Lambda Alpha Journal, v.41, 2011
About the Lambda Alpha Journal
The Lambda Alpha Journal is a publication of student papers by members of the Lambda Alpha National Honors Society for Anthropology and is published regularly at the Wichita State University Department of Anthropology. Professional, avocational, student manuscripts, and book reviews of recent publications are welcome. The journal is made possible through the efforts of the Journal editorial staff residing at the founding chapter, Alpha of Kansas . Funding for the Journal is obtained through subscriptions and continuing sponsorship by the Student Government Association of Wichita State University.
Editor in Chief : Dr. Peer H. Moore-Jansen
Founded by Dr. Lowell D. Holmes
Student-editor: James J. Simmerman
Recent Submissions
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13th Annual Lambda Alpha Symposium, Wichita State University, April 9, 2011
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)Abstracts of student papers delivered at the 13th Annual Lambda Alpha Symposium held on April 9, 2011, Devlin Hall, Wichita State University. -
”AIDS is in my blood”: An analysis of community activism, social change, and the AIDS crisis in South Africa
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)With the highest rate of HIVIAIDS in the world (1 in 5 are HIV positive), the AIDS crisis permeates every realm of South African society (Coovadia 2009:818). The political, economic, and social burdens on families heightened ... -
Words, woofs, and whinnies: A study of human-animal language
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)Human-animal communication occurs in both verbal and nonverbal contexts to varying degrees, depending upon the breed of animal and the strength of the relationship between human and animal. This essay studies the way in ... -
Conceptions of homeland and the question of return: A study among Munchen residents with Turkish background
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)The beautiful city of München (Munich) located on the Isar River and within view of the Alps is the capital of the prominent southeastern German state of Bayern (Bavaria). München’s culture, however, is understood differently ... -
Hunter-gatherer site function in the Blue Ridge mountains: An analysis of artifacts from the Pryors Camp site (44NE153)
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)Archaeological evidence of Middle Archaic through Early Woodland hunter-gatherer occupation in the Central Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia breaks traditional settlement models which characterize upland settlements as small ... -
Acknowledging spiritual realities-ecological knowledge, cultural connections, and spiritual agency in Dai Theravada Buddhism
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)With the Tropic of Cancer separating temperate climate zones to the north and tropical climate zones to the south, Yunnan province, China is an area of tremendous ecological and cultural diversity. The tropical Xishuangbanna ... -
The Ferrero Botero: Defining familia in a Columbian context
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)For more than a hundred years until the 1980s, Kinship for anthropologists has been the main institution and force driving relationships, social organizations, and cultural practices. With the revolutionary work of David ... -
Letter from the editor
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)The current volume opens with an article by Esteban Ferrero Botero in which he critiques and explores kinship analysis in a broader context. Botero uses the Columbian concept of “familia” as an example to identify and ... -
Lambda Alpha Journal, v.41 (complete version)
(Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)
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