Sustainability Focus
... biology, chemistry, ecology, geology, and non-science disciplines as related to the interactions of humans and their environment. Issues of local, regional, and global concern will be used to help students explain scientific concepts and analyze practical solutions to complex environmental problems. ...
... biology, chemistry, ecology, geology, and non-science disciplines as related to the interactions of humans and their environment. Issues of local, regional, and global concern will be used to help students explain scientific concepts and analyze practical solutions to complex environmental problems. ...
The Psychology of Cultural Experience - Assets
... fieldwork and comparative analysis (e.g., Clifford 1998). Instead, these defining chapters by established scholars demonstrate that sound scientific methodologies can yield important data about the mutually constituted nature of culture and individual experience, and they reaffirm the possibility of ...
... fieldwork and comparative analysis (e.g., Clifford 1998). Instead, these defining chapters by established scholars demonstrate that sound scientific methodologies can yield important data about the mutually constituted nature of culture and individual experience, and they reaffirm the possibility of ...
1 Jan Kubik Rutgers University BEYOND POLITICAL CULTURE
... power, and the state as an actor gained ground in its stead. In the discipline of political science, political culture studies increasingly concentrated on the United States or Western Europe where findings from comprehensive, longitudinal surveys were readily available. Cultural analyses of other s ...
... power, and the state as an actor gained ground in its stead. In the discipline of political science, political culture studies increasingly concentrated on the United States or Western Europe where findings from comprehensive, longitudinal surveys were readily available. Cultural analyses of other s ...
... elite groups noted can be said to have some cultural functions and most would figure among intellectuals however defined for any country, insofar as their designations do set them off from these more generic categories, the labels themselves point to positive features of change in elite structures. ...
Fall Descriptions - University of Hawaii anthropology
... over, is relevant to all students. This course introduces Cultural Anthropology to non-specialists and potential specialists alike. In contemporary life as populations expand, resources shrink, and technologies develop, all humans must adjust socially and individually, in order to continue to surviv ...
... over, is relevant to all students. This course introduces Cultural Anthropology to non-specialists and potential specialists alike. In contemporary life as populations expand, resources shrink, and technologies develop, all humans must adjust socially and individually, in order to continue to surviv ...
GLCE Guide
... We use maps to show what places and regions are like. At the most basic level, the maps are used to show information, location and names of places, and data such as population density, economic productivity, and climate. At more complex levels, maps are used to explain why a place or region is parti ...
... We use maps to show what places and regions are like. At the most basic level, the maps are used to show information, location and names of places, and data such as population density, economic productivity, and climate. At more complex levels, maps are used to explain why a place or region is parti ...
Chapter 9: Religion - Baker Publishing Group
... Christianity itself is a global movement and facilitates globalization in other ways. Western Christians must recognize the negative effects of globalization for some and the role Western missionization has sometimes played. ...
... Christianity itself is a global movement and facilitates globalization in other ways. Western Christians must recognize the negative effects of globalization for some and the role Western missionization has sometimes played. ...
Landscapes in Mind - The Prehistoric Society
... examine the famous Venus figurines. Porr (Chapter 4) proposes the use of interpretive lenses borrowed from nonwestern and indigenous world-views for explaining Paleolithic lifeways in lieu of traditional cost-benefit frameworks. His approach to material culture interpretation is one in which archaeo ...
... examine the famous Venus figurines. Porr (Chapter 4) proposes the use of interpretive lenses borrowed from nonwestern and indigenous world-views for explaining Paleolithic lifeways in lieu of traditional cost-benefit frameworks. His approach to material culture interpretation is one in which archaeo ...
Globalization is notoriously difficult to define, but all commentators
... reduction of all the world’s peoples to mindless lackeys of hegemonic Western imperialism. Instead, globalization is both an integrative and disintegrative force. While bringing people into contact across territorial, ethnic, national, and cultural boundaries and thereby expanding reciprocal knowled ...
... reduction of all the world’s peoples to mindless lackeys of hegemonic Western imperialism. Instead, globalization is both an integrative and disintegrative force. While bringing people into contact across territorial, ethnic, national, and cultural boundaries and thereby expanding reciprocal knowled ...
Ecology
... thermodynamics (1st and 2nd Laws) and (ii) nature in which organisms acquire and utilize energy; result is a predictable pattern among all ecosystems embodied in the concept of trophic levels Ecosystems are not static but change over time in predictable and recurrent ways; this change is called succ ...
... thermodynamics (1st and 2nd Laws) and (ii) nature in which organisms acquire and utilize energy; result is a predictable pattern among all ecosystems embodied in the concept of trophic levels Ecosystems are not static but change over time in predictable and recurrent ways; this change is called succ ...
Quiz 3 - Aboutculture
... common sense. That’s just the way it is and there’s nothing we can do about it. It’s inevitable. It’s the best possible system. Etc. etc.) D. How might we create a system that is more conducive to equitability and sustainable livelihood? What can be done? The Worst Mistake in the History of the Huma ...
... common sense. That’s just the way it is and there’s nothing we can do about it. It’s inevitable. It’s the best possible system. Etc. etc.) D. How might we create a system that is more conducive to equitability and sustainable livelihood? What can be done? The Worst Mistake in the History of the Huma ...
Loads of different rituals, important are
... to be translated into agricultural and industrial production, emergence of elite group which was able and willing to invest wealth. Take-off: Investment rises to at least 10% of national income, political and social institutions are reshaped in order to permit the pursuit of growth to take root. Dri ...
... to be translated into agricultural and industrial production, emergence of elite group which was able and willing to invest wealth. Take-off: Investment rises to at least 10% of national income, political and social institutions are reshaped in order to permit the pursuit of growth to take root. Dri ...
