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1. 24/7: Drone Operations and the Distributed Work of War

Elish, M. C.
2018
Theses
EthnologyWarDrone aircraftAnthropology

2. Aftermath: Accounting for the Holocaust in the Czech Republic

Hegburg, Krista
2013
Theses
AnthropologyEthnologyRomaniesRomani Genocide (1939-1945)War reparationsSocial service

3. A Future Continuously Present: Everyday Economics in Greece

Kim, Soo-Young
2017
Theses
EthnologyEuropeansEconomicsFuture, The

4. A Landscape of War: On the Nature of Conflict in South Lebanon

Khayyat, Munira
2013
Theses
EthnologyWarBoundariesBattlefieldsTobacco farmsGoatherdsSubsistence economy

5. All Inhibitory Is Dream: An Archaeology Of Anaesthesia

Benjamin, Jeffrey L.
2022
Theses
ArchaeologyAnthropology--Social aspectsCoal tradeIndustrializationMumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

6. A Materiality of Sound: Musical Practices of the Moche of Peru

Scullin, Dianne Mackenzie
2015
Theses
ArchaeologyMusicEthnologyMochica IndiansCulturePerforming arts

7. An Ethnographic Exploration of Moral Agency in Emergency Medicine

Qashu Lim, Nadine Marian
2017
Theses
EthnologyMedical ethicsPsychology, IndustrialEmergency medical servicesAnthropology

8. A War of Proper Names: The Politics of Naming, Indigenous Insurrection, and Genocidal Violence During Guatemala’s Civil War.

Mazariegos, Juan Carlos
2020
Theses
EthnologyHistoryLatin AmericansCivil War (Guatemala : 1960-1996)Ixil IndiansGenocide

9. Bargaining in a Labor Regime: Plantation Life and the Politics of Development in Sri Lanka

Jegathesan, Mythri
2013
Theses
EthnologyMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)Industrial relationsPlantation lifePlantationsMigrant LaborSex roleFeminismWomen employees

10. Becoming an Internationals Student: What do Newcomer Adolescents do with a High School Designed for Them?

Dvorak, Alexander Stephan
2019
Theses
EthnologyEducation, SecondaryEducation and stateSchool management and organizationImmigrant studentsTeenage immigrants--Social conditionsAnthropology

11. Between a Promise and a Trench: Citizenship, Vulnerability, and Climate Change in Guyana

Vaughn, Sarah E.
2013
Theses
Ethnicity--Political aspectsEqualityClimatic changes--Government policyEthnologyEcologyCitizenship

12. Between the Magic of Magic and the Magic of Money: the Changing Nature of Experience in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Ferro, Maria del Rosario
2015
Theses
Art objects, AncientPillageEthnologyIndians of South AmericaIndian artSocial sciences--Research

13. Black Spots: Roads and Risk in Rural Kenya

Melnick, Amiel Bize
2018
Theses
EthnologyAfricansRural roads--Social aspectsAgriculture--Economic aspectsRural roads--Economic aspects

14. Brooklyn Country: Class, Culture and the Politics of "Alternativity"

Hohman, Anne Kathryn
2012
Theses
EthnologyCountry musicNationalismCapitalismCommercialismPostmodernismSocial classesSocial conflict

15. Cab Driving in the Spirit of Islam

Hussain, Nasser
2018
Theses
EthnologyEthicsReligionTaxicab driversPakistanisMuslims

16. Communication and Education at Work: Latino Immigrants Making Sense and Dominating Language in Koreatown, New York City

Velasquez, Karen
2014
Theses
Interlanguage (Language learning)Communities of practiceImmigrants--LanguageSocial sciences--Study and teaching

17. Community Formation in the Spanish Colonial Borderlands: San José de las Huertas, New Mexico

Atherton, Heather
2013
Theses
ArchaeologyHispanic AmericansHistoryCommunity organizationIdentity (Psychology)--Social aspectsPueblosEighteenth century

