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Maps and Tables . . x
Acknowledgments . . xi
Abbreviations . . xv
Glossary . . xvii

Introduction . . 1

THE CHALLENGE: UNEQUAL CITIZENSHIP
1 Comparative Perspectives on Citizen Creation in Africa . . 19
2 The Historical Context for Modern Ethiopian Citizenship . . 44

THE RESPONSE: THE STATE AND ITS CITIZENS
3 Popular Responses to Unequal Citizenship . . 91
4 A Referendum on Ethnic Identity and the Claims of Citizenship . . 120
5 No Going Back on Self-Determination for the Oromo . . 139
6 Ethiopian Women and Citizenship Rights Deferred Conclusion . . 192

Appendix I Methodology . . 205
Appendix II Questionnaire for Parents and Community Members (English) . . 210
Appendix III Questionnaire for School Directors . . 214
Appendix IV Questionnaire for Teachers . . 217
Bibliography . . 221
Index . . 243

List of illustrations . . ix
List of tables . . xv
Acknowledgements . . xvi

1 Introduction . . 1
1.1 The Arandic language region . . 4
1.2 A multimodal approach to communication . . 6
1.3 Sign and gesture in sand stories . . 12
1.4 Tracks and traces: iconicity in sign, sand and gesture . . 16
1.5 Space and frames of reference . . 19
1.6 A multimodal perspective on gradient phenomena . . 28
1.7 Relationships between gesture and speech . . 30
1.8 Outline of the remainder of the book . . 32

2 Sand stories as social and cultural practice . . 35
2.1 Previous documentations of sand stories . . 35
2.2 Lexical semantics of the terra tyepety . . 41
2.3 Dreamtime, Dreaming and the meanings of Altyerr . . 43
2.4 Sand story styles . . 44
2.5 Techniques and tools . . 53
2.6 Mapping, diagramming and games in Central Australia . . 59
2.7 Sand stories and awely ceremonies . . 64
2.8 The end of the story . . 66
2.9 Concluding comment . . 68

3 Catching a move as it flies: multimodal data collection and annotation . . 71
3.1 Recording naturalistic data in challenging conditions . . 72
3.2 Coding and transcription . . 74
3.3 The 'sand quiz': testing the meaning of V-units . . 88
3.4 Representing multimodal events as transcript . . 93
3.5 Concluding comment . . 98

4 Lines in the sand . . 100
4.1 Conventionalized ground-ground type V-units . . 101
4.2 Visible paths in sand . . 115
4.3 Combinations of static and dynamic elements . . 119
4.4 Motion and multimodality . . 121
4.5 The interprefcon of motion in space . . 128
4.6 Innovation and change . . 131
4.7 Concluding comment . . 135

5 Body-anchored and airborne action . . 137
5.1 Previous work on Aboriginal sign languages and gesture in Australia . . 137
5.2 Handsigns in sand stories . . 145
5.3 Pointing in sand stories . . 152
5.4 A tunnel ball game in sand . .  157
5.5 Concluding comment . . 163

6 Ordering, redrawing and erasure . . 166
6.1 V-units and the order of narrative events . . 166
6.2 Erasing the story space . . 176
6.3 The role of deictic units in transitions between frames . . 191

7 Vocal style in sand stories . . 195
7.1 'Talking song' and 'singing story' . . 196
7.2 Some features of Arandic songs . . 198
7.3 Doodlebugs and bogeymen: repeated text and borrowed words in a sand story . . 203
7.4 A 'sung' sand story . . 209
7.5 Concluding comment . . 219

8 Crossing boundaries . . 222
8.1 Multimodality, forms and functions in sand stories . . 223
8.2 Alternative representations in sand, sign and gesture . . 224
8.3 Convention or continuously varying forms? . . 227
8.4 Coordination across modalities . . 230
8.5 Verbal art, visual art . . 231
8.6 Inscriptive practices: beyond Central Australia . . 235
8.7 Concluding comment . . 240

Appendix 1: Abbreviations, glossing and orthographic conventions . . 244
Appendix 2: Summary of six stories annotated in detail . . 247
Bibliography . . 248
Index . . 265

Acknowledgments . . xi

Introduction . . 1
1 Early Days . . 4
2 9/11 and the Search for a Policy . . 19
3 Roadmap to Disengagement . . 48
4 "New Realities on the Ground" . . 98
5 Arafat, Disengagement, Sharon . . 119
6 Olmert - Peace or War? . . 158
7 War in Lebanon - and Condi . . 179
8 From Mecca to Annapolis . . 212
9 The "Meeting" at Annapolis . . 244
10 Two Trips to Jerusalem . . 262
11 Final Days in Gaza and Turtle Bay . . 282
12 Lessons Learned . . 304
13 Conclusion . . 314

Index . . 321

Acknowledgments . . XI
Introduction . . 1

1 Decisions . . 12
2 The Injury . . 16
3 Coming to Terms with Brain Injury . . 26
4 The Origins of the Vegetative State . . 35
5 A Shift since Quinlan . . 42
6 Maggie's Wishes . . 49
7 Something Happened in Arkansas . . 59
8 From PVS to MCS . . 69
9 Leaving the Hospital . . 83
10 Heather's Story . . 97
11 Neuroimaging and Neuroscience in the Public Mind . . 111
12 Contractures and Contradictions: Medical Necessity and the Injured Brain . . 134
13 Minds, Monuments, and Moments . . 165
14 Heads and Hearts, Toil and Tears . . 179
15 What Do Families Want? . . 196
16 Deep Brain Stimulation in MCS . . 204
17 Mending Our Brains, Minding Our Ethics . . 216
18 It's Still Freedom . . 227
19 Maggie Is in Town . . 248
20 When Consciousness Becomes Prosthetic . . 272
21 The Rights of Mind . . 286
22 A Call for Advocacy . . 309

Epilogue . . 313
Notes . . 321
In Memoriam . . 355
Index . . 357