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Bollywood and Beyond: Hinduism Changing the World
Article discussing research on the ideals of Hinduism, such as pluralism, dharma, ritam, and nonviolence holding important lessons for the future of Hinduism in particular and for humanity in general.
Bringing User-Centered Design to the Field of Language Archives
This article describes findings from a workshop that initiated a dialogue between the fields of user-centered design (UCD) and language archives.
Caution and Consensus in American Business Meetings
This article focuses on the ways in which cautiousness is exercised to achieve consensus in American business meetings.
The Cosmic Dance of Obama-Raja on Newsweek
Article discussing an image that appears on the front cover of Newsweek magazine depicting President Barack Obama.
COVID-19 has heightened tensions between and exposed threats to core values of emergency medicine
The authors of the article conducted a collaborative ethnography at a tertiary care center during the acute phase of the response to the threat of COVID-19. they found that COVID-19 exacerbated pre-existing tensions and threats to the core values of emergency medicine.
Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya Practitioners
Article on dharmic ecology and perspectives from the Swadhyaya practitioners.
The Dharmic Method to Save the Planet
This article discusses environmentalism and ways in which dharmic methods can help save the planet. While most Americans are familiar with the terms such as "yoga" and "Bollywood," Indian perspectives toward the ecology seem to be largely unknown.
Doing our work better, together: a relationship-based approach to defining the quality improvement agenda in trauma care
Article presents a study conducted at Gold Coast University Hospital that aimed to define and improve relational aspects of trauma care and facilitate co-creation of targeted interventions designed to improve team relationships and performance.
Down deep in the holler: chasing seeds and stories in southern Appalachia
This article is the third in a series "Recollections, Reflections, and Revelations: Ethnobiologists and their First Time in the Field" and is a personal reflection by the researcher on his experience and involvement in kinship and friendship networks while conducting agrobiodiversity research in southern Appalachia, USA.
Indology and Marxist Hermeneutics
Article discussing research on Indology and Marxist hermeneutics.
Irony and the 'yoga wars'
Article discussing the debated topic of whether yoga is a Hindu or Secular practice and the potential causes and impacts of how and why this subject is being debated.
Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics
Article discussing the absence of a formal category of environmental ethics in Jainism and Jainism's historical relationship to environmental ethics.
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in US Sacred Land Law
This article demonstrates instances in which sacred site law was construed so narrowly as to a priori preclude indigenous ways of knowing, particularly in regards to the nature of land, use of sacred objects, and pollution.
"No More Cakes and Ale?" Discovering Ethical Gray Areas in a Design Anthropology Class
This article examines how ethics were learned in a design anthropology class.
Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas
Introduction to the special section featuring the proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology in the 2009 edition of the Eagle Feather.
Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas
Introduction to the proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology as featured in the 2007 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas
Introduction to the proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology, as published in the 2008 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates
Introduction to the proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, featured in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Prestigious Houses or Provisional Homes? The ghar as a Symbol of Kathmandu Valley Peri-Urbanism
This article considers an alternative formulation of urban planning generated by three-plus decades of economic and governmental liberalization.
Problems of HIV/AIDS infected women in Manipur: agenda for policy change
This article explores the problems of HIV/AIDS infected women in Manipur, India.
Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films
Article discussing the renunciation and non-renunciation in Indian films. The author reviews several films to analyze the portrayal of ascetics and householders.
Swadhyaya's Dharmic Ecology
Article discussing an essay by the author titled "Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya Practitioners," discussing the Swadhyayis and their Vrksamandiras, or tree-temples, and dharmic ecology.
Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings
This article discusses diverse theologies in Hinduism and describes ten important Hindu teachings on the environment.
Two Reflections on the Symbolic Position of Business Anthology
This article provides comments and reflection on the symbolic position of business anthropology with mainstream anthropology.
Undergraduate Research and the Latino/a Chicano/a Oral History Project
Introduction to the special section on anthropology in the 2006 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Undergraduate Student Research in Anthropology
Introduction to the special section for undergraduate research in anthropology in the 2007 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Using a Partial Sum Method and GPS Tracking Data to Identify Area Restricted Search by Artisanal Fishers at Moored Fish Aggregating Devices in the Commonwealth of Dominica
This article explores research to identify area-restricted search foraging behavior at fish aggregating device (FAD) patches. Movement data were collected from GPS devices placed on foraging trips originating in the artisanal fishing village of Desa Ikan (pseudonym), on the east coast of the Caribbean island nation of the Commonwealth Dominica. The goal of the research is to understand how property rights are emerging after the introduction of fish aggregating device (FAD) technology at the site in 1999.
Utilization of Hospital Services by the Older Adult: A look at today's trends, and projections for tomorrow
Article on the utilization of hospital services by older adults and a look at today's trends and projections for tomorrow.
Victims of "adaptation": climate change, sacred mountains, and perverse resilience
Article proposes the concept of "perverse adaptation", where one actor or institution's adaptation to climate change in fact produces aftershocks and secondary impacts upon other groups.
Victims of "adaptation": climate change, sacred mountains, and perverse resilience
This article proposes the concept of "perverse adaptation", where one actor or institution's adaptation to climate change in fact produces aftershocks and secondary impacts upon other groups. Drawing on ethnographic and sociolinguistic research in northern Arizona regarding artificial snowmaking at a ski resort on a sacred mountain, the author elucidates resort supporters' and others' attempts to frame snowmaking as a sustainable adaptation to drought (and, implicitly, climate change) while counterpoising these framings with narratives from local activists as well as Diné (Navajo) individuals.
“We Need an Even Bigger One”: Disasters of Inequality in Postquake Kathmandu Valley
This article reflects on the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal.
What Was Damaged?: Taking Sacred Ecology into Account in Environmental Impact Assessment
This article argues that any analysis of environmental impacts on indigenous communities must also consider the ways in which changes in environmental quality have harmed indigenous ways of sacredly connecting to the environment.
"With Anything Manmade There is Going to be Danger": The Cultural Context of Navajo Opinions Regarding Snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks
This article explores the perspectives of Navajo living in Leupp, Arizona, who object to a plan to use artificial snow on the San Francisco peaks.
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