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Name: Iman Ali Ali Mustafa
University email: dr.emanaliali@art.bsu.edu.eg
Current position: Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology - Beni Suef University.
Areas of interest: cultural anthropology, social anthropology, cultural heritage, preservation of cultural identity.
2. Education and Employment:

2-1. education:

PhD: (with first class honors with course recommendation and exchange between universities) in Cultural Anthropology from Beni Suef University 2012
Thesis topic: Cultural adaptation in modern societies, a research in cultural anthropology in the Kharga Oasis

Masters: (Excellent grade) in Cultural Anthropology from Beni Suef University 2007
Thesis topic: Cultural ecology, a methodological research method in environmental anthropology and its applications

Master Title

Cultural Ecology - A Systematic Approach Research in environmental anthropology and its applications

Master Abstract

The study included five chapters, an introduction, and a discussion of the most important results: The first chapter deals with the intellectual roots of cultural ecology. The second chapter presented: Ecological anthropology and its relations with cultural ecology: Chapter Three: The Most Important Theoretical Directions: It includes a presentation of the theoretical trends represented in the cultural evolutionary trend, the structural functional trend (functionalist constructivism and neo-functionalism), Marxist theory (Marxist constructivism), and cultural materialism. The fourth chapter deals with the relationship of cultural ecology with other ecological branches: This chapter is concerned with the study of modern trends, and their relations to cultural ecology Chapter Five: Environmental Adaptation: The chapter dealt with the topic of biological adaptation and cultural adaptation.

PHD Title

Cultural Adaptation in New Settelments Research in Cultural Anthropology in the kharga oases

PHD Abstract

Cultural Adaptation in New Settelments A Research in Cultural Anthropology in Al kharga oases Adaptation is Known as an ongoing process by which the individual tries to face the natural surrounding factors in order to strengthen himself to continue life. By such process he gains the characteristics that make him more willing to accommodate to the circumstances of the surrounding environment, and therefore he changes behavior to make a more compatible relationship with the environment. The study tries to identify the cultural Adaptation process in the New Settelments in the villages to Al kharga oases, the study also tackles the impact of developmental projects on the population, the compatibility of these projects with cultural heritage. And the response of populations to the new environmental conditions. The dissertation contains eight chapters preceded by an introduction and indexes, and followed by a conclusion , a list of references , and appendixes. the introduction provides the definition of the concept of Adaptation and biological adaptation, and how man can cope with communities through culture. It also justifies the reasons behind the choice of the issue. the first chapter of the study discusses the definition of the topic ( the cultural adaptation), its strategy, the most important stages, cultural contact to express the interaction between culturally different groups, acculturation, how to achieve the cultural adaptation, and cultural shock. ? the second chapter focuses on the previous studies that have direct or indirect relevance to the subject of the research and how to make best use of these studies in the current research. the third Chapter studies the most important theoritical trends which are represented in the cultural ecology trend and the Ethno ecology trend and structural functional trend and cultural material trend. the 4 Th Chapter highlights the characteristics of the research group and the methodological procedures of the study through identifying the theoretical framework, the methodology, the used tools, the villages in question, the research objectives and the procedural concepts. the fifth Chapter is devoted to study the architecture of the houses and the adaptation in the New Settelments via identifying the housing environment, the features of housing adaptation, and the changes that happened to the traditional houses. the sixth Chapter of this study tackles the environmental resources and the economic adaptation via identifying environmental resources in the research community, the agricultural activity, the manual crafts, and small projects. the seventh Chapter discusses the environment and food and its impact upon health and illness through identifying the food culture, environment, health, illness. the eigth Chapter handles marriage and the most important changes that happened to it in the research community. the Conclusion of The dissertation displays the most important results of the study.