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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Ainu"”.
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Tracing Ainu and Pre-Ainu Cultural Continuity Through Cladistic Analysis of Faunal Assemblages
… - 13th century AD; ca. 1500-800 cal. BP), and Ainu (13th century AD – present) period components (Habu et al. 2011; Matsumura 2006; Ōnishi 2014; Weber et al. 2013) from sites in Central Hokkaido, Japan using Generalized Frequency Coding methods (Smith & Gutberlet 2001). Associations of site …
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INDIGENOUS AGENCY AND A NEW POSTCOLONIAL AINU DISCOURSE: A STUDY OF AINU CULTURAL DISPLAY SITES IN HOKKAIDO
In this thesis, I examine three sites of Ainu cultural display in Hokkaido, namely the Ainu Museum in Shiraoi, the Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum in Biratori, and the Sapporo Ainu Cultural Promotion Centre in Sapporo, and analyze my findings using Simone Bignall¿s framework of postcolonial agency …
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Investigation of the presentation of Ainu identity in British museums and exhibitions
The Ainu are an Indigenous group hailing from what is now considered to be Japanese and Russian territory. This thesis explores how Ainu identity is presented in British museums and exhibitions, evaluating displays and their curation. Analysing these institutions through a decolonial lens, I …
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The Role of Sound Recordings in the Revitalisation of Minority Languages of the Ainu People (Japan) and the West Frisians (the Netherlands)
… revitalisation of two minority languages – the Ainu (Japan) and the West Frisian (the Netherlands). Over the last few decades, a growing concern about linguistic diversity in the world has led to an increasing awareness of minority languages, which are endangered by loss. The concept of language …
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The Expression of DNA Restriction-Modification Genes of ESCHERICHIA COLI K12
<p>To facilitate the study of the expression of hsd genes in Escherichia coli K, hsdK::MudX (amp crop lac) operon fusion mutants have successfully been constructed and characterized for the first time. The results indicate that Promoters 1 and 2 for hsdK genes appear to be relatively weak, as …
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An interdisciplinary study of an aesthetic particularism: the ‘Split representation in the Art of Asia and America’
… Most researchers include in this group the Ainu and Jōmon People from Japan, tribes from the Amur Basin, Haida people from the Northern West Coast, Ancient China (Yangshao and Shang Dynasty), Māori People from New Zealand and Kadiweu people from Brazil. I conducted this inquiry through an …
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Indigenous Arctic Fish Skin Heritage: Sustainability, Craft and Material Innovation
… peoples, such as the Nivkh and Nanai; the Ainu from the Hokkaido Island in Japan and Sakhalin Island, Russia; the Hezhe from northeast China and the Saami of northern Scandinavia. 5 Arctic Indigenous Peoples believed that humans, animals and nature shared spiritual qualities. Arctic …