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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Cultural Modification"”.
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Cultural Modification in Rural Appalachia: Changes as Perceived by Persons Living through the Transformations Created by the ARC.
… the repercussions of those changes on the cultural level. Using personal interviews with volunteers who are older-generation, native Appalachians, regarding their experiences of life before, during, and after the ARC was introduced, this thesis explores the significance of cultural …
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The Ebola Virus and West Africa: Medical and Sociocultural Aspects
… been given to the undeniable impact of the socio-cultural factors on communicable disease, especially Ebola. We have failed at managing Ebola outbreaks in Africa. Most of the preparatory and intensive training of health personnel attending to the needs of those societies where culture is at the …
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Positive Youth Development in Tanzanian Youth: Utility of the Developmental Assets Approach
… the DAP shopromising psychometric properties, cultural modification may be necessary. Context affects PYD as measured by the DAP, but more in-depth, mixed-method, and experimental studies are needed.
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Broken Bones and Cutmarks: Taphonomic Analyses and Implications for the Peopling of North America
… the ways in which bone responds to natural and cultural modification processes is critical. Through neotaphonomic research, this dissertation investigates patterns in butchering, carnivore gnawing, and human-induced breakage of large mammal remains. It quantifies cutmark and tooth mark …
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The Tide of History: Australian Native Title Discourse in Global Perspective
… these representations justified the processes of cultural modification. Modification is a feature of colonisation that seeks to make natives resemble Europeans. This thesis argues that these processes are linked to dispossession and are the essence of the 'tide of history'. A feature of …