Differential Responses To Constraints On Naming Agency Among Indigenous Peoples And Immigrants In Canada,
2019
University of Western Ontario
Differential Responses To Constraints On Naming Agency Among Indigenous Peoples And Immigrants In Canada, Karen E. Pennesi
Anthropology Publications
This article illuminates the social structures and relations that shape agency for members of two marginalized groups in Canada and examines how individuals respond differently to constraints on their power to name themselves and their children. Constraints on spelling, structure and choice of name are framed according to the particular positions of indigenous peoples and immigrants in relation to European settler society as either ‘original inhabitants’ or ‘recent arrivals’. These historically unequal power relations are manifest in intertwined ideologies of language, identity and nation, evident in ethnographic interviews, media reports and online commentary. Differential responses include resistance, endurance and assimilation.
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: A Caretaker City And A
Pilgrimage Destination,
2019
University of Colorado at Boulder
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: A Caretaker City And A Pilgrimage Destination, Larry Benson, Deanna N. Grimstead, John R. Stein, David A. Roth, Terry I. Plowman
United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications
Some Southwestern archaeologists continue to ascribe to the hypothesis that Chaco was agriculturally productive to the point that it could support at least a few thousand full-time residents. This paper suggests an alternative hypothesis; i.e., Chaco was marginally productive and could only support a few hundred permanent residents. Isotopic analysis of mammal teeth found in trenches cut through platform mounds fronting Pueblo Bonito indicate the possibility that much of the meat consumed by Chacoan residents and visitors came from higher elevation sites bordering the San Juan Basin. We suggest that resident population estimates based on great house room numbers and …
Defining Choices Redefined: Heroic Life Narratives Of Taiwanese Buddhist Monastics,
2019
Linfield College
Defining Choices Redefined: Heroic Life Narratives Of Taiwanese Buddhist Monastics, Hillary Crane
Faculty Publications
The Taiwanese Buddhist monastics in this study confront negative stereotypes that dominate within their wider societal context, and they challenge these stereotypes by positing counter-narratives. After exploring the monastics’ interest in proselytizing both to me and to a wider audience as a context that influences the interview encounter, this chapter focuses on the monastics’ response to negative stereotypes and their endeavors to craft a new, positive image of monastics. I argue that they employ the heroic trope of the da zhangfu (大丈夫, ‘great man’) to reconceive as heroic the life choices they have made that wider Taiwanese society characterizes as …
Glass And Lapidary Beads At Jamestown, Virginia: An Updated Assessment,
2019
Syracuse University
Glass And Lapidary Beads At Jamestown, Virginia: An Updated Assessment, Emma Derry
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
An updated assessment of the trade beads in the Jamestown collection has long been overdue since Heather Lapham’s 1998 study. The size and variation of the collection has expanded to include nearly 4,000 glass beads representing over 100 Kidd and Kidd varieties, as well as nearly 100 lapidary beads made of amber, coral, jet, amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, agate, and quartz. The Jamestown assemblage strongly resembles those found at 16th-century Spanish colonial sites, due to the presence of navy blue Nueva Cadiz beads manufactured in Venice and faceted quartz-crystal beads likely produced in Spain. Other beads in the collection, however, may …
Roman To Islamic Beads And Pendants From Matmar And Mostagedda, Middle Egypt,
2019
Syracuse University
Roman To Islamic Beads And Pendants From Matmar And Mostagedda, Middle Egypt, Joanna Then-Obłuska, Alexandra D. Pleşa
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Between 1927 and 1931, British archaeologists Guy Brunton and his wife Winifred recorded over 150 graves assumed to date from Late Dynastic to early Islamic times in the cemeteries of Matmar and Mostagedda, Middle Egypt. Sixty-four bead objects found in funerary context are now located in six museum collections. Recent studies of material found in these tombs and the radiocarbon dating of textile samples allowed for a revision of Brunton’s initial chronology and an overview of the typology of the bead corpus based on the revised chronological framework. The analysis of the Matmar and Mostagedda corpus also opens the avenue …
Beaded Aprons Of The Coastal Peoples Of The Guianas,
2019
Syracuse University
Beaded Aprons Of The Coastal Peoples Of The Guianas, Michael Oehrl
BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
Although many beaded aprons from the coastal area of the Guianas are among the oldest preserved collected objects of the South American lowlands, there is still no general consensus as to who the manufacturers of these aprons were. The glass beads used differ from those typically employed at the end of the 19th century and can be dated between 1750 and 1850. In the literature and museums, these aprons are not frequently described in detail, and the author is not aware of any early object for which a collector has provided more detailed information. This article is intended to give …
Conspiracy Theorizing As Political Practice In Guinea,
2019
Bryn Mawr College
Conspiracy Theorizing As Political Practice In Guinea, Susanna Fioratta
Anthropology Faculty Research and Scholarship
This article examines conspiracy theory as an integral part of political practice. In 2010, following a tumultuous year that included a military takeover and a junta-led massacre of civilians, the Republic of Guinea held what was widely considered to be the country's first democratic presidential election since independence in 1958. During this time, many Guineans regularly exchanged information about secret intrigues at the highest levels of politics. These popular reports of powerful figures conspiring to fix the election influenced people's talk and actions, contributing to an environment in which abstract suspicions crystallized in real, and sometimes violent, events. These events …
