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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Cognitive Anthropology"”.
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The Diagnosis Narratives & The Healing Ritual
… <p>Advisor: Dr. Andrea Sankar</p> <p>Major: Anthropology (medical)</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p> The goal of this dissertation was to describe healing practices in the setting of clinical encounters between patients and doctors. The theoretical background for this research began …
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A study of intercultural discourse between mainland Chinese speakers of English and Anglo-Australians
… speakers of English and Anglo-Australians from a cognitive perspective by applying the theoretical framework of cultural linguistics. The intercultural discourse produced by mainland Chinese speakers of English in the context of them interacting with Anglo-Australians was analysed. The analysis …
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The MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft : humans and machines in action
… this study describes how social, technical, and cognitive factors mutually constitute remote air operations in war. Armed with perspectives and methods developed in the fields of the history of technology, sociology of technology, and cognitive anthropology, the author, an Air Force fighter …
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Common minds, uncommon thoughts: a philosophical anthropological investigation of uniquely human creative behavior, with an emphasis on artistic ability, religious reflection, and scientific study
… (evolutionary and developmental psychology, cognitive anthropology and archeology, neuroscience) within a philosophical anthropological framework, I have presented a cognitive and evolutionary approach to the question of why humans, but not other animals engage in such activities. Through an …
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Got Breadfruit? Marshallese Foodways and Culture in Springdale, Arkansas
… members of any ethnic group. Ethnographic and cognitive anthropology methods, including a novel calculation of cognitive salience, were used in this study to explore the domain of traditional Marshallese foods in Springdale, Arkansas. Springdale is home to the highest population of Marshallese …
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As Below So Above: Reconstructing the Neo-Babylonian Worldview
… By addressing this underlying, implicit cognitive software the Neo-Babylonians used, one is better able to understand the society’s more observable and obvious religious, ethical, legal, political, and social features. This has the potential to present a more contextualized view of …
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Forgotten Sepulchers: The Uninscribed Tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt
… will also be examined in some detail. Using a cognitive and symbolic systems approach, the information about each uninscribed tomb will then be examined and interpreted to gain an understanding of each tomb’s possible ownership. Such an analysis of the uninscribed tombs in the Valley of the …
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Forgotten Sepulchers: The Uninscribed Tombs in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt
… will also be examined in some detail. Using a cognitive and symbolic systems approach, the information about each uninscribed tomb will then be examined and interpreted to gain an understanding of each tomb’s possible ownership. Such an analysis of the uninscribed tombs in the Valley of the …
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Cultural models of respectful subjectivity among primary school children in post-conflict Ayacucho, Peru: an embodied learning analysis
In this dissertation, I approach the question of how educational policy and practice can shape children into peaceful, democratic citizens in a context of recent internal armed conflict. Broadly, I address the issue of how to make internationally derived policy discourses meaningful for children. …
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(Mis)understanding Afghanistan: an ethnographic examination of 'human elements' affecting the nexus between understanding and strategy in population-centric conflict
(Mis)Understanding Afghanistan is an ethnographic examination of human elements affecting the nexus between understanding and strategy in population-centric conflict during the US/NATO engagement (2001-2015). Fieldwork traces processes of knowledge production that delineate three primary …