18. Community of Reflective Practice: Clinical Education in Taiwan

Chang, Yan-Di
2017
Theses
Medicine--PracticeMedical personnel--Training ofMedicine--Study and teachingEducationEthnology

19. Competing Populisms: Public Interest Litigation and Political Society in Post-Emergency India

Bhuwania, Anuj
2013
Theses
Law--Political aspectsCitizen suits (Civil procedure)EthnologyLawSouth Asians

20. Complex Ecologies: Micro-Evidence for Storage Landscapes in Early Bronze Age Lebanon

Damick, Alison
2019
Theses
ArchaeologyAnthropologyBronze ageCrops and climateAgriculture, AncientAgricultural implements

21. ¡Conga No Va Carajo!

Santiago, Christopher James
2017
Theses
AnthropologyPeasants--Political activityGovernment, Resistance to

22. Cosmopolitan Subjects: An Anthropological Critique of Cosmopolitan Criminal Law and Political Modernity

Jennings, Ronald C.
2011
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyPolitical scienceCriminal lawWar criminalsInternational criminal courtsInternational Criminal Court

23. Critical Readings: Devotional Reflections in the Pursuit of Quranic Understanding in Contemporary Pakistan

Loan, Nadia
2012
Theses
EthnologyIslamic civilizationIslam--Customs and practicesWomen's studies

24. Crossing Rivers and Lakes: The Art of Everyday Life in Contemporary China

Lo, Hsiu-ju Stacy
2018
Theses
EthnologyChinese literatureArtCynicismChinese--AttitudesPhilosophy, Chinese

25. "Cutting Earth": Haiti, Soil Conservation, and the Tyranny of Projects

Freeman, Scott
2014
Theses
EthnologySoil conservationDeforestationEnvironmental managementPolitical ecologyAnthropology

26. Daring Trade: An Archaeology of the Slave Trade in Late-Seventeenth Century Panama (1663-1674)

Gaitan Ammann, Felipe
2012
Theses
ArchaeologyHistoryAfrican AmericansSlave tradeSlave tradersSlaves--Social conditionsSocial archaeologyAfrican diaspora

27. Democratic Infelicity: Speech, Authority and Disbelief in Malian Politics

Mendoza Rockwell, Elsa Natalia
2015
Theses
Political oratoryAuthoritySpeech acts (Linguistics)DemocracyAfricansPolitical scienceLinguistics

28. Diminishing Returns: An Anthropological Study of Iraqis in the UK

Saleh, Zainab
2011
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyIraqisExiles

29. Dispossession, Racialization, and Rural Kurdish Labor Migration in Turkey

Duruiz, Deniz
2019
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyMigrant LaborForeign workers--Social conditionsEvictionKurds

30. Elite Status in the PRC: Its formation and maintenance

Chao, Grace
2013
Theses
ChineseElite (Social sciences)--Political activityElite (Social sciences)Social statusPolitics and government--Social aspectsZhongguo gong chan dang

31. Everyday Fascism in Contemporary Japan

Kasai, Etsko
2013
Theses
EthnologyCapitalismFascismPostmodernismPopular cultureMourning customsEthicsViolenceGender identitySocial classes

32. Fatal Workplace Injuries in the İstanbul Tuzla Shipyards and the Obsession with Economic Development in Turkey

Guney, Murat Kazim
2016
Theses
Shipbuilding industry--EmployeesIndustrial accidentsEconomic development--Social aspectsEthnologyIndustrial relations

33. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Fear of Indigenous (dis)Order: New Medico-Legal Alliances for Capturing and Managing Indigenous Life in Canada

Sabiston, Leslie James
2021
Theses
EthnologyIndians of North AmericaIndigenous peoples--Health and hygieneFetal alcohol syndromeImperialismPrisonersRace discrimination

34. Fiscal Sovereignty: Reconfigurations of Value and Citizenship in Post-Financial Crisis Argentina

Abelin, Mireille Sylvie
2012
Theses
EthnologyFiscal policyCitizenshipTaxation

35. Folds of Authoritarianism: Political Mobilization, Financial Capitalism, and Islamism in Turkey

Kurt, Firat
2018
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyAuthoritarianismIslamCapitalism

36. "For The Enjoyment of All:" Cosmopolitan Aspirations, Urban Encounters and Class Boundaries in Mexico City

Leal Martí­nez, Alejandra M.
2011
Theses
EthnologyPublic spacesPublic spaces--Social aspectsCitizenship--Social aspectsSocial classes

37. Foundations of Anti-caste Consciousness: Pandit Iyothee Thass, Tamil Buddhism, and the Marginalized in South India

Ayyathurai, Gajendran
2011
Theses
Dalits--ReligionTamil (Indic people)--ReligionCaste--Political aspectsDalits--Political activityHistoryEthnologyReligion

38. Genealogies of feminism : leftist feminist subjectivity in the wake of the Islamic revival in contemporary Morocco

Guessous, Nadia
2011
Theses
EthnologyGender identitySex roleFeminismWomen's rightsIslamic renewalSocialist feminism

39. Genealogies of the Citizen-Devotee: Popular Cinema, Religion and Politics in South India

Bhrugubanda, Uma Maheswari
2011
Theses
Motion pictures--Production and directionCitizenship--Social aspectsMotion pictures, TeluguSouth AsiansMotion picturesReligion

40. Genealogies of the Postcolonial State: Insurgency, Emergency, and Democracy in Sri Lanka

Hewage, Thushara Naresh S.
2013
Theses
Newly independent statesDemocracyPostcolonialismInsurgencyEthnologySouth AsiansLawJanatā Vimukti Peramuṇa

41. Governing Social Bodies: Affect and Number in Contemporary Cricket

Arumugam, Sivakumar Vairavanather
2012
Theses
CricketCricket playersCricket--CoachingOperations researchCyberneticsBiomechanicsSports--FinanceSports--Anthropological aspectsFoucault, Michel, 1926-1984

42. Haunted Legacies: Healing and Sorcery in a Visayan Community

Carter, Christina Verano
2015
Theses
EthnologyHealersMedicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiricBisaya (Philippine people)HealingMagicNatural disastersClimatic changes

43. Historical Archaeologies of Overseas Chinese Laborers on the First Transcontinental Railroad

Molenda, John Paul
2019
Theses
ArchaeologyAnthropologyImmigrantsChineseForeign workersRailroad construction workersArchaeology and history

44. Human Technologies in the Iraq War

Stone, Naomi Shira
2016
Theses
IraqisRole playingMilitary training campsEthnology

45. Inclusive National Belonging - Intercultural Performances in the “World-Open” Germany

Burnside, Bruce Snedegar
2020
Theses
EthnologyIntercultural communicationGermansCitizenshipMuslims

46. Infrapolitics: The Political Life of Infrastructure in a Myanmar Economic Zone

Aung, Geoffrey
2022
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyInfrastructure (Economics)Enterprise zonesCapitalismEconomic anthropologyPolitical anthropology

47. Inscriptions of Poison: Aesthetics, Remediation, and Environmental Catastrophe in Contemporary Italy’s Postindustrial South

Pisapia, Jasmine Clotilde
2022
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyTarantulasPoisoningPoisonsPollutionEnvironmental disastersDe Martino, Ernesto, 1908-1965

48. Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Economy’s Global Division of Labor: Producing Taiwanese Green-Technology Between the United States and China

West, Matthew Ellis
2015
Theses
GlobalizationPatents--Economic aspectsPatentsEthnologyAsiansIntellectual property

49. Language, Historiography and Economy in late- and post-Soviet Leningrad: “the Entire Soviet People Became the Authentic Creator of the Fundamental Law of their Government.”

Cherkaev, Xenia A.
2015
Theses
HistoryRussiansSoviets (People)EthnologyCommunismPerestroĭkaLabor laws and legislationStalin, Joseph, 1878-1953Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971

50. Legacies of Colonial History: Region, Religion and Violence in Postcolonial Gujarat

Chandrani, Yogesh Rasiklal
2013
Theses
EthnologySouth AsiansDiscrimination--Religious aspects--IslamMuslimsHinduismImperialism--British coloniesPostcolonialismNationalismAnthropology of religionHistoric preservation--Social aspectsCity planning

51. Life in ruin temples: Deserted synagogues of Poland

Cvijović, Petar
2016
Theses
Excavations (Archaeology)Ruined buildingsRuins, ModernTemplesSynagoguesArchaeology

52. Life in the round: Shell rings of the Georgia Bight

Sanger, Matthew Clair
2015
Theses
ArchaeologyIndians of North America--AntiquitiesExcavations (Archaeology)Hunting and gathering societiesEstuarine ecologyHickoriesAcornsMollusk remains (Archaeology)Indian potteryCremation

53. ‘Love is stronger than hate’: authoritarian populism and political passions in post-revolutionary Nicaragua

Chamorro Elizondo, Luciana Fernanda
2020
Theses
NicaraguansIdentity (Psychology)EthnologyPopulismAuthoritarianismOrtega, DanielNicaragua. Ejército Popular SandinistaSandinista National Liberation Front

54. Made in Mecca: Expertise, Smart Technology, and Hospitality in the Post-Oil Holy City

Shah, Omer
2021
Theses
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimagesHospitality--Religious aspectsCrowd controlIslam--RitualsMuslims

55. Martial Love: Articulation and Detachment in the Moskitia's Military Occupation (Nicaragua/Honduras)

Montero Castrillo, Fernando
2020
Theses
Armed ForcesEthnologyMilitary assistanceMiskito IndiansDrug controlMulticulturalism

56. Materiality, Utopia, and Living History at New Buffalo Commune: An Historical Archaeological Narrative of the Sixties Counterculture from Its Unexpected Discards

Heupel, Katherine Elizabeth
2016
Theses
Communal livingCommunal living--Social aspectsHippies--Societies, etc.HippiesArchaeologyHistoryPhysical anthropology

57. Migrant Worker Lifeworlds of Beirut

Kassamali, Sumayya
2017
Theses
EthnologyForeign workers--Social conditionsAnthropologyInformal sector (Economics)

58. Mobilizing for Tibet: Transnational politics and diaspora culture in the post-cold war era

McLagan, Margaret J.
1996
Theses
TransnationalismTibetan diasporaSocial movements--Political aspectsTibetansEthnology

59. Nature, History, and the Sacred in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi

Taneja, Anand Vivek
2013
Theses
EthnologyReligionRuined buildingsIslam--TheologyJinn--Qurʼanic teachingHindusCasteReligion and stateReligion and social status

60. Parables of the Market: Advertising, Middle Class and Consumption in Post-Reform India

Mishra, Vishnupad
2012
Theses
EthnologySouth AsiansMass mediaAdvertisingConsumption (Economics)

61. Peronism Is a Sentiment: Loyalty, Suspicion, and Betrayal in Contemporary Argentine Politics

Fierman, Julia
2018
Theses
EthnologyPopulismPeronismPolitical scienceLoyalty

62. Politics After a Ceasefire: Suffering, Protest, and Belonging in Sri Lanka's Tamil Diaspora

Ananda, Kitana Siv
2016
Theses
Tamil diasporaEast Indian diasporaEast Indians--MigrationsTamil (Indic people)EthnologySouth Asians

63. Politics, infrastructure and non-human subjects: The Inka occupation of the Amaybamba cloud forests

Wilkinson, Darryl A.
2013
Theses
ArchaeologyIncas--Social life and customsCloud forestsCocoaIncas--ReligionIncas--Politics and government

64. Prophecies of Palestine: Geology and Intimate Knowledge of the Subterranean

Assali, Hadeel
2021
Theses
EthnologyGeologyCapitalismImperialism

65. Propriety, Shame, and the State in Post-Fukushima Japan

Yamamoto Hammering, Klaus Kuraudo
2016
Theses
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (Japan : 2011)Social changePostwar reconstructionEthnologyAsians

