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Recognizing and overcoming the critical cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement : from a human perspective

Creator:

Bestvina, Bodarc

Abstract:

This thesis seeks to better understand the most pressing cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement, and to offer suggestions for overcoming barriers. This research includes a two-year long case study of the sustainability movement at OSU, where the researcher coordinated projects encouraging behavior change. Despite increasing severity and...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

Creator:

Opas, Matthew E.

Abstract:

Thesis explores the ways in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT)use, specifically that of telephones and the Internet, impacts the lives of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy. Informal interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation were carried out in a 'center of second reception.' Results show that information obtained through the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis