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- "Starvation taught me art": Tree poaching, gender and cultural shifts in wood curio carving in Zimbabwe.
- Creator
- Fadiman, Maria
- Abstract/Description
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This study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and Shona, have always carved, they now face a weakened economy, due in large part to land reforms in 2000. Thus, more people sculpt wood as a form of livelihood. As one man said “Starvation taught me art”. As a result, gender roles are shifting as men and women begin to enter realms previously reserved for the other. Environmentally, carvers poaching trees deforests the woodlands....
Show moreThis study looks at wood curio carving in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa. Although the local people, Ndebele and Shona, have always carved, they now face a weakened economy, due in large part to land reforms in 2000. Thus, more people sculpt wood as a form of livelihood. As one man said “Starvation taught me art”. As a result, gender roles are shifting as men and women begin to enter realms previously reserved for the other. Environmentally, carvers poaching trees deforests the woodlands. As more individuals turn to making crafts sustainability deteriorates. However, people are looking into more sustainable practices. Ndebele and Shona are experimenting with carving smaller items so as to be able to earn more profit from less wood, and to use branches instead of heartwood. Carvers are also using scrap wood from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) lumber mills to lessen dependence on live trees.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165389
- Subject Headings
- Ethnobotany--Africa, Sustainable development--Zimbabwe, Culture--Africa, Wood sculpture, African, Forest conservation--Africa, Gender identity--Africa, Art, Zimbabwean, Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- (+)-Curcuphenol and (+)-Curcudiol, sesquiterpene phenols from shallow and deep water collections of the marine sponge Didiscus Flavus.
- Creator
- Wright, Amy E., Pomponi, Shirley A., McConnell, O. J., Kohmoto, S., McCarthy, Peter J.
- Date Issued
- 1987
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3332940
- Subject Headings
- Sponges, Sesquiterpenes, Antifungal agents, Marine metabolites
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- 1,1-Dimethyl-5,6-dihydroxyindolinium chloride from a deep water marine sponge, Dercitus sp.
- Creator
- Kohmoto, S., McConnell, O. J., Wright, Amy E.
- Date Issued
- 1988
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007184
- Subject Headings
- Sponges, Marine metabolites, Chemical structure
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- 3-amino-1-(2-aminoimidazolyl)-prop-i-ene from the marine sponges Teichaxinella morchella and Ptilocaulis walpersi.
- Creator
- Wright, Amy E., Chiles, S. A., Cross, S. S.
- Date Issued
- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3332990
- Subject Headings
- Sponges, Marine metabolites, Pyrroles
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- 6-Hydroxydiscodermindole, A New Discodermindole from the Marine Sponge Discodermia polydiscus.
- Creator
- Cohen, Jesse, Paul, Gopal K., Gunasekera, Sarath P., Longley, Ross E., Pomponi, Shirley A.
- Date Issued
- 2004
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2796025
- Subject Headings
- Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity, Calcarea, Demospongiae, Sponges --Caribbean Sea, Sponges --Cytology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A bioengineering approach for rational vaccine design towards the Ebola Virus.
- Creator
- Banton, Sophia, Roth, Zvi S., Pavlovic, Mirjana
- Date Issued
- 2010-07-09
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3326718
- Subject Headings
- Bioengineering, Ebolavirus
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A CALL TO ACTION: REMOVING THE STIGMA OF MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
- Creator
- Lake, Kendyl
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000451
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A cembranolide diterpene farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor from the marine soft coral Lobophytum cristagalli.
- Creator
- Coval, S. J., Patton, R. W., Petrin, J. M., James, L., Rothofsky, M. L., Lin, S. L., Patel, Mahesh, Reed, John K., McPhail, A. T., Bishop, W. R.
- Date Issued
- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3331913
- Subject Headings
- Corals, Alcyoniidae, Ras proteins, Diterpenes, Antineoplastic agents
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) controls synaptic transmission tolerance to acute oxidative stress at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction.
- Creator
- Caplan, Stacee Lee, Milton, Sarah L., Dawson-Scully, Ken
- Date Issued
- 2013-02-01
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.1152_jn.00784.2011_1644861569
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A chemical view of the most ancient metazoa – biomarker chemotaxonomy of hexactinellid sponges.
- Creator
- Thiel, Volker, Blumenberg, Martin, Hefter, Jens, Pape, Thomas, Pomponi, Shirley A., Reed, John K., Reitner, Joachim, Worheide, Gert, Michaelis, Walter
- Date Issued
- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2709448
- Subject Headings
- Sponges --Microbiology
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Collaborative Geospatial Shoreline Inventory Tool to Guide Coastal Development and Habitat Conservation.
