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Saidi, Umali, and Joshua Matanzima. "Negotiating Territoriality in North-Western Zimbabwe: Locating The Multiple-Identities of BaTonga, Shangwe, and Karanga in History." African Journal of Inter/Multidisciplinary Studies 3, no. 1 (2021): 61–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v3i1.864.
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Multiple identities are not an event, neither are they overnight occurrences. They undergo constructions and reconstructions over time. The BaTonga, Shangwe, and Karanga speaking people in the Musampakaruma Chiefdom of north-western Zimbabwe are not an exception. Forced colonial displacements and post-independence involuntary (and/or voluntary) migrations resulted in their settling in the Musampakaruma Chiefdom from which they have now come to negotiate for space, and ultimately their identities too, in the Zimbabwean mainstream nation-state making process. For years, these three ethnic groups have had a primodalist alliance to identity wherein their identification with ancestral places of origin appeared to have been common. This, however, has changed as the new terrain has offered them new options prompting rethinking of identity and ethnicity concepts. Using qualitative and historical ethnographic data obtained in Musampakaruma from April to September 2017, this paper reports the historical and contemporary socio-political experiences of the people in the area advancing the multiple identity phenomena. Taking Musampakaruma as a case, the broad nation-state identity is re-engaged in the paper from the perspective of so-called marginalised groups showing that while landscape and socio-ethno-identities are determinants of ‘multi-personalities’, deep theorisation of identity and ethnicity is required in nation-state development because ethnicities are based on interactions resulting in negotiated identities.
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Saidi, Umali. "BaTonga Culture: A Rich Heritage." DANDE Journal of Social Sciences and Communication 2, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 45–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.15641/dande.v2i1.40.
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There is a tendency in which so called ‘developed’ ethnic groups, given their economic, political and social advantage placing them at the ‘center’, are the chanters of development even for the groups considered to be at the periphery. Ironically, in heritage terms, so called marginalized groups have had much of their heritage less contaminated by forces of modernity as has been the case with much of the BaTonga culture. This article explores the BaTonga culture and heritage as the Zimbabwean aquaculture from which its consumption, preservation and use can benefit other ethical groups in the country. Using results from studies by Saidi (2016a) as well as complementary studies by Mashingaidze (2013) and Ndlovu (2013), this article establishes the richness of BaTonga culture which subsequently feeds the rich Zimbabwe multicultural heritage. The article argues that heritage utilization reflects the active participation of its owners pointing to the character of the culture making heritage management a priority for any African country seeking its true identity. Further, the article argues that a rich heritage is a shared commodity regardless of ethnic-specific dichotomies in oriented communities like Zimbabwe. Given this basis, the article shows that public spaces, media and the education curriculum are expected to uphold and incorporate all aspects of heritage such as BaTonga cultural realities in order to foster tolerance, acceptance as well as visibility and ultimately cultural and economic development of all ethnic groups in nation building.
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Ajiboye, Cecilia A., Omobola A. Aladesanmi, and Oluwatoyin M. O̩laiya. "The Social Use of Batonu Personal Names." Journal of Language and Literature 20, no. 2 (October 5, 2020): 355. http://dx.doi.org/10.24071/joll.v20i2.2853.
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<p><em>Previous researchers on the use of Batonu personal names argue that there are different categories of Batonu names and using thirty (30) respondents, the researchers submit that the use of Muslim names has replaced the use of Batonu native names in all domains. However, the present study, using three hundred (300) respondents, visited the study area and identifies names that are used as personal names among the Batonu people. It also examines the social use of the names in formal and informal domains. The research adopted the theory of Domains of language use by Ferguson (1966). Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data on the various uses of personal names in intra and inter group interactions. There were three findings. Some showed names that were drawn from Islam and Christianity. Some names were also drawn from Batonu native names. Two domains of name usage have been identified. The informal domains consisted of home/community, peer-group and play ground. The formal ones comprised school, places of worship, certificates, wedding cards, almanacs and work places. It is evident that the Batonu native names are still frequently used with foreign or Christian and Muslim names in formal and in informal domains although with different degrees of use. This present study has shown that although a foreign culture may have an overwhelming influence over an indigenous culture, it does not mean that the indigenous culture will not thrive especially if the indigenous culture has traditional activities that can help sustain it.</em></p>
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Cherry, Katie E., Katelyn McKneely, Quyen Nguyen, Shui Yu, Laura Sampson, Sandro Galea, Matthew R. Calamia, and Emily M. Elliott. "MEMORY FOR PICTURES AND WORDS AFTER A NATURAL DISASTER." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1032.
