... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especiall... more ... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especially thanked. Jane Garry, Editor for Anthropology, Greenwood Publishing Group, is warmly thanked for her support of our book project. ...
... The following professional women provided helpful critical review of the chapters: Sue Brower... more ... The following professional women provided helpful critical review of the chapters: Sue Brower, Sue Barker, Elizabeth Einstein, Martha Issah, Ndunge Kiiti, Nduku Kiiti, Patricia Lauper, Justine Lynge, Hongnan Ma, Kate Pierce, Aysan Se'ver, Sue Smith, Kamayani Swami, and Qi ...
Field school students to work with Brazil’s indigenous people The University of North Dakota is p... more Field school students to work with Brazil’s indigenous people The University of North Dakota is partnering with the Global Citizens Network (GCN) to offer students an opportunity to study abroad in Brazil during spring 2012 to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the country’s indigenous Xukuru people (pronounced “Shoo-koo-roo”). “We are excited about this multifaceted learning experience for students at UND,” said Marcia Mikulak, associate professor of anthropology. “We’ll be working to increase student understanding of and respect for Xukuru culture and community life while cultivating and promoting the values of peace, justice, respect and cross-cultural understanding within a global perspective.” Mikulak is collaborating with Ray Legasse, the University’s program director for International Programs, and GCN, a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, on the development of a new UND field school for students from across disciplines. GCN’s mission is to partner with di...
Global Visions Film Series: Earth “Earth” is an engrossing look at the planet on which we live, t... more Global Visions Film Series: Earth “Earth” is an engrossing look at the planet on which we live, traveling from pole-to-pole and presenting spectacular footage of the vast diversity of animal life that shares the fragile eco-systems of this planet. The film achieves its powerful cinematography by filming the habitats from the eyes of the animals living in them while drawing us in as we view the young of species both large and small, familiar and unusual. Indeed, forty-two animal species are shown in the movie “Earth,” and the apparent indifference of nature’s unending need for survival and reproduction are shown in terms of both the human tendency to make predators into villains and prey into victims. However, a deeper look will reveal an order that supersedes these simplistic perspectives, revealing the continual cycle of renewal and survival common to earth’s history. The film is about more than just life and death though. It is about the breathtaking beauty and the unending variat...
Suzanne Anderson Al ice Brekke De nnis Elbe rt Hesham El-Rewini Cara Halgren Phyll is Johnson Rob... more Suzanne Anderson Al ice Brekke De nnis Elbe rt Hesham El-Rewini Cara Halgren Phyll is Johnson Robert Kel ley Denise Korniewicz Paul LeBel Kathryn Rand Lori Reesor Dan Rice Joshua Riedy Bru ce S m ith W ilbur S tolt W ayne Swisher Kathleen Tiemann Joshua Wynne 75 50 50 50 50 50 50 25 25 0 50 100 0 100 75 75 100 0 Ernest Anderson Slavka Antonova Abdallah Badahdah Mary Baker Gail Bass Pam ela Beck Albert Berger Apri l Bradley John Brid ew ell Van Doze Mary Drewes Jane Dunlevy Jon Jackson Sue Jeno Jared Keengwe Kim berly Ke nv ille Adam Kitzes Yvette Koepke So izik La gue tte Marcia Mikulak Sarah Mosher Doug Munski Eric Murphy Gra ce O nch wari Donald Poochigian Lana Rakow Amebu Seddoh Richard Shafer Curt Stofferahn Anne W alker 100 100 0 100 100 75 100 50 100 50 75 50 75 100 100 50 75 75 100 100 50 100 75 75 100 100 75 50 100 75 George Bibel James Casler Em ily Che rry Stephanie Christ ian Paul Drechsel Tracy Evanson Da na Ha rse ll Jim Haskins Bre nda K allio Mo hamm ad Kh avan in Jef...
... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especiall... more ... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especially thanked. Jane Garry, Editor for Anthropology, Greenwood Publishing Group, is warmly thanked for her support of our book project. ...
... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especiall... more ... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especially thanked. Jane Garry, Editor for Anthropology, Greenwood Publishing Group, is warmly thanked for her support of our book project. ...
... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especiall... more ... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especially thanked. Jane Garry, Editor for Anthropology, Greenwood Publishing Group, is warmly thanked for her support of our book project. ...
... The following professional women provided helpful critical review of the chapters: Sue Brower... more ... The following professional women provided helpful critical review of the chapters: Sue Brower, Sue Barker, Elizabeth Einstein, Martha Issah, Ndunge Kiiti, Nduku Kiiti, Patricia Lauper, Justine Lynge, Hongnan Ma, Kate Pierce, Aysan Se'ver, Sue Smith, Kamayani Swami, and Qi ...
Field school students to work with Brazil’s indigenous people The University of North Dakota is p... more Field school students to work with Brazil’s indigenous people The University of North Dakota is partnering with the Global Citizens Network (GCN) to offer students an opportunity to study abroad in Brazil during spring 2012 to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the country’s indigenous Xukuru people (pronounced “Shoo-koo-roo”). “We are excited about this multifaceted learning experience for students at UND,” said Marcia Mikulak, associate professor of anthropology. “We’ll be working to increase student understanding of and respect for Xukuru culture and community life while cultivating and promoting the values of peace, justice, respect and cross-cultural understanding within a global perspective.” Mikulak is collaborating with Ray Legasse, the University’s program director for International Programs, and GCN, a nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, on the development of a new UND field school for students from across disciplines. GCN’s mission is to partner with di...
Global Visions Film Series: Earth “Earth” is an engrossing look at the planet on which we live, t... more Global Visions Film Series: Earth “Earth” is an engrossing look at the planet on which we live, traveling from pole-to-pole and presenting spectacular footage of the vast diversity of animal life that shares the fragile eco-systems of this planet. The film achieves its powerful cinematography by filming the habitats from the eyes of the animals living in them while drawing us in as we view the young of species both large and small, familiar and unusual. Indeed, forty-two animal species are shown in the movie “Earth,” and the apparent indifference of nature’s unending need for survival and reproduction are shown in terms of both the human tendency to make predators into villains and prey into victims. However, a deeper look will reveal an order that supersedes these simplistic perspectives, revealing the continual cycle of renewal and survival common to earth’s history. The film is about more than just life and death though. It is about the breathtaking beauty and the unending variat...
Suzanne Anderson Al ice Brekke De nnis Elbe rt Hesham El-Rewini Cara Halgren Phyll is Johnson Rob... more Suzanne Anderson Al ice Brekke De nnis Elbe rt Hesham El-Rewini Cara Halgren Phyll is Johnson Robert Kel ley Denise Korniewicz Paul LeBel Kathryn Rand Lori Reesor Dan Rice Joshua Riedy Bru ce S m ith W ilbur S tolt W ayne Swisher Kathleen Tiemann Joshua Wynne 75 50 50 50 50 50 50 25 25 0 50 100 0 100 75 75 100 0 Ernest Anderson Slavka Antonova Abdallah Badahdah Mary Baker Gail Bass Pam ela Beck Albert Berger Apri l Bradley John Brid ew ell Van Doze Mary Drewes Jane Dunlevy Jon Jackson Sue Jeno Jared Keengwe Kim berly Ke nv ille Adam Kitzes Yvette Koepke So izik La gue tte Marcia Mikulak Sarah Mosher Doug Munski Eric Murphy Gra ce O nch wari Donald Poochigian Lana Rakow Amebu Seddoh Richard Shafer Curt Stofferahn Anne W alker 100 100 0 100 100 75 100 50 100 50 75 50 75 100 100 50 75 75 100 100 50 100 75 75 100 100 75 50 100 75 George Bibel James Casler Em ily Che rry Stephanie Christ ian Paul Drechsel Tracy Evanson Da na Ha rse ll Jim Haskins Bre nda K allio Mo hamm ad Kh avan in Jef...
... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especiall... more ... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especially thanked. Jane Garry, Editor for Anthropology, Greenwood Publishing Group, is warmly thanked for her support of our book project. ...
... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especiall... more ... Nairobi. Of these, Drs. William Jankowiak, Penny Swartz, and Emmanuel Babatunde are especially thanked. Jane Garry, Editor for Anthropology, Greenwood Publishing Group, is warmly thanked for her support of our book project. ...