- Creator
- Mitsova, Diana, Wissinger, Frank, Esnard, Ann-Margaret, Shankar, Ravi, Gies, Peter
- Date Issued
- 2013-05-13
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000175
- Format
- Citation
- Title
- A comparative study of Sargassum polyporum from the Ryukyu Islands(Japan) and Sargassum polyceratium from the Florida Keys (United States).
- Creator
- Kilar, J. A., Ajisaka, T., Yoshida, T., Hanisak, M. Dennis
- Date Issued
- 1992
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007207
- Subject Headings
- Florida Keys (Fla.), Ryukyu Islands, Sargassum, Morphology, Brown algae
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A comparison of nutrient-limited productivity in Sargassum natans from neritic vs. oceanic waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean.
- Creator
- Lapointe, Brian E.
- Date Issued
- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3343820
- Subject Headings
- Sargassum, Marine algae--North Atlantic Ocean, Seaweed, Seawater--Analysis
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A comparison of the thermal bleaching responses of the zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum from three geographically different regions in south Florida.
- Creator
- Kemp, Dustin W., Cook, Clayton B., LaJeunesse, Todd C., Brooks, W. Randy
- Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2827836
- Subject Headings
- Ocean temperature --Observations, Coral bleaching, Symbiosis, Zooxanthella, Cnidarians
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A comparison of tidal harmonic constants computed at and near an inlet.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P.
- Date Issued
- 1980
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174482
- Subject Headings
- Inlets, Tides, Convection (Meteorology), Pressure --Measurement, Estuarine oceanography
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A comparison of winter and summer temperature variations in a shallow bar-built estuary.
- Creator
- Smith, Ned P.
- Date Issued
- 1983
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174852
- Subject Headings
- Estuaries, Indian River (Fla. : Lagoon), Water temperature, Temperature measurements, Temperature--Seasonal variations
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries.
- Creator
- Lisa B. Whitenack, Brady L. Mickley, Julia Saltzman, Stephen M. Kajiura, Catherine C. Macdonald, David S. Shiffman
- Abstract/Description
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Despite evidence of their importance to marine ecosystems, at least 32% of all chondrichthyan species are estimated or assessed as threatened with extinction. In addition to the logistical difficulties of effectively conserving wide-ranging marine species, shark conservation is believed to have been hindered in the past by public perceptions of sharks as dangerous to humans. Shark Week is a high-profile, international programming event that has potentially enormous influence on public...
Show moreDespite evidence of their importance to marine ecosystems, at least 32% of all chondrichthyan species are estimated or assessed as threatened with extinction. In addition to the logistical difficulties of effectively conserving wide-ranging marine species, shark conservation is believed to have been hindered in the past by public perceptions of sharks as dangerous to humans. Shark Week is a high-profile, international programming event that has potentially enormous influence on public perceptions of sharks, shark research, shark researchers, and shark conservation. However, Shark Week has received regular criticism for poor factual accuracy, fearmongering, bias, and inaccurate representations of science and scientists. This research analyzes the content and titles of Shark Week episodes across its entire 32 years of programming to determine if there are trends in species covered, research techniques featured, expert identity, conservation messaging, type of programming, and portrayal of sharks. We analyzed titles from 272 episodes (100%) of Shark Week programming and the content of all available (201; 73.9%) episodes. Our data demonstrate that the majority of episodes are not focused on shark bites, although such shows are common and many Shark Week programs frame sharks around fear, risk, and adrenaline. While criticisms of disproportionate attention to particular charismatic species (e.g. great whites, bull sharks, and tiger sharks) are accurate and supported by data, 79 shark species have been featured briefly at least once. Shark Week’s depictions of research and of experts are biased towards a small set of (typically visual and expensive) research methodologies and (mostly white, mostly male) experts, including presentation of many white male non-scientists as scientific experts. While sharks are more often portrayed negatively than positively, limited conservation messaging does appear in 53% of episodes analyzed. Results suggest that as a whole, while Shark Week is likely contributing to the collective public perception of sharks as bad, even relatively small alterations to programming decisions could substantially improve the presentation of sharks and shark science and conservation issues.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000533
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Critical Evaluation of the Nonparametric Approach to Estimate Terrestrial Evaporation.
- Creator
- Yang, Yongmin, Su, Hongbo, Qi, Jianwei
- Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000191
- Format
- Citation
- Title
- A focus on recent developments and trends in underwater imaging.
- Creator
- Kocak, D. M., Dalgleish, Fraser R., Caimi, F. M., Schechner, Y. Y.
- Date Issued
- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1930234
- Subject Headings
- Underwater imaging systems
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A generalized model for communicating individuality through teleost swim bladder modulation.
- Creator
- Matthews, Cameron A., Beaujean, Pierre-Philippe J.
- Date Issued
- 2018-01-01
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/flvc_fau_islandoraimporter_10.1242_bio.023515_1632231130
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- Citation