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Showing 1 to 20 of 266 for “"Ethnographic fieldwork"”.
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Visualizing the Cherokee Homeland through Indigenous Historical GIS: An Interactive Map of James Mooney's Ethnographic Fieldwork and Cherokee Collective Memory
In 1887, the Bureau of American Ethnology appointed James Mooney to work among the Eastern Band of Cherokee. From 1887 to 1916, Mooney documented the sites and stories of the Cherokee homeland as shared with him by members of the community. Mooney's working maps and field notes were recently …
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In the realm of the Kob Kings : rethinking knowledges and dialogue in a small-scale fishery
Emerging from seven months of ethnographic fieldwork and participant observation conducted in the small-scale commercial handline fishery of Stilbaai, this dissertation examines and rethinks knowledges in a bid to open dialogue between experts (academic researchers, fisheries managers and fishers). …
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Social exchange and valuations in the market for contemporary art
The first essay draws on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork to examine the puzzle of why galleries discipline collectors --
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Nation -State, Development, and Community in a Rural Sinhala Setting
… doctoral dissertation is based on nine months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the village of Kandalama, located in Sri Lanka's Central Province.
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Language in Medical Worlds: Hearing Technology for Deaf Jordanian Children
… to make deaf children speak. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork at a cochlear implantation initiative and an audiology department in Amman, I argue that this imperative must be understood in relation to anxieties about the status of Arabic in Jordan and the historical value of orality in …
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Fat activism and collective accountability: from virtual community to embodied coalition
… the social media site Tumblr. Blending feminist ethnographic fieldwork with post-structuralist and intersectional theoretical analysis, I interrogate fat positive identity formation, Tumblr as a site of resistance and the representational politics embedded in the fat activist Tumblr community. I …
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Caring for star-children : autism, families, and ethics in contemporary China
… in two cities in China. Based on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork at municipal specialist hospitals, community child-health clinics, autism rehabilitation centers, and homes of families with autistic children across six provinces, this study explores how social stratification and the turn …
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Reach out and be healed : constitutional rights to traditional African healing
… must be responsive to the needs of the populace. Ethnographic fieldwork demonstrates that traditional healing is used not in opposition to, but as a complementary twin of, biomedicine. Considering this, it shall be argued that economically, socially and medically, the incorporation of traditional …
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Roman Catholic liturgical music in urban Kenya: Processes of inculturation at St. Veronica parish Syokimau, Nairobi
… Parish Syokimau is the case study. Through ethnographic fieldwork, I study the relationship between the choir and the congregation of St. Veronica parish. I study how different aspects of this relationship interweave to provide a platform for inculturation of liturgical music in a way …
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Germany - Morocco : an ethnography about migration, networks, and experienced discrimination
… life. Methodologically it is based on stationary ethnographic fieldwork in Frankfurt and the Northern Moroccan Rif lasting fourteen months in total. Theoretically the study refers to assumptions on the interrelatedness of emigration and immigration, the detailed insights into personal embededness …
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Thinking about “US”: Liberal nationalism and political organizing in Central Iowa
… content analysis, qualitative interviews, and ethnographic fieldwork, this project aims to understand the nature of liberal nationalism, specifically in the context of Central Iowa. Starting during the 2022 Midterm Elections season, this project studies the importance of how people create, …
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The Public Market System of New Orleans: Food Deserts, Food Security, and Food Politics
… activist efforts. Using qualitative methods, ethnographic fieldwork, participant observation and interviewing, issues of food access, food security, food production, food locality, quality, and affordability in New Orleans are explored. The history of public markets in New Orleans and the …
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An ethnography of disordered eating in urban Canada
… the problem of disordered eating based on ethnographic fieldwork in emergency shelters, soup kitchens, and eating disorder support groups, as well as interviews with medical professionals, and other residents of a Canadian city. This person-centered ethnography that explores the eating …
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Behind the Exhibit: Exploring the Processes of Indigenous Rights Representation at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
… Indigenous human rights. The study is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out at the museum in July 2019 and the literature on anthropology and human rights, decolonizing museum practices, and museums as spaces for human rights dialogue. The study shows how museums can change their history …
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El Shabab Bayn Naran - The Men Are Between Two Fires: A Study on How a Denial of Civil Rights Affects Palestinian Men’s Performance of Masculinity in Lebanon
… gendered expectations. Drawing on two months of ethnographic fieldwork in Shatila and Burj Barajneh refugee camps, including interviews and a focus group conducted with Palestinian men and women, the study explores three central themes: mobility, providing, and love. Findings show that men pursue …
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Humanizing autonomy : social scientists' and engineers' futures for robotic cars
… any particular robotic performance. Through ethnographic fieldwork at a site of robotic vehicle development, I investigate alternative strategies for robotic cars and discuss their social implications. Supported by a framework from multispecies ethnography and the practices of robot …
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Identity, Catholicism, and Lozi Culture in Zambia's Western Province
… on a communal and cultural level. Using ethnographic fieldwork among Lozi Catholic communities in the Western Province of Zambia, the case is made that both conversion and inculturation represent the same process of identity formation. Conversion is defined as a process in which a person …
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Roots and wings: orthodoxy, tradition, and creativity in Irish folk Catholicism
… articulate, and create religious experiences. Ethnographic fieldwork was the principal method of data collection. Four areas of folk religion are given special attention: the use of religious narrative to represent and reproduce religious experience, the use of material artefacts to create …
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Inventive infrastructures : an exploration of mobile phone 'repair' cultures in Kampala, Uganda
… of human-technology relations. Multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork of markets and small, informal businesses will enable the detailed exploration of socio-technical assemblages of mobile phone 'maintenance' and 'repair'. Perhaps the Kampalan 'repair cultures' can also suggest some new …
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“Je Cherche La Vie!”: Women's Labour Politics in Masisi's Artisanal Coltan Mines
… work in the mines. Based on three months of ethnographic fieldwork at artisanal coltan mine sites in Masisi Territory in the province of North Kivu, this study employs ethnographic observations, focus group and interview methodologies.
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