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The Cosmic Dance of Obama-Raja on Newsweek (open access)

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.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hindu Method to Save the Planet (open access)

The Hindu Method to Save the Planet

This paper discusses the Hindu religion and elements of ecology that relate to this religion. It describes some of the principles of Mahatma Gandhi and describes how these are important spiritually and ecologically.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings (open access)

Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings

This article discusses diverse theologies in Hinduism and describes ten important Hindu teachings on the environment.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Swadhyaya's Dharmic Ecology (open access)

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.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irony and the 'yoga wars' (open access)

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.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics (open access)

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.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This presentation presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Antonovic, Annette; Buete, Sherri; Deardorff, Philip; DoCarmo, Tania; Gutierrez, Paula et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This presentation presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Carlson, Steve; Cheatham, Dennis; Gorby, Megan; Leach, Matt; McAllister, Guenivere et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources (open access)

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Carlson, Steve; Cheatham, Dennis; Gorby, Megan; Leach, Matt; McAllister, Guenivere et al.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources (open access)

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: December 16, 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Antonovic, Annette; Buete, Sherri; Deardorff, Philip; DoCarmo, Tania; Gutierrez, Paula et al.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition (open access)

[Review] Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition

This article reviews the book "Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition," by Bhaskar Sarkar. The book examines the political truncation of India at the end of British colonial rule in 1947.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indology and Marxist Hermeneutics (open access)

Indology and Marxist Hermeneutics

Article discussing research on Indology and Marxist hermeneutics.
Date: 2009
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism (open access)

[Review] Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism

This article reviews the book "Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism," by Emma Tomalin, a book about religion and ecology.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dharmic Method to Save the Planet (open access)

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.
Date: May 12, 2011
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films (open access)

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.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya Practitioners (open access)

Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya Practitioners

Article on dharmic ecology and perspectives from the Swadhyaya practitioners.
Date: 2009
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bollywood and Beyond: Hinduism Changing the World (open access)

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.
Date: June 28, 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reinterpreting Yajña as Vedic Sacrifice (open access)

Reinterpreting Yajña as Vedic Sacrifice

In this article, the author endeavors to problematize the term "sacrifice," which is often used to translate the word yajna in Indological writings.
Date: 2011
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Do I Look Illegal? Undocumented Latino/a Students and the Challenges of Life in the Shadows

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Unauthorized Immigration. This presentation discusses illegal immigration and the challenges for undocumented Latino/a students.
Date: April 13, 2011
Creator: Nuñez-Janes, Mariela & Chapa, Shaun
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cultural Memory and Heirloom Seeds: The Foundation of Local Food Systems

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the Food We Eat. This presentation discusses heirloom seeds and covers information about the Foundation of Local Food Systems.
Date: October 24, 2011
Creator: Veteto, James R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Studying Distance Students: Methods, Findings, Actions (open access)

Studying Distance Students: Methods, Findings, Actions

This paper discusses the needs of distance learners.
Date: April 20, 2012
Creator: Wahl, Diane; Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Henry, Lisa
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Educating Latinos in the United States: The Need for Exposure, Resources, and Cultural Understanding (open access)

Educating Latinos in the United States: The Need for Exposure, Resources, and Cultural Understanding

This paper discusses research on education for Latinos in the United States and the need for exposure, resources, and cultural understanding.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Hardikar, Bethany & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Toward an Understanding of Contemporary Professional Culture

This paper discusses an applied anthropology research study on the American professional culture of shoe repair.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Giulietti, Michael & Jordan, Ann
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Color Line? Discrimination and Ethnic Identity (open access)

What Color Line? Discrimination and Ethnic Identity

This paper discusses discrimination and ethnic identity and is based on an interview with a Hispanic professor.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Jones, Andrew & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library