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Marie Hopwood and Lindi Conover
2009 Faculty Development Student/Faculty Summer Research Award recipients
"Knowledge Creation: Archaeology, Memory and Narrative Through the Conover-Cochran Collection"

 

Anthropology Students present at CSAS

Left to right: JooWon Park and Lindi Conover

Lindi Conover and JooWon Park presented at the CSAS (Central States Anthropological Society) 85th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis on March 29, 2008. Lindi's paper was entitled "Third Wave Feminism and the Female Experience and Popular Music" and JooWon's was "A Backward Flow of Time: The Kamba People's Concept of Time." Both of their papers stem from previous independent research projects conducted during the summer and winter term. They both did an excellent job! Congratulations Lindi and JooWon!

Howes Grant Recipient: Lindi Conover

 

My research topic is Making the Personal Political: Migration and Sex Tourism in Goa, India. My research will be in Goa, on the western coast of India, and it will show how these two seemingly disparate subjects relate, with a particular focus on children. I am interested also in understanding the power dynamics of this topic. My plan is to spend five weeks working with NGOs and volunteering at orphanages. This is my first field research experience, but I am very eager to learn and grow as an anthropologist. (Summer 2007)

 

 

American Sociological Association's 2006 Feagin Award Winner:
Lauren Hawley

My research is titled, "Language and Ethnicity Formation: Exploring the Identities of Non-Native English Speakers."  The theoretical framework for this research came from Omi and Winant's ethnicity theory, and Berry's model of acculturation.  I hypothesized that non-native English speakers have dual, co-existing identities associated with the languages they speak. After conducting interviews with 16 non-native English speakers (students and faculty) on campus, I concluded that the relationship between the speaker and his/her native language is instinctive, natural, and intimate.  Furthermore, parts of an individual's identity can be lost in a second language because of difficulties in self-expression.  The importance of this research is reaffirmed daily as current socio-political beliefs about the value of minority languages shape legal decisions and cultural attitudes.
(Pictured at left:  Lauren Hawley)

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JooWon Park

 

The Woman on the left is Mary Wambua and the man on the right if John Matheka,
two people that JooWon interviewed.  This picture was taken at a place called "Kamuthanga", which is near Machakos.

JooWon Park is a sophomore Sociology/Anthropology major.  During the summer of 2006 he conducted field research in Kenya among the Kamba community.  His research focused specifically on how the Kamba people view notions of time.  JooWon’s research revealed the importance of language, behavior and ancestral worship to a group’s understanding of time.  Utilizing research collected during his field experience in Kenya, JooWon will be organizing, analyzing and conducting additional research to complete a cross-cultural comparison focusing on different perceptions of time.