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Abstract The pictorial superiority effect (PSE) is the finding that memory for pictures exceeds that of memory for matching words for people of all ages (Cherry et al., 2012). We examined free recall of line drawings and matching words in adults enrolled in the LSU Flood Study, an interdisciplinary study of disaster stress and cognition. We tested the hypothesis that disaster stress would be associated with deficits in memory for pictures and words. Participants were sampled from a three-parish (county) region of Baton Rouge, LA that was severely devastated by the 2016 flood (N = 202, age range: 18-88 years). They received multiple tests, including the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA; Nasreddine et al., 2005), and self-report measures of executive function and functional impairment (Barkley, 2011). Three groups were compared: (1) non-flooded adults as controls, (2) once-flooded adults with structural damage to homes and property in 2016, and (3) twice-flooded adults who had relocated to Baton Rouge because of catastrophic losses in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and flooded again in 2016. Results yielded a PSE in free recall for all disaster exposure groups (p < 0.001). Follow-up analyses by age group revealed that older adults showed the same memorial advantage of pictures relative to words as did their younger counterparts across all disaster exposure groups. These results imply that single and multiple disaster exposures do not appear to disrupt cognition assessed with traditional, laboratory-based measures. This research was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award Number 1708090).
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Misbahruddin, A. "Peluang Perempuan Sebagai Politisi." Jurnal Penelitian Pers dan Komunikasi Pembangunan 18, no. 3 (February 9, 2015): 203–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.46426/jp2kp.v18i3.19.
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Research opportunities for women as politicians do in South Kalimantan Province. The purpose of research to determine the opportunities of women as politicians wrestle in the political world. This study used a descriptive method, with the location determined purposively, in South Kalimantan: the city of Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru, Batola District, Kabupaten Banjar, Tanah Bumbu, Tanah Laut, Kotabaru District. Respondents determined stratifiel random sampling, sampling as many as 278 people, the details of the number of respondents according to the percentage of the population of the city / county respectively. The results showed the opportunities of women as politicians constrained various obstacles, this is such a factor as the data findings cultures, gender equality factor, low levels of education, the permission of the family, the support material. However there are also respondents who think that women do not fit do the job of men, women are weak creatures and women are not able to compete with men. Political Parties should motivate women to sit as a legislative member.
Keywords : Opportunity, Women, Politicans, Barriers
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Penelitian peluang perempuan sebagai politisi dilakukan di Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui peluang perempuan sebagai politisi bergelut di dunia politik. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriftif, dengan lokasi ditentukan secara purposif, di Kalimantan Selatan: Kota Banjarmasin, Kota Banjarbaru, Kabupaten Batola, Kabupatan Banjar, Kabupaten Tanah Bumbu, Kabupaten Tanah Laut, dan Kabupaten Kotabaru. Responden ditentukan secara stratifiel random sampling, sampling sebanyak 278 orang, rincian jumlah responden sesuai dengan persentasi jumlah penduduk kota/kabupaten masing-masing. Hasil penelitian menunjukan peluang perempuan sebagai politisi terkendala berbagai hambatan, hal ini sebagaimana data temuan seperti faktor kultur budaya, faktor kesetaraan gender, rendahnya tingkat pendidikan, izin dari keluarga, dukungan materi. Namun demikian ada juga responden yang beranggapan bahwa perempuan tidak cocok melakukan pekerjaan laki-laki, perempuan dianggap mahluk lemah serta perempuan tidak mampu bersaing dengan laki-laki. Hendaknya Partai Politik memotivasi perempuan untuk duduk menjadi anggota legislatif.
