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Description:: ABSTRACTFor several decades, dams have played an essential role in human development. In many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), the construction of dams remains an integral part of industrialization and modernization. However, dam construction and associated infrastructure have significantly contributed to socioecological destruction and population displacement. For example, the construction of...
Keyword:: Development, Dams, Thwake Multipurpose Dam, Infrastructure, Biosocial, and Displacement
Subject:: Physical anthropology, Biology, and Cultural anthropology
Creator:: Owuor, Patrick Mbullo
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 09/22/2022
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_919619 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16170

Description:: International media immediately lambasted plans to build a Louvre and a Guggenheim museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the whimsy of wealthy sheikhs using oil money to “buy culture.” The museums are part of a $27b development project called Saadiyat Island. While Saadiyat is spectacular, dismissing it...
Keyword:: critique, art, culture, museums, and politics
Subject:: Art history, Middle Eastern studies, and Cultural anthropology
Creator:: Derderian, Elizabeth
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14736 and etdadmin_upload_674378

Description:: This dissertation adopts a jointly ethnographic and historical approach to study shifting racial formations and configurations of inequality in the metropolitan U.S. South. Specifically, it analyzes how immigrants and working poor populations are reshaping the social life, privatized spaces, and conservative politics of Atlanta’s white suburbs. It focuses on Sandy...
Keyword:: US South, Latinx, gender, political economy, race/racism, and suburbs
Subject:: Ethnic studies and Cultural anthropology
Creator:: Lanari, Elisa
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14799 and etdadmin_upload_684799

Description:: For women, age is one of the best predictors of fertility. Younger women are typically more fertile, and ability to conceive declines until a woman reaches menopause. However, the age at which an individual woman becomes less fertile varies depending on many factors unique to her individual body, including genetic...
Keyword:: testing, fertility, screening, and anti-Mullerian hormone
Subject:: Medical ethics and Cultural anthropology
Creator:: Kyweluk, Moira Anna
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_663070 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14677

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