Douglas William Hume

Northern Kentucky University | NKU · Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Philosophy

This paper describes and discusses several stakeholders' perspectives of agricultural change in eastern Madagascar. The historic and current government-sponsored attempts to facilitate the end of swidden agriculture in eastern Madagascar have largely failed due to particular cultural beliefs held by the rural farmers. The Malagasy government is imp...

This paper examines folk models of Malagasy rice (vary gasy) and their implications for agricultural development in eastern Madagascar. Data on rice models were collected during two field seasons, in 2003 with rice merchants and agricultural scientists in Toamasina and in 2004 with rural farmers in Andasibe. Rural subsistence farmers and rice merch...

Hume, Douglas W. 2006. “Tanim-Bary Rituals Among the Betsimisaraka in Andasibe.” Taloha: Revue Scientifique Internationale Des Civilisations 16-17.

This project evaluates the influence of relationship types (i.e., kinship and friendship) on swidden farming ritual knowledge variation in eastern Madagascar. This is an extension of prior research that found that the only statistically significant explanation of variation in swidden farming ritual knowledge was the community in which an individual...

Neely, Sharlotte and Douglas W. Hume, eds. 2020. Native Nations: The Survival of Indigenous Peoples. 3rd ed. Vernon: JCharlton Publishing Ltd.

Hume, Douglas W., Lydia Alvarez, Julia Arzu, Abigail Burbank, Christian Cansino, Miranda Kaplan, Musseit M’Bareck, Jordan Myers, Madalyn Roberts, Edward Stephens, and Christy Valdez. 2021. “Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (Summer 2019).” Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, Northern Kentucky University. https://doi.o...

Hume, Douglas W. 2020. “Society for Anthropological Sciences Virtual Spring Meeting.” Anthropology News, November 30, 2020. https://doi.org/0.14506/AN.1548.

Hume, Douglas W. 2020. “Teaching Cultural Survival.” In Native Nations: The Survival of Fourth World Peoples, edited by Sharlotte Neely and Douglas William Hume, 3rd ed., 290–296. Vernon: JCharlton Publishing Ltd.

Hume, Douglas W. 2020. “Yanomami of Venezuela.” In Native Nations: The Survival of Fourth World Peoples, edited by Sharlotte Neely and Douglas William Hume, 3rd ed., 269–289. Vernon: JCharlton Publishing Ltd.

Hume, Douglas W., Karin Floyd, Autumn Gilbert, Rachael Haupt, Fantasia Mejia, Laura Oprisch, Andrea Shiverdecker, and Adriane Pontecorvo. 2019. "Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2018 Season)." Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, Northern Kentucky University. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10244.24964.

Hume, Douglas W. 2018. “The Value of Comparison. Peter van der Veer. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016. 208 pp.” American Ethnologist 45 (2): 298-299. https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12653.

Murrell, Laura Bronte, and Douglas W. Hume. 2018. “A Comparison of Farmers’ Perceived Impacts on the Environment in Belize and Kentucky.” Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology 8 (1): 19-33.

Hume, Douglas W., Kourtney Zigelmier, Allison Cate, Anna Cloud, Tessa Forwalt, Emily Fox, Laura Murrell, Samir Pich, Cailey Radcliffe, Emily Stephen, Samuel Velasquez, and Sage Boyers. 2018. "Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2016 Season)." Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, Northern Kentucky University. https:...

Hume, Douglas W. 2017. “Pedagogies of Evidence, Accident, and Discovery: Teaching and Learning Ethnographic Methodology, Theory, and Serendipity, Part I.” Teaching Anthropology Blog, General Division of the American Anthropological Association (blog), March 7, 2017. http://gad.americananthro.org/teachinganthropology/2017/03/pedagogies-of-evidence-a...

Hume, Douglas W. 2017. “The Yanomami of Venezuela.” In Native Nations: The Survival of Fourth World Peoples, edited by Sharlotte Neely, 2nd ed., 217–236. Vernon: JCharlton Publishing Ltd.

Hume, Douglas W., Karen Ely, Laura Bronte Murrell, Liza Vance, and Kourtney Zigelmier, eds. 2017. “Anthropological Perspectives (Journal of the Northern Kentucky University Gamma Chapter of the Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honors Society)” 1.

Hume, Douglas W. 2016. “Darkness in Academia: Cultural Models of How Anthropologists and Journalists Write About Controversy.” World Cultures eJournal 21 (1). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/75j9q56x.

Hume, Douglas W., Clara Maxine Bone, Hannah Grace Howard, Charlee Hutchinson, Stefan Kienzle, Marguerite Kinne, Samantha Louise Krieger, Katie Nicole Ragland, Cassidy Ann Reeves, Linette Sabido, and Rachel Lee Tidwell. 2016. "Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2015 Season)." Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, No...

Hume, Douglas W., Colin Bindas, Stephanie Feltner, Gabriella Locke, Ian Takaoka, Nicholas Thaxton, Jade Michel Underland, and Gina Yoon. 2015. "Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2014 Season)." Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, Northern Kentucky University. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24504.88320.

Zach, Stephanie, and Douglas W. Hume. 2014. “Changing Mortuary Rites: An Ethnohistory of 19th Century and Contemporary Religion in Northern Belize.” Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology 4 (2): 149-161.

Hume, Douglas W., Jessica Boggs, Adelle Bricking, Rosa Christophel, Jesse Hendricks, Sofia Javed, Gabrielle Locke, Lydia Schuldt, Evan Steelman, Nicholas Thaxton, and Stephanie Zach. 2014. "Report of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize (June 2013 Season)." Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, Northern Kentucky University. https://...