Kata Kunci : Peluang, Perempuan, Politisi, Hambatan
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Travis, Charles. "People, Place, and Attachment in Local Bars: An Ethnographic Study in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana." AAG Review of Books 9, no. 3 (July 3, 2021): 16–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2325548x.2021.1883352.
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Karlsson, Gunnel, and Tomas Soderblom. "The Whore and the Baton: Prostitution and Repression in the People's Home." American Historical Review 98, no. 5 (December 1993): 1623. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2167149.
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Baber, M. "Hands-On History for Local Youth and University Students." Practicing Anthropology 20, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 28–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.20.1.e22x464118441303.
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Community involvement was a critical feature that we emphasized in the Central Avenue Project. This aspect of public heritage programming, and applied anthropology in general, is based on interrelated concerns with legitimacy and accuracy in representation and collaboration as a core value. Another goal of the project was to engage young people from the surrounding neighborhoods in learning about and helping to present the history that their parents and grandparents had lived and created. In this regard, we followed examples in similar projects done by Steve Barlow in Memphis (Ghostwriters: Connecting in an Inner City Neighborhood. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, Baton Rouge, LA. 1996) and Evelyn Philips in St Petersburg (An Ethnohistorical Analysis of the Political Economy of Ethnicity among African Americans in St. Petersburg Florida. Doctoral Dissertation. University of South Florida, 1994).
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Lee, Cindy. "Passing the Baton to the Next Generation: A Few Problems That Need Solving." Annual Review of Marine Science 11, no. 1 (January 3, 2019): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095342.
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This is a personal account of some of the people and factors that were important in my career in chemical oceanography. I also discuss two areas of oceanographic research and training that I think need more attention. The first is how the difficulty in getting appropriate samples hampers our ability to fully understand biogeochemical processes in the sea. I have worked on dissolved materials, suspended and sinking particles, and sediments in lakes, oceans, rivers, and aerosols. Sample collection problems affect all those areas, although to different degrees. Second, I discuss a few of the issues that I most worry about with regard to graduate education in oceanography, among them an apparent decrease over the past several decades in the ability of many beginning students to write clearly and think logically.
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The Editors. "Notes from the Editors, September 2016." Monthly Review 68, no. 4 (August 31, 2016): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.14452/mr-068-04-2016-08_0.
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buy this issueOn July 14, 2016, Cornel West, a Monthly Review contributor and Monthly Review Press author (his 1991 book The Ethicals Dimensions of Marxist Thought remains in print) issued a historic statement in the Guardian, under the headline "Obama Has Failed Victims of Racism and Police Brutality." West wrote: A long and deep legacy of white supremacy has always arrested the development of US democracy. We either hit it head on, or it comes back to haunt us…. I have deep empathy for brothers and sisters who are shot in the police force. I also have profound empathy for people of color who are shot by the police. I have always believed deliberate killing to be a crime against humanity. Yet, Obama didn't go to Baton Rouge. He didn't go to Minneapolis. He flew over their heads to go to Dallas. You can't do that. His fundamental concern was to speak to the police, that was his priority. When he references the Black Lives Matter movement, it's to speak to the police. But the people who are struggling have a different perspective….Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "BaTonga (the baTonga people)"
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Moonga, Nsamu Urgent. "Exploring music therapy in the life of the batonga of Mazabuka Southern Zambia." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76730.
