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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
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
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
Migration and Healing in a Latino/a Context (open access)

Migration and Healing in a Latino/a Context

Paper examines the history and belief systems of Latin American folk healers in the United States.
Date: 2011
Creator: Diaz, Martha Nuño
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology’s 2011 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology’s 2011 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Preface to the proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology’s 2011 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, as presented in the 2011 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2011
Creator: Gorby, Megan & Davenport, Beverly Ann
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
The Sabbath: How Orthodox Jews Create Sacred Space (open access)

The Sabbath: How Orthodox Jews Create Sacred Space

Paper examines the ritual and cultural significance of the Sabbath to Orthodox Jews.
Date: 2011
Creator: Hernandez, Carlos
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
YouTube Commentary: Social Interaction in Online Publics (open access)

YouTube Commentary: Social Interaction in Online Publics

Paper explores how conversation, particularly interpretation of meaning and tone, occurs in online communities, specifically in Youtube comments.
Date: 2011
Creator: Lanius, Candice
Object Type: Article
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

Black Means??? An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Martin Heidegger's Theory on Language [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the philosophical connotations of words.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Guyden, Lateesha; Glazebrook, Patricia & Davenport, Beverly
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Black's Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Martin Heidegger's Theory of Language

This paper discusses research on the philosophical connotations of words.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Guyden, Lateesha; Glazebrook, Patricia & Davenport, Beverly
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Exploring Concerns of Social Justice in the Education of Minority Language Students within Rural Communities

Poster presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing concerns of social justice in the education of minority language students within rural communities.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Turner, Jesse & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Poster
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

Toward an Understanding of Contemporary Professional Culture [Presentation]

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on an understanding of contemporary professional culture.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Giulietti, Michael & Jordan, Ann
Object Type: Presentation
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

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
Sacredness and Ski Resorts: Being Human and Being in Conflict (open access)

Sacredness and Ski Resorts: Being Human and Being in Conflict

This paper situates anti-snowmaking sentiments in Navajo concepts of sacredness.
Date: 2012
Creator: Dunstan, Adam
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Star Trek and “The Other”: Race, Gender and the Cultural Imagination (open access)

Star Trek and “The Other”: Race, Gender and the Cultural Imagination

Paper examines the portrayal of the Other as an indicator of change in the cultural imagination in Star Trek.
Date: 2012
Creator: Resendiz, Ramon
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Was Damaged?: Taking Sacred Ecology into Account in Environmental Impact Assessment (open access)

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.
Date: 2012
Creator: Dunstan, Adam
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Comparative Study of Children and Their Attitudes Towards Violence

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing a comparative research study of children and their attitudes towards violence.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Ovalle, Mario & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

English As A Second Language In A Global Study

Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on English as a second language in a global study.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Lehman, Sarah & Wasson, Christina
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Images of The American Indian in Hollywood Film and Impact Upon Identity

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on images of the American Indian in Hollywood films.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Aucoin, Martin & Verrill, Diane
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Notes on the Reality of Archaeological Data: Two Zooarchaeological Case Studies from the Northern Rio Grande Region of New Mexico

Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing two zooarchaeological case studies from the Northern Rio Grande region of New Mexico.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Dombrosky, Jonathan & Wolverton, Steven J.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library