Experiments with the wild at the Oostvaardersplassen
... artificial environments. Laboratories establish clear spatial divisions between a controlled environment and worlds they purport to model; theoretically rendering laboratory research inconsequential to the world out there. They also police who can contribute to and contest the production of natural ...
... artificial environments. Laboratories establish clear spatial divisions between a controlled environment and worlds they purport to model; theoretically rendering laboratory research inconsequential to the world out there. They also police who can contribute to and contest the production of natural ...
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... • Culture is the shared values, norms, symbols, language, objects, and way of life that is passed on from one generation to the next. • Values are defined standards of what is good, bad, desirable, or undesirable for ourselves and others. • In addition to culture, humans have biological needs, which ...
... • Culture is the shared values, norms, symbols, language, objects, and way of life that is passed on from one generation to the next. • Values are defined standards of what is good, bad, desirable, or undesirable for ourselves and others. • In addition to culture, humans have biological needs, which ...
The Ecology of Invasions and The Invasions of Ecology
... reasons for their effectiveness at the time were obscure at best. The futility of extensive invasion control attempts, such as those launched against Water Hyacinth in Zimbabwe and South Africa, had demonstrated that the use of some of the more expensive and seemingly suitable technologies could yie ...
... reasons for their effectiveness at the time were obscure at best. The futility of extensive invasion control attempts, such as those launched against Water Hyacinth in Zimbabwe and South Africa, had demonstrated that the use of some of the more expensive and seemingly suitable technologies could yie ...
Pre-K through 12 Social Studies G.L.E.
... physical characteristics of an area (G-1B-E1) 8. Explain physical and human developments in a region of the United States since it was first settled based on given information (G-1B-E3) 9. Identify, define, and compare regions of the United States using physical and human characteristics (e.g., land ...
... physical characteristics of an area (G-1B-E1) 8. Explain physical and human developments in a region of the United States since it was first settled based on given information (G-1B-E3) 9. Identify, define, and compare regions of the United States using physical and human characteristics (e.g., land ...
wetlands wetlands
... essential habitat for priority wildlife species, and are not a functional part of a “mosaic” wetland (a patchwork of interrelated wetlands). Current regulations exempt wetlands less than 11,000 square feet in Urban Growth Areas, and less than 22,000 feet in rural areas. New scientific literature pub ...
... essential habitat for priority wildlife species, and are not a functional part of a “mosaic” wetland (a patchwork of interrelated wetlands). Current regulations exempt wetlands less than 11,000 square feet in Urban Growth Areas, and less than 22,000 feet in rural areas. New scientific literature pub ...
Approximating Nature`s Variation: Selecting and Using Reference
... presence (Bell et al. 1997; Ehrenfeld & Toth 1997). Deterministic variation results from differences among species in extinction and dispersal rates. If some species are area-sensitive (prone to extinction on small sites because they occur in sparse populations or have low reproductive outputs), the ...
... presence (Bell et al. 1997; Ehrenfeld & Toth 1997). Deterministic variation results from differences among species in extinction and dispersal rates. If some species are area-sensitive (prone to extinction on small sites because they occur in sparse populations or have low reproductive outputs), the ...
Excerpt - School for Advanced Research
... using the term at all. Did the problem, however, lie with the term or with the continuing need to improve nonessentialist writing about emergent, open-ended, pluralistic cultures in continual interaction with—yet differentiation from—one another (see Marcus and Fischer 1986)? With groups themselves ...
... using the term at all. Did the problem, however, lie with the term or with the continuing need to improve nonessentialist writing about emergent, open-ended, pluralistic cultures in continual interaction with—yet differentiation from—one another (see Marcus and Fischer 1986)? With groups themselves ...
INSTRUCTORS GUIDE by - Anthropology
... was by no means unique, but the experiments were difficult to control scientifically. Gordon presents the sign language experiments as methodologically difficult, yet also demonstrating most clearly apes’ capacity for language. For example, Koko, a gorilla, was taught ASL by Dr. Franklin Patterson. ...
... was by no means unique, but the experiments were difficult to control scientifically. Gordon presents the sign language experiments as methodologically difficult, yet also demonstrating most clearly apes’ capacity for language. For example, Koko, a gorilla, was taught ASL by Dr. Franklin Patterson. ...
Understanding the Present and the Past: Perspectives on
... ethnographers like Tylor and Pitt Rivers. This trend of gathering information necessitated the setting up of a separate area of study, social anthropology that alone had the fieldwork methods and theoretical approaches to generate and analyze the ways of life unlike our own. However, the publication ...
... ethnographers like Tylor and Pitt Rivers. This trend of gathering information necessitated the setting up of a separate area of study, social anthropology that alone had the fieldwork methods and theoretical approaches to generate and analyze the ways of life unlike our own. However, the publication ...
Blood of My Blood - The George Washington University
... frame through which to view other cultural processes and changes. Stronza advocates for anthropologists to view both players in tourist interactions during each stage as previous studies have taken a largely one-sided approach, looking mainly at the impact of tourism ...
... frame through which to view other cultural processes and changes. Stronza advocates for anthropologists to view both players in tourist interactions during each stage as previous studies have taken a largely one-sided approach, looking mainly at the impact of tourism ...
Culture and Pluralism in Philosophy
... The force of this view comes, in part, from the recognition that culture gives us a language and values. These are so clearly fundamental for philosophy to begin that it is almost banal to remark on it. And it seems equally obvious that culture sets up the specific sorts of problems and questions th ...
... The force of this view comes, in part, from the recognition that culture gives us a language and values. These are so clearly fundamental for philosophy to begin that it is almost banal to remark on it. And it seems equally obvious that culture sets up the specific sorts of problems and questions th ...
FV Slaby, Haueis, and Choudhury for Routledge - PH
... “daydreamers” etc.), are crucially fed by several meta-narratives or background stories such as evolutionary theory (Young, in press), forms of materialism or determinism, and are regularly endowed with an apparently robust, often tacitly normative, authority (Hartmann, in press).2 In this way, neur ...
... “daydreamers” etc.), are crucially fed by several meta-narratives or background stories such as evolutionary theory (Young, in press), forms of materialism or determinism, and are regularly endowed with an apparently robust, often tacitly normative, authority (Hartmann, in press).2 In this way, neur ...
pdf - Northern Illinois University
... perspective of anthropology. Language is seen as a cultural tool and linguistic data are considered as embedded in their socio-cultural context. Fundamental concepts and tools necessary for formal linguistic analyses are introduced. Linguistic problems are solved in which the newly acquired knowledg ...
... perspective of anthropology. Language is seen as a cultural tool and linguistic data are considered as embedded in their socio-cultural context. Fundamental concepts and tools necessary for formal linguistic analyses are introduced. Linguistic problems are solved in which the newly acquired knowledg ...
Conservation and Subsistence in Small
... irreversible effects, including extinction of some plant species, and this has recently been suggested as the likely cause of a cascade of habitat changes and megafaunal extinctions during human colonization of Australia ca. 50,000 years ago (Miller et al. 1999). In any case, abundant evidence indic ...
... irreversible effects, including extinction of some plant species, and this has recently been suggested as the likely cause of a cascade of habitat changes and megafaunal extinctions during human colonization of Australia ca. 50,000 years ago (Miller et al. 1999). In any case, abundant evidence indic ...
Restoration ecology and conservation biology
... considered a hallmark of good science, and they are increasingly the standard in ecology. In many conservation research projects, however, they are dicult to carry out, especially in the context of rare or threatened species. This is somewhat less the case in wildlife management, the antecedent for ...
... considered a hallmark of good science, and they are increasingly the standard in ecology. In many conservation research projects, however, they are dicult to carry out, especially in the context of rare or threatened species. This is somewhat less the case in wildlife management, the antecedent for ...
Intraspecific trait variation across scales: implications for
... trait values within a population are due to genetic differences, they will be heritable, and therefore, population-level means will be subject to change through natural selection over generational timescales. Plasticity, on the other hand, enables immediate adjustment of phenotypic traits, which can ...
... trait values within a population are due to genetic differences, they will be heritable, and therefore, population-level means will be subject to change through natural selection over generational timescales. Plasticity, on the other hand, enables immediate adjustment of phenotypic traits, which can ...
Metapopulation Ecology - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
... local populations, a population of populations (Figure 1). While population studies keep track of the number of individuals as determined by births and deaths, in metapopulation studies, we keep track of the number of local populations as governed by local colonisations and extinctions. The concept ...
