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The Role of Food Banks in Local Food Movements: Advocating Access for Low-Income Populations and Promoting Policy Change

Creator:: Janssen, Kyle C.
Abstract:: The professed economic benefits of local food systems for communities and small farmers, along with mounting recognition of the contribution of current food production practices to global climate changes has sparked growing excitement around local foods. Additionally, the growth of industrial food systems and government subsidization of corn and soy...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: tremendous gratitude is also due to my family, especially my parents, Brian and Elizabeth Janssen. Thank you

Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Buerger, Catherine F.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the impact of urban renewal on individual health, specifically focusing on an urban planning model called Smart Growth that is being used in Portland, Oregon. Findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of interview and survey data from study participants living in a community where renewal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: changing city. Elizabeth Wilson (1991: 29) describes how the most frightening thing in cities for the

Are single classified women's needs being addressed by the union in a university environment?

Creator:: Pastre, Nicolette M.
Abstract:: The initial research question for this study asked whether single women were having their employment needs met by the union in a university setting. Twelve single women who were members of a union at a university participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences with the union. To the surprise of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: overwhelming majority of members were still men. 20 In 1906, Mary Macarthur founded the National

Using GIS Technology to Identify and Analyze ‘Food Deserts’ on the Southern Oregon Coast

Creator:: Opfer, Pamela R.
Abstract:: This study analyzes food access patterns on the Southern Oregon Coast using GIS technology. The utility and capacity issues of GIS technology are explored as well as the ability for community-based organizations to apply GIS analysis at a local level. A comprehensive literature review is presented which addresses the definition...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

"They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

Creator:: Wheaton-Abraham, Jyl M.
Abstract:: There is a fundamental distortion in our understanding of Native people, especially Native women. This distortion is rooted in imperialism and the colonization of Native lands and has created a dominant/subordinate relationship between Non-Native/Native people. Anthropological life history research has traditionally reflected this relationship. As a Native woman, the author...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mary Catherine Bateson, the daughter of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, for guidance as to how to

Exploration of Japanese women's patterns of educational attainment : the effect of gender of siblings

Creator:: Michinobu, Toshiyuki
Abstract:: Guided by the emerging interest in gender of siblings as one important sociological component in American family studies, the major objective of this study was to examine the effect of sex composition of siblings on women's levels of educational attainment in the Japanese setting. The present study hypothesized that the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Alternative agrifood movements in an age of industrialized agriculture : an Ecuadorian case study

Creator:: Daye, Rebecka Rising
Abstract:: Around the globe, an array of alternative agrifood movements has emerged largely in response to the ecological and socio-economic threat caused by industrialized agricultural processes. From organic agriculture, to Slow Food, Locavore, and the Food Sovereignty movement, people around the world are reasserting their right to healthy and culturally appropriate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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
Full Text:: in doing so, delineate both framework and methodology, citing also classic studies by Mary Douglas

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

Creator:: Little, Peter C.
Abstract:: This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to analyze the experience of residents living in the IBM-Endicott Superfund site in Endicott, New York. Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents' perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The Role of Food Banks in Local Food Movements: Advocating Access for Low-Income Populations and Promoting Policy Change

Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

Are single classified women's needs being addressed by the union in a university environment?

Using GIS Technology to Identify and Analyze ‘Food Deserts’ on the Southern Oregon Coast

"They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

Exploration of Japanese women's patterns of educational attainment : the effect of gender of siblings

Alternative agrifood movements in an age of industrialized agriculture : an Ecuadorian case study

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

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

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

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