Hume, Douglas W. 2014. "Weed Mitigation Knowledge Among Northern Kentucky Farmland Owners." Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, Northern Kentucky University. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26182.60489.

Hume, Douglas W. 2013. “Anthropology: Tribal Warfare.” Nature 494 (7437): 310. https://doi.org/10.1038/494310a.

Hume, Douglas W. 2013. "What Is Recreation? Community Opinions in Highland Heights, Kentucky." Highland Heights: Center for Applied Anthropology, Northern Kentucky University. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17374.56643.

Orr [Hume], Douglas W. 1993. "Projectile Point Analysis: CA-ORA-35, The Los Piños Site." Sacramento: California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.15172.55686.

Hume, Douglas W. 2012. “Madagascar.” In Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, edited by S. George Philander, 2nd ed., 2:875–876. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Hume, Douglas W. 2012. “Malagasy Swidden Agriculture: The Influence of Conservation Organizations on Indigenous Knowledge.” Kentucky Journal of Anthropology and Sociology 2 (1): 37-54.

Hume, Douglas W. 2012. "Local Governance in Kenton County, Kentucky." Highland Heights: Applied Environmental Anthropology Research Group, Northern Kentucky University. http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27440.89606.

Hume, Douglas W. 2011. “Book Review: Environmental Social Sciences, Methods and Research Design, edited by Ismail Vaccaro, Eric Alden Smith, and Shankar Aswani.” Journal of Anthropology Research 67 (4): 608-609. https://doi.org/10.1086/jar.67.4.41303375.

Washburn, Michael and Douglas W. Hume. 2010. "Ecotourism at Big Bone Lick State Park, Kentucky: A Service-learning Project." Highland Heights: Applied Environmental Anthropology Research Group, Northern Kentucky University. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.32474.06082.

Hume, Douglas W., Brandy Blust, Matthew Buttacavoli, Timothy Carpenter, Emela Halilovic, Kevin Talbert, and Michael Washburn. 2010. "Effects of Natural Disasters on Farms in the San Luis Obispo Region, California: A Service-Learning Project." Highland Heights: Applied Environmental Anthropology Research Group, Northern Kentucky University. https://...

Hume, Douglas W. 2009. “Belief Systems and Stakeholders in Madagascar’s Swidden Farming.” Current Conservation 2 (4): 14.

Hume, Douglas W. 2009. "Hawthorne Crossing Conservation Area Final Report." Highland Heights: Applied Environmental Anthropology Research Group, Northern Kentucky University. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29957.47841.

This article summarizes current research on the people of Madagascar, the possible causes of megafauna extinctions, and the development from early settlements to the Malagasy states at the time of European contact. Hume, Douglas W. 2008. “Geographic Overviews, Africa (East): Madagascar and Surrounding Islands.” In Encyclopedia of Archaeology, edite...

Hume, Douglas W. 2008. “Madagascar.” In Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, edited by S. George Philander, 1st ed., 2:611–612. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Hume, Douglas W. 2008. “Political Ecology Society (PESO) Panel on Plants and People in Madagascar.” Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter 19 (3): 57-58.

Hume, Douglas W. 2007. “Game Theory.” In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, edited by Paul Robbins, 2: 721–722. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Hume, Douglas W. 2007. “Mode of Production“. In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, edited by Paul Robbins, 3: 1154–1155. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Hume, Douglas W. 2007. “Prisoner’s Dilemma.” In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, edited by Paul Robbins, 4: 1427–1429. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Hume, Douglas W., and Sharlotte Neely. 2007. “Public and Applied Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University.” Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter 18 (4): 34-37.

Hume, Douglas W. et Traduit par L. Modeste Rakotondrasoa. 2006. “Rituels des Tanim-bary chez les Betsimisaraka d’Andasibe.” Taloha: Revue Scientifique Internationale Des Civilisations 16-17.

This dissertation examines the cultural meanings of rice agriculture in Madagascar and their implications for conservation projects. It discusses Madagascar's prehistory and history of the Malagasy people's relationship with their environment and literature on the theory and application of cultural models. It compares the positions and priorities o...

This dissertation examines the cultural meanings of rice agriculture in Madagascar and their implications for conservation projects. It discusses Madagascar's prehistory and history of the Malagasy people's relationship with their environment and literature on the theory and application of cultural models. It compares the positions and priorities o...

Hume, Douglas W. 1999. “Towards a Synthesis of Ethnoscience and Symbolic Anthropology: An Ethnography of Surgical Culture.” MA thesis, California State University, Fullerton.

Orr [Hume], Douglas W. 1995. “Um Hapi Qaa’öniwti (You Really Have Become Corn): The Hopi Concept of Self.” Anthropological Perspectives (Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton) 3: 15-20.

Orr [Hume], Douglas W. 1994. “Picking a Case: An Ethnography of a Surgical Nurse.” Anthropological Perspectives (Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton) 2: 42-46.

Orr [Hume], Douglas W. 1994. “Projectile Points.” In Glimpses of Prehistoric America, edited by Constance Cameron, 18–19. Fullerton: Museum of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton.

Orr [Hume], Douglas W. 1994. "Inversion Method: Groundstone Analysis of CA-ORA-35, The Los Piños Site." Sacramento: California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18528.00002.

Orr [Hume], Douglas W. 1993. “Beringia: Controversies Arise.” Anthropological Perspectives (Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton) 1: 35-51.