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Archaeological Fieldwork Reports: Excavations at San Felice, July 2006

Archaeological Fieldwork Reports: Excavations at San Felice, July 2006

Archaeological Fieldwork Reports: Upper Esino Valley Survey, August–October 2006

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List of Fieldwork Reports Submitted in 2061 (2005)

List of Fieldwork Reports Submitted in 2061 (2005)

(Field work or Case Report of the) Relationship between the assessment score sheets of falling, the physical functional test and fall incidence

(Field work or Case Report of the) Relationship between the assessment score sheets of falling, the physical functional test and fall incidence

A Critical Analysis of Fieldwork Report Writing of BBS

The students of BBS program of Tribhuvan University (T.U.) must carry out a fieldwork study of two weeks by visiting the organizations or projects. The results of past years show that students are not able to follow the requirement of Faculty of Management in writing the report of their fieldwork. So this study attempts to uncover the common mistakes and their causes while writing the fieldwork report. Students were found moderate in writing the fieldwork report. They lack the habit of reading related books; do not get appropriate, effective, and intensive orientation to equip themselves with research skills.
 
 Journal of Nepalese Business Studies Vol.1(1) 2004 pp.75-80

Writing Fieldwork Assignment Reports

This paper has been prepared with an objective to provide the guidelines to the BBS students to write the fieldwork report and teachers to guide their students in writing the fieldwork report. So, this paper has included formats of fieldwork report (both in English and Nepali) as prescribed by Office of the Dean, Faculty of Management, Tribhuvan University and procedures to be followed in preparing the report.
 
 Journal of Nepalese Business Studies Vol.1(1) 2004 pp.38-52

List of Fieldwork Reports Submitted in 2060 (2004)

List of Fieldwork Reports Submitted in 2060 (2004)

Urban Multilingualism and the Development of a Local Communication Support Strategy in Tower Hamlets: Fieldwork Report

This article reports the outcomes of a study on communication support, commissioned to develop a borough‐wide strategy in 2003 by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.The research stems from a recognition of communication as a key to successful delivery of public services and enhancement of a multicultural community.The focus is on ‘communication’ (rather than ‘language’), since it captures issues beyond the exchange of information through words: interpersonal interactions and relationships, techniques and modes of organising information exchange. Language is a key component within the broad ambit of communication mechanism and skills. Hence interpretation and translation are perceived as models of communications support alongside advocacy, integrated team, multilingual professional team, family/friends and minors, supported language, symbols and signs, and Plain English.While engaging in the debate and highlighting some of the broader issues concerning communication support services, the focus is on the following main issues:• policy frameworks and guiding principles in communication support• methods and techniques for needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation of communication support• communication support provision in Tower Hamlets including quantifying need, actual state of provision and users' perceptions.Probably among the first of its kind, the strategy draws on existing knowledge and good practice to develop a common framework for public services in Tower Hamlets. It is believed that it will serve a pioneering role in co‐ordinated existing and developing coherent approaches to communication support.

Historical Places related to Kumano-kodo in Osaka Prefecture(Fieldwork Report)

Historical Places related to Kumano-kodo in Osaka Prefecture(Fieldwork Report)

Ancient Bloody Meadows: Classical Battlefields in Greece

This paper presents a short summary report of fieldwork undertaken as part of the ongoing Bloody Meadows Project in Greece in 2002 and 2003. This paper moves further back in time than previous research of the project to consider battles of the Classical Greek and Roman periods. The Bloody Meadows Project takes a comparative landscape approach to the study of battlefields, combining an interest in battlefields as places where past events took place with a concern for the way in which they are remembered, marked and memorialised in the present. The results presented aim to offer an insight into the way these places were seen in the past and the way we understand them today.

Mythic Images and Shamanism: A Perspective on Kalevala Poetry by Anna-Leena s> Siikala (review)

