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"An ethnographic study of the two Ek' Balams-the notable archaeological site and the adjacent village-of the Yucatan Peninsula. When the archaeological site became a tourist destination, the village became a community-based tourism development project funded by the Mexican government. Maya heritage became important and profitable"--Provided by publisher

AbstractCollaboration has been a hallmark of applied anthropology for as long as anthropologists have been putting anthropology to use. The very process of applying anthropological methods and theories to real‐world problems requires an understanding of the needs of the people experiencing the problem. Collaboration also has a long history in both archaeology and ethnography in Mesoamerica. This article explores the relationship between collaboration and applied anthropology in the context of a volunteer tourism program in rural Yucatan, Mexico. Tourism—and especially archaeological tourism—is a driving force in the region's economy. Increasingly, volunteer tourism initiatives provide visitors with the opportunity to contribute to the local community as part of their travel experience. I argue that the conceptual framework of what constitutes meaningful collaboration offers us a way to examine the interactions and power dynamics surrounding the encounter between volunteer, host, and even ethnographer. Specifically, the article questions whether contributions of various sorts are a requisite for achieving actual collaboration in these encounters.

AbstractThis article explores the growing movement of environmentally activist Roman Catholic women religious in North America and the implications of this movement for theorizing new directions in religion and culture. Sisters' creative efforts to conserve traditional religious and cultural forms while opening up these forms to "greener" (ecologically-minded) interpretations reveals the very protean process of religious meaning-making. It also subsequently challenges more static and conventional theoretical models of religion. In particular, the author documents and analyzes the intertwining of bioregional philosophies of "reinhabitation," expressions of American Catholic religious life, and manifestations of "green culture." Integrating geographic, ethnographic, and historical methodologies, the author argues that when researchers approach the study of religion as "biogeographers," they discover complex levels of religious understanding and expression that are otherwise overlooked. Significantly, it is these frequently-missed dimensions of the religious landscape that more accurately reflect the "living and lived" quality of religion.

The Children's Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has a statutory remit to investigate the experiences of children in England. It is her duty to promote and protect the rights of all children, with particular regard to children who are living away from home or receiving social care services.
In doing this she regularly exercises her power to require government departments and other public bodies to provide administrative data, most of it at child level. The Commissioner's research team aim to use cutting-edge methods and approaches to analysis of this data, and to triangulate findings with qualitative evidence from visits to settings such as schools, and the experiences of children the office represents directly.
This presentation will describe some of the office's most sensitive and innovative recent and current research. These involve the gathering, linking and analysis of admin data in youth justice, education and children's social care. Examples include novel analysis published 2022 of 512 Education Health and Care Plans; text analysis of over 13 million words of police interview transcripts conducted with children, published 2023; and novel linkage of education and social care data, published 2023.
The policy context and impact of the studies will be discussed, as well as methodological challenges and opportunities for future research by the office and in partnership with other researchers.

The output 'Backgrounds and Backdrops' is a curatorial research project by Sarah Taylor and Lewis Paul that brings together two short artists' films and interdisciplinary materials such as photography, painting, and domestic objects. Collaboration Contribution: This exhibition brings together works by Painter Dr Sarah Taylor and Filmmaker Dr Lewis Paul. The collaboration was facilitated by Dr Marianna Tsionki. Research Process: The exhibition is an investigation into concepts of class and gender in relation to value systems in art and design practice. The two films, L'amour Pouf Du Vent, and Ghost Grey are new collaborations. The interdisciplinary practice (painting, photography and objects) forms a visual narrative thread that both responds to and links the two films both physically and conceptually. Research Insights: Backgrounds and Backdrops considers how a curated space might continue the debate around a post studio practice, the concept of working together in a shared practice, in person or remotely, and the engagement that a curated site can offer as a situation of extending practice in a transdisciplinary way. Transdisciplinary in this context considers both the expectations of medium specific engagement such as film or painting and blends, morphs and identifies new threads made good for contemporary politicised consideration in relation to class, gender and hierarchies of value. Dissemination: The exhibition was hosted at Leeds Arts University gallery B, open to all users of the University and to the public by appointment.

This report presents the findings of a study to identify the main technical constraints associated with long distance transport of Indian horticultural produce to high value markets. The work was undertaken as part of the project 'Development of a strategy for CPHP research to support small farmer access to high value markets for horticultural products (India)', (ZBOlOl), funded by DFID's (formerly the UK Government's Overseas Development Administration) RNRRS Crop Post-harvest Programme development funding.