Discovering the Other: Study Abroad as Fieldwork
... unwritten understanding that crossing cultures is one of the most meaningful educational experiences available to college students. Likewise, the closer this process comes to cultural emersion where the student lives as a participant in the host culture, the more meaningful it is. Yet even with this ...
... unwritten understanding that crossing cultures is one of the most meaningful educational experiences available to college students. Likewise, the closer this process comes to cultural emersion where the student lives as a participant in the host culture, the more meaningful it is. Yet even with this ...
shading facilitates sessile invertebrate - Ron Etter
... to test whether variation in these mechanisms could be responsible for the shift in composition of sessile communities between vertical and horizontal surfaces in the rocky subtidal Gulf of Maine. Shaded horizontally oriented granite plots were dominated by invertebrates (e.g., ascidians, barnacles, ...
... to test whether variation in these mechanisms could be responsible for the shift in composition of sessile communities between vertical and horizontal surfaces in the rocky subtidal Gulf of Maine. Shaded horizontally oriented granite plots were dominated by invertebrates (e.g., ascidians, barnacles, ...
Transcultural Literary Studies: Politics, Theory, and Literary Analysis
... site for cultural multiplicity—can offer guideposts for conceptualizing ‘individual’ diversity without underplaying the role of class, religion, and community. To my mind, the question has not yet been answered. Some features of transculturalism, especially those that adhere to central propositions ...
... site for cultural multiplicity—can offer guideposts for conceptualizing ‘individual’ diversity without underplaying the role of class, religion, and community. To my mind, the question has not yet been answered. Some features of transculturalism, especially those that adhere to central propositions ...
Interdisciplinary research on musical timbre
... Bringing together sciences, humanities and musical practice ...
... Bringing together sciences, humanities and musical practice ...
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... [AY248] Anthropological Perspective on Science and Religion Cross-cultural research ranging from ethnographies of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador to religious healing in Madagascar to fetal personhood in the United States introduces students to new cultural perspectives on the relationship of scie ...
... [AY248] Anthropological Perspective on Science and Religion Cross-cultural research ranging from ethnographies of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador to religious healing in Madagascar to fetal personhood in the United States introduces students to new cultural perspectives on the relationship of scie ...
Concepts and approaches for marine ecosystem research with
... analyse ecological phenomena. Since the early days of the marine sciences, traditions or “schools of thoughts” have developed, of which some continue to exist in modern times. As a result, students of marine ecology in Germany or Chile may be trained to adopt different ecological views. In the first ...
... analyse ecological phenomena. Since the early days of the marine sciences, traditions or “schools of thoughts” have developed, of which some continue to exist in modern times. As a result, students of marine ecology in Germany or Chile may be trained to adopt different ecological views. In the first ...
Macrohistory: The Play of Scales1
... supplemented by integration. The reason is that no complex, nonlinear system can be adequately described by dividing it up into subsystems or into various aspects, defined beforehand. If those subsystems or those aspects, all in strong interaction with one another, are studied separately, even with ...
... supplemented by integration. The reason is that no complex, nonlinear system can be adequately described by dividing it up into subsystems or into various aspects, defined beforehand. If those subsystems or those aspects, all in strong interaction with one another, are studied separately, even with ...
What Is Culture? The Conceptual Question
... Newfoundland culture, we will have to assemble it from what we find in common among Belle, her neighbors, and many other people. If Belle knows or does something unique, then it isn’t in the culture. If her neighbors and kinfolk begin to know or do that something, too, then by definition it becomes ...
... Newfoundland culture, we will have to assemble it from what we find in common among Belle, her neighbors, and many other people. If Belle knows or does something unique, then it isn’t in the culture. If her neighbors and kinfolk begin to know or do that something, too, then by definition it becomes ...
Learning objectives
... 7. Define and distinguish between semelparity and iteroparity. Explain what factors may favor the evolution of each life history strategy. 8. Explain, with examples, how limited resources and trade-offs may affect life histories. Population Growth 9. Compare the exponential model of population growt ...
... 7. Define and distinguish between semelparity and iteroparity. Explain what factors may favor the evolution of each life history strategy. 8. Explain, with examples, how limited resources and trade-offs may affect life histories. Population Growth 9. Compare the exponential model of population growt ...
