a) What is indigenous knowledge system? Indigenous knowledge refers to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional‚ indigenous‚ or local communities. Indigenous knowledge system includes types of knowledge about traditional technologies of subsistence (e.g. tools‚ and techniques for hunting or agriculture)‚ midwifery‚ ethno botany‚ and ecological knowledge‚ celestial navigation‚ ethno astrology. Difference between indigenous knowledge system and western knowledge
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Bryan Schaeffer Mountain Dew The Mountain Dew case centers on the decision that the BBDO team and Pepsi executives made in regards to the Super Bowl advertisements to be aired in 2000. The creative team came up with 10 possible scenarios. Since their meeting took place in October (4 months prior to the Super Bowl) they had little time to produce the ads. The 10 concepts were quickly whittled down to 5 and the executives wanted to whittle them down to 3 in which to produce. From those 3‚ the
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Art History Cross in the Mountains Caspar David Friedrich - 1774 - 1840 Caspar David Friedrich was a melancholic‚ sensitive and devout 19th century German artist of the Romantic style. Friedrich was born into a strict Lutheran family in Greifswald‚ Pomerania‚ on the Baltic coast of Germany and experienced tragedy at a very early age. Friedrich was the sixth child from a family of 10 children and by the time he turned 13‚ he had lost his mother‚ a sister‚ and saw one of his younger
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Case Analysis: Mountain Dew‚ Selecting the New Creative section 001: due on Feb. 15 section 020: due on Feb. 20 As you can see from the ending of the case‚ Mountain Dew is trying to decide which 3 of 5 potential creative spots to develop. Additionally‚ the case describes several background features‚ such as market situations‚ Mountain Dew brand history‚ and market research. In two pages‚ you are expected to choose three out of the total five potential creative spots (Cheetah‚ Mock Opera‚ Dew
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CHAPTER 52 AN INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY AND THE BIOSPHERE Learning objectives The Scope of Ecology 1. Define ecology. 2. Describe the relationship between ecology and evolutionary biology. 3. Distinguish between abiotic and biotic components of the environment. 4. Distinguish among organismal ecology‚ population ecology‚ community ecology‚ ecosystem ecology‚ and landscape ecology. 5. Clarify the difference between ecology and environmentalism. Interactions between Organisms and the
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Joyce. 2007. “Taking Account of Indigenous Feminism”‚ chapter 1 in Making space for indigenous feminism / edited by Joyce Green. Black Point‚ N.S. : Fernwood Pub. ; London ; New York : Zed Books. Book on 1-day reserve at AV Library 305.42 M23 G79. Suggested readings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism: for a short history of feminism Truth‚ Sojourner. 1851. “Ain’t I a Woman?” http://afgen.com/sojourner1.html. Wee‚ Vivienne and Farida Shaheed. 2007. “Indigenous feminisms: resistance to culturally
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were very prevalent throughout this text is the ritual of the attire necessary for worshipping Dionysus in the mountains. In the text‚ the women are described as‚ “Dress yourselves in spotted fawn skins‚ trimmed with white sheep’s wool.” (110-111). A ritual is described as a repeated action for the purpose of conveying or learning a meaning or knowledge. Since every woman in the mountains was wearing these fawn skins‚ it had an important meaning in the rites giving praise to Dionysus‚ which makes
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Drowling Mountain Resort Situation Drowling Mountain is a community resort‚ situated 45minutes away from Syracuse‚ New York‚ one of the larger cities in New York‚ with a population of 145‚170 people in 2010. Drowling Mountain was also located near some surrounding communities in Onondaga County‚ which has a population of 321‚830 people. Drowling Mountain offers snow related activities such as snowboarding and skiing‚ along with operating a full service chalet‚ which has equipment rentals
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20th Century mountain writing and film A few main themes related to The Ascent of F6: 1920s Heroism End of Empire‚ nationalism deflated Mallory Media 1930s Nationalism revived: Fascism Propaganda: German bergfilme‚ Leni Riefenstahl The Ascent of F6 (1936) comments on all of these themes Real events related to our reading in the early 20th century 1900-1921 Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (Scott‚ Shackleton‚ Mawson) 1901 Queen Victoria dies January 22 1903
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Mountain Lion is a poem that depicts the death of an inhabitant of the Lobo valley‚ a lion that is trapped mercilessly by two hunters‚ who are confronted by the poet as they leave the valley. The poet describes the lion’s face using contrasting but very emotive descriptions such as beautiful dead eyes’‚ and fine round-fashioned head‚ with two dead ears’ putting emphasis on the word dead by repeating it twice in the same stanza. In the first stanza‚ the poet describes the natural beauty of the Lobo
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