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Earth Movers, Marion Lloyd

Marion Lloyd

For much of the last half century, archaeologists viewed the South American rain forest as a "counterfeit paradise," a region whose inhospitable environment precluded the development of complex societies. But new research suggests that prehistoric man found ways to overcome the jungle's natural limitations -- and to thrive in this environment in large numbers.

Debating Violence In Colombia, Winifred Tate

Winifred L. Tate

No abstract provided.

Mobile Gis And Archaeological Survey, Nicholas Tripcevich

Nicholas Tripcevich, Ph.D.

This paper will describe archaeological research recently conducted in southern Peru where archaeological features were recorded entirely within a mobile Geographical Information System (or GIS). I will present an overview of the technology, and then briefly demonstrate our implementation of the system that was used while camping at high altitude at an obsidian source, and then I’ll discuss the benefits and drawbacks of mobile GIS. Ultimately we must ask if it will contribute to better archaeology, or does mobile GIS merely add finer spatial resolution and more delicate technology to existing field methods?

Interfaces: Mobile Gis In Archaeological Survey, Nicholas Tripcevich

Nicholas Tripcevich, Ph.D.

Research needs dictate whether mobile GIS data recording be expedient or thorough, and data acquisition can allow for flexibility with varied or unpredictable field conditions. By giving researchers access to large digital datasets and spatial analysis tools while in the field, mobile GIS facilitates the data acquisition process and can contribute to the quality and the efficiency of fieldwork. In this study, the implementation of ESRI Arcpad 6 in a high-altitude archaeological survey project in Peru presented challenges to the mobile GIS system that are common to many mobile GIS-based scientific fieldwork projects. The paper discusses the benefits and the …

Labels Of African American Ballers: A Historical Contemporary Investigation Of African American Male Youth's Depletions From America's Favorite Pastime 1885-2000, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

No abstract provided.

Spine Pathology And Disability At Lesbos, Greece, Anastasia Tsaliki

Dr Anastasia Tsaliki, PhD

No abstract provided.

Constructions Of Genealogies Of Knowledge As Academic Apartheid: Beginning To Analyze The Displacement Of Oliver C. Cox In World Systems Theory And Anthropology, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.

No Room For Peace: The U.S. Role In Colombian Peace Processes, Winifred Tate

Winifred L. Tate

No abstract provided.

Locating Global Legacies In Tana Toraja, Indonesia, Kathleen Adams

Kathleen M. Adams

The Genesis Of Touristic Imagery: Politics And Poetics In The Creation Of A Remote Indonesian Island Destination, Kathleen Adams

Kathleen M. Adams

Although the construction and amplification of touristically celebrated peoples’ Otherness on global mediascapes has been well documented, the genesis of touristic imagery in out of the way locales, where tourism is embryonic at best, has yet to be examined. This article explores the emergent construction of touristic imagery on the small, sporadically visited Eastern Indonesian island of Alor during the 1990s. In examining the ways in which competing images of Alorese people are sculpted by both insiders and outsiders, this article illustrates the politics and power dynamics embedded in the genesis of touristic imagery. Ultimately, I argue that even in …

In The Name Of The Nation: Reflections On Nationalism And Patriotism, Rogers Brubaker

Rogers Brubaker

Treating nationhood as a political claim rather than an ethnocultural fact, this paper asks how “nation” works as a category of practice, a political idiom, a claim. What does it mean to speak “in the name of the nation”? And how should one assess the practice of doing so? Taking issue with the widely held view that “nation” is an anachronistic and indefensible or at least deeply suspect category, the paper sketches a qualified defence of inclusive forms of nationalism and patriotism in the contemporary American context, arguing that they can help develop more robust forms of citizenship, provide support …

Emergency Needs Assessment Guidelines. World Food Program., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

A Change Of Heart: A Cultural Study Of Heart Disease And Depression In Post-Socialist Germany, Mary Fechner

Mary Fechner

No abstract provided.

Regional Quantitative Methods Workshop, Ohrid, Macedonia. Care International, Middle East And Europe Regional Management Unit (Mermu)., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Dhandha, Dharma And Disease: Traditional Sex Work And Hiv/Aids In Rural India, J. O'Neil, Treena Orchard, J. Swarankar, J. Blanchard, K. Gurav, B. Barlaya, R. Patil, C. Hussain Khan, S. Moses

Dr. Treena Orchard

This paper discusses the results of two ethnographic studies with female sex workers in rural areas of Karnataka and Rajasthan, India. In particular, we focus on women whose socio-economic status, and religious and occupational practices, are part of sex work systems that have historical precedents such that they can be termed “traditional” sex workers. The approach taken in the ethnographic work was informed by current critical approaches in medical anthropology and public health. The paper argues that in the context of an expanding HIV/AIDS epidemic in rural areas of India, understanding the historical and structural factors that operate to perpetuate …

Foreword, Peter Gottschalk

Peter Gottschalk

No abstract provided.

