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Happily Ever Aftershock? A Journey from Reverse Culture Shock to New Identity

Creator:: Capella, Elaine Carol
Abstract:: Today, with countless study abroad programs available, students have the opportunity to travel and study all over the world. Those who are lucky enough to study abroad are able to embark on an international journey that will change their life forever. This thesis expands on what happens after returning home...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Internal Migration : The Role of Discrimination and Regionalism in Southern Italians' Self Construction of Identity

Creator:: Spiese, Caroline E.
Abstract:: Italian nationalism and an ‘Italian’ identity were constructed during Italy’s unification movement in the mid 1800’s. However, consensus on a national identity is still weak across Italy today. Instead, a polarization of Northern and Southern regions have contributed to discrimination, institutional racism and exclusion. This thesis demonstrates the multifaceted aspects...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene

Creator:: Wind, Thad A.
Abstract:: How do fishing guides of the Cascade and Coast Range rivers negotiate the conflicting tensions between their client’s desire to experience the wild and the extractive nature based tourism of their role as fishing guides? How do they position their services relative to the environment and an imagined landscape that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Educational Migration in Indonesia : An Ethnography of Eastern Indonesian Students in Malang, Java

Creator:: Foertsch, Christopher R.
Abstract:: This research explores the experience of the growing number of students from Eastern Indonesia who attend universities on Java. It asks key questions about the challenges these often maligned students face as ethnic, linguistic, and religious minorities exposed to the dominant culture of their republic during their years of education....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Happily Ever Aftershock? A Journey from Reverse Culture Shock to New Identity

Creator:: Capella, Elaine Carol
Abstract:: Today, with countless study abroad programs available, students have the opportunity to travel and study all over the world. Those who are lucky enough to study abroad are able to embark on an international journey that will change their life forever. This thesis expands on what happens after returning home...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis, Presentation, and Poster

Neo-Ottoman perspectives : Turkish identity and culinary culture in a sociopolitical context

Creator:: Kinoğlu, Sera D.
Abstract:: As Turkey's cultural and economic climate has experienced dramatic shifts in accordance with its changing role in global society, a neo-Ottoman movement has taken root in recent years which can offer insight into the new Turkish identity. This sociopolitical movement captures a diverse set of cultural attributes through a contemporary...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

Creator:: Giulietti, Michael P.
Abstract:: The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in the United States, is currently unexamined in academic literature for the significance it holds for either shoe repairers or their customers. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Walking the narrow path : narratives of migration and mental health among Saudi Arabian women at Oregon State University

Creator:: Gentry, Kristen Elizabeth
Abstract:: Since the inauguration of the King Abdullah-Aziz Foreign Scholarship Program in 2005, the number of Saudi university students in the United States has increased exponentially, and an unprecedented amount of Saudi women are seeking international degrees. The absence of scholarly research within these women’s home and host countries highlights the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The fetish market and animal parts trade of Mali, West Africa : an ethnographic investigation into cultural use and significance

Creator:: Edwards, Ian B.
Abstract:: While much research has examined the intricate interactions associated with the harvesting of wild animals for human consumption, little work has been undertaken in attempting to understand the greater socio-cultural significance of such use. In addition, to properly understand such systems of interaction, an intimate knowledge is required with regard...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A blank screen? : digital divide discourses and practices

Creator:: Powell, Jasmine
Abstract:: The existence of a “digital divide,” or inequalities of access to digital technologies among different American subpopulations, has been hotly debated and contested since the National Telecommunications and Information Administration first popularized the phrase in 1995. The purpose of this thesis is to critically examine the dominant discourses around the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Happily Ever Aftershock? A Journey from Reverse Culture Shock to New Identity

Internal Migration : The Role of Discrimination and Regionalism in Southern Italians' Self Construction of Identity

Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene

Educational Migration in Indonesia : An Ethnography of Eastern Indonesian Students in Malang, Java

Happily Ever Aftershock? A Journey from Reverse Culture Shock to New Identity

Neo-Ottoman perspectives : Turkish identity and culinary culture in a sociopolitical context

To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

Walking the narrow path : narratives of migration and mental health among Saudi Arabian women at Oregon State University

The fetish market and animal parts trade of Mali, West Africa : an ethnographic investigation into cultural use and significance

A blank screen? : digital divide discourses and practices

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