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Appendix 4: [Memoranda Concerning Military Pensions submitted by the New Lebanon and Watervliet, New York, Shaker Communities to the New York State Legislature, 1825.]
Get PDFAre You What You Eat? A Study Into Our Reasons For Eating Authentic Food
No full textThe landscape of food appreciation has been changing in recent decades to include the exotic/ethnic food as authentic food. Is this a step in the right direction; a way to promote cultural understanding and appreciation, or is it a way to create difference between cultural class? Authentic food is very hard to define, and even harder to understand is why some people care about it, seek it out, and call themselves foodies. The purpose of this study is to gain critical insight into the motivation behind people’s desire to eat authentic food and the implications that follow.
A&Q Presents: February 19, 2020
No full textGenevieve Shuster \u2720 is a Creative Writing major and Sociology minor. She is currently working on a collection of short stories for her senior thesis. Her literary heroes include Miranda July, Helen Oyemi, Joan Didion, and Jo Ann Beard. Her happy place is a Metro North train, listening to a WNYC podcast. Genevieve\u27s journalistic work and book reviews can be found at Document Journal Online and Heavy Feather Review.
Claire Nicholson \u2720 is from Main, double majoring in World Politics and Creative Writing. She has a lot of plants and would some day like to have even more. She is thankful for the friends who were able to attend and thankful for words in general. In her spare time she plays frisbee, tweets too much, and daydreams. She is currently brewing kombucha and is looking for flavor recipes. She is also highly employable
The Politics of Placing the Dead in Bronze Age Transylvania
No full textWhere people bury their dead is a critical part of mortuary rituals. This paper examines the relationship between the placement of the dead within a landscape and the social roles of the dead in the lives of the living. We examine the distribution of mortuary sites in southwest Transylvania during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (2700–1500 BCE), a period of significant socioeconomic transformation. We document a shift in the locations of cemeteries that is linked to the changing roles of the dead within society. During the Early Bronze Age, people placed their dead in highly visible tomb cemeteries in upland landscapes with access to metal and highland pasture. We argue that the living used mortuary practices to contest access to resources. During the Middle Bronze Age, however, people were primarily cremated and buried in flat urn cemeteries in similar contexts as settlements. We argue that this transition signifies changing institutions of metal procurement as well as a shift in the roles of the dead in the lives of the living. The analysis of cemetery placement has significant potential for revealing the organization and evolution of how bodies are used for political purposes in a broad range of geographic and chronological contexts
Living and Dying in Mountain Landscapes: An Introduction
No full textIn this introduction to the thematic issue Living and Dying in Mountain Landscapes, we develop an analytical framework for the bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology of highland landscapes. We highlight new theoretical, methodological, and comparative contributions to the anthropological study of upland spaces. Theoretical contributions include examining identity, connectivity, and adaptation from an explicitly biocultural perspective. By bridging the biological anthropological focus on the somatic with an archaeological focus on the long term, bioarchaeology allows for the development of an embodied understanding of “marginal” highland environments, investigating how such landscapes shape and are shaped by human action over time. Recent advances in bioarchaeological methods, including isotopic analyses of mobility and diet and ancient DNA studies of kinship and relatedness, are combined with traditional osteological examinations of age, sex, ancestry, and disease to reconstruct the lifeways of mountain communities. These methodological advances take advantage of the topographical, geological, and ecological diversity of mountain landscapes. Finally, a comparative bioarchaeology of upland and lowland communities across space and time provides a deeper understanding of highland adaptations and identities. The papers share a number of unifying themes, including the impact of mountain landscapes on channeling resource control, creating or mediating diverse identities, and the importance of interdisciplinary investigations for developing an understanding of the relationship between people and place. As this issue demonstrates, the study of human remains must be situated within a holistic bioarchaeological approach to life and death in order to understand the dynamic relationships between people and the highland environments they occupy
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Get PDFBack cover illustration: Ora Labora, Mich. Lithograph by Ehrgott, Fororiger & Co. Lithogr. Cincinnati. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
The Social Algorithm: Understanding Social Influence on Online Video Consumption on YouTube
No full textIn our current day and age online video content is ubiquitous. Yet, to date, a limited body of research has examined patterns on online media consumption. This study attempts to understand why people consume online video content; what factors influence their consumption; and, what people receive from said consumption. To examine these questions, I conducted in-depth interviews with 7 respondents and performed a content analysis of the comments sections under eight videos on YouTube. Results indicate that friend/family influence, view count, resonance with subject matter, admiration for and connection to content creators, and beliefs and values all shape patterns of content consumption and reception of the videos on YouTube. These findings show that algorithms and paid promotion are not the only thing one should look at when attempting to understand consumption. Equally important are personal and social interaction
Is the Collegiate Playing Field All That Equal?
No full textAlthough previous research reveals the many challenges that women leaders face, little research has examined whether the absence of mutual expectations of women leaders may be an underlying reason for these difficulties. This study explores whether varied expectations of women leaders impact the experiences of varsity collegiate women captains. Data are drawn from in-depth interviews with varsity team captains (n=6), as well as survey data collected from both captains and team members (n=34) at a small northeastern liberal arts college. Results suggest there is no behavioral framework for women leaders to refer to for successful leadership, a circumstance that contributes to discrepant expectations of women leaders between captains and team members. Ultimately, this fosters a more challenging leadership experience for women. A lack of mutual understanding about leadership, between women captains and team members, results in disappointed team members, and an overwhelming criticism of women captains. My findings suggest that if the beliefs and expectations of women captains and team members were to coincide, women leaders would have an easier time leading. Study results further suggest a number of practical implications, including the use of workshops, classes, and required team meetings for women’s teams to discuss team dynamics and leadership. This tactic could help women captains construct a general understanding of what it means to be a woman leader, making it easier for women captains to lead
Getting Drivers out of the Driver’s Seat: Successful Methods to Cause Mode Shift Towards Mass Transit in the United States
No full textDespite the climate crisis, traffic congestion, and income inequality, America still heavily relies on the automobile to travel, even as other countries across the world use widespread and complex mass transit systems. Americans must reconsider how they travel. This begs the question of what methods are successfully employed by institutions in the United States to get automobile drivers to substitute their trips (“mode shift”) with other modes of mass transit. To shed light on this complicated issue, I conduct a case comparison of the light rail systems in the Dallas and Houston metro areas, assessing their successes and shortcomings. I build upon two main theoretical approaches: the effects of socio-demographics and past experiences on travel behavior, as well as research on policy formation and outputs. My study reaffirms links between dense development and increased ridership and also identifies the importance of linking different transit modes and targeting service. The effects of government and non-government organizations on ridership were mixed, as different groups in both types of organizations could both imped and facilitate light rail development and use
Models for DH at Liberal Arts Colleges and Four-year Institutions
No full textThis chapter attempts to serve as a practical guide. It begins with an overview of the challenges of integrating digital humanities (DH) at undergraduate institutions. The Digital Humanities Initiative (DHi) at Hamilton College serves as a case study and a reference for comparison to other undergraduate DH models. Models for DH at liberal arts colleges and four-year institutions are challenged to integrate undergraduate students into DH research and to integrate DH research and methods into courses. Developing the DHi at Hamilton College will be used as a case study with examples and explanations of options and decisions made in developing a DH initiative at a liberal arts college. As a liberal arts college, collaborative research between faculty and students is the primary mission of DHi at Hamilton