REVIEWS 5I9 the funerarytraditionsof Seto culture. The text is certain to prove of interest to scholars interested in the rich Orthodox wedding traditions of Eastern Europe or the equally fascinating lament traditions of the region. For the scholar of Estonian or more particularlySeto culture, this fascinating volume stands as a document of a remarkablewoman, one who ably earned the epithet lauluimd, 'motherof song'. Department ofScandinavian Studies THOMAS A. DUBOIS University of Wisconsin-Madison Siikala,Anna-Leena.Mythic Images andShamanism: APerspective onKalevala Poety. FF Communications, vol. I30, no. 280. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki, 2002. 423 PP. Illustrations.Notes. Bibliography. Person and SubjectIndexes. ?32.00 (paperback). QUOTINGthe fieldwork report of Kai Donner from his I9II- 1 3 work among Samoyed people along the Ket River, Anna-Leena Siikalabegins her studyof shamanic images within Finnish and Karelian folkpoetry with a reminderof the profound influence of Finnish scholars on the study of North Eurasian religionsin general.It is a traditionof scholarshipthatincludesnames of great importance to the study of religion and essential reference works, such as Siikala's own classic compendium of ethnographic information The Rite Technique oftheSiberian Shaman (Helsinki, I978). Underlying thislong tradition, Siikalasuggests,is a sense that the worldviewand ritualrepertoireof Siberian peoples isnot so unfamiliarto Finnsat allbut, rather,isreflectedunmistakably in the oraltraditionof Finnsand Karelians. The notion of shamanic elements in the narrative and rituals songs of Finland and Karelia is by no means new. The Italian folkloristDomenico Comparetti discussed such elements in detail already in I89I, and Siikala suggeststhat traces of the idea can be found even earlierin the I853 lectures of M. A. Castren, another early exemplar of the peripatetic Finnish ethnographer. Yet the task which Siikala sets before herself in the present studyis valuable and timely:to update and extend the observationsof earlier scholarsso as to takeadvantageof advancesmade in the fieldsof archaeology and historyof religion that have occurred over the last half century. Siikala's updatingoffersnew andconvincingwaysofrecognizinga shamanicworldview within the songs collected primarilyfrom Orthodox Karelian singersover the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It synthesizes these observationsinto an overview that standsas powerfulevidence for the notion of continuityin the historyof mentalities. Siikala'sexamination seeks to shed light particularlyon the figure of the tietaja,a variety of folkhealer common in ruralFinland and Karelia from the medieval period into the early twentieth century. The tietdjdcombined ritualizedhealing actslikesauna, salve applicationand massagewith complex recited incantations, many of which were eventually recorded by folklorists, especially during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Sporadic court records of witch trials contain further examples, pushing the time frame of observationsback to as early as the seventeenth century. By examining these 520 SEER, 83, 3, 2005 incantations, related epic songs, and ethnographic or court records of tietdjd activities, Siikala is able to reconstruct an overview of the worldview and methods of the tradition's practitioners. Her chapters explore the ways in which healingwas conceptualized,views of the otherworldand itsinhabitants, and the ritual procedures employed. At every point, Siikala draws parallels with both ethnographic records of shamanism in other cultures and parallel traditionsin medieval Scandinavia. While seeking to present these traditions as a unified 'institution', Siikala also is careful to stress the differinglayers or ages of elements that seem to have combined in it over time. Some of the tradition'soldest featuresappear to derive from a Finno-Ugric substratumand find parallels in other FinnoUgric peoples. Other features clearly derive from the medieval period and folk traditionsthat spread throughout Europe as part of Christian tradition. Thus, appeals to the Christian deity or saints co-occur with references to apparently older pre-Christian mythological figures, sometimes even within the same incantation. Likewise, shamanic methods of trance co-occur with healing techniques that may have diffusedfrom the officialmedical cultureof the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries. Such dynamic fusion is a fascinating and characteristic feature of folk healing traditions in general, and Siikala explores it perceptively in her study. Abundantly illustrated and carefully argued, this work is certain to serve the needs of the scholar or generalist readeralike. Department ofScandinavian Studies THOMASA. DUBOIS University of Wisconsin-Madison Grelz, Karin. Beyond theNoiseof Time:Readings ofMarinaTsvetaeva's Memoirs of Childhood. Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, Stockholm Studies in Russian Literature, 35. University of Stockholm, Stockholm, 2004. I84 pp. Notes...

Interning the Serpent: Witchcraft, Religion and the Law on Montserrat in the 20th Century

This article is an examination of the uneasy relationship between religion and witchcraft (the worship of the serpent/obeah) on the British colony of Montserrat in the Eastern Caribbean. It looks at obeah in the 20th century as practised by colonial British subjects and prohibited by British law imposed by British expatriates. Colonial governance is examined first through correspondence at the start of the 20th century, and then through newspaper archives and fieldwork reports and experiences throughout the century. The continued use of anti‐obeah laws by the British is shown to be an irrational but effective colonial technology of control.