... local populations, a population of populations (Figure 1). While population studies keep track of the number of individuals as determined by births and deaths, in metapopulation studies, we keep track of the number of local populations as governed by local colonisations and extinctions. The concept ...
Celtic Cultures- Spring 2011 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... Goal is cultural interpretation, look to symbols, literature, games to gain insight into meanings & experiences of a culture What does it mean to be a human in a particular culture, get at the “essence of being human” Case Example: The Prohibition on eating of beef in India In the United States ...
... Goal is cultural interpretation, look to symbols, literature, games to gain insight into meanings & experiences of a culture What does it mean to be a human in a particular culture, get at the “essence of being human” Case Example: The Prohibition on eating of beef in India In the United States ...
ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTH) Anthropology Major: Standard Program
... ANTH 320 Cultural Ecology 3 credits An examination of key perspectives, theories, and methods in the study of ecological anthropology. Students learn about the use and definition of the environment by groups from different cultural backgrounds, and build a comparative perspective in so doing. The fo ...
... ANTH 320 Cultural Ecology 3 credits An examination of key perspectives, theories, and methods in the study of ecological anthropology. Students learn about the use and definition of the environment by groups from different cultural backgrounds, and build a comparative perspective in so doing. The fo ...
Choosing appropriate temporal and spatial scales for ecological
... upper midwest is an abnormal and external event. But at a spatial scale of 100,000 hectares and a temporal scale of 200 years, fire in such a forest is “incorporated”. With the shift in ecology from the balance-of-nature to the flux-of-nature paradigm, we have added disturbance regimes to energy flo ...
... upper midwest is an abnormal and external event. But at a spatial scale of 100,000 hectares and a temporal scale of 200 years, fire in such a forest is “incorporated”. With the shift in ecology from the balance-of-nature to the flux-of-nature paradigm, we have added disturbance regimes to energy flo ...
Biological invasions: a field synopsis, systematic review, and
... to the authors on Topic X were included.”). These approaches are not systematic or replicable and may be subject to bias and incompleteness. The field synopsis we report here included studies that investigated biological invasions in natural systems. The systematic review concerned a subset of these ...
... to the authors on Topic X were included.”). These approaches are not systematic or replicable and may be subject to bias and incompleteness. The field synopsis we report here included studies that investigated biological invasions in natural systems. The systematic review concerned a subset of these ...
Phenology - URPP Global Change and Biodiversity
... seasonality are thermal stratification, mixing and weather conditions. Furthermore, the dynamics of ice formation and thawing in lakes are typically described as “ice phenology” (Walsh et al. 1998). Annually reoccurring patterns of chem ...
... seasonality are thermal stratification, mixing and weather conditions. Furthermore, the dynamics of ice formation and thawing in lakes are typically described as “ice phenology” (Walsh et al. 1998). Annually reoccurring patterns of chem ...
indirect interactions mediated by changing plant chemistry: beaver
... and Davidson 1977, Hay and Taylor 1985) and predation (Paine 1966, Estes and Palmisano 1974). However, indirect interactions in which one organism benefits from the actions of another may be common; such interactions are not well documented because they are probably more difficult to detect. For exa ...
... and Davidson 1977, Hay and Taylor 1985) and predation (Paine 1966, Estes and Palmisano 1974). However, indirect interactions in which one organism benefits from the actions of another may be common; such interactions are not well documented because they are probably more difficult to detect. For exa ...
Cultural Anthropology 102 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... If you have a question, more often than not your syllabus will contain the answer. The class schedule has three columns; the date, readings and topics, and assignments due. Refer to your class schedule EVERY week to keep up to date on reading assignments and homework assignments. The dates for when ...
... If you have a question, more often than not your syllabus will contain the answer. The class schedule has three columns; the date, readings and topics, and assignments due. Refer to your class schedule EVERY week to keep up to date on reading assignments and homework assignments. The dates for when ...
anthro intro
... Anthropology • Cultural Anthropology—describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences – Ethnography—Fieldwork in a particular culture; provides account of that community, society, or culture Cultures not isolated from local, regional, national, and globa ...
... Anthropology • Cultural Anthropology—describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural similarities and differences – Ethnography—Fieldwork in a particular culture; provides account of that community, society, or culture Cultures not isolated from local, regional, national, and globa ...