66. Recognition and its Shadows: Dalits and the Politics of Religion in India

Lee, Joel
2015
Theses
Hinduism and politicsDalitsHinduism and culturePostcolonialismReligion and politicsEthnologyReligionSouth Asians

67. Refracted Governmentality: Space, Politics and Social Structure in Contemporary Luanda

Tomas, Antonio Andrade
2012
Theses
AngolansPower (Social sciences)Social structureSocial classesSocial conflictImperialismPetroleum industry and trade--Political aspectsFamilies--Sociological aspects

68. Religion of the Father: Islam, Gender, and Politics of Ethnicity in Late Socialism

Ha, Guangtian
2014
Theses
EthnologyHui (Chinese people)MuslimsChineseIslamic civilizationIslam--Customs and practicesSocialismMulticulturalism

69. Religious Conversion and Da`wa Secularism: Two Practices of Citizenship in Lebanon

Mikdashi, Maya
2014
Theses
LebaneseConversionCitizenshipSecularismEthnology

70. Resigned Urbanization: Migration, Dwelling, and Freedom in Contemporary China

Ou, Tzu-Chi
2018
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyUrbanizationForeign workersImmigrants--Housing

71. Rogue pipelines, oil and amnesty: the social life of infrastructure in the Niger Delta

Gelber, Elizabeth
2015
Theses
EthnologyPetroleum refineriesPetroleum industry and trade--Government policyPetroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspectsPetroleum industry and trade--Political aspectsPetroleum industry and trade--Economic aspectsPetroleum pipelines

72. School Context, Peers and the Educational Achievement of Girls and Boys

Legewie, Joscha
2013
Theses
SociologyEducationSchoolboysProblem youth--EducationHigh school dropoutsMasculinityBoys--Attitudes

73. Sensored: The Quantified Self, Self-Tracking, and the Limits of Digital Transparency

Grinberg, Yuliya
2019
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyUser-generated contentTechnologyDetectorsDatabases

74. Setting the Tone: Fluid Hierarchies in Contemporary Georgian Polyphony

Kaganova, Marina
2021
Theses
EthnologyFolkloreEast EuropeansPolyphonic liederFolk musicChoral singingAnthropology

75. Shifting Selves: Queer Muslim Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands

Brennan, Sarah French
2020
Theses
DutchPolitical refugeesSexual minoritiesMuslimsIslamophobiaToleration

76. Socialist Yugoslavia in The Strict Sense Of The Term: Every-Daily Inscriptions and the Economies of Secret-ing, 1950-1974

Miljanic, Ana
2018
Theses
EthnologyComparative literatureAnthropologyDiariesSocialism

77. Sounding Sovereignty: The Politics of Presence in the Bismarck Archipelago

Nason, Patrick
2018
Theses
EthnologyEcologyKnowledge, Theory ofAnthropology

78. Spectral Bodies of Evidence: The Body as Medium in American Spiritualism

Yerby, Erin D.
2017
Theses
EthnologyReligionReligion--PhilosophySpiritual life

79. Speculative Humanitarianism; Political Economies of Aid and Disputed Notions of Crisis

Schwab, Manuel
2015
Theses
Political science--Economic aspectsHumanitarianismHumanitarian assistanceEconomics--Political aspectsEthnologyAfricansComparative literature

80. Splendor of Ruins: Gang, State, and Crime in Honduras

Carter, Jon Horne
2012
Theses
PoliceTattooingGangsEthnologyLatin Americans

81. States of Honor: Sexual Ethics and the Politics of Promiscuity in Afghanistan

Ahsan, Sonia
2015
Theses
PromiscuityEthnologySexual ethicsSouth Asians

82. Storming Heaven With Memories

Mohaiemen, Naeem
2019
Theses
EthnologyHistorySouth AsiansCommunismHistoriography

83. Terrestrial Things: War, Language, and Value in Afghanistan

Mojaddedi, Fatima
2016
Theses
War and societyPolitics and warMedia literacySociolinguisticsEthnology