The Social Construction of Disposable Children: Street and Working Children in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2002
Rapid growth in the numbers of children living and working n the streets is a challenge to the in... more Rapid growth in the numbers of children living and working n the streets is a challenge to the international community. UNICEF estimates that there are between 25 and 40 million street children in Latin America alone, while Lusk and Mason estimate that half of these may be in Brazil (Lusk and Mason 1994:159). Life on the street is insecure anywhere; in Brazil it is especially so. Between 1988 and 1990, 4,611 Brazilian children and youths were killed by death squads comprised of both police and civilians. The victims are often described by the Brazilian media as filthy, degenerate, deviant, delinquent, or worse. Average citizens appear to be unmoved by their plight (Herringer 1997; Amnesty International 1994). This dissertation seeks to illuminate the genesis of popular and official perceptions of street children and to compare those perceptions with the realities of street children. Specifically, my research examines the differing perspectives of Brazilian street children and five Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that serve them. The relationship between these NGOs and street children in Brazil is probelmatic: the ideologies, policies, and programs of the former are often poorly suited to the needs of the latter, and both parties experience a complex set of social, economic, racial, and political constraints. I hope to demonstrate how and why NGOs dedicated to ameliorating the plight of street children often fail to apprehend and address the needs of their clients.
The selected readings provide a variety of perspectives on biological and evolutionary origins, culturally constructed notions of self and others, and the increasing knowledge that the perceived realities represented by theoretical models may not accurately reflect current notions of truth.
The book combines issues of human rights with biology and culture while also exploring colonial historical agendas. This intersection of ideas allows for new insights into subjects that are often taught as separate aspects of anthropology.
Specific topics include the hierarchy of nations, kinship, childhood and social hierarchies, violence in culture and society, and the geographical exploration of the world.
Searching for a New Paradigm is well suited to undergraduate and graduate level courses in cultural anthropology and cultural dynamics. It can also serve as a supplemental reader for courses in sociology, history, and political science.
Biography
Marcia Mikulak holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Mikulak is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Her research interests include human rights, violence, social and cultural constructions of childhood, and rural and urban migration. Dr. Mikulak has extensive applied social action fieldwork experience in human rights in Brazil where she has carried out research in collaboration with street and working children in Minas Gerais, and the indigenous Xukuru in Pernambuco. She has also worked on issues of domestic violence in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Grand Forks, North Dakota. She is a Brazil country specialist for Amnesty International, and her work has appeared in a variety of academic journals that include the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences and Humanity and Society.
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A Cultural Anthropology Reader (First Edition)
Edited by Marcia Mikulak, Ph.D
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60927-398-9, 444 pages
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Searching for a New Paradigm: A Cultural Anthropology Reader brings together articles that address the polemics surrounding what constitutes an authentic reality of the human experience.
The selected readings provide a variety of perspectives on biological and evolutionary origins, culturally constructed notions of self and others, and the increasing knowledge that the perceived realities represented by theoretical models may not accurately reflect current notions of truth.
The book combines issues of human rights with biology and culture while also exploring colonial historical agendas. This intersection of ideas allows for new insights into subjects that are often taught as separate aspects of anthropology.
Specific topics include the hierarchy of nations, kinship, childhood and social hierarchies, violence in culture and society, and the geographical exploration of the world.
Searching for a New Paradigm is well suited to undergraduate and graduate level courses in cultural anthropology and cultural dynamics. It can also serve as a supplemental reader for courses in sociology, history, and political science.
Biography
Marcia Mikulak holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Mikulak is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Her research interests include human rights, violence, social and cultural constructions of childhood, and rural and urban migration. Dr. Mikulak has extensive applied social action fieldwork experience in human rights in Brazil where she has carried out research in collaboration with street and working children in Minas Gerais, and the indigenous Xukuru in Pernambuco. She has also worked on issues of domestic violence in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Grand Forks, North Dakota. She is a Brazil country specialist for Amnesty International, and her work has appeared in a variety of academic journals that include the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences and Humanity and Society.