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  • The Changing Cultural Ecology of the Warwar Valley, 1948 - 1980

    Creator:
    Schneider, Evan G.
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    This thesis is an effort to formalize and document some of the changes occuring in the Warwar Valley of Gongola State, Nigeria, West Africa. The documentation will comprise a photographic study over time accompanied by an ethnographic narrative. Information gathered from photographic images, field notes and the anthropological record will...
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  • The Kwakiutl totem pole and its symbolic value

    Creator:
    Mauze, Marie-France
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    The antiquity of the Northwest Coast Indian pole is the subject of a great deal of controversy. A few viewpoints referring to that topic are given. The symbolic value of the Kwakiutl totem pole is examined with respect to art, style and culture; more generally "primitive" art is considered as...
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    SYMBOLIC VALUE Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy (John A. Dunn) The antiquity of the Northwest

  • Drum Languages and Their Messages

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    Jewett, Susan E.
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    With over 800 languages spoken on the continent of Africa, inter-cultural communication has always been difficult. In addition, many of the peoples of Africa have experienced colonial oppression. Various powers have sought to interfere with intra-cultural dialogues and the free flow of information. Their effectiveness, however, was limited because of...
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    surrogates. Messages are relayed on them in a codal form. This form is based on the tonal language of the

  • Cultural evolution and small-scale farming

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    Caday, Peter P.
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    Small-scale farmers are defined under United States Department of Agriculture guidelines as those whose gross farm sales are less than $40,000. They are typically contrasted with mid-scale farmers whose gross sales are less than $100,000, and with large-scale farmers whose sales are more than $100,000. Arguments from cultural and historical...
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    Portrait from Polk County, Oregon, by Dr. John A. Young and Peter Caday, Department of Anthropology

  • An investigation of ethnocentrism, its elements, factors affecting its intensity, and implications for cross-cultural activities

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    Olufson, Loreen C.
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    Ethnocentrism is a term for an attitude which causes individuals to place their culture at the center of the universe as they see it. Other cultures are evaluated in terms of the culture of the individual and are often valued less. Ethnocentrism and the behaviors associated with it have frequently...
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    . Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy John A. Young Ethnocentrism is a term for an attitude which

  • Change in some aspects of Chinese core values, 1978-1988

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    Qi, Xiaoping
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    Great change has taken place in China during the past decade. As core values represent the most basic aspects of social life, change in some aspects of Chinese core values indicates that China is moving rapidly from being an agricultural society toward becoming a modern industrial society. China today can...
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    Privacy r John A.C/Yotpg Great change has taken place in China during the past decade. As core values

  • The Va : Traditional Culture and Modernization of a Minority Nationality in China

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    Chiang, Hung-i and Jiang, Hongyi
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    The Va nationality, despite its small population compared to other nationalities in China, has preserved most of its traditions largely due to limits placed by historical circumstances and geographical isolation. To non-Chinese anthropologists, the Va people still remain unknown, as there is little or no information about them in English...
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    Modernization of a Minority Nationality in China Redacted for Privacy Abstract Approved: . John A.!Young The

  • Cultural differences and business interaction : an analysis of conflicts between Chinese and American ways of life

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    Chen, Yuejian, 1958-
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    This study uses an anthropological perspective to discuss the cultural differences between Chinese and Americans in business contexts. Through an analysis of case studies related by businesspersons involved in Sino-US trade, and by an analysis of literature on the subject, it describes how cultural differences contribute to the problems and...
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    Conflicts between Chinese and American ways of Life Abstract approved John A. Young This study uses an

  • Traditions and changes in Chinese business organizations under the policy of economic reform

    Creator:
    Siu, Walsa
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    One of the motives of China's Economic Reform is to bring Western management techniques to China to further economic development. The miraculous success of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Shenzhen, Guangdong has attracted many foreign investors who gladly bring their management expertise. This thesis looks at small, medium and...
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    Economic Reform. Abstract approved: John A. Youn One of the motives of China's Economic Reform is to

  • The changing social position of the elderly in contemporary urban China

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    Lin, Pei, 1966-
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    This thesis uses an anthropological approach to examine the current social status of the young elderly in contemporary urban China and explores the problems these people are facing. A review of literature sets up complementary theoretical frameworks for the understanding of the interaction between changing social environment and transitional life...
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    . Abstract approved: John A. Young This thesis uses an anthropological approach to examine the current