196 10 9575 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/4af6ccb3b0e9a4d32f0074fb562f6cfe.jpg 5c802265227099cff9d232b5ad930d03 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Genocide in Africa Subject The topic of the resource Genocide Namibia Genocide Herero Genocide Rwanda Rwanda History History Rwanda Description An account of the resource This exhibit is an exposition of the history, planning, development, and execution of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and the 1904 genocide against the Nama and Herero people of present day Namibia. The exhibit also clearly reveals the impact that these two genocides have had on the lives of survivors, perpetrators, and their families and communities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Musa Olaka, Librarian for African Studies, Global & International Studies. Musaolaka@yahoo.com Mary Raple, Library Specialist, International Collections, Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American & Caribbean Studies. mraple@ku.edu Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource This combined exhibit was first mounted at the University of Kansas Libraries as a physical exhibit between April 2017 to August 2018 in commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and the 93rd anniversary of the genocide against the Nama and Herero people that was perpetrated by Germans. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Kansas Libraries Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Christine Leonard in a robe running down a hall with hand outstretched to the camera Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 4, 1972 Description An account of the resource Christine Leonard, in the East Asian Studies building during the occupation, in a robe running down a hall with hand outstretched to the camera. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 67/126 Subject The topic of the resource February Sisters https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/98e0b1c82de0d17529842bf879855091.jpg 8f58d7e9c72a66676b475391c235eaa7 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Christmas card, Kenneth Spencer to Helen Spencer, December 25, 1949 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH VLT MS 157:37.5 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/1b94576ce94c612fcf7b72f1e3c035d1.jpg 1195f81849105cac7570722a7156410b Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Christmas Joy Subject The topic of the resource LibArt 2025 Description An account of the resource This piece depicts joy narratively, like telling a story: two siblings enjoy spending Christmas together despite living in a dark, shabby little house. This conveys an aspect of joy I find powerful, which is living in and appreciating every moment. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bella Lejuerrne Illustration & Animation major Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Belong to Creator Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cut paper & Gouache 8" X 10" https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/c405290f12d73a4f1362852dd2d80ccb.jpg 038b6166f8f4fb0a974357ef1bf69814 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Christmas letter from principal Daniel Lewis. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH MS 427:1.4 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daniel W. Lewis Collection Description An account of the resource Christmas letter from principal Daniel Lewis of Grant School, an African American grade school in Kansas City, Kansas, to the parents and teachers, December, 1942. A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Lewis (1897-1989) moved to Kansas for his college education. He earned a B.S. from Kansas State Normal School (Emporia State University) and a M.S. from KU in 1938. He served as teacher and principal of African American schools in Kansas City, Kansas and later as a supervisor for the city’s public schools. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December, 1942 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/57cd09061eca49567ce4babb0f34eee4.jpg 8e427dca0391d8341ab328317ed00c56 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 180 Height 225 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 IPTC String caption: IPTC Array a:1:{s:7:"caption";s:31:" ";} Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Christopher Brown Description An account of the resource J. Christopher Brown Associate Professor Office: 223 Lindley Hall Phone: 785-864-5543 Email: jcbrown2@ku.edu Office Hours: W 8:30-10 am or by appt. Ph.D., UCLA (1999) Vita (pdf) Profile on Google Scholar Research Interests & Current Projects Courses Taught/Teaching Awards Publications During Last 5 Years Other Significant Publications Research Interests and Current Projects Social relations in Amazonian rural development. Expansion of soybean production in Amazonia. Development and the Politics of Scale. More information on Dr. Brown's research projects is available here. Courses Taught and Teaching Awards GEOG 571: Environmental Issues of Latin America GEOG 597: Geography of Brazil GEOG 379: Environment and Society GEOG 771: Graduate seminar on environment and development Awards 2006 - W. T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence 2003 - H.O.P.E. (Honor for an Outstanding Progressive Educator) award nominee 2003 - Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow 2008 - John C. Wright Graduate Mentor Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Publications During the Last 5 Years (Authors in italics are graduate students) J. Christopher Brown, Jude H. Kastens, Alexandre Camargo Coutinho, Daniel de Castro Victoria, Christopher H. Bishop. 2013. Classifying Multiyear Agricultural Land Use Data from Mato Grosso Using Time-Series MODIS Vegetation Index Data. Remote Sensing of Environment 130: 39-50. J. Christopher Brown, Lisa Rausch, and Veronica Grau Luz. (In Press). Toward a spatial understanding of staple food and non-staple food production in Brazil. The Professional Geographer. J. Christopher Brown and Matthew Koeppe 2013. The soy moratorium and the construction of illegal soybeans in the Brazilian Amazon. In Environment and the Law in Amazonia: A Plurilateral Encounter. (Eds. James M. Cooper and Christine Hunefeldt). Sussex: Sussex Academic Press. Pp 110-126. KU ScholarWorks Narayani Barve, Alvin J. Bonilla, Julia Brandes, J. Christopher Brown, Nathaniel Brunsell, Ferdouz V. Cochran, Rebecca J. Crosthwait, Jodi Gentry, Laci M. Gerhart, Trish Jackson, Anna J. Kern, Karen S. Oberhauser, Hannah L. Owens, A. Townsend Peterson, Alexis S. Reed, Jorge Soberón, Adam D. Sundberg and Linda M. Williams. 2012. Climate-change and mass mortality events in overwintering monarch butterflies. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83: 817-824. DOI:10.7550/rmb.26460. Christian Brannstrom, Lisa Rausch, J. Christopher Brown, Renata Marson Teixeira de Andrade, Andrew Miccolis. 2012. Compliance and market exclusion in Brazilian agriculture: Analysis and implications for “soft” governance. Land Use Policy 29(2):357-366. J. Christopher Brown. 2011. Nongovernmental Organizations: Scale, Society, and Environment. In Placing Latin America: Contemporary Themes in Human Geography. 2nd Ed. (Eds. Ed Jackiewicz and Fernando Bosco). Lanham, MD., Rowman and Littlefield. Pp. 147-158. David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Maureen Donaghy 2011. The Electoral Consequences of Direct Political Action: Evidence from Brazil. Latin American Politics and Society 53(4):35-66. Ricardo Cordeiro, Maria R. Donalisio, Valmir R. Andrade, Ana C.N. Mafra, Luciana B. Nucci, John C. Brown and Celso Stephan. 2011. Spatial distribution of the risk of dengue fever in southeast Brazil, 2006-2007. BMC Public Health 11:355. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-355. Alexandre Camargo Coutinho, Daniel de Castro Victoria, Adriano Rolim da Paz, J. Christopher Brown, Jude Kastens. 2011. Dinâmica da agricultura no polo de produção de soja do Estado de Mato Grosso [Dynamics of agriculture in the soy production pole of the state of Mato Grosso.] (forthcoming). Anais XV Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto [Proceedings of the Brazilian Symposium of Remote Sensing], Curitiba, Brasil, 30 abril – 5 maio, 2011, INPE. Alexandre C. Coutinho, John Christopher Brown, Daniel de C. Victoria, Adriano Rolim da Paz, Jude H. Kastens. 2010. Potencial e Limitações do Monitoramento da Atividade Agrícola com Imagens do Satélite Modis. [Potential and limitations of monitoring of agricultural activity with MODIS satellite imagery.] In Resumos expandidos do I Workshop de Integração Lavoura-Pecuária-Floresta em Rondônia, Vilhena, 24 a 28 abril, 2010 / editor, Vicente de Paulo Campos Godinho et al. Porto Velho: Embrapa Rondônia, 2010. Pp. 93-103. Stacey Swearingen White, J. Christopher Brown, Jane W. Gibson, Eric Hanley, Dietrich H. Earnhart. 