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

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Rosien, Jessica

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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...

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Cape Scene & the path to a conscientious tourism product

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Sykes, Kimberly M.

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Many countries around the world are looking to tourism as a sustainable solution for economic development and many individuals seek business opportunities in the tourism industry. Researchers in the field of anthropology and other disciplines alike have recorded findings of the environmental, economic and cultural impacts of tourism development that...

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Development projects and questions of empowerment: a Salvadorean women's cooperative

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Hannigan-Luther, Kristen L.

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Many development organizations now recognize the importance of culturally sensitive project design and implementation. Unfortunately most of these groups continue to disregard the significance of gender. This qualitative research examines a women's cooperative in rural El Salvador which formed in order to find a means of generating income and to...

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Cultural analysis of the Karakuwa fishing community in Japan and Fishermen's reforestation movement

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Takahashi, Tokiko

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Based on the author's ethnographic research at the Karakuwa fishing community in Japan, this thesis explains a cultural process of the local people's synthesis of the values they place on nature and their everyday behavior in a modern industrial world. Explicated by ethnographic narrative, this study focuses on a revitalization...

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The role of radical action in the animal rights movement

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Pettinen, Katja

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Past research has categorized animal rights groups into three main categories; conservative, moderate, and radical. While a few studies exist on the animal rights movement as a whole, none have focused specifically on the radical groups. This research project uses an ethnography of communication approach to examine how language constructs...

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Using stable-isotope analysis to obtain dietary profiles from old hair

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Roy, Diana Milantia

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Stable isotope analysis of human tissue can provide information about diet independent of artifactual remains. Food is broken down and used in the synthesis of body tissue, so the isotopic composition of hair keratin reflects the isotopic composition of foods consumed. Therefore, the analysis of hair can provide a window...

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Advocacy travel, creating social and ideological change : a comparison of travelers to Cuba and Chiapas

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Donckers, Jana L.

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As a result of academic research into the effects of mass travel, an industry of alternative tourism has emerged. Application of this research has resulted in myriad forms of tourism, two of these being ecotourism and educational travel. Ecotourism represents a response to what is the destructive nature of the...

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The long and short of it : the reliability and inter-populational applicability of stature regression equations

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McCarthy, Donna

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In this thesis, stature reconstruction of three prehistoric/protohistoric Native American populations (from Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, and South Dakota) was performed using the Fully Anatomical method in order to formulate regression equations and analyze the ability of regression equations of other researchers to accurately estimate the statures within my study...

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Computer and internet usage in rural clubs : are members digitally divided?

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Cassell, Christopher J.

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Lower rates of computer adoption and usage in rural areas has been called a "digital divide." This work explores the current state of connectivity within a rural town of the Pacific Northwest with a quantitative and qualitative overview of computer usage and access within civic and activity clubs, ranging from...

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Perceptions of mental health and mental illness among the Wanniya-laeto of Sri Lanka

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Priest, Jill Amy

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The Wanniya-laeto, often referred to as Veddas, are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. They live primarily in governmental designated areas in the forest with a few Vedda villages on the eastern coastal region. In-depth, semi-structured interviews as well as participant observation were the methods used to access the perceptions...

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Alternative medicine -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County1
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