On the Primitivism of Russian Capitalism : Norms of Reciprocity, Interpersonal Trust and the Economic Anthropology of Emerging Markets
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Panel Presentation on ethnographic approaches to U.S. Aid, using the concept of "Aidland" as a place one studies and the ideas of Marcel Mauss looking at donors as giftgivers, explicating the discourse of "partnership" when the donors and recipients are unequal. Based on the author's work as democracy consultant in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia, Romania.
High resolution radio based positioning and tracking is a key enabler for new or improved cellular services. In this work, we are aiming to track user movements with accuracy down to centimeters using standard cellular bandwidths of 20-40 MHz. The goal is achieved by using phase information from the multi-path components (MPCs) of the radio channels. First, an extended Kalman filter (EKF) is used
The ecological and genetic effects of habitat fragmentation are an issue of major concern in current conservation biology. Habitat fragmentation results in smaller habitat areas and as a consequence smaller and more isolated populations. Many habitats have become fragmented through human activities such as forestry and agricultural development. In Sweden, for example, the area of species-rich, sem
in this chapter (nr 2), i briefly present the career and the works of Bruno K. Öijer. I also analyse some of the main literary themes in his production, from the debut in 1973, up til the so far latest book, the collection of poems "Svart som silver" (2008).
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Today’s architecture swarms with concepts of energy and resource efficient buildings. In contrast, vernacular buildings are characterized by low-tech climatic responsive strategies and by their inhabitants’ resource and energy savings practices during construction and operation of their dwellings. That makes vernacular buildings highly relevant to resource efficiency in contemporary building resea