Fujian qiaoxiang diaocha: qiaoxiang rentong, qiaoxiang wangluo yu qiaoxiang wenhua (review)

Reviewed by: Fujian qiaoxiang diaocha: qiaoxiang rentong, qiaoxiang wangluo yu qiaoxiang wenhua (Identities, Networks and Culture: Fieldwork Reports on the Homeland of Overseas Chinese in Fujian) James K. Chin Fujian qiaoxiang diaocha: qiaoxiang rentong, qiaoxiang wangluo yu qiaoxiang wenhua (Identities, Networks and Culture: Fieldwork Reports on the Homeland of Overseas Chinese in Fujian). Edited by Li Minghuan. Xiamen: Xiamen University Press, 2005. 374 pp. A spate of policy and academic studies on qiaoxiang, or homeland of Chinese Overseas, have come into view in China over the past decade, heralding a new trend — the study of Chinese Overseas. Of these, the volume edited by Li Minghuan is the latest and a welcome addition to the scholarship in the field. Unlike previous undertakings, this work is a product of collaboration among scholars from three universities in Fujian Province in South China. A careful reading of the contents pages will reveal that the editor has taken great pains in structuring the book chapters by six authors from four different disciplinary backgrounds, each presenting his/her research findings based on fieldwork conducted at different locales of Fujian qiaoxiang. As indicated by the book title, the editor has skillfully conceptualized their studies in binding the six chapters together under the theme of identities, networks and culture in qiaoxiang. The book is divided into two sections comprising six main chapters and two chapters of introduction and conclusion. While the first section examines three typical qiaoxiang villages and one farm based on case studies, the second section attempts to explore in-depth the social transformation and dynamics of emigration waves in Fujian's qiaoxiang from different theoretical perspectives. The first chapter authored by Liu Chaohui is a particularly interesting study of Xin'an Village, a traditional qiaoxiang village near today's Xiamen (Amoy). Using a cultural, anthropological approach, it studies two lineage temples established by the same Qiu (Khoo) clan in southern Fujian and Penang of Malaysia, and analyzes the relations and interactions between a Chinese community overseas and its ancestral village over the past one and a half centuries. The author vividly shows how qiaoxiang ties can be maintained in an institutionalized way by Hokkiens overseas. What is especially notable is a case study of an unsuccessful real estate investment project initiated by clansmen of the ancestral village in 2000. It convincingly shows that qiaoxiang ties and clan connections sometimes do not necessarily lead to FDI (foreign direct investment) from ethnic Chinese communities overseas even as regular overseas remittances and donations are expected. Economic benefit is usually given priority when Chinese Overseas invest in the Chinese mainland. Unfortunately, while a fairly large part of the chapter is devoted to the description and discussion of the Khoo community in Penang, almost all the discussion on Penang's ethnic Chinese community has been drawn [End Page 289] from the works of a local historian, Teoh Shiaw Kuan, as the author himself has never visited Penang. In addition, it seems he is not familiar with the scholarship on the history of the Chinese in British Malaya, judging from his discussion of the Chinese kongsi in Penang. Unlike the first chapter which is a study of a traditional Chinese qiaoxiang village, a newly emerged qiaoxiang village is purposely chosen for discussion by the editor in the second chapter to present a totally different pattern of emigration from present day China. Zhan Guanqun mines government documents, statistics and personal interviews for a richly detailed account of the formation and development of a new qiaoxiang village in mountainous northern Fujian. The author probes into the current emigration mechanism of rural China with Sha'xi Village as an example and points out that the new emigration waves from China are mainly facilitated by two factors — immigrant network and non-governmental credit system. The editor who was also involved in the fieldwork, emphasizes that the phenomenon of migration in qiaoxiang villages which have mushroomed in South China actually represents a new type of transnational labor movement operating in a non-governmental context and targeting labor markets of developed countries. As she stresses in the introductory chapter, scholars of Chinese migration should view her hypothesis as a basic premise when observing and analyzing current transnational...

Fujian qiaoxiang diaocha: qiaoxiang rentong, qiaoxiang wangluo yu qiaoxiang wenhua Identities, Networks and Culture: Fieldwork Reports on the Homeland of Overseas Chinese in Fujian

Fujian qiaoxiang diaocha: qiaoxiang rentong, qiaoxiang wangluo yu qiaoxiang wenhua Identities, Networks and Culture: Fieldwork Reports on the Homeland of Overseas Chinese in Fujian

Field Trip to Kobe : the famous Port and the Sake-Brewing Place since the Tokugawa Period(Fieldwork Reports)

Field Trip to Kobe : the famous Port and the Sake-Brewing Place since the Tokugawa Period(Fieldwork Reports)

Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Number Fifty-five, 2001 (review)

This issue comprises the acts of two colloquia held at Dumbarton Oaks in 1999, the first on "Byzantine Eschatology: Views on Death and the Last Things, 8th to 15th Centuries," the second on "Byzantium in the Medieval World: Monetary Transactions and Exchange." Four miscellaneous articles and a Fieldwork report on the 1998 excavation season at Amorium round off the volume.

