Miriam S Chaiken

Datos Biográficos

ID90276
NOMBREMiriam S Chaiken
NOMBRESMiriam S
APELLIDOChaiken
FIRMACHAIKEN M S
AFILIACIONESIndiana University of Pennsylvania
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS27
TOTAL DE CITAS7
TOTAL COMO AUTOR26
TOTAL COMO EDITOR1
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1992
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Standing on the Shoulders of Ancestors

    Open AccessMiriam S Chaiken, Miriam ChaikenARTICLECulture Agriculture Food and…2026

    As we celebrate half a century as an important field in anthropology, nutritional anthropologists will benefit from a deeper understanding of our methodological and theoretical roots. This article highlights the founding scholars in our field and demonstrates that their work remains relevant decades later

  • In Memoriam

    Open AccessMargaret E Bentley, Margaret Bentley et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2025

  • Social Change and Applied Anthropology

    Miriam Chaiken, Miriam S Chaiken et al.BOOKSocial Change and Applied…2019

  • David Warwick Brokensha (1923-2017)

    Open AccessA Peter Castro, Miriam S ChaikenARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2018Citada por: 1Referencias: 15

  • David Warwick Brokensha

    Open AccessMiriam S Chaiken, A Peter CastroARTICLEAnthropology News2017

  • Responses to Disasters and Climate Change

    Michele Companion, Miriam S ChaikenBOOKResponses to Disasters and…2016

    "As the global climate shifts, communities are faced with a myriad of mitigation and adaptation challenges. These highlight the political, cultural, economic, social, and physical vulnerability of social groups, communities, families, and individuals. They also foster resilience and creative responses. Research in hazard management, humanitarian response, food security programming, and other areas seeks to identify and understand factors that cre…

  • Community-Based Assessments of Risk and Vulnerability

    Open AccessMiriam S ChaikenARTICLEAnthropology News2010

    Keywords: commentary,Famine Early Warning System,FEWS NET,disaster,food insecurity,food crisis,hunger,food shortage,famine threats,international aid,Africa,ecology and environment,development

  • Uncertain Tastes

    Miriam S ChaikenARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research2010

  • Asking the Right Questions

    Open AccessMiriam S Chaiken, J Richard Dixon et al.ARTICLENAPA Bulletin2009Referencias: 3

    Anthropologists have long recognized the value of community participation in development planning and project implementation, and this paper discusses a new strategy to engage communities to monitor conditions of food insecurity and vulnerability, and to develop strategies for mitigation against shocks. Community based early warning programs (CEWS) complement existing hunger early warning systems that rely on satellite and agroclimatic data by co…

  • Household Decisions, Gender, and Development

    Open AccessMiriam S ChaikenARTICLECulture & Agriculture2007

  • Death Notices

    Open AccessR H Barnes, Susanne Peterson et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2007

  • Grains from Grass

    Miriam S ChaikenARTICLEAfrica Today2007

    Reviewed by: Grains From Grass: Aging, Gender, and Famine in Rural Africa Miriam S. Chaiken Cliggett, Lisa . 2005. Grains From Grass: Aging, Gender, and Famine in Rural Africa. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 193 pp. $19.95 (paper). Lisa Cliggett's new book on the patterns of social change among Gwembe Tonga communities in Zambia makes several important contributions to the literature on southern Africa. First, it is the latest installment in a…

  • Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition

    Open AccessJanet Chrzan, Miriam S Chaiken et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2006

  • Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition

    Open AccessJanet Chrzan, Kristin Borre et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2005

  • President's Column

    Open AccessMiriam S ChaikenARTICLENutritional Anthropology2005

  • Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition

    Open AccessJanet Chrzan, Miriam S Chaiken et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2005

  • Women Farmers and Commercial Ventures

    Open AccessMiriam S ChaikenARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2003

    Women Farmers and Commercial Ventures: Increasing Food Security in Developing Countries. Anita Spring. ed. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000. 419 pp

  • Squeaky Wheel Award

    Open AccessMiriam S Chaiken, Miriam ChaikenARTICLEAnthropology News2002

  • Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B

    Open AccessMiriam S ChaikenARTICLENutritional Anthropology2001

    Beriberi, White Rice, and Vitamin B:. Disease, Cause and. Cure by Kenneth J. Carpenter (2000) University of California Press. 282 pages

  • Fast Food Nation

    Open AccessMiriam S ChaikenARTICLENutritional Anthropology2001

    Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser. published by Houghton Mifflin (2001)

  • Intensive Farming, Agro-Diversity, and Food Security Under Conditions of Extreme Population Pressure in Western Kenya

    Open AccessW Thomas Conelly, Miriam S ChaikenARTICLEHuman Ecology2000Citada por: 3Referencias: 27

  • Hunger and Shame

    Open AccessMiriam S ChaikenARTICLENutritional Anthropology1999

    Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro. Mary Howard and Ann V. Millard. New York: Routledge, 1997. 272 pp

  • Nutrition Matters. People, Food, and Famine

    Open AccessMiriam S Chaiken, Miriam ChaikenARTICLENutritional Anthropology1999

    Nutrition Matters. People, Food, and Famine by Helen Young and Susanne Jaspars.(1995) London: Intermediate Technology Publications, Ltd

  • Hunger and Shame

    Open AccessMiriam S ChaikenARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1999

    Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro. Mary Theresa Howard and Ann V. Millard. New York: Routledge, 1997.272 pp

  • Web Watch

    Open AccessMiriam S Chaiken, Miriam ChaikenARTICLENutritional Anthropology1998