Using mixed methods for analysing culture: The cultural capital and
... relationship between taste and social class as determinist. MCA creates a cultural map, showing the spread of relations between forms of cultural preference and participation. The analytic method is ‘inductive’ and ‘descriptive’ and does not presuppose that any particular ordering of practices will ...
... relationship between taste and social class as determinist. MCA creates a cultural map, showing the spread of relations between forms of cultural preference and participation. The analytic method is ‘inductive’ and ‘descriptive’ and does not presuppose that any particular ordering of practices will ...
Individuals, populations and the balance of nature: the question of
... dynamics have been attributed to the deterministic process (density dependence) simply being disrupted by chaotic inputs (Hassell et al. 1989). Such a relaxation opens the way for pluralism in ecological interpretation, a feature that has been welcomed in many quarters (e.g., Schoener 1986; Aarssen ...
... dynamics have been attributed to the deterministic process (density dependence) simply being disrupted by chaotic inputs (Hassell et al. 1989). Such a relaxation opens the way for pluralism in ecological interpretation, a feature that has been welcomed in many quarters (e.g., Schoener 1986; Aarssen ...
Fisheries Ecology
... journal tools get new content alerts get rss feed save to my profile latest articles from fisheries management ecology, fisheries ecology division swfsc - located at the western edge of santa cruz california on the coastal bluff at terrace point the fisheries ecology division joins the adjacent uc s ...
... journal tools get new content alerts get rss feed save to my profile latest articles from fisheries management ecology, fisheries ecology division swfsc - located at the western edge of santa cruz california on the coastal bluff at terrace point the fisheries ecology division joins the adjacent uc s ...
The Economics of Marine Resources: Ecological
... comprised of many agents that make decisions and interact in numerous ways, and these decisions and interactions determine the macro properties of the systems. Unfortunately, ecologists and economists typically do not work together in understanding how the systems themselves interact with each other ...
... comprised of many agents that make decisions and interact in numerous ways, and these decisions and interactions determine the macro properties of the systems. Unfortunately, ecologists and economists typically do not work together in understanding how the systems themselves interact with each other ...
Content Standards
... of human migration (e.g., density, food and water supply, transportation and communication systems) and its effects (e.g., impact on physical and human systems). ...
... of human migration (e.g., density, food and water supply, transportation and communication systems) and its effects (e.g., impact on physical and human systems). ...
Appendix 1 A History of Theories in Anthropology
... American anthropology. His book Race, Language, and Culture (1940/1966) is a collection of essays on those key topics. Boas contributed to cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology. His biological studies of European immigrants to the United States revealed and measured phenotypical plastici ...
... American anthropology. His book Race, Language, and Culture (1940/1966) is a collection of essays on those key topics. Boas contributed to cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropology. His biological studies of European immigrants to the United States revealed and measured phenotypical plastici ...
SARDI Aquatic Sciences
... systems and the ecosystems that underpin our valuable fisheries, and potential climate change impacts on our oceans and fisheries. ...
... systems and the ecosystems that underpin our valuable fisheries, and potential climate change impacts on our oceans and fisheries. ...
Introduction - Berghahn Journals
... (Rajan and Duncan 2013: 70). We insist, however, in inquiring about the ideas and “hopes” (Bloch 1986) that shape and propel these adaptations, and the possibility that they can lead to positive transformation. Utopian ideas and impulses guide efforts to make a living, but they also orient diverse e ...
... (Rajan and Duncan 2013: 70). We insist, however, in inquiring about the ideas and “hopes” (Bloch 1986) that shape and propel these adaptations, and the possibility that they can lead to positive transformation. Utopian ideas and impulses guide efforts to make a living, but they also orient diverse e ...
My Ecology Notes
... Competition is the struggle between organisms for a resource that is in limited supply. 1. Contest competitionis the direct fight between two organisms for a resource that is in short supply. (e.g. two stags fighting for a mate) 2. Scramble competition is the struggle amongst a number of organisms f ...
... Competition is the struggle between organisms for a resource that is in limited supply. 1. Contest competitionis the direct fight between two organisms for a resource that is in short supply. (e.g. two stags fighting for a mate) 2. Scramble competition is the struggle amongst a number of organisms f ...
AP HUG Basic Concepts Study Guide
... Contemporary Mapping Maps are used by geographers primarily for displaying geographic information and for offering geographic explanation. Maps are the geographer’s most essential tool. Pinpointing Location: GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses satellites to reference locations on the ground ...
... Contemporary Mapping Maps are used by geographers primarily for displaying geographic information and for offering geographic explanation. Maps are the geographer’s most essential tool. Pinpointing Location: GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses satellites to reference locations on the ground ...
Introduction to the course
... The Continuity of Life is Based on Heritable Information in the form of DNA -Watson/Crick double stranded DNA: a linear sequence of four nucleotides arranged in genes -biological structure and function is encoded in genes, the unit of inheritance -inheritance based on complex mechanisms to: a) copy ...
... The Continuity of Life is Based on Heritable Information in the form of DNA -Watson/Crick double stranded DNA: a linear sequence of four nucleotides arranged in genes -biological structure and function is encoded in genes, the unit of inheritance -inheritance based on complex mechanisms to: a) copy ...
ECOLOGY:How Do Communities Come Together
... Diamond distilled his results into simple "assembly rules" that described broad patterns of species co-occurrence in natural communities. For example, he found that some species of fruit-eating pigeons in the Bismarck Archipelago never co-occurred: an island might harbor species A or species B, but ...
... Diamond distilled his results into simple "assembly rules" that described broad patterns of species co-occurrence in natural communities. For example, he found that some species of fruit-eating pigeons in the Bismarck Archipelago never co-occurred: an island might harbor species A or species B, but ...