The Role between the Kozeki and Onjoji Temple(Fieldwork report)

The Role between the Kozeki and Onjoji Temple(Fieldwork report)

The Internet, Images and Archaeology: ideas for interactive tutorials

This article reports on a small-scale study into how the Internet might be used for tutorial teaching in archaeology, which was undertaken by the authors as part of their project work for a Teaching Diploma at Oxford University. A workshop was developed to explore how the Internet and image-rich resources online could be exploited within the curriculum, and in turn what changes might need to be made to that curriculum in order to embed a critical, reflective approach to student learning. The practicalities of using the computer in the classroom were also investigated, in terms of available facilities, staff and student training, and the impact of computers on staff-student dynamics. Condron was also involved in a more extensive study of the use of C&IT (communication and information technologies) in small-group teaching across a range of subjects (the ASTER project), to which the Oxford case studies have contributed. There is concern that students are not making the best use of all available evidence, including fieldwork reports in libraries, excavations, and visits to local museums and heritage centres. New undergraduates may have little experience of archaeological practice and its interdisciplinary nature, and often find the sheer volume of data overwhelming. Yet archaeology is a highly visual subject, and images are essential to the reconstructions arising from the complex interpretation of what is a partial record of past activities. The range of this imagery is vast, for example, 'objective' site photography, schematic plans and diagrams, and interpretative illustrations. Digital media provide new opportunities for 3D and interactive imagery. These offer many interpretative possibilities for debate, and discussions over the authenticity of reconstructions can often be fierce. In addition, it may be difficult to find the original data on which these reconstructions were based. This, together with the many assumptions and methods that underlie these reconstructions, create a complex maze through which students need to be guided, in order to evaluate and critique archaeological literature. Students also need the essential skills of object recognition and the ability to visualise landscapes, settlements and more. But students may not be encouraged to develop these skills in their everyday reading, and may have problems linking what they learn in practicals (including fieldwork) to the rest of their course. The Internet offers access to a vast range of multimedia material that can be incorporated into teaching, supplementing local resources in the library and museum. Online resources duplicate those available in print: fieldwork reports; monument and landscape surveys; artefact and ecofact collections; museum guides and more. They can also be interactive: searchable catalogues; dynamic maps; images that allow the user to zoom in and pan around; models of buildings one can fly through, over, under; objects that can be virtually picked up and moved around. This flexibility enables users to engage with and explore material in ways not available in printed works. The diversity of online resources and their visual wealth offer great opportunities for education: 1.Students can be exposed to points of view and evidence from around the world that may not be accessible in any other way. These can be useful in initiating debates on evidence and reconstruction. 2.Tutors and students can quickly find and compile datasets for use in their work. 3.As the Web is not a refereed collection, users need to develop their critical faculties to make the best use of this material. 4.Online resources can be used to develop problem-based and student-centred approaches to learning, by offering students the flexibility to choose the topics and formats of assessed coursework. However, there are potential hazards in shifting to virtual as opposed to real worlds: 1.Students may assume that the virtual is an adequate substitute to practical experiences in the lab, field and museum. 2.Including IT into teaching invariably adds to staff workload, and any changes need to be embedded into the curriculum if they are to have a lasting impact on students' approaches to archaeology.

Freud in the Field

Life review is a common theme in contemporary theories of personality development over the life span. Life review involves revisiting, reevaluating, and reinterpreting past experiences (Butler 1996). Different ways of doing such a review involve systematically examining different goal areas of one's life (such as family, friends, career, travel, spirituality, and so on); another methodology consists of reconsidering the aspects of one's life and history, a segment at a time (Santrock 1999).Beatrice Whiting recently took the latter approach when she decided to review a formative period of her graduate school career as part of composing an intellectual autobiography. The significant flash points she has found most fascinating to reanalyze are moments she refers to as "AH‐HAs," when confusion suddenly cleared or disparate planes of understanding intersected. When that occurred, these insights helped in her professional search for questions and problems worthy of scientific investigation. They helped her frame (potentially) testable hypotheses. Some of the most promising, however, had to be let go because there was no practical or reasonable way to collect the necessary data, as in the case of the AH‐HA described in this article.Whiting blends a personal need to revisit and recount this particular segment of her professional development with her fieldwork report. The reader can understand these experiences as a unique historical report on dreams and Freudian theory from the 1930s, for example. Many social scientists throughout this period and well into the 1950s (and a few still today) undertook psychoanalysis as a part of their professional and personal preparation, and Whiting weaves this experience into both her autobiography and her theories about Paiute dreams.

Reflexivity, Ethics and the Teaching of the Sociology of Religion

This essay reflects on the ethical and reflexive considerations surrounding the use of student fieldwork reports on a course on the sociology of religion. Using reflexivity as a teaching strategy coincides with changes in sociological approaches to religion where experiential and substantive issues are stressed in its study. Reflexive and ethical issues that emerge on courses on sexuality and gender politics are compared to those which seem peculiar to the teaching of religion from a sociological perspective. Study of these fieldwork reports disclosed the way students faced their own ethical worries in a task generated to enhance their own reflexivity but also an understanding of religiosity.