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Personal ornaments and shell artifacts
The personal ornaments identified at Klimonas are very diverse. Raw materials, including shells, bone, teeth and stones, were locally acquired on the island. A study of the manufacturing process indicates that shell and stone ornaments were the result of domestic productions performed in the village.
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Gettysburg: A Town Built on Tourism
, 2014 In my most recent blog posts, I’ve adopted a rather unforgiving stance on the rampant consumerism that pervades the town of Gettysburg. Essentially, I have argued that the borough’s tacky gift shops sell odious little trinkets to gullible tourists and ...
Lavery, Kevin P.
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Selective Electroreduction of CO2 to Ethanol: Mechanistic Understanding and Catalyst Development
MetalMat, EarlyView.We aim to elucidate underlying design principles, identify critical bottlenecks, and highlight promising directions for developing scalable, efficient, and selective CO2 reduction reaction platforms toward sustainable ethanol production. ABSTRACT The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR) has garnered significant attention as a promising ...
Suwon Rhi +4 more
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Consumption and Social Identity: Evidence from India [PDF]
We examine spending on consumption items which have signaling value in social interactions across groups with distinctive social identities in India, where social identities are defined by caste and religious affiliations.
Khamis, Melanie +2 more
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Brokering Localization: Country‐Based Pooled Funds in Humanitarian Assistance
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes Country‐Based Pooled Funds (CBPFs) to identify types of brokerage models and their effects on localization. CBPFs are intermediaries in the aid chain connecting donors to implementers such as the United Nations, international non‐governmental organizations (INGOs) and national NGOs (NNGOs). This paper analyzes four of the
Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre
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This is that which . .. they call Wampum Europeans Coming to Terms with Native Shell Beads
, 2017 The Native American-European encounter created a multitude of opportunities for understanding and misunderstanding. Linguistic and cultural barriers contributed to the complexity of cross-cultural understanding.
Otto, Paul
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien +2 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo +8 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion +6 more
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