Macroeconomic And Financial Sector Comparison With Saarc And Asean Countries, Safdar Khan

Safdar Khan

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Two distinct regional associations, SAARC and ASEAN, comprise over seventeen different economies of Asia. These economies differ from each other in terms of their age, size and economic performance. However, some comparisons can be drawn between these intra-regional economies on the basis of economic and financial performance for a uniform period of observation, spanning from 1990 to 2003.1 This chapter discusses the financial sector indicators of the SAARC and ASEAN countries under the framework of macroeconomic performance, with the objective of assessing the level of Pakistan’s performance in comparison with these countries.

Emerging Hispanic English: New Dialect Formation In The American South, Walt Wolfram, Phillip M. Carter, Rebecca Moriello

Phillip M. Carter

Although stable Hispanic populations have existed in some regions of the United States for centuries, other regions, including the mid-Atlantic South, are just experiencing the emergence of permanent Hispanic communities. This situation o¡ers an ideal opportunity to examine the dynamics of new dialect formation in progress, and the extent to which speakers acquire local dialect traits as they learn English as a second language.We focus on the pro- duction of the /ai/ diphthong among adolescents in two emerging Hispanic communities, one in an urban and one in a rural context. Though both English and Spanish have the diphthong /ai/, the …

Dynamics Of Hiv/Aids In The Fishing Communities Of Benin And Uganda. Food And Agriculture Organization, Hiv/Aids Program., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Female And Male Student Athletes' Perceptions Of Career Transition In Sport And Higher Education: A Visual Elicitation And Qualitative Assessment, C. Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

The termination of a collegiate athletic career is inevitable for all student athletes. The purpose of this study was to explore student athletes’ perceptions of the athletic career transition process. One-hundred-andforty- three (n = 143) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II student athletes were administered the Life After Sports Scale (LASS) designed by the authors. The LASS is a 58-item mixed method inventory. The scope of this inquiry explored the qualitative section, which examined participants’ perceptions that were visually primed with a narrative description of a student athlete who made the transition out of collegiate sport successfully. Three major …

Market Assistance Pilot Program (Mapp) Household Baseline Survey. For Catholic Relief Services And The Consortium For Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-Safe)., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

College Students' Perceptions, Myths, And Stereotypes About African American Athleticism: A Qualitative Investigation, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

Examining the ‘natural’ athlete myth and utilizing the recent literature on cultural/social factors in athleticism, this study through survey research examines the myth of the ‘natural’ African American athlete. Participants consist of 301 university students from a large, traditionally White, midwest institution. The primary research question is to determine the attitudes of college students in terms of how they perceive the success of the African American athlete in certain sports. The purpose is to assess participants’ perceptions of the African American athlete and their opinion as to whether or not African American athletes are superior in certain sports (football, basketball, …

Ethnicity, Migration, And Statehood In Post-Cold War Europe, Rogers Brubaker

Rogers Brubaker

No abstract provided.

Ethnicity As Cognition, Rogers Brubaker, Mara Loveman, Peter Stamatov

Rogers Brubaker

This article identi¢es an incipient and largely implicit cognitive turn in the study of ethnicity, and argues that it can be consolidated and extended by drawing on cognitive research in social psychology and anthropology. Cognitive perspectives provide resources for conceptualizing ethnicity, race, and nation as perspectives on the world rather than entities in the world, for treating ethnicity, race, and nationalism together rather than as separate subfields, and for re-specifying the old debate between primordialist and circumstantialist approaches.

Language, Power, And Social Interaction (Fall 2004 Syllabus), Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

The objective of this course is to critically examine the role of language in articulating, maintaining, and subverting relations of power in society. We will ground our study by first looking at basic ideas on linguistic relativity, the idea that one adjusts to reality in large part through language. Then, we will explore the many dimensions of power in society and the role that language plays in this diagram of power. We will focus specifically on media language and political language; and critically analyze examples of discourse in an attempt to understand the power relations that undergird social interactions. This …

Taiwan, Chien-Juh Gu, Rita Gallin

Chien-Juh Gu

No abstract provided.

Regional Quantitative Methods Workshop, Cairo, Egypt. Care International, Middle East And Europe Regional Management Unit (Mermu)., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

The Paq'tnkek Mi'kmaq And Ka't (American Eel): A Case Study Of Cultural Relations, Meanings And Prospects, Anthony A. Davis Dr,, John Wagner Dr., Kerry Prosper, Mary Jane Paulette

Anthony A. Davis Dr,

In September 1999 the Supreme Court of Canada, in R. v Marshall, affirmed that Atlantic Canada’s Mi’kmaq First Nation possessed a treaty-based right to derive a modest livelihood from commercial fisheries. This ruling has altered the fisheries’ political, social and economic landscape permanently. In so doing, it has positioned the Mi’kmaq and other Canadian First Nations to assume a leadership role in reshaping natural resource management policies and priorities. In this essay we first review the ways and means that R. v Marshall has been implemented, with a view to clarifying the current position of the Mi’kmaq within Atlantic Canadian …

Two Yankee Women At The St. Louis Fair: The Metcalf Sister And Their Bagobo Sojourn In Mindanao, Cherubim A. Quizon

Cherubim A Quizon

Review Of Mary Talbot, Karen Atkinson, And David Atkinson's (2003) Language And Power In The Modern World, Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

No abstract provided.