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Modeling hunter-gatherer ceramic production and use: a test case from the upper Texas coastal plain
(2007)Archaeological research continues to document the manufacture and use of ceramic containers in hunter-gatherer contexts in times and places unexpected by conventional anthropological and archaeological theories of ceramic ... -
Native conversion, native identity: an oral history of the Bahá'í faith among First Nations people in the southern central Yukon Territory, Canada
(2000)This dissertation examines the factors influencing religious conversion and retention among Yukon First Nations people in the Baha'i Faith. Research based on personal interviews, archival sources, and personal observations ... -
Negotiating the Confucian Religion in Indonesia: Invention, Resilience and Revival (1900 – 2010)
This dissertation investigates the process of inventing and negotiating the idiosyncratic Confucian religion in Indonesia. Widely known as a philosophy or ethics, even in China, its original place, I trace the trajectory ... -
Neo-Colonial Epidemiology: Public health practice and the right to health in Guatemala
(2013-07-25)This is a study of the everyday practice of epidemiology in Guatemala and how it shapes and is shaped by the notion of the right to health. Much of the research on the relationship between public health and human rights ... -
Networked Glass: Lithic Raw Material Consumption and Social Networks in the Kuril Islands, Far Eastern Russia
(2011-02)This research assesses the effects of environmental conditions on the strategic decisions of low-density foragers in regards to their stone tool raw material procurement and consumption behavior. Social as well as technological ... -
Of Mysterious Whispers and Biodiesel: The Engtanglement of Religion and Everyday Environmental Practices in Indonesia
This dissertation examines the entanglement of religion, ecology, science, and everyday political economy in the making of new socio-environmental practices. It shows how the practices are driven by various forces, including ... -
Of Pots and People: Investigating Hunter-Gatherer Pottery Production and Social Networks in the Kuril Islands
Ethnographic and archaeological research shows that hunter-gatherers have colonized and inhabited a diverse range of environmental settings. One example of this is the occupation of the unique sub-arctic, island environment ... -
On Art and Medicine: An Exploration of Values, Logics and Care Practices
Programs that foster creative activities such as drawing, creative writing, and making music are increasing in US hospitals. They are facilitated by licensed therapists, by professional artists, musicians or poets, or by ... -
On the Move across Phnom Dangrek: Mobilities and Silences in the Thai-Cambodian Borderland
This dissertation is a historical and ethnographic study of a mountainous landscape of Phnom Dangrek where it has always been the periphery of various political entities and marked by violent Cold War struggle and regional ... -
One significant ghost: Agent Orange narratives of trauma, survival, and responsibility
(2007)For nearly 50 years, scientists and politicians have debated the human consequences of the wartime use of toxic chemicals in Viet Nam. In 2002, the American ambassador to Vietnam called Agent Orange "the one significant ... -
Perceptions of Older Adults Regarding Exergames for Physical Activity
(2010-12)Background. Few older adults meet national recommendations for physical activity. While exergames (active video games) are commonly used among children and young adults, little is known about older adults’ views toward ... -
Performing our pasts: representing history, representing self
(1998)Anthropological research is based on oral testimony, but using it as research data in history remains contentious, because, apart from problems of memory, it is assumed that self-interest colors accuracy. Yet some ... -
The Physical Stratigraphy Of Wakemap Mound: A New Interpretation.
(1960-02-25)Knowledge of the physical stratigraphy at a site is of fundamental important in reconstructing its culture history. The various component parts of the physical stratigraphy are the surviving remnants of the cultural and ... -
The politics of heritage: Native American museums and the maintenance of ethnic boundaries on the contemporary northwest coast
(1989)This dissertation is an investigation of the role of Native American museums in the construction and maintenance of ethnic boundaries in contemporary Native American communities. It is posited that the Native American ... -
Population Structure and Large-Scale Cooperation in Pohang, South Korea
(2013-11-14)Large-scale cooperation is one of the fundamental questions in the social sciences. In order to explain cooperation beyond household members and explain the creation of public goods, the peculiarities unique to human culture ... -
Predictors and consequences of maternal-origin microchimerism: A study of women in the Philippines
Microchimerism (Mc) refers to the presence of a small number of cells or DNA from a genetically distinct individual. This phenomenon occurs naturally with bidirectional maternal-fetal exchange during pregnancy, and Mc can ... -
Rational choice and collective action in an Andean community
(1999)This thesis explores the value of rational choice theory in the explanation of social action in an Andean village in rural Cusco, Peru. The research on which it is based has been motivated by the question, "How do ... -
(Re)Constructing the Body: An Ethnographic Study of Factory Accidents and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
University of Washington Abstract (Re)Constructing the Body:An Ethnographic Study of Factory Accidents and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Lily N. Shapiro Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Sareeta ... -
Re-thinking the Emergence of Iron Metallurgy in Taiwan - a Trade Diaspora Model
As a society is composed of waves of immigrants, overseas influences have been common to Taiwan since ancient times. Among these external forces, the overseas immigrant-influenced technological leap is believed to be the ... -
Reconstructing the Rural: Peasant Organizations in a Chinese Movement for Alternative Development
(2013-07-25)This ethnography examines four peasant organizations affiliated with New Rural Reconstruction (NRR), an ongoing alternative development movement in China. NRR consists of a diverse network involving hundreds of organizations, ...