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The use of music for healing is ubiquitous in every human community. Music Therapy, however, as the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional, may not share the same pervasive prevalence in human society. This study explored how a culturally-sensitive music therapy process may be designed among baTonga of Mazabuka, particularly in relation to the participants’ existing understandings of masabe (musical healing ritual) Participants' perceptions of musical healing rituals of masabe were explored through focus groups, as well as, if the participants were amenable, to the use of musical healing rituals. We then designed a music therapy session together. The participants expressed delight at their involvement in the study as it communicated interest in their lives. The study affirmed their worldview and how that could be incorporated into wellness responses associated with their community. The study found that baTonga rely on musical healing rituals as they are aligned to their relational cosmology and accommodates their perceptions of wellbeing. BaTonga ritual music is rich in symbolism and imagery. Because buTonga personhood might be experienced at the intersection of the individual and the community, and at the intersection of the individual, the community and the natural environment, this study found that music therapy here would benefit from drawing on ecologically-informed community music therapy approaches. A music therapist’s role in buTonga may be seen similarly to how the role of a mun’ganga (an afflicted shamanic healer) is perceived in the community. The study argues that there is indeed a place for culture-centred, culturally sensitive and inclusive anti-oppressive music therapy among BuTonga. This research study contributes to the ongoing conversation about evolving meanings, theories, approaches and practices of music therapy.Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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Munyaradzi, Mawere. "The effects and socio-economic contribution of Batonga Community Museum in Zimbabwe : an ethnographic field study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20601.
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Zimbabwean history is rooted in ethnic and cultural identities, inequalities, and injustices which the post-colonial government has sought to address since its national independence in 1980. Marginalisation of some ethnic groups has been one of the persistent problems in post-colonial Zimbabwe. Of particular significance to this thesis has been the marginalisation of the BaTonga people of north-western Zimbabwe. The marginalisation of the BaTonga people is historical with its roots traceable from the colonial era through the early years of national independence. Post-colonial Zimbabwe's emphasis on cultural identity and confirmation has, however, prompted the establishment of community museums such as the BaTonga Community Museum (BCM), to promote cultures of the local people. The establishment of cultural heritage sites such as the BCM has, however, impacted on the lives of the local people in various ways. This study critically examines the effects and socio-economic contribution of the BCM to the local communities, which ranges from generation of revenue to education training, environmental conservation and creation of employment in several sectors of the economy. On examining this topic, I draw extensively on the work of Kopytoff, who wrote about biographies of things. In his work, Kopytoff argues that all things, including cultural objects relate in a way that allows the analysis of relationships between persons and things as a process of social transformation that involves a series of changes in status. As Kopytoff (1986) insists, cultural biographical approach is culturally informed given that things are culturally constructed and reconstructed in much the same way people are culturally (re-)constructed through time. I draw on the work of Kopytoff in a critically sympathetic manner to delve into the effects and socio-economic contribution of the BCM to the local communities. I, nevertheless, bring to the fore the argument that although Kopytoff does not explicitly argue that things have life, his cultural biographical approach implies this and that by tracing a biography of a thing we recognise its agency as 7 well. It is through the careful analysis of agency of these things that I examine the effects and socio-economic contribution of the BCM to communities surrounding the site.
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Green, Willie Jr. "An Analysis of Faith-Based Homeless Social Service Providers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and their Role in Helping Homeless People." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2006. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/429.
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In recent years, there has been a strong push on the federal level to support efforts of faith-based organizations, which provide a variety of social services ranging from literacy improvement efforts to homeless prevention. This thesis sheds light on the current efforts by faith-based homeless service providers in the Baton Rouge area, and examines their role in helping the homeless. This thesis uses existing literature and interviews with the director of The Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless as well others involved with homeless programs in Baton Rouge. This thesis also provides data collected by the ServicePoint HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) which gives a clearer picture of which agencies are providing services in Baton Rouge, and the clients served by these agencies. The efforts of these organizations were particularly critical following Hurricane Katrina, and it is vital that those in the policy arena understand the role of these organizations.
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Froelich, Carey D. "Equipping Christians at University Baptist Church to use a dialogical model to foster spiritual growth among persons alienated from God." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Jung, Chiang-Kuan, and 江冠榮. "The Hunters Disappearing Above the Clouds--Reconstructing the Original Aspects and Migration Process Of the Bunun People in Batonggua Community." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72388590125004989943.