Criar Y Dejarse Criar: Trans-Situ Crop Conservation And Indigenous Landscape Management Through A Network Of Global Food Neighborhoods,
2019
SIT Graduate Institute
Criar Y Dejarse Criar: Trans-Situ Crop Conservation And Indigenous Landscape Management Through A Network Of Global Food Neighborhoods, Cass Madden
Capstone Collection
As climate change progresses, global food security is likely to become increasingly threatened and crop biodiversity will be a significant source of resiliency and adaptability. However, these adaptations will only be fully realized through cooperative in situ and ex situ conservation and cultivation of domesticated crops, crop wild relatives, and wild foods. This conservation is best realized in places where communities have the cultural resources to invest meaningfully in the cultivation of native crops, and where the cultivation of those crops can reinforce place-specific livelihoods and identities. To this end, the principal objective of this research is to propose a …
Distillation Of Sound: Dub In Jamaica And The Creation Of Culture,
2019
Wayne State University
Distillation Of Sound: Dub In Jamaica And The Creation Of Culture, Eric J. Abbey
Wayne State University Dissertations
In the early 1970s, the culture of Jamaica shifted politically and culturally with the introduction of the mixing board in music. This writing centers on the ways in which technology created a culture of dub reggae that has gone on to affect the world. The major albums and engineers that influenced this change are the focus here. By doing so, we can view how large changes in technology affected the society of Jamaica and how this led to significant cultural development. With Raymond Williams’ definition of culture and Thomas Vendrys’ structure of Dub music, the culture is defined, furthered, and …
'Fresh Seal Blood Looks Like Beauty And Life': #Sealfies And Subsistence In Nunavut,
2019
Bucknell University
'Fresh Seal Blood Looks Like Beauty And Life': #Sealfies And Subsistence In Nunavut, Edmund Searles
Faculty Journal Articles
In this paper, I analyze the various functions, meanings and affects associated with seal hunting, eating and sharing seal meat, wearing sealskin clothing and posting #sealfies. Drawing on several decades of research with hunting and gathering families in the eastern Canadian Arctic, and starting with the cultural premise that hunting seals unites the worlds of humans, animals, and spirits, I argue that the seal is a prominent metaphor for the Inuit self. By extension, I examine how Inuit use #sealfies as an extension of other subsistence practices, as a way of making identity (personal and collective), and as a way …
Authenticating Loss And Contesting Recovery: Fema And The Politics Of Colonial Disaster Management,
2019
CUNY Graduate Center
Authenticating Loss And Contesting Recovery: Fema And The Politics Of Colonial Disaster Management, Sarah Molinari
Publications and Research
The chapter discusses how institutional regulators of disaster recovery "authenticate" loss and contribute to the process of disciplining disaster subjects. Drawing on ethnographic research after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the chapter suggests that alternative grassroots approaches to disaster recovery point to a reimagining of "recovery" organized around a framework of support and affective relations.
Ua12/2/66 Sigma Kappa,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua12/2/66 Sigma Kappa, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Sigma Kappa sorority.
Ua99/6/1 Bowling Green Business University Student Affairs Student Organizations,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua99/6/1 Bowling Green Business University Student Affairs Student Organizations, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by student organizations.
Ua94/1/2 Student/Alumni Personal Papers Glasgow Normal School Small Collections,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua94/1/2 Student/Alumni Personal Papers Glasgow Normal School Small Collections, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Small collections of items donated by or about Glasgow Normal alumni.
Ua1c4/11 Dormitory Residents Photos,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua1c4/11 Dormitory Residents Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of dormitory residents.
Ua1b3/6 Parking & Traffic Committee,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua1b3/6 Parking & Traffic Committee, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by the Parking & Traffic Committee.
Ua12/2/14 Delta Tau Delta,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua12/2/14 Delta Tau Delta, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Delta Tau Delta at Western Kentucky University.
Ua12/2/17 Black Student Union,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua12/2/17 Black Student Union, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Black Student Union.
Ua1c4/9 Sororities Photos,
2019
Western Kentucky University
Ua1c4/9 Sororities Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of sorority groups.
Harm Reduction Policy : Biopower, Race & Stigma At The Heart Of The 'Opioid Crisis',
2019
University at Albany, State University of New York
Harm Reduction Policy : Biopower, Race & Stigma At The Heart Of The 'Opioid Crisis', Cole Charles Melby
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Across the U.S., concerns regarding substance abuse, addiction, and treatment are coming to the forefront of public discourse, due to increased media coverage of the popularly dubbed ‘opioid crisis.’ As overdose rates increase, particularly in rural and suburban white communities, so have debates about the ethics and efficacy of harm reduction services. Through a review of existing literature and reflections on interviews from key informants at New York State Department of Health, grassroots harm reduction organizations, and a ‘mainstream’ addiction clinic, this thesis will critically examine the history of drug user stigmatization in the U.S. and how it has influenced …
