1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455467003321

Titolo

The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Bruno David, Bryce Barker, Ian J. McNiven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, A.C.T., : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006

ISBN

0-85575-557-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (774 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavidBruno <1962->

BarkerBryce

McNivenIan J

Disciplina

305.89915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities

Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs

Aboriginal Australians - History

Social archaeology - Australia

Electronic books.

Australia Social life and customs

Australia History

Australia Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Aboriginal Studies Press is the publishing arm of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part 1 The emergence of social archaeology in Australia; 1. The social archaeology of Indigenous Australia; December 1978; Towards a social archaeology; A different social archaeology for Indigenous societies?; Beyond ecology: socialising Indigenous pasts; The Aboriginal past as socially dynamic; Aboriginal environments as socially constructed; Aboriginal landscapes as socially inscribed; Aboriginal history as social agency; 2. An interview with Harry Lourandos; Acknowledgements

3. Harry Lourandos' life and work: an Australian archaeological odysseyAcknowledgements; Part 2 Tyranny of text; 4. Unpacking Australian prehistory; Unpacking our library, unpacking our thinking; Approaching the past: a concern with prejudice; Prehistory; Symbolic



ways of Being: hunting and gathering versus agriculture; Materiality of subsistence practices; Definitions; Symbolic meanings; Continuing Lourandos' project; Acknowledgements; Note; 5. Hierarchies of knowledge and the tyranny of text: archaeology, ethnohistory and oral traditions in Australian archaeological interpretation

IntroductionThe construction of scientific evidence; Historicising the Whitsunday's past; The historical record; Norman B Tindale; Walter E Roth; The archaeological record; Discussion; An integrative model?; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 6. Colonial diffusionism and the archaeology of external influences on Aboriginal culture; Introduction; Changing relevancy of an 'unresolved debate'; Colonial diffusionism; External influences and small tools; External influences, small tools and the dingo; External influences and intensification; External influences, the dingo and Torres Strait

Acknowledgements7. Harry Lourandos, the 'Great Intensification Debate', and the representation of Indigenous pasts; 'Intensification' revisited; Will the 'real' intensification please step forward?; The 'Great Intensification Debate'; Outcomes; Reactions; Revisions; Discussion: the politics and poetics of an archaeological debate; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Part 3 Anthropological approaches; 8. Footprints of the ancestors: the convergence of anthropological and archaeological perspectives in contemporary Aboriginal heritage studies; Introduction: archaeology contra anthropology

The material dimension of Aboriginal social lifeCultural continuity; Interpreting actions on Country; Aboriginal interpretations of artefactual remains; Birthplace; Burial sites; Footprints; Massacre sites; Case 1: Waanyi and Gangalidda, Gulf of Carpentaria; Case 2: Ghungalu and Kangoulu, central Queensland; Discussion; Acknowledgements; Notes; 9. Earth, wind, fire and water: the social and spiritual construction of water in Aboriginal societies; Introduction; Water; The people and environments of Princess Charlotte Bay; Aboriginal ontologies of waterscapes

Two sacred stories: water forms, ancestral beings and places

Sommario/riassunto

Revealing the ancient past of Aboriginal Australians to be one of longterm changes in social relationships and traditions?as well as in the active management and manipulation of the environment?this account encourages a deeper appreciation of the ways Aboriginal peoples have engaged with and constructed their worlds. The study also solicits a deeper understanding of the contemporary political and social context of research and the insidious impacts of colonialist philosophies.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910885501003321

Autore

Kühn, Fritz

Titolo

Geschmiedetes gerät / Fritz Kühn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tübingen, : Verlag Ernest Wasmuth, 1954

Descrizione fisica

148 p. : ill. ; 27 cm

Locazione

DARST

Collocazione

12.1938

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966074503321

Titolo

School health : : a key component of education for all / / Donald Bundy, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2011]

copyright 2011

ISBN

9786613016263

9781283016261

1283016265

9780821383971

0821383973

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 299 pages : illustrations (some color) ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development

Altri autori (Persone)

BundyDonald A. P

Disciplina

371.7/1

Soggetti

School health services - United States - Evaluation

School health services - United States - Planning

School children - Health and hygiene - United States

School hygiene - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; About the Book; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Chapter 1 Context and Rationale; Tables; Figures; Maps; Chapter 2 Evidence of the Importance of Health and Nutrition for Education for All; Chapter 3 Education Sector Responses to the Health and Nutrition of Schoolchildren; Boxes; Chapter 4 School Health and Nutrition Programs in Practice; Chapter 5 Partnerships to Develop Consensus and Share Knowledge; Chapter 6 School Health and Nutrition Programs as a Component of Education for All

Appendix A Selected Bibliography of Source Materials and ToolkitsAppendix B Accelerating Deworming by the Education Sector: Checklist of Good Practice; Appendix C Accelerating the HIV/AIDS Response of the Education Sector in Africa: Checklist of Good Practice; Appendix D School Health and Nutrition Programs by Country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Greater Mekong Subregion, and the Caribbean; Index

Sommario/riassunto

School health and nutirion programs can contribue to achieving the goals of the Education for All initiative (EFA) by helping children enroll on time, complete their education, and realize their cognitive potential. Achieving these goals depends on reaching the children most in need. One strong feature of school health and nutrition programs is that they benefit the poor, sick, and hungry children far more that better-off children. However, poor children can only benefit if the programs reach them. This book describes how schools have been used as a platform for delivering safe and simple heal