2009. Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers' Decisions to Grow Second-Generation, Biofuel Feedstock Crops. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 7(3): 287-302. J. Christopher Brown. 2008. NGOs and ongoing changes in Latin American society. In Placing Latin America: Contemporary Themes in Human Geography. (Eds. Ed Jackiewicz and Fernando Bosco). Lanham, MD., Rowman and Littlefield. Wendy Jepson, J. Christopher Brown, and Matthew Koeppe. 2008. Agricultural intensification on Brazil’s soybean frontier in southern Rondônia. In Land Change Science in the Tropics (Eds. Andrew Millington and Wendy Jepson). Boston: Springer Publications. Pp. 73-92. David Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott Desposato. 2008. Who gives, who receives, and who wins? Transforming capital into political change through non-governmental organizations. Comparative Political Studies 41:24-47. Other Significant Publications J. Christopher Brown, Wendy Jepson, Jude Kastens, Brian Wardlow, John Lomas, and Kevin Price. 2007. Multi-temporal, moderate spatial resolution remote sensing of modern agricultural production and land modification in the Brazilian Amazon. GIScience and Remote Sensing 44(2): 117-148. J. Christopher Brown, Jude Kastens, Brian Wardlow, Wendy Jepson, Alex Coutinho, Adriano Venturieri, John Lomas, Kevin Price. 2007. Using MODIS to detect cropping frequency variation in mechanized agriculture in Amazonia. Anais XIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto [Proceedings of the Brazilian Symposium of Remote Sensing], Florianópolis, Brasil, 21-26 abril 2007, INPE, p. 99-101. J. Christopher Brown, Mark Purcell, and Nathaniel Brunsell. 2007. Scale, Problems of. In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society. (Ed. Paul Robbins). SAGE Publications. Pp. 1566-1569. David Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott Desposato. 2007. Promoting and preventing political change through internationally-funded NGO activity. Latin American Research Review, 42(1): 126-138. J. Christopher Brown. 2006. Productive conservation and its representation: the case of beekeeping in the Brazilian Amazon. In Globalization and New Geographies of Conservation. (Ed. Karl Zimmerer). Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Pp. 92-115. J. Christopher Brown. 2006. Placing local environmental protest within global environmental networks: colonist farmers and sustainable development in the Brazilian Amazon. In Shades of Green. (Eds. Christof Mauch, Nathan Stoltzfus, Doug Weiner). Lanham MD., Rowman and Littlefield. Pp. 197-218. J. Christopher Brown, Matthew Koeppe, Benjamin Coles, and Kevin Price. 2005. Soybean production and conversion of tropical forest in the Brazilian Amazon: the case of Vilhena, Rondonia. Ambio 34(6): 456-463. J. Christopher Brown and Mark Purcell. 2005. There's nothing inherent about scale: political ecology, the local trap, and the politics of development in the Brazilian Amazon. Geoforum 36(5): 607-624. Purcell, Mark and J. Christopher Brown. 2005. Against the local trap: scale and the study of environment and development. Progress in Development Studies, 5(4): 279-297. J. Christopher Brown, David Brown, Scott Desposato. 2005. Paving the way to political change: decentralization of development in the Brazilian Amazon. Political Geography 24: 39-52. J. Christopher Brown, Wendy Jepson, and Kevin Price. 2004. FORUM: Expansion of mechanized agriculture and land-cover change in southern Rondônia, Brazil. Journal of Latin American Geography 3(1): 96-103. David Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott Desposato. 2002. Left turn on green?: unintended consequences of international funding for sustainable development in Brazil. Comparative Political Studies 35 (7): 814-838. J. Christopher Brown. 2001. Responding to deforestation: productive conservation, the World Bank, and beekeeping in Rondonia, Brazil. The Professional Geographer 53(1): 106-119. J. Christopher Brown. 2001. Beekeeping and sustainable development among colonist farmers in Rondonia, Brazil. Sustainable Development: Myth or Reality [In Spanish]. (Eds. M. Hiraoka and F. Kahn). Quito, Editorial Abya-Yala. Pp. 61-72. J. Christopher Brown and Christian Albrecht. 2001. The effect of tropical deforestation on stingless bees of the genus Melipona (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in central Rondonia, Brazil. 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