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Patterson, Amy S., Tracy Kuperus, and Megan Hershey. Africa’s Urban Youth: Challenging Marginalization, Claiming Citizenship.
No full textReview of: Patterson, Amy S., Tracy Kuperus, and Megan Hershey. Africa’s Urban Youth: Challenging Marginalization, Claiming Citizenship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023
Daly, Samuel Fury Childs. Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire
No full textReview of: Daly, Samuel Fury Childs. Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024
Siddiqi, Anooradha Iyer. Architecture of Migration: The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement
No full textReview of: Siddiqi, Anooradha Iyer. Architecture of Migration: The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024
Bell, Lucy, Alex Ungprateeb Flynn, and Patrick O’Hare. Taking Form, Making Worlds: Cartonera Publishers in Latin America
No full textReview of: Bell, Lucy, Alex Ungprateeb Flynn, and Patrick O’Hare. Taking Form, Making Worlds: Cartonera Publishers in Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2022
Using Real Interpretative Differences to Assess Inter-laboratory Isotopic Variability Due to Sample Preparation
No full textHere we present a two-part study to assess isotope data comparability between two sample preparation laboratories, based on the concept of Real Interpretative Differences (RID). Inter-laboratory isotopic variability should be evaluated prior to compiling data from different sources. Isotopic variability can result from two main causes: sample preparation and sample analysis. We compared the carbon and nitrogen isotope delta (δ) values of 20 modern human bone collagen sample pairs—representing seven individuals from diverse backgrounds—that were prepared close in time at two laboratories and then analyzed at one facility. From this study, values for RID of preparation, or RIDprep, were calculated for bone collagen as 0.43‰ and 0.75‰ for δ13C values and δ15N values, respectively. These RIDprep values were tested using a set of 30 bone collagen sample pairs—representing 30 modern individuals—that were first prepared over a span of five years (2014–2019) at one laboratory; they were prepared again at the second laboratory in 2019. While the differences in isotope δ values betweenthe paired samples in the second study were statistically significant, they did not exceed the calculated RIDprep values for either carbon (30 comparisons) or nitrogen (30 comparisons)—with the exception of one carbon difference in a single paired bone sample. The inherent error rate in combining the isotope test results was thus calculated as 1.7%. This study demonstrated that the isotope data generated from human bone collagen prepared at one laboratory can be reliably compared to data generated from samples prepared at the other laboratory
Recognizing Skeletal Presentations of Rotator Cuff and Cruciate Ligament Surgical Interventions
No full textForensic anthropologists are commonly tasked with assisting investigators in identifying a decedent from an unknown set of human skeletal remains. When traditional methods are not applicable, medically implanted orthopaedic devices have been shown to aid in positive identification. However, not all orthopaedic surgeries result in surgical hardware that can be traced to a manufacturer or individual. This article presents skeletal case examples of two different rotator cuff repairs and an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, both of which are common orthopaedic surgeries that do not typically result in traceable hardware. In each case, the repairs were performed 10 years prior, yet the surgical intervention remained identifiable from the bony modifications and suture and screw placements, thereby corroborating decedent identifications. In two of the cases, the remains were burned, and DNA analyses were not possible. In addition to the skeletal presentation of these repairs, anatomical descriptions of the injuries and clinical approaches are provided. The case examples may help forensic anthropologists recognize and interpret similar skeletal modifications in their casework, contributing to identification efforts. Furthermore, these cases highlight the importance of broad anatomical knowledge and exposure to clinical medicine in medicolegal practices
Sex Estimation from the Pelvis: Discriminant Functions for Quantitative Indices in a Modern Yucatecan Population
No full textThis study develops nine discriminant functions based on a series of indices calculated on the human pelvic bones from a modern forensic Mexican skeletal population of Maya ancestry from the state of Yucatan. The skeletal collection consists of individuals of known sex and age. Linear measurements were recorded using straight digital and spreading calipers, while the subpubic angle was calculated by means of a 180-degree protractor. Indices that yielded a statistically significant difference between males and females (α = 0.05) were used to calculate discriminant functions, which were then applied to a control sample. Results indicate that the pubic region provides the most reliable estimates of sex, with values ranging between 89.7% and 100.0%. They were followed by the maximum height/ width of the pelvic bone (accuracy of 96.4% and 82.4%, respectively, for males and females) and by the symmetry/asymmetry of the greater sciatic notch (89.7% in males and 88.2% in females). The other indices yielded lower levels of accuracy, ranging between 43.7% and 75.9%. Nonetheless, these less reliable indices are still useful in cases of taphonomically damaged pelvic bones. These discriminant functions are less likely to be affected by subjectivity, individual size, and robusticity and confirm that the male pelvis is narrower and taller than the female one. Compared to qualitative traits, mathematically calculated indices reduce intra-and interobserver error. Last, being developed on a specific population, it will be important to test their applicability to other ethnic groups
Risk Metaphors in Canadian COVID-19 Public Health Communication
No full textThis paper investigates the multi-faceted and ambiguous metaphorical connotations of “risk” terminology in COVID-19 updates delivered by Canadian public health officers (PHOs) during the first year of the pandemic. Our study reveals diverse and conflicting configurations of risk as both a manageable and unmanageable entity, a personal possession and an external location, an attribute of people and of spaces and activities, and a spectrum of degrees that (dis)identified those at lower and higher levels of risk. We argue that this situated tangle of metaphorical meanings contributed to a broader Canadian politics of neoliberal-communitarian health governance which was premised simultaneously on the active citizen’s individual responsibility to manage risk for self and others and on the vulnerabilization of citizens designated “most at risk.” For the RHM field, our study suggests new ways of exploring the meanings and implications of “risk” language within diverse contexts of health and medical communication.
Review of Doing Dignity: Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care. Christa Teston. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024. 200 pages, 54.95 hardcover. Publisher webpage: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23104/doing-dignity
No full textDoing Dignity: Ethical Praxis and the Politics of Care. Christa Teston. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024. 200 pages, 54.95 hardcover. Publisher webpage: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23104/doing-dignity