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ABSTRACT Bunun, or more precisely, Taimidadaq tu Bunun is one of the tribes of the Aborigines in Taiwan. In Bunun language, Taimidadaq tu Bunun refers to the people live in this land. Migration (“linahaban” in Bunun language) is an established custom in Bunun history (“palihabasan” in Bunun language). Reasons pertained to migration include both external and internal causes. External causes may be, for example, invasion of the foreign tribe or political concerns. Internal causes may be economic concerns such as land insufficiency resulted from population growth, or convention philosophy suggesting “never cultivating in the same land repeatedly, otherwise the land would get barren and thus the crops would be unfruitful. Therefore, Bunun is a tribe of continuously migration that circuits around Taiwan. According to the Bunun elders (“madadaingaz” in Bunun language), the residential area has been referred to as mai-asang since the 16th century. In the 16th century, mai-asang covered most of the western plain and the Bunun people had been migrating within that area ever since. Around the middle of the 17th century, the Bunun people have started to migrate eastward and southward under the pressure of the foreign tribes colonizing in the western plain. The most well-known migration path in the last two centuries is the Batonggua Trail. This research aims to investigate the original aspect and migration process of the Bunun people in Batonggua community from Bunun people’s viewpoint. The writer first interviewed the Bunun elders who actually lives/lived in the Batonggua community and then illustrated the community map according to the interviews along with field trip invetigations so as to reconstruct the original aspects and the traditional architectures in the Batonggua community. Afterward, reference is made to the existing literature. In the end, the writer proposed a model illustrating the original aspects in the Batonggua community from the view of native liver therein. Besides, many aboriginal toponyms are recorded from the interview. By doing so, the self-identification of aborigines in Taiwan can be improved and hence they are not left behind the world-wide wave of self-determination.
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CHIANG, KUAN-JUNG, and 江冠榮. "The Hunters Disappearing Above the Clouds--Reconstructing the Original Aspects and Migration Process Of the Bunun People in Batonggua Community." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/727txw.
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【ABSTRACT】 Bunun, or more precisely, Taimidadaq tu Bunun is one of the tribes of the Aborigines in Taiwan. In Bunun language, Taimidadaq tu Bunun refers to the people live in this land. Migration (“linahaban” in Bunun language) is an established custom in Bunun history (“palihabasan” in Bunun language). Reasons pertained to migration include both external and internal causes. External causes may be, for example, invasion of the foreign tribe or political concerns. Internal causes may be economic concerns such as land insufficiency resulted from population growth, or convention philosophy suggesting “never cultivating in the same land repeatedly, otherwise the land would get barren and thus the crops would be unfruitful. Therefore, Bunun is a tribe of continuously migration that circuits around Taiwan. According to the Bunun elders (“madadaingaz” in Bunun language), the residential area has been referred to as mai-asang since the 16th century. In the 16th century, mai-asang covered most of the western plain and the Bunun people had been migrating within that area ever since. Around the middle of the 17th century, the Bunun people have started to migrate eastward and southward under the pressure of the foreign tribes colonizing in the western plain. The most well-known migration path in the last two centuries is the Batonggua Trail. This research aims to investigate the original aspect and migration process of the Bunun people in Batonggua community from Bunun people’s viewpoint. The writer first interviewed the Bunun elders who actually lives/lived in the Batonggua community and then illustrated the community map according to the interviews along with field trip invetigations so as to reconstruct the original aspects and the traditional architectures in the Batonggua community. Afterward, reference is made to the existing literature. In the end, the writer proposed a model illustrating the original aspects in the Batonggua community from the view of native liver therein. Besides, many aboriginal toponyms are recorded from the interview. By doing so, the self-identification of aborigines in Taiwan can be improved and hence they are not left behind the world-wide wave of self-determination.
Books on the topic "BaTonga (the baTonga people)"
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Choma Museum & Crafts Centre. Catalogue: Batonga across the waters : a travelling exhibition of the Batonga of Zambia and Zimbabwe, forty years after the building of the Kariba Dam. Choma, Zambia: Choma Museum, 1996.
