The role of fishing material culture in communities’ sense of place as an added-value in management of coastal areas

Fishing communities in many places around the world are facing significant challenges due to new policies and environmental developments. While it is imperative to ensure sustainability of natural resources, many policies may overlook the contribution of fisheries to the sociocultural well-being of coastal communities. Authors address the problem of valuing the sociocultural benefits of fishing by exploring the role of fishing landscapes and traditional working waterfronts in maintaining sense of place in fishing communities. The paper explores how sense of place contributes to understanding the relationship between fishing and cultural-ecosystem services, drawing on case studies from four U.S. fishing communities in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Through semi-structured and in-depth interviews with fishing communities members, resident photography and sites visits, this paper outlines how fishing contributes to sense of place in terms of placeattachment and cultural-social memory. By understanding the relationship between fishers’ sense of place, and the physical environment in fishing communities in Brunswick County, the authors identify the complexity and interrelated elements that shape the relationship between fishermen and their cultural landscape. The paper suggests that realizing the value of fishing cultural landscape can encourage policies that promote preservation of fishing cultural heritage for the sociocultural benefit of communitie

The effect of self-esteem, locus of control, and background factors on college students\u27 choice of an academic major

This study was conducted in response to two questions: (a) do students in various academic majors differ with respect to self esteem (SE) and locus of control (LOC), after controlling for the effects of academic ability and other student inputs and (b) to what extent and in what manner are six blocks of variables--academic ability, other student inputs, LOC, SE, student involvement indicators, and college environment indicators--able to predict college students\u27 choice of academic major?^ The research was conducted using a weighted sample of college sophomores from High School and Beyond, N = 43,614. ANCOVA procedures revealed significant differences among majors with respect to LOC, F(6, 43633) = 557.97, p $\u3c$.05 and SE, F(6, 43633) = 144.40, p $\u3c$.05. However practical significance was questioned.^ The results of a hierarchical DFA, patterned after Astin\u27s (1993) model for assessment, suggest that the composite model, including all six blocks of variables, was the most effective predictor of choice of majors. At this step 86.7% of the cases were correctly classified accounting for 75% of the variance among majors. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Mariposa Folk Festival At Toronto Islands July 9, 10, 11, 1971

Item consists of the Mariposa Folk Festival Program for 1971, which was held at the Toronto Islands, Toronto, Ontario from 9-11 July, 1971. Featuring the work "Painting of Kicking Bear" by Michael Soles on the cover, and an illustration and inscription from the work "Mountain Wolf Woman, The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian" on the back cover, the festival program was published by Herbert Wise of Music Sales Corporation, edited by Peter Greenwood, with art direction by Ulrich Boege, advertising by Mel Weinberger and staff photography by Elaine Lipson. The program features an illustrated festival schedule of performances and workshops, an alphabetical listing of festival performers and artisans and collages and illustrations by Uli Boege. The 1971 program also features nine feature articles, including "Helo The World, An Autobiography" by David Gahr, "Yurts" by William Coperthwaite, "Macrobiotics" by Carole Getzoff, "Integral Yoga" by Aikya, "Brownie McGhee" by Brownie McGhee and Happy Traum, "Blues" by Peter Greenwood, "The Art of The Luthier" by Michael Gurian, "About 2000 Words" by Tony Glover and "The Guitar Owner's Bible" by Matt Umanov.We acknowledge the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Program. | Nous tenons à souligner le soutien financier du ministère du Patrimoine canadien par le biais du Programme de culture canadienne en ligne