Café Para Todos: A Critical Narrative Of Bilingual Education Policy And Practice In Monolingual Spain,
2018
Humboldt State University
Café Para Todos: A Critical Narrative Of Bilingual Education Policy And Practice In Monolingual Spain, Grant A. Skoglund
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
This research presents an ethnographic account of English bilingual programs in public Spanish high schools, exploring not only how such programs currently function in the eyes of stakeholders, but also the significance of bilingualism in the context of an English Imperative perspective. This perspective, shown to be widely adopted by research participants, sees English as a practical necessity in contemporary Spanish society for future success in a globalized world. The objective of this research is to situate bilingual policy and programing within a larger socio-economic and political context and elucidate the attitudes and opinions of key policy actors – students …
Producing "Fabulous": Commodification And Ethnicity In Hair Braiding Salons,
2017
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Producing "Fabulous": Commodification And Ethnicity In Hair Braiding Salons, Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Greensword
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Black women wearing fabulous braids are a striking feature of the Afro-diasporic cultural landscape. However, the braiders and salon owners who enable this aesthetic engineering are seldom acknowledged. This dissertation investigates the experience and role of Caribbean and West and Central African women in the hair braiding industry, a rapidly growing business in the U.S. I address the complexity of these women’s multiple social roles and the multiple consciousness (King, 1988) associated with their demographic characteristics (color, ethnicity, gender, nationality, and immigrant status). The commonalities between the braiders and their mostly African American customers contrast vividly with their perception of …
Parallels Between The U.S. And Russia: The Trump Administration,
2017
Bowling Green State University
Parallels Between The U.S. And Russia: The Trump Administration, Andrew S. Langmeier
International ResearchScape Journal
Russia has come up repeatedly in discussions of Donald Trump and the current U.S. administration. In time for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution, this paper aims to describe the importance and interconnectedness of image, information, hegemony, and power by exploring connections between the U.S. and Russia. An interdisciplinary approach drawing from fields such as cultural studies, linguistics, and anthropology will be applied to selected events and actions of the Trump administration. This study provides a method of framing US political events against Russian history and contemporary reality.
Hermeneutic Philosophies Of Social Science: Introduction,
2017
Fordham University
Hermeneutic Philosophies Of Social Science: Introduction, Babette Babich
Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections
No abstract provided.
Typography And The Evolution Of Hebrew Alphabetic Script: Writing Method Of The Sofer,
2017
Xavier University of Louisiana
Typography And The Evolution Of Hebrew Alphabetic Script: Writing Method Of The Sofer, Shayna Tova Blum
Faculty and Staff Publications
Typography is the study of language letterforms, phonographic alphabetic characters that, when combined with additional characters, form words and/or sentences to express an idea and communicate a message to an audience. The history of typographic design dates back to early civilization and the invention of alphabetic writing systems, formulated and processed through the literary skills of the Hebrew Scribe Ezra whose knowledge and practice offered a significant contribution within a predominantly oral society. By examining the history of Hebrew typography through the discourse of biblical writing systems and alphabetic design, the article addresses the development of Hebrew scripts evolving from …
Music, Politics, And Sociality: Ethnic Tensions And The Performance Of Gikuyu Nationalism,
2017
University of New Mexico
Music, Politics, And Sociality: Ethnic Tensions And The Performance Of Gikuyu Nationalism, Peter Njagi Mwangi
Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs
This thesis examines how some selected Gikuyu popular music propagates ethnic tensions in Kenya by promoting Gikuyu nationalism at the expense of Kenyan nationalism. This music derives its themes from the historical period of the Mau Mau armed struggle against British colonists and connects this struggle with everyday experiences of the Gikuyu people. Memory and the performance of everyday life in this music solidifies the Gikuyu community as tied to a common destiny and distances other Kenyan communities from this destiny. The music consolidates Gikuyu ethnic nationalism and authenticates the position of the community as superior and a dominant force …
