A presentation by the Director of the Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology, Jerry Martin, about the museum's field collecting trip to the Asmat region of New Guinea Island. Record at the Lambda Alpha Symposium - April 7, 2007.
Farmer, Steven M.(Wichita State University Libraries, 2008-03-25)
Although hundreds of volumes have been written about leadership, very little of that has focused on how to lead others to being creative. There are many reasons for this, but a particularly important one is the belief that ...
This video, filmed during the summer of 2007 by graduate student Troy Belford and L. D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology director Jerry Martin, shows the carving and painting of a Korowai shield. The Korowai live in the ...
This video describes the preparations and performance of the climax of an Asmat Bis cermony as practiced by the people of Papua, Indonesia - the Western Side of New Guinea Island.
This is an outtake from the Lives of Our Ancestors film. It is a much longer version of the speech given in that film and contains much ethnographic information about the preparations and process of a bisj ceremony.
Michael McGriff, Visiting & Distinguished Poet in Residence for WSU Dept. of English, reads from his books of poetry (Dismantling the Hills, The Sorrow Gondola, & To Build My Shadow a Fire).
Blakeslee, Donald J.(Wichita State University Libraries, 2008-02-21)
The incredible journey of the Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark generated a gold mine of information for the anthropologist and historian. Most of the information lies in their journals, but there are some wonderful ...
President Beggs, faculty and students of the Department of Biological Sciences introduce the University's Biology Field Station Ninnescah Reserve as a great research and teaching resource for exploration and preservation ...