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Curating Ali`I Collections: Responsibility, Sensibility, And Contextualization In Hawai'i-Based Museums, Halenakekanakalawai`aoMiloli`i Ka`ili`ehu Kapuni-Reynolds 2015 University of Denver

Curating Ali`I Collections: Responsibility, Sensibility, And Contextualization In Hawai'i-Based Museums, Halenakekanakalawai`Aomiloli`I Ka`Ili`Ehu Kapuni-Reynolds

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores the curation of aliʻi collections in the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum and the Lyman House Memorial Museum. The aliʻi were once the ruling class of Hawai'i, whose chiefly ranks and statuses reflected their prestigious and complicated moʻokūʻauhau (genealogies). Although the aliʻi are no longer a visible social class in Hawai'i, their moʻokūʻauhau (genealogies) and moʻolelo (stories) are continually honored and preserved within the walls of museums. Through the use of a research design that draws from multiple museologies, indigenous epistemologies, and anthropological theories and methods, I examine the physical care, storage, exhibition, and interpretation of aliʻi collections, …


Collaborating With Chicago Urban Communities: The Unforeseen Challenges Of Better Museum Practices, Dionisia Ann Mathios 2015 University of Denver

Collaborating With Chicago Urban Communities: The Unforeseen Challenges Of Better Museum Practices, Dionisia Ann Mathios

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis focuses on better museum practices, social justice museums, and the unforeseen challenges that museums encounter when collaborating and consulting with communities. More specifically, this project looks at the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) and the exhibit Report to the Public: An Untold Story of the Conservative Vice Lords (CVL), which was co-created with the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. Both Chicago institutions worked with public housing residents and the former CVL, a 1960s gang, to give voice to two often unheard communities. Through an anthropological and museum studies perspective, this thesis summarizes the history of museum practice as well …


Internationalization: Utilizing The University Museum, Adrienne Turnbull-Reilly 2015 University of Denver

Internationalization: Utilizing The University Museum, Adrienne Turnbull-Reilly

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A review of the literature on the nature of international education in the United States reveals that although most international students want to engage socially and academically with their peers, many encounter cultural, linguistic, and institutional obstacles. Using this information to guide interview questions and format workshops, the author explored the question of how university museums can contribute to a more holistic and enriching educational experience for international students on American campuses, using the University of Denver as a case study. Findings from workshops and interviews conducted by the author reveal similar obstacles (cultural, linguistic, and institutional) when engaging students …


The Honorable Z. Mae Perkins Jimison: Eloquent Warrior, Crystal Mikell Reynolds 2015 Indiana State University

The Honorable Z. Mae Perkins Jimison: Eloquent Warrior, Crystal Mikell Reynolds

Student Diversity Histories

The Honorable Z. ( Zilthia) Mae Perkins Jimison was a superior court judge, an attorney, and a faithful wife and mother. Her remarkable career of 35 years, started humbly in Indianapolis, Indiana, through her college years at Indiana State University where she became a leader in the Black Student Union and continued through her years as Marion County’s Superior Court Judge. This female warrior fought for the rights of all people and treated all people with dignity, kindness, and respect.


The Gravely House: A Case Study In Twentieth Century Archaeology And Material Culture, Jessica L. Clark 2015 Longwood University

The Gravely House: A Case Study In Twentieth Century Archaeology And Material Culture, Jessica L. Clark

Theses & Honors Papers

Material culture is the domain of the archaeologist. Like any science, the methods used and the answers sought in archaeology have changed, and continue to change, constantly adapting to the world in which they operate. Every century has its own legacy to be uncovered. The twentieth and twenty-first centuries are no exception to this, but their archaeological resources are only just beginning to be investigated. Through this research I sought to examine and represent the home of the Gravely family as a case study in archaeology of the early twentieth century. I first studied the historical record of the family …


Pvn Op 423 Excavation Report, Edward Mark Schortman 2015 Kenyon College

Pvn Op 423 Excavation Report, Edward Mark Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, 2015 Syracuse University

Front Matter

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

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A 17th-Century Glass Bead Factory At Hammersmith Embankment, London, England, Karlis Karklins, Laure Dussubieux, Ron G.V. Hancock 2015 Syracuse University

A 17th-Century Glass Bead Factory At Hammersmith Embankment, London, England, Karlis Karklins, Laure Dussubieux, Ron G.V. Hancock

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Excavations in 2001 and 2005 at Hammersmith Embankment in West London uncovered the remains of two glass furnaces with associated wasters relating to the manufacture of drawn glass beads during the second quarter of the 17th century. The site is significant as it represents the first archaeological evidence for the production of glass beads in post-medieval England. A preliminary study of the recovered material reveals the presence of 43 different bead varieties, many with stripes and multiple layers. While a number have not yet been observed elsewhere, a few have correlatives at a contemporary bead production site in Amsterdam, as …


Reviews And End Matter, 2015 Syracuse University

Reviews And End Matter

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

Photography of Personal Adornment, by Robert K. Liu, reviewed by Alice Scherer


Beads from Jablonec: A History in Beads, by Floor Kaspers, reviewed by Margret Carey


Journal: Borneo International Beads Conference 2015, edited by Heidi Munan and Anita MacGillivray, reviewed by Ann Armstrong


Pvn Op 411 Excavation Report, Edward Schortman 2015 Kenyon College

Pvn Op 411 Excavation Report, Edward Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.


Pvn Op 410 Excavation Report, Edward Schortman 2015 Kenyon College

Pvn Op 410 Excavation Report, Edward Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.


