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Understanding changes in mobility & subsistence from terminal Pleistocene to Late Holocene in the highlands of New Guinea through intensity of lithic reduction, changing site types, and paleoclimate
Why did people in the highlands of New Guinea move from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and subsistence pattern, and develop a subsistence pattern centered on root and tree crop agriculture? How did the ancient residents of ... -
Using Landscape Learning to Explore Diachronic Change: A Quantitative Model and Western Stemmed Tradition Case Study
University of Washington Abstract Using Landscape Learning to Explore Diachronic Change: A Quantitative Model and Western Stemmed Tradition Case Study David B. HuntChair of the Supervisory Committee Professor Emeritus ... -
Vibrant Risks: Scientific Aquaculture and Political Ecologies in China
(2013-02-25)This dissertation examines how the dissemination of science in shrimp aquaculture is intertwined with issues of sustainability and risks in south China. In the Leizhou Peninsula of Guangdong Province, shrimp aquaculture ... -
Walls of Indifference: Arizona and the Ecology of Militarization
(2013-11-14)This ethnography documents and explores the social, political, and material consequences of militarization in the borderlands of Arizona. Basing my conclusions on two years of fieldwork in Phoenix, Tucson, and along the ... -
War Games at Work: Networks of Power in the U.S. Army Video Game Project
(2012-09-13)This ethnography documents and explores the interconnections between the U.S. military, video games, and cognitive labor by focusing on the production, marketing, and deployment of the official U.S. Army video game, America's ... -
Weaving life: Vivencias Paving the Way for The Sistema IndÃgena de Salud Propia e Intercultural (SISPI) [Self-determined and Intercultural Indigenous Health System] in Colombia's Departamento of Vaupés
Colonization adversely affected the health of the Indigenous Peoples in Colombia. The European colonizers stripped these communities of their lands and sought to eliminate them both physically and in identity. Such oppressive ... -
Winyan Okodakiciye: Indigenous Resurgence & Women Society Lifeways
Winyan okodakiciye and Indigenous women led collectives and organizations play a vital role in our communities and movements. This dissertation examines the ways winyan okodakiciye work to address the community impacts of ... -
Wounded Land and Wounded Peoples: Attitudes of Paiwan People and Tao People toward Nuclear Waste
In 2008 and 2010, Taiwan Power Company (TPC) consecutively selected two Paiwan villages as candidates of the nuclear waste repository site. Surprisingly, Paiwanese villages are willing to accept storing nuclear waste on ...