The Conceptualization Of Self-Identity Among Residents Of Appalachia Ohio,
2015
The Ohio State University
The Conceptualization Of Self-Identity Among Residents Of Appalachia Ohio, Jessica L. Krok-Schoen, Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly, Phokeng M. Dailey, Janice L. Krieger
Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications
Social identity and its association to culture, place, and health is an important, but understudied, area of research. One social group that illustrates this connection between place and identity is people living in Appalachia. This exploratory mixed-method study investigates the appropriateness of the self-concept of Ohio Appalachian adults with cancer as “Appalachian,” the context associated with that identity and its association with community identification, rural identity, Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) status, demographic data, and clinical trial (CT) enrollment. Forty-nine adults with cancer residing in Appalachia were recruited. Participants were cancer patients who (1) were offered a randomized clinical cancer trial; …
Inference Of Cultural Transmission Modes Based On Incomplete Information,
2015
University of Central Florida
Inference Of Cultural Transmission Modes Based On Incomplete Information, Bryan Wilder, Anne Kandler
Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints
In this paper we explore the theoretical limits of the inference of cultural transmission modes based on sparse population-level data. We approach this problem by investigating whether different transmission modes produce different temporal dynamics of cultural change. In particular we explore whether the distributions of the average time a variant stays the most common variant in the population, denoted by tmax, conditioned on the considered transmission modes are sufficiently different to allow for inference of underlying transmission modes. We assume time series data detailing the frequencies of different variants of a cultural trait in a population at different …
Cultural Incubators And Spread Of Innovation,
2015
UCL Institute of Archaeology
Cultural Incubators And Spread Of Innovation, Enrico R. Crema, Mark W. Lake
Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints
Several forms of social learning rely on the direct or indirect evaluation of the fitness of cultural traits. Here we argue, via a simple agent-based model, that payoff uncertainty, that is the correlation between a trait and the signal used to evaluate its fitness, plays a pivotal role in the spread of beneficial innovation. More specifically, we examine how this correlation affects the evolutionary dynamics of different forms of social learning and how each can generate divergent historical trajectories depending on the size of the sample pool. In particular, we demonstrate that social learning by copying the best model is …
Does Environmental Knowledge Inhibit Hominin Dispersal?,
2015
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Does Environmental Knowledge Inhibit Hominin Dispersal?, Colin D. Wren, Andre Costopoulos
Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints
We investigate the relationship between the dispersal potential of a hominin population, its local scale foraging strategies, and the characteristics of the resource environment using an agent-based modeling approach. Wren et al. (2014) demonstrated that natural selection can favour a relatively low capacity for assessing and predicting the quality of the resource environment, especially when the distribution of resources is highly clustered. This also suggested that the more knowledge foraging populations had about their environment, the less likely they were to abandon the landscape they know and disperse into novel territory. The present study gives agents new individual and social …
Poetry Editorial: Audioecopoetics,
2015
Schumacher College, UK
Poetry Editorial: Audioecopoetics, Camilla Nelson
The Goose
Poetry Editorial by Camilla Nelson
From Away With The Birds,
2015
Wilfrid Laurier University
Dŵr,
2015
Northumbria University
Lip Poem,
2015
Wilfrid Laurier University
Lip Poem, Alistair Noon
The Goose
Poetry by Alistair Noon; Notes on the Text by Camilla Nelson.
Countersong: Rising Or Falling,
2015
University of Warwick
Countersong: Rising Or Falling, Jonathan Skinner
The Goose
A recording, analysis and poetic translation of countersong between two Hermit thrushes (Catharus guttatis) recorded in the mountains of Northern New Mexico (United States) on 19 July 2015.
Editor's Notebook,
2015
Editor
Editor's Notebook, Lisa Szabo-Jones, Paul Huebener
The Goose
Editorial introduction to The Goose Volume 14, Issue 1 (2015).
Ecomedia: Key Issues,
2015
University of Oregon
Ecomedia: Key Issues, Stephen Rust, Salma Monani, Sean Cubitt
Gettysburg College Faculty Books
Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally. Linking the world of media production, distribution, and consumption to environmental understandings, the book addresses ecological meanings encoded in media texts, the environmental impacts of media production, and the relationships between media and cultural perceptions of the environment. [From the publisher]
The White City,
2015
Wilfrid Laurier University
The White City, Steven Hitchins
The Goose
Audio guide to The White City, a participatory sensing expedition through the streets of Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd.
Andscape: Marta Á Góðafoss,
2015
University of Glasgow
Andscape: Marta Á Góðafoss, A Rawlings, Marta Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir
The Goose
Poetry by a rawlings and Marta Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir
Through A Wheat Field; To A Pond,
2015
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Heirloom: A Piper's Orchard Abecadarian,
2015
independent artist
Canine Haiku: Yellow Ball,
2015
Simon Fraser University
Canine Haiku: Yellow Ball, Julie Andreyev, Tom (Canine)
The Goose
Poetry by Julie Andreyev and Tom.
Petrocan,
2015
University of Calgary
Eco-Nostalgia In Popular Turkish Cinema,
2015
Gettysburg College
Eco-Nostalgia In Popular Turkish Cinema, Ekin Gündüz Özdemirci, Salma Monani
Environmental Studies Faculty Publications
Book Summary: Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally. Linking the world of media production, distribution, and consumption to environmental understandings, the book addresses ecological meanings encoded in media texts, the environmental impacts of media production, and the relationships between media and cultural perceptions of the environment. [From the publisher]
Analysing The Performance Of Economic Discourses,
2015
Technological University Dublin
Analysing The Performance Of Economic Discourses, Joseph K. Fitzgerald, Brendan O'Rourke
Conference papers
We focus on the methods used in analyzing broadcast interviews with economists on Morning Ireland, a prominent Irish radio news programme. Few would doubt that economists have taken a prominent role as experts on policy issues (Carrick-Hagenbarth and Epstein 2012, p.45) and some contend that no other social science discipline has gained such prominence (Schneider and Kirchgassner 2009, p.324). This paper comes from a larger research project, which uses a tailored methodological approach, incorporating a number of analytical methods. Keller (2011, p.63) has argued that a tailored methodological approach is often required to give special consideration to the ‘knowledge side’ …
Thanatourism, Caminata Nocturna, And The Complex Geopolitics Of Mexico’S Parque Ecoalberto,
2015
University of Utah
Thanatourism, Caminata Nocturna, And The Complex Geopolitics Of Mexico’S Parque Ecoalberto, Marouf A. Hasian Jr., José Ángel Maldonado, Kent A. Ono
Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications
This article provides readers with a critical analysis of Mexico’s Parque EcoAlberto. Utilizing some of the theoretical work of interdisciplinary scholars who are interested in the study of “thanatourism,” the authors illustrate how this park, with its Caminata Nocturna (night hike), is much more than simply a “dark” tourist attraction that deters those who might travel North to the U.S. border. This study shows how the indigenous Hñähñú in Mexico have to confront a host of symbolic and material forces that are sometimes hidden in the patriotic metanarratives that swirl around this park.
