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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Zapotec"”.
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CHANGING USES OF ZAPOTEC DOMESTIC SPACE (MEXICO).
The study of changes in the use of domestic space has received little attention in the past despite the implications of such research for everything from archaeology to architecture. This dissertation investigates the relationship between changes in domestic space use and sociocultural factors …
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M.I.celium mexicanus: Rejecting Modernity through Zapotec Futurism
… are contaminants in the culture and lives of the Zapotec community residing in Juchitan, Oaxaca and perpetuate a historical system of colonisation and exploitation by not only foreign powers, but their own country and people. The city itself currently as of 2021 has not completely been able to …
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The Zapotec Presence at Teotihuacan, Mexico: Political Ethnicity and Domestic Identity
… edge of the city, exposed the remains of a Zapotec-style temple, revealing at least two early Classic Period (ca. A.D. 150--350) construction episodes and a later Aztec occupation. These excavations were designed to complement Michael Spence's earlier studies of an adjacent apartment …
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Atmospheric Pressure: An Ethnography of Wind, Turbines, and Zapotec Life in Southern Mexico
… relations that have long bound this indigenous Zapotec community to one another.</p><p>Many of the indigenous Zapotec residents are thrilled these once bothersome winds are becoming productive — as profits, job security, and perhaps their shot at progress. Landowners are among the most ardent …
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To Learn Weaving Below the Rock: Making Zapotec Textiles and Artisans in Teotitlan Del Valle, Mexico
… the discursive and economic context of Zapotec textile production. I argue that the positions most Teotiteco weavers hold in the relations of production are exploitative, and our images of them and the textiles they make are both perpetuated and rationalized through this framework. In …
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Social Dimensions of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Caregivers in Oaxaca, Mexico
… disease within Teotitlán del Valle, a rural Zapotec-speaking community in Oaxaca, Mexico. It explores how Alzheimer’s disease is locally understood, how this understanding reconfigures traditional meanings of old age, and how broader social issues are negotiated through this reconfiguration. …
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Cochineal : a bright red animal dye.
… Cochineal was used by the Aztec, Mixtec, and Zapotec Indians when Cortez arrived in the New World. It has always been very valuable to the indigenous who used the dye and was frequently given as a tribute. The Spanish capitalized on this valuable dye, and for three hundred and fifty years …
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Writing of the Americas
… The writing systems discussed are Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Epi-Olmec, Teotihuacan, Aztec, Mixtec, Khipus, Cree, Cherokee, and Inuktitut writing systems. Primary sources of each system, secondary sources that discuss and synthesize these primary sources, policies, laws, and other cultural …
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Affirming Indigeneity in Public Spaces: Indigenous Mexican Testimonios About Higher Education
… Twelve Indigenous Mexican (Mixtec/Ñuu Savi, Zapotec/Bene Xhon, and Nahua) college students and graduates participated in the study, which involved participation in a 90-minute oral testimonio interview. Through a constant comparative analysis of the data, multiple readings of the …
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Que Salgamos más Adelante: Identity, Community, and the Desire for Development in Oaxaca, Mexico
… in the modern world. I am interested in the ways Zapotec people in Oaxaca, Mexico engage with development strategies and make them amenable to their own cultural practices and values. I am likewise interested in the extent to which the skills, habits, orientations and identities generated through …
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Meaningful Migrations: Characteristics, Patterns and Outcomes : The case of Teotitecos of Oaxaca, Mexico
… thesis focuses on the migration of an indigenous Zapotec group from the town of Teotitlán del Valle, located in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The characteristics and patterns of Teotiteco migration are described and analysed. Furthermore, the possibility of migration transformations is …
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INCONMENSURABLE: AN ARCHIVE OF THE UNSPOKEN
<p><em>Inconmensurable: An Archive of the Unspoken</em> is a creative nonfiction hybrid work that blends memoir, photographic storytelling, film analysis, and imagined reality to interrogate the complicated nature of inheritance. This project grapples with themes of mixed identity, insider and …
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Dietary associations that may reduce metabolic syndrome risk in Mexican young adults
… groups – the Olmec, Toltec, Aztec, Maya, Zapotec, and Mixtec – provided the foundation for Mexico and the Mexican diet (Ruiz, 1993). Agriculture allowed them to cultivate corn, beans, and squash. After Hernán Cortés and his fellow conquistadors arrived in Mexico and brought many varieties …