Geologic 2. NSW karst environments
... This material may be reproduced in whole or in part, provided the meaning is unchanged and the source is acknowledged. ISBN 978 1 74122 776 5 DECC 2008/141 May 2008 Printed on environmentally sustainable paper ...
... This material may be reproduced in whole or in part, provided the meaning is unchanged and the source is acknowledged. ISBN 978 1 74122 776 5 DECC 2008/141 May 2008 Printed on environmentally sustainable paper ...
Competition and Facilitation: a Synthetic Approach to Interactions in
... Our understanding of how interactions among plants affect community structure is largely based on studies in which specific mechanisms have been isolated and analyzed. By this approach, ecologists have shown that resource competition (Connell 1983, Schoener 1983), allelopathy (Rice 1984, Williamson ...
... Our understanding of how interactions among plants affect community structure is largely based on studies in which specific mechanisms have been isolated and analyzed. By this approach, ecologists have shown that resource competition (Connell 1983, Schoener 1983), allelopathy (Rice 1984, Williamson ...
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... we look? Many authors (Wilson and Sober [1989]; Janzen [1977] to some extent) emphasize functional integration as a more significant component of biological individuality. Biological individuals are entities that act, perform, and survive as wholes. In contemporary literature of evolutionary transit ...
... we look? Many authors (Wilson and Sober [1989]; Janzen [1977] to some extent) emphasize functional integration as a more significant component of biological individuality. Biological individuals are entities that act, perform, and survive as wholes. In contemporary literature of evolutionary transit ...
Study Guide and Supplemental Readings for Cultural Anthropology
... fieldwork in the New World, and he reflects on the consequences of all that cross-cultural contact— both the historical contact between European and American Indian societies, and his own personal encounters with South American Indians. From Spain, Maybury-Lewis returns to Brazil to visit his friend ...
... fieldwork in the New World, and he reflects on the consequences of all that cross-cultural contact— both the historical contact between European and American Indian societies, and his own personal encounters with South American Indians. From Spain, Maybury-Lewis returns to Brazil to visit his friend ...
Fates beyond traits - Redpath Museum
... As mentioned, most studies of contemporary trait change in the wild do not distinguish between heritable trait change and phenotypic plasticity. Anthropogenic contexts that favor changes in selective conditions are also likely to involve changes to environmental conditions that could directly influe ...
... As mentioned, most studies of contemporary trait change in the wild do not distinguish between heritable trait change and phenotypic plasticity. Anthropogenic contexts that favor changes in selective conditions are also likely to involve changes to environmental conditions that could directly influe ...
The U.S. Military and Human Geography: Reflections on Our
... “Observation Number 9” marks the entry of cultural and human terrain into Petraeus’s analysis of U.S. strategy—one that helped him take charge of U.S. military operations in Iraq and subsequently the Central Intelligence Agency. It also inspired the creation of the HTS program (as well as the Bowman ...
... “Observation Number 9” marks the entry of cultural and human terrain into Petraeus’s analysis of U.S. strategy—one that helped him take charge of U.S. military operations in Iraq and subsequently the Central Intelligence Agency. It also inspired the creation of the HTS program (as well as the Bowman ...
Distinguishing between direct and indirect effects of predators in
... levels are at greater risk of human-induced extinction yet remarkably little is known about the effects of consumer species loss across multiple trophic levels in natural complex ecosystems. Previous studies have been criticized for lacking experimental realism and appropriate temporal scale, runnin ...
... levels are at greater risk of human-induced extinction yet remarkably little is known about the effects of consumer species loss across multiple trophic levels in natural complex ecosystems. Previous studies have been criticized for lacking experimental realism and appropriate temporal scale, runnin ...
Susquenita Curriculum PENNSYLVANIA Course: Science Grade 7
... EARTH'S RESOURCES/MATERIALS - Explain land use in relation to soil type and topography. 3.3.7.A5.b -- Compact WEATHER AND CLIMATE - Explain the relationship between the energy provided by the sun and the temperature differences among water, land and atmosphere. 4.5.7.B.b -- Important Identify introd ...
... EARTH'S RESOURCES/MATERIALS - Explain land use in relation to soil type and topography. 3.3.7.A5.b -- Compact WEATHER AND CLIMATE - Explain the relationship between the energy provided by the sun and the temperature differences among water, land and atmosphere. 4.5.7.B.b -- Important Identify introd ...
