During King Philip's War (1675-1676) in New England, English colonists and a small number of enslaved Africans and "friendly" Indians used dwelling houses as places …
This dissertation explores how post-Soviet Russia's demographic reality came to be conceived of as a dramatic national problem and as an object of government intervention. …
This project explores three specific themes highlighted by instances of “coffee shop racism”: the ways large corporations like Starbucks accumulate mass amounts of economic resources …
The research for my dissertation was conducted over eighteen months at two abortion clinics in North Carolina. The methods were: 1) participant observation as a …
The HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is both invisible and ubiquitous: seemingly indiscernible on one's face and undetectable within a population, and pervasive in its …
Cemeteries reveal information about those buried there long after the end of their lives. This thesis examines the Jews of Stebechve, focusing on their lives …
People experiencing homelessness face much higher rates of chronic illnesses, substance use disorders, mental illnesses, and mortality than the general population. Yet, a very small …
This dissertation is about the reimagining of Argentine identity as racially and culturally diverse and distinctly Latin American as it is performed and experienced by …
During the summer of 2017, the author participated in an excavation of a Roman craft production facility dating to the first century, CE. The excavation …
My contention is that the knowledge created during my fieldwork emerged through acts of archaeological semblance. By semblance, I mean a way of restoring something …
Generations of archaeologists have identified and examined craft production, specialization, and technological development as defining characteristics of sociopolitical complexity. Yet, the significance of North American …
What can the inner processes and infrastructures of media-making reveal and defy about dominant understandings of how media is political? And if this media is …
This dissertation explores new gendered subjectivities that emerge as women negotiate tensions between "personal" and Russian neo-traditionalist national agendas. It is based on an ethnographic …
In 2016, the Center for Disease Control introduced new guidelines for prescribing opioids to people living with chronic pain. Recommendations included curbing new prescriptions to …
In the first section, body arts literature in anthropology is reviewed and then followed by a discussion of body modification and beauty among ancient and …
This dissertation offers a qualitative study of Classic Maya housebuilding and community-building. Archaeological studies of craft have demonstrated how technological processes are embedded within social, …
This dissertation examines themes of herding, mining, infrastructure, and environment in sixteenth and seventeenth century Huancavelica, Peru. Spanish colonial mining in the Americas flooded the …
During the 1960s era of decolonization, the Chinese and Tanzanian governments framed the close relationship between them in the relational language of anti-imperial “friendship.” The …
