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Black & White Photograph of the Bourbonnais Room in the Vichy Historical Museum
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 88], Folder 15. Photographs and clippings of illustrations of Native American [see also folder 123.17]) (1937) (1939) , 2 page(s)
Date: 20.07.39 In a room, a woman in period costume stands next to unpowered, wooden machines. A caption reads, "An excellent example of French Regional Museums. The Bourbonnais room in the Vichy Historical Museum, showing the looms on which the famous Vichy Cloth was made, figures clothed in the local costumes, a...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 88], Folder 15. Photographs and clippings of illustrations of Native American [see also folder 123.17]) (1937) (1939) , 2 page(s)
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Date: 20.07.39 In a room, a woman in period costume stands next to unpowered, wooden machines. A caption reads, "An excellent example of French Regional Museums. The Bourbonnais room in the Vichy Historical Museum, showing the looms on which the famous Vichy Cloth was made, figures clothed in the local costumes, ancient furniture, utensils, etc."
Date Written / Recorded
1937, 1939
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Photograph
Topic / Theme
Textile industry, Historical museums
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Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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Do People Choose Optimal Health Insurance Plans?
(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 14 mins
The health insurance market is driven by the individual choices consumers make on their insurance plans. The research presented in this video explores the questions of how consumers choose these plans, whether they are able to pick the plan most suited to their situation and whether they switch to another and bett...
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(Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 14 mins
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The health insurance market is driven by the individual choices consumers make on their insurance plans. The research presented in this video explores the questions of how consumers choose these plans, whether they are able to pick the plan most suited to their situation and whether they switch to another and better health insurance plan when they have the opportunity to do so. JOACHIM WINTER explains that, after running statistical analyses and...
The health insurance market is driven by the individual choices consumers make on their insurance plans. The research presented in this video explores the questions of how consumers choose these plans, whether they are able to pick the plan most suited to their situation and whether they switch to another and better health insurance plan when they have the opportunity to do so. JOACHIM WINTER explains that, after running statistical analyses and conducting experimental surveys, his research group found that consumers do not tend to pick ideal plans because often they focus too much on price and not so much on other cost-influencing factors. The researchers also discovered that switching rates to other plans are very low. These findings have implications for behavioral economics as well since they more generally offer valuable data on consumers’ choice behavior.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Joachim Winter
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Topic / Theme
Health insurance industry, Economics
Copyright Message
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How Can Chemicals Be Produced in a More Sustainable Process?
(Latest Thinking, 2018), 13 mins
KAI SUNDMACHER’s aim is to introduce a more sustainable process to chemicals production. As he explains in this video, for new technological developments in chemical process engineering a new methodology is needed that is able to include many decision variables in order to find the best pathway from the raw mate...
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(Latest Thinking, 2018), 13 mins
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KAI SUNDMACHER’s aim is to introduce a more sustainable process to chemicals production. As he explains in this video, for new technological developments in chemical process engineering a new methodology is needed that is able to include many decision variables in order to find the best pathway from the raw materials to the target product. Therefore, his research team developed an elementary process function (EPF) methodology which allows them...
KAI SUNDMACHER’s aim is to introduce a more sustainable process to chemicals production. As he explains in this video, for new technological developments in chemical process engineering a new methodology is needed that is able to include many decision variables in order to find the best pathway from the raw materials to the target product. Therefore, his research team developed an elementary process function (EPF) methodology which allows them to analyze the pathway of fluid elements and the goal is to steer this fluid element along an ideal pathway towards the final state, thereby discovering the most sensitive manipulating variables. Already, the researchers have found many real-world applications for this EPF methodology, such as in the chemicals production industry, in solids production and in biotechnology.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Kai Sundmacher, 1965-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Topic / Theme
Manufacturing processes, Chemical industry
Copyright Message
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How Does Tourism Change People and Places?
(Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
The classic image that tourists and travelers should only leave footprints and take photos is put into question by CARSTEN WERGINs academic investigation of how tourism has changed the world. In this video, he describes his interest in the question of how tourism impacts on particular places and people. In his fie...
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(Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
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The classic image that tourists and travelers should only leave footprints and take photos is put into question by CARSTEN WERGINs academic investigation of how tourism has changed the world. In this video, he describes his interest in the question of how tourism impacts on particular places and people. In his field studies and during participant observations he has found that tourism is not only a global industry, it also actively changes the wo...
The classic image that tourists and travelers should only leave footprints and take photos is put into question by CARSTEN WERGINs academic investigation of how tourism has changed the world. In this video, he describes his interest in the question of how tourism impacts on particular places and people. In his field studies and during participant observations he has found that tourism is not only a global industry, it also actively changes the world on various levels, for example in regards to perceptions of the environment or approaches to heritage at tourist destinations. This suggests that tourism should not merely be considered a global industry but rather a globe-making activity.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Topic / Theme
Tourism industry
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How Is the UNESCO World Heritage Title Being Awarded and What Are Its Consequences?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 14 mins
The UNESCO World Heritage title has become a powerful global brand. It influences people’s decisions of where to travel and conveys prestige and national pride. CHRISTOPH BRUMANN and his research group investigated how this title is being awarded and what its consequences are on the ground at the chosen sites. B...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 14 mins
Description
The UNESCO World Heritage title has become a powerful global brand. It influences people’s decisions of where to travel and conveys prestige and national pride. CHRISTOPH BRUMANN and his research group investigated how this title is being awarded and what its consequences are on the ground at the chosen sites. Brumann explains in this video that using a two-fold anthropological approach, the researchers found that, since 2010, national interest...
The UNESCO World Heritage title has become a powerful global brand. It influences people’s decisions of where to travel and conveys prestige and national pride. CHRISTOPH BRUMANN and his research group investigated how this title is being awarded and what its consequences are on the ground at the chosen sites. Brumann explains in this video that using a two-fold anthropological approach, the researchers found that, since 2010, national interests have become the guideline for the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decisions, often brushing aside expert advice. On the local level, they discovered that communities often had little influence on the management of the sites and that these were rather maintained in the line of national interests. These findings suggest an unexpected assertion of national interests in contrast to global institutions’ advice.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Christoph Brumann, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Christoph Brumann, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Tourism industry, Cultural anthropology, Ethnosociology, Archaeological sites
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Letter from Ruth Benedict to John Collier, October 13, 1939
written by Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 86], Folder 14. Blackfoot Field Trip, 1939) (13 October 1939) , 1 page(s)
Date: 13.10.1939. Typewritten letter from Ruth Benedict to John Collier in regards to the automobile accident that took the life of James Little Plume, on the Browning Reservation. The letter offers liability insurance information that was previously requested by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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written by Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 86], Folder 14. Blackfoot Field Trip, 1939) (13 October 1939) , 1 page(s)
Description
Date: 13.10.1939. Typewritten letter from Ruth Benedict to John Collier in regards to the automobile accident that took the life of James Little Plume, on the Browning Reservation. The letter offers liability insurance information that was previously requested by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Date Written / Recorded
13 October 1939, 1939
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Recipient Organization
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Author / Creator
Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948
Topic / Theme
Automobile insurance industry, Accidental deaths, Traffic accidents
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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