis discusses Franz Ur Boas's legacy as an anthropologist and progressive social reformer in battling racism in early twentieth-century America. The hypothesis affirms that Boas, " the father of American anthropology," developed the science of anthropology with the progressive goal of building scientific support for the cultural values of equal opportunity and cultural pluralism.
The Menace Of Security, Chandan Gowda
Basket Making In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Basket Making In The Mammoth Cave Area (Fa 98), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 98. Project entitled "Basket Making in the Mammoth Cave Area." Interviews with basket makers concerning the history, process, marketing and distribution, social attitudes, historical patterns and aesthetics of basket making. Only transcriptions of the interviews were donated. Interviews were conducted by WKU students in Lynwood Montell's Folk Art and Technology class, Fall 1977; also includes one 1974 interview.
Assessment Of Human Trabecular Architecture In The Pubis By Three Radiographic Modalities, Andrew D. Wade, Andrew J. Nelson, Gregory J. Garvin, David W. Holdsworth
Assessment Of Human Trabecular Architecture In The Pubis By Three Radiographic Modalities, Andrew D. Wade, Andrew J. Nelson, Gregory J. Garvin, David W. Holdsworth
Anthropology Presentations
This poster discusses technical aspects of an investigation into the use of non-destructive radiological analyses of pubic cancellous bone structure to estimate age-at-death from human skeletal remains. This study stems from findings, in X-ray plain films, of increased rarification and orientation of trabeculae with age [1]; likely in concert with the macroscopic remodelling of the symphyseal surface currently used in estimation of age-at-death.
The study uses three non-destructive X-ray imaging modalities: plain film radiography, computed tomography (CT), and micro-CT (μCT). Plain film radiography has greater spatial resolution than CT [2] and is relatively inexpensive, widely available, and, with portable X-ray …
Historical Assessment And Archeological Survey Of 4.9 Miles Of Fm 2092 From Menard To Fivemile Crossing, Menard County, Texas, Jennifer K. Mcwilliams, Douglas K. Boyd, Celine Finney
Historical Assessment And Archeological Survey Of 4.9 Miles Of Fm 2092 From Menard To Fivemile Crossing, Menard County, Texas, Jennifer K. Mcwilliams, Douglas K. Boyd, Celine Finney
Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State
This preliminary report describes historical research and an intensive archeological survey conducted for a 4.9-mile-long stretch of FM 2092 in Menard County by Prewitt and Associates, Inc. The work was performed for the Texas Department of Transportation in conjunction with a road improvement project beginning at the eastern Menard city limit and extending eastward to just beyond Fivemile Crossing. Crossing over Pleistocene and Holocene alluvial terraces of the San Saba River, the project area is located in a high-probability area for buried prehistoric sites and has a dynamic history of intensive use since Spanish colonial times. Investigations included geoarcheological mapping, …
Construir, Destruir Y Escribir La Ciudad: Iglesia, Industria Y Guerra En Querétaro (1839-1881), Alexander Montoya Prada
Construir, Destruir Y Escribir La Ciudad: Iglesia, Industria Y Guerra En Querétaro (1839-1881), Alexander Montoya Prada
Alexander Montoya Prada
A mediados del siglo XIX en la ciudad mexicana de Querétaro, las fábricas de Cayetano Rubio, el proceso de desamortización de bienes de la Iglesia y el sitio militar de 1867 contra las tropas del emperador Maximiliano, cambiaron su paisaje urbano y la forma en que lo vivían e interpretaban los lugareños y visitantes. La industria, la iglesia y la guerra, se constituían en tres dimensiones fundamentales de la historia y la vida de la ciudad, que son tratadas en la “Guía del viajero en Querétaro. Apuntes históricos, geográficos y estadísticos de la ciudad”, escrita por Celestino Díaz. Sobre este …
Responses To Innovation In An Insecure Environment In Rural Nepal, Kimber Haddix Mckay, Alex Zahnd, Catherine Lee Sanders, Govinda Nepali
Responses To Innovation In An Insecure Environment In Rural Nepal, Kimber Haddix Mckay, Alex Zahnd, Catherine Lee Sanders, Govinda Nepali
Anthropology Faculty Publications
Humla District in Nepal is a very remote area, prone to food shortages and characterized by a harsh environment. The livelihoods of agropastoralists in this district became much more vulnerable during the recent Maoist insurgency, and this vulnerability was particularly acute in some areas. As a result, people in different villages responded quite differently to an externally funded holistic community development project-one of the only projects the Maoists allowed to proceed with in Humla during the height of the unrest. Villagers' responses to this health- and conservation-oriented development project seem to correlate most closely with socioeconomic status and ability to …
Beyond Confronting The Myth Of Racial Democracy: The Role Of Afro-Brazilian Women Scholars And Activists, Nathalie Lebon
Beyond Confronting The Myth Of Racial Democracy: The Role Of Afro-Brazilian Women Scholars And Activists, Nathalie Lebon
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Faculty Publications
This paper offers a synopsis of the current scholarship mapping the social and economic exclusion of women of African descent in Brazil. It highlights the work of and role played by Afro-Brazilian women scholars and activists in redressing the paucity, until recently, of basic data and research on the life conditions of women of African descent. Finally, it provides some initial thoughts on the national and transnational dynamics of knowledge production underlying this state of affairs.