Ua68/14/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Folk Studies & Anthropology Administration, WKU Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua68/14/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Folk Studies & Anthropology Administration, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and during the administration of the Folk Studies and Anthropology Department.


Ua68/14/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Folk Studies & Anthropology Student Organizations, WKU Archives 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua68/14/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Folk Studies & Anthropology Student Organizations, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by student organizations associated with Folk Studies & Anthropology.


“Souls Under The Altar”: The ‘Soul’ And Related Anthropological Imagery In John’S Apocalypse, Larry L. Lichtenwalter 2015 Middle East University

“Souls Under The Altar”: The ‘Soul’ And Related Anthropological Imagery In John’S Apocalypse, Larry L. Lichtenwalter

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.


Indigenous Mexico Engages The 21st Century: A Multimedia-Enabled Text., Jay Sokolovsky 2015 University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Indigenous Mexico Engages The 21st Century: A Multimedia-Enabled Text., Jay Sokolovsky

Faculty Books

This innovative, interactive ethnography employs a range of media to explore the lives of the residents of a village set in the rugged mountains overlooking Mexico City, focusing on how these villagers react and adapt to a rapidly globalized world. Students can view the evolving life of San Jerónimo Amanalco and its region over the past four decades through print, web-embedded, and e-reader enabled resources. This book-offers a multimedia approach, including archival images and documents, original photographs, audio recordings, and extensive video;-incorporates ethnographic information gathered during the author’s four decades of research in the region;-includes community members’ responses to the …


Subsistence Strategies In Traditional Societies Distinguish Gut Microbiomes, Alexandra J. Obregon-Tito, Raul T. Tito, Jessica Metcalf, Krithvivasa Sankaranarayanan, Jose C. Clemente, Luke K. Ursell, Zhenjiang Zech Xu, Will Van Treuren, Rob Knight, Morris Foster 2015 Old Dominion University

Subsistence Strategies In Traditional Societies Distinguish Gut Microbiomes, Alexandra J. Obregon-Tito, Raul T. Tito, Jessica Metcalf, Krithvivasa Sankaranarayanan, Jose C. Clemente, Luke K. Ursell, Zhenjiang Zech Xu, Will Van Treuren, Rob Knight, Morris Foster

Division of Research and Economic Development Faculty & Staff Publications

Recent studies suggest that gut microbiomes of urban-industrialized societies are different from those of traditional peoples. Here we examine the relationship between lifeways and gut microbiota through taxonomic and functional potential characterization of faecal samples from hunter-gatherer and traditional agriculturalist communities in Peru and an urban-industrialized community from the US. We find that in addition to taxonomic and metabolic differences between urban and traditional lifestyles, hunter-gatherers form a distinct sub-group among traditional peoples. As observed in previous studies, we find that Treponema are characteristic of traditional gut microbiomes. Moreover, through genome reconstruction (2.2-2.5 MB, coverage depth x26-513) and functional potential …


A Fair Day's Wages: Liberty, Legality, And Liability Among Denver's Day Laborers, Camden Ryan Bowman 2015 University of Denver

A Fair Day's Wages: Liberty, Legality, And Liability Among Denver's Day Laborers, Camden Ryan Bowman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Day laborers occupy an essential position in Denver’s booming construction industry. Day laborers make up a highly flexible, highly effective workforce able to respond to market changes. For day laborers, informal day-labor gathering points provide increased control over working hours and employee-employer relationships when compared to traditional wage labor. Still, recent legislation and policies around irregular migration has forced large numbers of workers who may have benefited from the stability of full-time regular employment into the informal sector. The day laborers’ flexibility also exposes them to employers constantly inventing ways to deny them the wages and benefits they are owed. …


Samie T. Dixon: Community Builder, Crystal Mikell Reynolds 2015 Indiana State University

Samie T. Dixon: Community Builder, Crystal Mikell Reynolds

Student Diversity Histories

No abstract provided.


Georg Lukács (1885-1971) And The Critique Of Reification: On The Dialectical Genesis Of The Great Acceleration, Alexander M. Stoner, Andony Melathopoulos 2015 Northern Michigan University

Georg Lukács (1885-1971) And The Critique Of Reification: On The Dialectical Genesis Of The Great Acceleration, Alexander M. Stoner, Andony Melathopoulos

Book Sections/Chapters

This chapter situates Lukács' critique of reification (1923) in relation to the emergence of the Great Acceleration. We develop Lukács' critique through the issue of the increasing rationalization of industrial and administrative work in the early twentieth century. In do so, we show how Lukács is able to relocate the continued relevance of Marx's insights with respect to the deeper structure of capitalist society in his consideration of the differential manner in which proletariat and bourgeois class consciousness approach the problem of social contradictions. We then discuss how, for Lukács, the overcoming of reification (or the failure to do so) …


Arqueología Crítica Y Praxis [Critical Archaeology And Praxis], Randall H. McGuire 2015 Binghamton University--SUNY

Arqueología Crítica Y Praxis [Critical Archaeology And Praxis], Randall H. Mcguire

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

La Arqueología se ha utilizado tradicionalmente para apoyar al poder en las arenas de lucha por la economía, las ideologías, las identidades y la política. La arqueología puede ser una forma de praxis para ayudar a crear un mundo más humano, una vez que los arqueólogos se convierten en más que “simples oradores”. La gran mayoría de los arqueólogos practica su arte para obtener el conocimiento del mundo. Varios arqueólogos han tratado de criticar al mundo y el lugar de la arqueología en el mismo. Muy pocos han entrado completamente en la dialéctica de la praxis y han construido una …


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