Clothing of Arctic Nomads: Traditional Technologies and Ethnodesign

The challenge of Nomads’ Migration and Nomads’ schools

Abstract: Two annual migrations of nomadic tribes have a large impact on school work and learning of students. This study is a qualitative case study and intends to examine the impact of a reduction in teaching time in nomadic schools. In order to assess the students’ absence from school each year due to two migrations and its negative effects, the researcher used mixed method research(Quantita...

The Changing Landscape of Arctic Traditional Food

Sedentarization of Tibetan Nomads

In my editorial I explicitly and repeatedly refer to “swordfish or tuna from overfished and declining stocks” and to “Mediterranean swordfish.” Even the ICCAT report Kerstetter cites suggests that the Mediterranean swordfish stock is in crisis. So what is the point of criticizing my editorial on the basis that another swordfish stock can be “proudly” eaten because, in Kerstetter’s words, it has...

Made-to-Measure Technologies for an Online Clothing Store

The Internet along with the rapidly growing power of computing has emerged as a compelling channel for sale of garments. A number of initiatives have arisen recently across the world [1][2][3], revolving around the concepts of Made-to-Measure manufacturing and shopping via the Internet. These initiatives are fueled by the current Web technologies available, providing an exciting and aesthetical...

The Archaeology of Eurasian Nomads