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  • Empowerment or a 'citizenship project'? : microcredit with education in Cuzco, Peru

    Creator:
    Kearney, Emily Q.
    Abstract:
    Microfinance, or the technique of lending small amounts of money to the world's poor for productive activities, has emerged as a dominant approach to poverty alleviation among international development organizations. However, consensus does not yet exist as to the best mechanism for delivery of loans. While most organizations simply offer...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • An ethnographic crossing : voices from the Latino community in Yamhill County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Nicklous, Nan Gilmore
    Abstract:
    Changing demographics in Oregon, accompanied by a rising Latino population, serve to dispel myths that we live in homogeneous, monolithic communities. Migration studies indicate migration is reshaping communities, contributing to ethnic diversity thus challenging our notion of identity and culture. Through the medium of oral histories and ethnography, this study...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . Joan Gross, Dr. Kayla Garcia, Dr. Laura Rice and to Dr. Mar lan Carlson for their suggestions

  • Anthropological case studies of religious syncretism in Bolivia

    Creator:
    Lord, Jonathan
    Abstract:
    Religious histories have always appropriated pre-existing symbol systems of religion into newer forms, often with the goal in mind to acculturate a population into a new cultural setting to reach a desired status quo of society. The problem with acculturation theory is that it is filled with teleological and quantitative...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • The Yellow House: Stories of Place, Space and Community

    Creator:
    Gann, Tamara S.
    Abstract:
    This thesis is an IRB-exempt oral history focused on the non-profit Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center (CMLC) in Corvallis, Oregon. The CMLC, formerly on 9th Street, was known to many community members as the Yellow House. The Yellow House was a dedicated community-based space where people of all cultures could come...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ….…………………………………..84 4.36 The Work of Manuel Garcia, Richard Keis..…………………………………..86 4.37 First Textile Exhibit