That third stream: Weber, Parsons, Geertz
... ethnographieally, ,especially in his work on Java and Bali, and in essays which have a form more liter~y than Weber's definitional encyclopedias or Parsons' system diagrams. Still, one may abstract from Geertz an underlying frame of reference. Geertz would seem to resemble Parsons and Weber in takin ...
... ethnographieally, ,especially in his work on Java and Bali, and in essays which have a form more liter~y than Weber's definitional encyclopedias or Parsons' system diagrams. Still, one may abstract from Geertz an underlying frame of reference. Geertz would seem to resemble Parsons and Weber in takin ...
Coevolution: A synergy in biology and ecology
... There are various types of synergies/coevolution, e.g., the large scale synergy, threshold effect, functional complementation, integrated environmental conditions, risk/cost ratio, information sharing, swarm intelligence, symbiosis, and complex divisions of works in biological systems. Most of syner ...
... There are various types of synergies/coevolution, e.g., the large scale synergy, threshold effect, functional complementation, integrated environmental conditions, risk/cost ratio, information sharing, swarm intelligence, symbiosis, and complex divisions of works in biological systems. Most of syner ...
Culture, Worldview and Contextualization
... is, “What is God’s view of culture? Is Jewish culture created by God and therefore to be imposed on everyone who follows God? Or is there some indication in scripture that God takes a different position?” I believe we have our answer in 1 Corinthians 9:19–22, where Paul articulates his (and God’s) a ...
... is, “What is God’s view of culture? Is Jewish culture created by God and therefore to be imposed on everyone who follows God? Or is there some indication in scripture that God takes a different position?” I believe we have our answer in 1 Corinthians 9:19–22, where Paul articulates his (and God’s) a ...
Who Eats What? - Litzsinger Road Ecology Center
... Ecology Center based on their field observations. This field lab includes classroom training to prepare students to make effective field observations. During their visits to the center, students will examine and record evidence of animals eating plants or other animals and evidence of decomposition. ...
... Ecology Center based on their field observations. This field lab includes classroom training to prepare students to make effective field observations. During their visits to the center, students will examine and record evidence of animals eating plants or other animals and evidence of decomposition. ...
Bayan Nila: Pilipino Culture Nights and Student Performance at
... object of study (e.g., Cambodian dance in Van Nuys, California, or Vietnamese refugee songs in New Jersey) must be considered within the immediate political context of performance. Why is the trope of homeland used at that moment, and to what end?6 Second, the performative nature of that moment requ ...
... object of study (e.g., Cambodian dance in Van Nuys, California, or Vietnamese refugee songs in New Jersey) must be considered within the immediate political context of performance. Why is the trope of homeland used at that moment, and to what end?6 Second, the performative nature of that moment requ ...
Rehabilitation And Anthropology
... impact on disability (to look at the disabled as affected by some spirit). • Universal mythology tend to over ride cultural differences (Down syndrome and relation to retardation). ...
... impact on disability (to look at the disabled as affected by some spirit). • Universal mythology tend to over ride cultural differences (Down syndrome and relation to retardation). ...
National Geographic: The Rooting of Peoples
... The recognition that people are increasingly "moving targets" (Breckenridge and Appadurai 1989:i) of anthropological enquiry is associated with the placing of boundaries and borderlands at the center of our analytical frameworks, as opposed to relegating them to invisible peripheries or anomalous da ...
... The recognition that people are increasingly "moving targets" (Breckenridge and Appadurai 1989:i) of anthropological enquiry is associated with the placing of boundaries and borderlands at the center of our analytical frameworks, as opposed to relegating them to invisible peripheries or anomalous da ...
PCA – A Powerful Method for Analyze Ecological Niches
... it is convenient to replace the term community with a more general one, an assemblage. In practice, habitat and the function of an organism are often discussed as spatial, temporal and trophic niches. The third view is that the niche refers to variables within the whole range of the distribution are ...
... it is convenient to replace the term community with a more general one, an assemblage. In practice, habitat and the function of an organism are often discussed as spatial, temporal and trophic niches. The third view is that the niche refers to variables within the whole range of the distribution are ...