Amazonia In The Anthropocene: Peoples, Soils, Plants, Forests,
2017
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amazonia In The Anthropocene: Peoples, Soils, Plants, Forests, John Ben Soileau
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
A Few Days With Bill Vickers: Quietly Advancing Indigenous Rights,
2017
Trinity University
A Few Days With Bill Vickers: Quietly Advancing Indigenous Rights, Ted Macdonald
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
The Political Man As A Sick Animal: On The “Ideology Of Kisêdjê Political Leadership”,
2017
University of São Paulo
The Political Man As A Sick Animal: On The “Ideology Of Kisêdjê Political Leadership”, André Drago
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
Eloquent, wise, generous; in short, “exemplary,” Kisêdjê political leaders are also said to be “animal-like” dangerous beings. For Anthony Seeger, this “ideological ambivalence” expresses the contradiction which constitutes the leader’s position-function, whose “political power” working at the center of the village derives from peripheral kinship affiliations. Moreover, supposed to withhold the group’s “norms”, he is surprisingly entitled to violate them–primarily, he is exempted from uxorilocality. I try to demonstrate that the inflections the leader subjects patterns of kinship-making process alter his body and agency, rendering him more or less human and, therefore, capable of mediating between the Kisêdjê and their …
Sex Roles And Social Change In Amazonian Ecuador,
2017
Florida International University
Sex Roles And Social Change In Amazonian Ecuador, William T. Vickers
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
“Don Guillermo” Or William Vickers Among The Secoya,
2017
University of Bonn
“Don Guillermo” Or William Vickers Among The Secoya, María Susana Cipolletti
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Upper Perené Arawak Narratives Of History, Landscape, And Ritual,
2017
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Upper Perené Arawak Narratives Of History, Landscape, And Ritual, Fernando Santos-Granero
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Images Of Public Wealth Or The Anatomy Of Well-Being In Indigenous Amazonia,
2017
University of Iowa
Images Of Public Wealth Or The Anatomy Of Well-Being In Indigenous Amazonia, Michael Chibnik
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
William Vickers And Gender Studies Of The 1970s,
2017
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
William Vickers And Gender Studies Of The 1970s, E. Jean Langdon
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Bill Vickers’ Modern Political Transformation,
2017
Terra Group
Bill Vickers’ Modern Political Transformation, Robert Wasserstrom
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
William T. Vickers’ Contribution To Secoya Ethnobotany,
2017
Foundatión Raíz Ecuador
William T. Vickers’ Contribution To Secoya Ethnobotany, Pablo Yépez, Stella De La Torre
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Bill Vickers: A Pioneer In Engaged And Dialogic Anthropology,
2017
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Bill Vickers: A Pioneer In Engaged And Dialogic Anthropology, E. Jean Langdon
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Remembrances Of Bill Vickers: Early And Late Career Activities,
2017
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Remembrances Of Bill Vickers: Early And Late Career Activities, Norman E. Whitten Jr.
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
Introduction: Remembering William T. Vickers (1942–2016),
2017
Terra Group
Introduction: Remembering William T. Vickers (1942–2016), Robert Wasserstrom
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
No abstract provided.
“Being Flexible”: Reflections On How An Anthropological Theory Spills Into The Contemporary Political Life Of An Amazonian People,
2017
University of Copenhagen
“Being Flexible”: Reflections On How An Anthropological Theory Spills Into The Contemporary Political Life Of An Amazonian People, Stine Krøijer
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
This article examines the work of William T. Vickers and describes how his theory about the flexible adaptation of the Siona-Secoya to their forested environment has spilled into their contemporary political life. Based on recurring fieldwork among the Secoya in Northeastern Ecuador, the article shows that “being flexible” has become a particular way of talking about and managing relations to powerful outsiders such as representatives of oil companies and government officials. The article brings together ethnography on the Secoya’s relationship to Occidental Petroleum Company in 1999–2001 and their turn to oil palm cultivation as subcontractors to a plantation company after …
