Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Alternative title ssim Report no. 1528-E Remove constraint Alternative title ssim: Report no. 1528-E Advisor Young, John A. Remove constraint Advisor: Young, John A. Degree Name Master of Arts (M.A.) Remove constraint Degree Name: Master of Arts (M.A.)

Search Results

  • Countering the subjugation of Indian women : strategies for adaptation and change

    Creator:
    Moyer, Dawn J.
    Abstract:
    This thesis outlines dominant ideologies and practices that affect women's authority in the urban social milieu of north India. Theories that consider the causes of social stratification by gender as well as social movement patterns are useful for understanding the durability of gender roles. The utility of these theories for...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    report on interviews I conducted with police, non-governmental organization founders and individuals who

  • Independent Volunteer Travelers in Nepal

    Creator:
    Douglas, Heather F.
    Abstract:
    The objective of this research is to shed light on the phenomenon of independent volunteer traveling. It represents a form of tourism in which travelers independently organize their own volunteer efforts and typically provide assistance to local people in return for room and board. Travelers operate outside the confines of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    between hosts and guests, because no matter who was giving and who was receiving, both parties continued

  • Toxic politics at 64N, 171W : addressing military contaminants on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

    Creator:
    Henifin, Kai A.
    Abstract:
    St. Lawrence Island, Alaska is home to two Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) under remediation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1985. After more than two decades the local residents continue to be concerned about inadequate site characterization and cleanup. During the summer of 2005, I collected ethnographic...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    final EPA report, leaving no comment about such environmental justice implications in regards to this

  • Perceptions of language change : a case study in Veneto

    Creator:
    Falda, Adelia
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this thesis is to explore the current linguistic situation of the Venetian language (a minority language spoken in the northeastern Italian region of Veneto) and its relationship with Italian, the official language of Italy. This is a study of Venetian people and how they are reacting to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    VENETA SERENISSIMA REPUBBLICA VIVE E VUOLE UN POSTOALL'ONU 104 C. REPRESSIONE ITALIANA CARCERAZIONE DI

  • Just do it : an analysis of cultural factors behind the growth of Nike, Inc.

    Creator:
    Chen, Roger L.
    Abstract:
    The success of NIKE, Inc. is deemed miracle by professionals on both Wall Street and Madison Avenue. Research done in the past tends to credit the growth of NIKE, Inc. to its marketing strategies. By placing the achievement of the company in the postmodern context, this study analyzes the cultural...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    contributed to the achievement of NIKE, Inc., they are by no means the whole picture. When more and more

  • Understandings of sustainability and the contributions of non-governmental organizations : a case study of Toledo, Belize

    Creator:
    Rosien, Jessica
    Abstract:
    This thesis reviews theoretical and local understandings of sustainability and examines the contributions which the NGO, the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), makes to achieving sustainability in the district of Toledo in Belize, Central America. The study focuses mainly on the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, which TIDE manages...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    addition to other sea rights and privileges, providing the rights of Belizean people in no way should be

  • Systems evaluation of the Guatemalan eye care project – Enfoque Ixcan : barriers and avenues for providing eye care services to rural Guatemala

    Creator:
    Terhes, Amanda Foshay
    Abstract:
    This thesis evaluates the programs, activities, and relationships of Enfoque Ixcan, a non-profit eye care project providing services to a rural area of Guatemala. I conducted ethnographic interviews with key stakeholders of the organization and carried out participant observation in the Ixcan region of Guatemala in February 2006. The research...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    junior high school, some of whom come from surrounding villages. As there is no high school in the

  • The influence on Manchu women of changes in social institutions and the sinification of Manchu Society

    Creator:
    Fang, Jin-cai
    Abstract:
    Gender relations as well as the social situation of Manchu women have long been ignored in studies of the cultural evolution of the Manchu. By setting the discussion of Manchu women in the context of cultural adaptation, this study reintroduces gender and women's problems into the research on the Manchu...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Manchus was by no means a homogeneous Jurchen entity. In fact, the origins of the Manchus are so diverse

  • Why they volunteer : a study of participants at nature conservancy work parties

    Creator:
    Hastings, Kevin L.
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines the motivations of ecological restoration volunteers with the Oregon chapter of The Nature Conservancy. This study helps fill in voids left by a lack of research on the motivations of ecological restoration volunteers. Studies that have explored restoration volunteer motivation relied largely on surveys that revealed altruistic...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Nature Conservancy. Their willingness to take on an intern and researcher when no other groups responded

  • Slippery paths : connections and divergences between historic preservation and tourism in Micronesia

    Creator:
    Krause, Elizabeth L.
    Abstract:
    Micronesians are in the process of becoming independent nation-states after nearly a century of colonial rule, including four decades of U.S. administration as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Pressures to attain self-sufficiency have led many of these island nations to embrace tourism as an economic development strategy. Meanwhile,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    wrongly assumed there were no objections. It took an anthropologist to inform the corps that for the