84. The Afterlife of Utopia: Urban Renewal in Germany's Model Socialist City

Fox, Samantha Maurer
2018
Theses
EthnologyUtopiasUtopian socialismCity planning

85. The Crisis of Language in Contemporary Japan: Reading, Writing, and New Technology

Mizukawa, Jun
2013
Theses
Ethnology

86. The Day After Tomorrow: Waiting for the Future in Contemporary Rwanda

Nsabimana, Natacha
2017
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyReconciliationPostwar reconstruction

87. The Essence of the Inka: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of the Saqsawaman Landscape

Anspach, Justin Alan
2016
Theses
Inca cosmologySymbolismIncasArchaeologyHistoryEthnology

88. The Fights of the Forsaken Kings: Caste Conglomeration, Heroism, and Sovereignty in Contemporary South India

Gross, Victoria Gabrielle
2017
Theses
EthnologyIdentity politicsDalits--Political activityPolitical scienceCaste--Political aspects

89. The Life of Debt in Rural India

Sethi, Aarti
2018
Theses
EthnologyFarmers--Economic conditionsCotton farmers--Economic conditionsDebtRural conditions

90. The liquid border: Subjectivity at the limits of the nation-state in southeast Europe

Eleni, Myrivili
2004
Theses
EthnologyBoundariesOral historyStorytelling

91. The Native Stranger: Argentine Discourses of Race and Nation in a Vanishing Settler Frontier

Blickstein, Tamar Miriam
2018
Theses
Latin AmericansEthnologyIndians of South AmericaIndigenous peoplesLand settlementAnthropology

92. The New Gateway of India: Toxicity, Governance, and Belonging in Contemporary Mumbai

Chatterjee, Syantani
2021
Theses
EthnologySouth AsiansPollutionHazardous waste sitesSlaughtering and slaughter-houses--Environmental aspectsAnthropology

93. The Partisan's Violence, Law and Apartheid: The Assassination of Matthew Goniwe and the Cradock Four

Pillay, Suren
2011
Theses
EthnologySouth AfricansPolitical scienceAssassinationApartheidAnti-apartheid activistsPolitical violenceImperialismGoniwe, Matthew, 1946-1985South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission

94. The Rule of Sanctuary: Security, Nature, and Norms in the Protected Forests of Kerala, South India

Gajula, Goutam
2015
Theses
Kurumba (Indic people)Environmental protection--Social aspectsEthnologyHistoryEnvironmental sciences--Philosophy

95. The Social Economy of Buying, Selling, Trading, and Consuming Drugs: A Comparison of Individual and Sub Cultural Strategies Among Methamphetamine Users and Dealers in Two Cities

Hunt, Kirsten Erin
2012
Theses
EthnologyMethamphetamineDrug dealersGay men--Drug useEconomics--Sociological aspectsHousingRacismSex workers

96. The Social Life of Gnosis: Sufism in Post-Revolutionary Iran

Golestaneh, Seema
2014
Theses
Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)Sufism--Social aspectsRevolution (Iran : 1979)SufismEthnology

97. The Social Life of Human Capital: The Rise of Social Economy, Entrepreneurial Subject, and Neosocial Government in South Korea

Lee, Seung Cheol
2018
Theses
EthnologyAnthropologyEthicsNeoliberalismCapitalism--Moral and ethical aspects

98. The Stage and the Dance in Medias Res: An Ethnographic Study of Ideologies Associated with Tradition and Continuity in a French Ballet Academy in the United States

Phillips, Stephanie Jean
2014
Theses
EthnologyEducationDance--Anthropological aspectsBallet--Study and teaching

99. Tradition, Change and the Weilongwu Compound: Kinship, State and Local Elites in Southeastern China

Li, Yixin
2014
Theses
Manners and customsKinshipEthnology--FieldworkEthnologyUrbanization

100. Two Little Bolivias: The reality of Bolivian immigrants in the cities of Buenos Aires and São Paulo

Bermudes, Leticia Satie
2012
Theses
EthnologyLatin Americans