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Naguit, Ray S. Hinubog sa batong buhay: Mga natatanging Bulakenyo sa kasaysayan. City of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines: Bahay-saliksikan ng Bulacan, Bulacan State University, 2004.
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Jennings, Virginia Lobdell. The Plains and the people: A history of Upper East Baton Rouge Parish. 3rd ed. Baton Rouge, LA: V.L. Jennings, 1989.
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Healthy aging and nutrition: The science of living longer : field hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, Baton Rouge, LA, August 15, 2002. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2002.
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Andre-Eames, Kathy. Warrior for Justice: The George Eames Story. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 2015.
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Jennings, Virginia Lobdell. The Plains and the People: A History of Upper East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana Parish Histories Series). Pelican Publishing Company, 1999.
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Catsam, Derek Charles. "“The Onward March of a People Who Desire to Be Totally Free”: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott." In Boycotts Past and Present, 139–56. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94872-0_8.
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Irish, Joel D. "Knocking, Filing, and Chipping." In A World View of Bioculturally Modified Teeth. University Press of Florida, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054834.003.0003.
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The purpose of this chapter is twofold. First, an overview of intentional dental modification among sub-Saharan Africans is provided, with a focus on biological cause and effect. Methods for removal and alteration are described alongside their short- and long-term effects. Oral trauma was not uncommon, ranging from mild to life threatening. Yet continuation of the practice indicates that the intended results outweighed any risks, including perceived and plausible benefits to individual reproductive fitness (e.g., Kikuyu and Batonga), internecine competition (Ashanti, San), and prevention (Acholi) or treatment of disease (Masai). The second goal is to document the proliferation of modification types emanating from western Africa. Intrusive “Bantu” migrants, who began (4,000–3,000 BP) a gradual, subcontinent-wide expansion from this region, brought their own specific methods. These styles, which can be tracked, came to influence and replace the practices of indigenous peoples.
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"The BaTonga Community Museum, community and agency." In Heritage Practices for Sustainability, 55–66. Langaa RPCIG, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh9vxd2.11.
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"Socio-economic Effects of the BaTonga Community Museum." In Heritage Practices for Sustainability, 67–80. Langaa RPCIG, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh9vxd2.12.
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Chitima, Simbarashe Shadreck, and Ishmael Ndlovu. "Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge in the Preservation of Collections at the Batonga Community Museum in Zimbabwe." In Handbook of Research on Heritage Management and Preservation, 396–407. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3137-1.ch019.
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Museums in Zimbabwe often face several conservation challenges caused by different agents of deterioration. The Batonga Community Museum find it challenging to maintain and properly take care of the collections on display. This chapter examines the effectiveness of the conservation strategies being employed at the BCM. The study made use of qualitative and ethnographic research approaches. The majority of collections at the BCM are deteriorating at an unprecedented level. The study gathered that bats have posed serious and extreme conservation challenges as well as affected the presentation of exhibitions. The chapter concludes that bats are the main problem bedeviling the museum and needs immediate control.
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Saidi, Umali. "African Heritage Isn't ‘Dead'." In Advances in Public Policy and Administration, 314–33. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7429-3.ch017.
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Memory institutions collect, arrange, describe and preserve collections for the benefit of the community. While the drive is hinged on the desire to promote accessibility and use of heritage assets, memory institutions' approach to heritage management may condition institutions to be responsible for the erasure of some aspects of the heritage. Studies have demonstrated that memory institutions, preserve as well as give access and usage of the collected heritage to the world. It is argued that without strategies of having the heritage consumed, memory institutions risk being redundant. Using some lessons from the BaTonga of Zimbabwe, this chapter outlines the lived and performed heritage in the context of discourses of advocacy, outreach and public programming strategies. It is argued that promotion and funding of memory institutions should be very conscious of the lived heritage which plays a very significant role in defining and promoting the heritage as well as institutions themselves.
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"Spotlight." In Community Resilience, edited by Alonzo L. Plough, 154–55. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197559383.003.0013.