Colombian State Human Rights Policies, Winifred Tate
Colombian State Human Rights Policies, Winifred Tate
Winifred L. Tate
No abstract provided.
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
Anthropology During Wartime, John Fox
Anthropology During Wartime, John Fox
John Fox
Op-ed critiquing the ethics of a Pentagon program enlisting anthropologists to serve on "Human Terrain Teams" in army combat units in Afghanistan
Alternatives Routes To Permanency: Is Adoption Always The Best Option, Mirah Riben
Alternatives Routes To Permanency: Is Adoption Always The Best Option, Mirah Riben
Mirah Riben
A presentation that asks if current adoption practices are optimally in the best interests of children and families they serve and offers family preserving options such as permanent legal guardianship or simple adoption in which the child rceeives the care he or she needs but doe snot involuntarily give up all ties to his or her family, genetics, and heredity.
The Silent Revolution, Chandan Gowda
Group Works To Raise Historic Indian's Head Rock From River, Steven Shaffer
Group Works To Raise Historic Indian's Head Rock From River, Steven Shaffer
Indian Head Rock Project
Article published in the Huntington Herald-Dispatch on the removal of Indian Head Rock from October 2, 2007.
Sdamp News - October 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina
Sdamp News - October 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina
Sport Diver Newsletters
Contents:
Archaeology Month 2007..... p.1
New MRD Website..... p.2
Letter from SDAMP..... p.2
Diver Forum..... p.3
"In This Here Place": Interpreting Enslaved Homeplaces, Whitney L. Battle_Baptiste
"In This Here Place": Interpreting Enslaved Homeplaces, Whitney L. Battle_Baptiste
Whitney Battle-Baptiste
No abstract provided.
Issue 51, Autumn 2007, Society Of Bead Researchers
Issue 51, Autumn 2007, Society Of Bead Researchers
The Bead Forum: Newsletter of the Society of Bead Researchers
Glass Trade Beads: An Assemblage Found on a Shipwreck off the Coast of West Africa, by Lisa Hopwood.
Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V03n3, Autumn 2007, Iowa Academy Of Science
Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V03n3, Autumn 2007, Iowa Academy Of Science
New Bulletin
Inside This Issue:
--Message from the Executive Director
--Iowa Science Teachers Section Fall Conference
--Myrle Burk Scholarship Winners
--Project WET Update
--Academy Awards
--Opportunities for Learning
--ISTS Fall Conference Workshops
--Increasing Academy Membership and Recognition Across the State
--Financial Statement
Promoting Multi-Methods Research: Linking Anthropometric Methods To Migration Studies, Lisa Cliggett, Deborah L. Crooks
Promoting Multi-Methods Research: Linking Anthropometric Methods To Migration Studies, Lisa Cliggett, Deborah L. Crooks
Lisa Cliggett
The experience of migration includes costs and benefits to migrants and sending communities. In the tradition of a “letters” type discussion, this paper presents a synthesis of recent work from a longitudinal study from Zambia, Africa that used a mixed-methods approach to investigate the experience and outcomes of migration among the Gwembe Tonga. In this ethnographic study, we argue that including anthropometric methods in migration studies enhances our ability to empirically assess impacts of mobility to better understand the experience of migration. In this particular African context we see, on average, a beneficial outcome for migrants’ nutritional status, and livelihoods.
We Are What They Ate: A History Of Food In South Carolina - 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina
We Are What They Ate: A History Of Food In South Carolina - 2007, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina
Archaeology Month Posters
This poster was released in conjunction with South Carolina Archaeology Month, October 2007.
