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  • Neo-Ottoman perspectives : Turkish identity and culinary culture in a sociopolitical context

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    Kinoğlu, Sera D.
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    As Turkey's cultural and economic climate has experienced dramatic shifts in accordance with its changing role in global society, a neo-Ottoman movement has taken root in recent years which can offer insight into the new Turkish identity. This sociopolitical movement captures a diverse set of cultural attributes through a contemporary...
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    ). Sutton’s book on the anthropology of food and memory (2011) may be the most comprehensive of its kind to

  • To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

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    Giulietti, Michael P.
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    The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in the United States, is currently unexamined in academic literature for the significance it holds for either shoe repairers or their customers. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, this...
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    higher status among populations where actual shoe ownership was rare (Wright 1922; Heyman 1994). The

  • Imagining them, reimagining ourselves : a case study of cultural appropriation and the politics of identity

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    Smith-Nolan, Mary K.
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    Several popular cultural movements emphasizing indigenous spirituality have arisen in the United States and Europe within the past thirty years. Spiritual discourses attributed to Native Americans, among other groups, are borrowed by Euro-Americans in search of alternatives to dominant ideologies. In such a circumstance, Native Americans become part of a...
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    generated for and by practitioners of Native American New Age activities. Several journals, books, and

  • The women's movement in Japan and its effect on the workplace

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    Madden-Bethune, Gwyn D.
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    The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of women in the Japanese workplace. Data obtained from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, shows that the Japanese workplace is in a state of change moving toward a higher level of opportunity for female workers. While similar to the circumstances experienced...
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    harassment were brought into the public eye. Although there have been court cases and numerous books

  • "They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

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    Wheaton-Abraham, Jyl M.
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    There is a fundamental distortion in our understanding of Native people, especially Native women. This distortion is rooted in imperialism and the colonization of Native lands and has created a dominant/subordinate relationship between Non-Native/Native people. Anthropological life history research has traditionally reflected this relationship. As a Native woman, the author...
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    human beings in research and literature are rare. Because of this, Bea Medicine (2001) has called on

  • Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

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    Brown, Nicole A.
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    This thesis examines perceptions of cooperation among small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in western Oregon's forest products industry. Recent changes in the industry, such as corporate consolidation, global marketing, and government regulations have created an environment in which many SMEs find it difficult to stay competitive. Cooperation among SMEs...
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    mills, however, has not been left unspoken. Rows of books line the shelves at community and university

  • Ecotourism, community development, and local autonomy : the experience of Shan-Mei aboriginal community in Taiwan

    Creator:
    Lee, Pei-Yao
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    Shan-Mei, a Tsou aboriginal village in Taiwan, is widely known as a legend of environmental conservation, where ecotourism has been successfully combined with integrated community development. Indigenous knowledge containing "ecological wisdom" and decision-making based on consensus are perceived to be the greatest contributors to this achievement. I conducted three months...
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    local people, but cases of ecotourism planned and managed by an aboriginal community are rare. As for

  • Empowerment or a 'citizenship project'? : microcredit with education in Cuzco, Peru

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    Kearney, Emily Q.
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    Microfinance, or the technique of lending small amounts of money to the world's poor for productive activities, has emerged as a dominant approach to poverty alleviation among international development organizations. However, consensus does not yet exist as to the best mechanism for delivery of loans. While most organizations simply offer...
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    1970 by Ester Boserup, who argued in her landmark book, Women’s Role In Economic Development, that