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In August 2016, the city of Baton Rouge and its surrounding parishes were inundated with more than two-and-a-half feet of rain. For perspective, that’s five times as much as the area normally gets in a month. The resulting flood caused 13 deaths, and Baton Rouge officials reported that 30,000 people had to be rescued from homes and cars; 11,000 needed shelter; and 90,000 homes and 6,000 businesses were damaged. The Red Cross called this the “worst U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.”...
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Llewellyn-Smith, Michael. "A Wider Stage." In Venizelos, 217–24. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197586495.003.0024.
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Venizelos's arrived in Athens in early September 1910. He addressed the people in a major speech in Constitution Square, making clear that he would work with the King, since 'crowned democracy' best fitted the political culture of the Greek people. He looked to the King to lead the reform program. He announced that he would create a new political party from like-minded people committed to new and liberal ideas. For the rest he condemned the failures of the old political world, over emigration, security, agriculture and industry, indeed across the board, and promised better. The speech quickly acquired mythical status, partly for the forthright way in which he squashed hecklers who cried out for fundamental changes in the constitution (i.e. affecting the prerogatives of the Crown). He defended limited constitutional changes. Foreign affairs hardly featured. This debut was rapidly followed by his appointment as prime minister, following the failure of the old party leaders to pick up the baton, and by his confirmation through new elections which gave him the desired majority in parliament. This was a brilliant start to his political career in Greece.
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Ownby, Ted. "Introduction." In Hurtin' Words, 1–12. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469647005.003.0001.
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WHAT MIGHT WE LEARN from a book on how people in the twentieth-century American South defined the problems of family life? Just a few moments from the summer of 2016 suggest some possibilities. Mississippi House Bill 1523, called the Religious Liberty Accommodations Act, claimed to protect people who believed that marriage should only unite one man and one woman from any laws or codes that might force them to marry or serve same-sex couples. When a U.S. district judge ruled that the law was unconstitutional, he compared it to Jim Crow laws that claimed to protect white people from laws that might force them into unwanted contact with African Americans. In the same summer, one of the first testimonials about Alton Sterling, the victim of a police killing in Baton Rouge, came from a friend who called him “just a brother” who was working to support his family. One of many responses to police violence that summer came from former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who claimed that there would be less violence, crime, and unrest if more black fathers would teach their children how to behave. The Democratic National Convention welcomed a group of women, called Mothers of the Movement, whose children had been killed by police officers. An internet story that turned out to be a hoax claimed that Hillary Clinton’s book ...
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Fish, Stanley. "Don’t Let Anyone Else Do Your Job." In Save the World on Your Own Time. Oxford University Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195369021.003.0009.
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Of course, there’s no shortage of people who will step in to do your job if you default on it. The corporate world looks to the university for its workforce. Parents want the university to pick up the baton they may have dropped. Students demand that the university support the political cause of the moment. Conservatives believe that the university should refurbish and preserve the traditions of the past. Liberals and progressives would like to see those same traditions dismantled and replaced by what they take to be better ones. Alumni wonder why the athletics teams aren’t winning more. Politicians and trustees wonder why the professors aren’t teaching more. Whether it is state legislators who want a say in hiring and course content, or donors who want to tell colleges how to spend the funds they provide, or parents who are disturbed when Dick and Jane bring home books about cross-dressing and gender change, or corporations that want new departments opened and others closed, or activist faculty who urge the administration to declare a position on the war in Iraq, there is no end of interests intent on deflecting the university from its search for truth and setting it on another path. Each of these lobbies has its point, but it is not the university’s point, which is, as I have said over and over again, to produce and disseminate (through teaching and publication) academic knowledge and to train those who will take up that task in the future. But can the university defend the autonomy it claims (or should claim) from public pressures? Is that claim even coherent? Mark Taylor would say no. In a key sentence in the final chapter of his book The Moment of Complexity (2001), Taylor declares that “the university is not autonomous but is a thoroughly parasitic institution, which continually depends on the generosity of the host so many academics claim to reject.” He continues: “The critical activities of the humanities, arts, and sciences are only possible if they are supported by the very economic interests their criticism so often calls into question.”