Los Afro-Descendientes De Buenos Aires: Mitos Y Realidades, William Cowles
Los Afro-Descendientes De Buenos Aires: Mitos Y Realidades, William Cowles
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
During the 19th century, the black population of Buenos Aires suffered a massive demographic decline that brought their population from roughly 30% of Buenos Aires in the beginning of the century to an almost invisible fraction. According to the popular Argentine historical myths, this decline was the product of several concrete factors, most importantly an outbreak of Yellow Fever and the various wars of 19th century Argentina in which the black population suffered heavy losses. However, the demographic facts and the historical evidence do not support this explanation. The historical reality of the decline of the black population in Buenos …
Atua Of The Aga: A Comparison Of Ancestor Worship In The Highlands Of Bali And Polynesia, Jamison Liang
Atua Of The Aga: A Comparison Of Ancestor Worship In The Highlands Of Bali And Polynesia, Jamison Liang
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
The purpose of this study is to understand the practice of ancestor worship among the Bali Aga village of Sukawana and its relation to how its inhabitants trace their origins. When did their ancestors arrive in Sukawana and where did they come from? Did any of their descendents continue to migrate across Indonesia? And how do the Bali Aga practice ancestor reverence through the use of shrines and temples—tangible evidence—in their villages? The responses to these questions provided a platform for comparison to current anthropological, linguistic, and archaeological theories in order to understand how locally constructed truth in Sukawana related …
The Musician Is The Messenger: Islam And Jaliya In Mandinka Music, Blake Walker
The Musician Is The Messenger: Islam And Jaliya In Mandinka Music, Blake Walker
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This paper explores the complex dynamics at play surrounding jalis, or professional praisesingers, in the culture of the Mandinka people of West Africa. Jalis, almost certainly present among the Mandinka prior to the arrival of Islam in the area, remain one of the strongest reminders of pre-Islamic culture in Mandinka society. However, the art and social roles of the jali have undergone numerous transformations in adapting, conforming to, and sometimes challenging Muslim cultural norms. This paper explores some of the means by which the two cultural fountainheads of Islam and West Africa are reconciled by jalis and other members of …
Mame Coumba Bang: A Living Myth And Evolving Legend, Michelle Margoles
Mame Coumba Bang: A Living Myth And Evolving Legend, Michelle Margoles
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This paper seeks to discover the story of the goddess Mame Coumba Bang, to examine her origins, and to analyze it as myth or legend. Through interviews, surveys, and few written documents, it investigates various aspects of the story of Mame Coumba Bang, including descriptions of the goddess, rituals, encounters, and manifestations of her existence. It also looks at the origins of the story and the ways it corresponds with Muslim beliefs. In analyzing the findings, it is found that Mame Coumba Bang is both a legend that is varied and evolving, as well as a myth that remains a …
Leprosy: A Study Of Identity Through A “Marginalized” Population, Aarti Bhatt
Leprosy: A Study Of Identity Through A “Marginalized” Population, Aarti Bhatt
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
People of all different cultures use identity as a way of mediating with surrounding institutional structures and personal communities. Identity however, is not a concrete idea but a multidimensional and dynamic condition. For communities of so called "marginalized people" an identity perceived or created from the outside and imposed can have drastic implications on a person's capacity to act as an agent. Stefen Ecks argues for the value of ethnographic study from the point of view of the marginal people, going on to say that "this is of critical importance since marginality puts health most under stress when it is …
The Story Of Eej Khad: Mother Spirit Of The Earth And Her Children, Ethan Gohen
The Story Of Eej Khad: Mother Spirit Of The Earth And Her Children, Ethan Gohen
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This paper is an attempt to collect and present knowledge on the subject of Eej Khad, which translates to Mother Rock, in one single place. Since very little has been written about Eej Khad, it is an attempt to preserve knowledge that might easily be lost. Eej Khad is a widely popular granite rock in central Mongolia that worshippers believe has the power to fulfill their dreams. The information presented in this paper is collected almost entirely from interviews with people willing to share what they know or believe about Eej Khad. It does not judge the opinions of individuals, …
Masyarakat Tionghoa: Singaraja’S Chinese Community, Tammy Lew Lee Kreznar
Masyarakat Tionghoa: Singaraja’S Chinese Community, Tammy Lew Lee Kreznar
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
No abstract provided.
A Place In The World: Mh2o’S Construction Of A Peripheral Identity, Ryan Schutt
A Place In The World: Mh2o’S Construction Of A Peripheral Identity, Ryan Schutt
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Hip Hop and, more specifically, Rap music, has been a culture rooted in the notion of the social periphery, the section of society excluded from mainstream, capitalist, bourgeois society. It has historically been a way for this voiceless, disenfranchised, and alienated population to criticize, question, and protest its societal position. The Movimento do Hip-Hop Organizado uses this medium as a way of politicizing and mobilizing the excluded members of Brazilian society. Using Hip-Hop, the organization constructs a socially informed, politically aware, and critically conscious community that is united through their common identification with Hip-Hop culture and MH2O. The case is …
Kaya Hip-Hop In Coastal Kenya: The Urban Poetry Of Ukoo Flani, Divinity Lashelle Barkley
Kaya Hip-Hop In Coastal Kenya: The Urban Poetry Of Ukoo Flani, Divinity Lashelle Barkley
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
In the global world of the 21st Century, music is one of the few things that has the ability to cross physical as well as cultural borders, which is why my Independent Study Project (ISP) focuses on the role of hip-hop music in the youth culture in Kenya’s largest coastal city, Mombasa. Throughout history, music has proven its artistic power; inspiring people to resist oppression, challenge inequality, and even claim salvation.
This enduring characteristic of music is central to my ISP which explores the emergence of hip-hop in Kenya as well as the evolution of Ukoo Flani, one of the …
An Ancient Practice: Scarification And Tribal Marking In Ghana, Alyssa Irving
An Ancient Practice: Scarification And Tribal Marking In Ghana, Alyssa Irving
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
My research on tribal marking and face scarring took place in various parts of the country, but much of the information comes from the residents of Gwollu. By interviewing different people belonging to different regions and ethnic groups throughout the country, I was able to discover the main uses for marking: medical use, decoration, spiritual protection, and tribe or family identification (these marks specifically for ID can be referred to as tribal marks). This paper sweeps over the origins of marking and how it became quite important during slave raiding, but has various uses and implications in modern times. This …