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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:: and Change by Dawn J. Moyer A Thesis Submitted To Oregon State University In partial fulfillment

An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

Creator:: Opas, Matthew E.
Abstract:: Thesis explores the ways in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT)use, specifically that of telephones and the Internet, impacts the lives of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy. Informal interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation were carried out in a 'center of second reception.' Results show that information obtained through the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : David A. McMurray Thesis explores the ways in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Creator:: Hanks, Melissa A.
Abstract:: This research focuses on the economic and social impacts to women’s and children’s dental health after methamphetamine abuse. Family oral health status, access to professional services, health literacy and home hygienic practices are evaluated in the frameworks of critical medical anthropology, applied anthropological praxis and matrix and bio-psycho-social addiction models...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: standpoint that family oral health status is affected by a mother’s changing perceptions of oral health

Site ORBE2 : an archaeological analysis of a construction disturbed site

Creator:: Cromwell, Robert J.
Abstract:: This thesis describes investigations of archaeological materials recovered from Site ORBE2, an early-twentieth century historic site in Corvallis, OR. The archaeological materials were found only after construction workers had excavated trenches underneath the still-standing structure on the site in order to install a new foundation. Over 1500 artifacts were recovered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Archaeological Analysis of a Construction Disturbed Site by Robert J. Cromwell A THESIS submitted to Oregon

The Anzick site : analysis of a Clovis burial assemblage

Creator:: Jones, J. Scott
Abstract:: The Anzick Clovis assemblage was first discovered in the late 1960's near Livingston, Montana. More than 100 stone and bone artifacts were found in association with the remains of two subadults proven to be the earliest radiocarbon-dated human burial in North America. Although human remains are notoriously absent, similar artifact...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Colonization, Statemaking, and Development: A Political Ecology of the Saru River Development Project, Hokkaido, Japan

Creator:: Ioannides, Michael J.
Abstract:: Although dam construction has been an integral tool in development initiatives for nearly a century, dams can have significant negative impacts on local residents, particularly those who are permanently displaced from their homes and must be resettled elsewhere. Dams have unique impacts on indigenous peoples. As a result, many dam...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Michael J. Ioannides A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Expectations and Lived Realities of Iraqi Women Refugees and Refugee Mental Health Providers in Portland: An Ethnographic Study to Inform Refugee Mental Health Services and Policy

Creator:: Eiwaz, Massarra Adnan
Abstract:: Distress among resettled refugees in the U.S. consistently reflects refugees’ experiences of discrimination, re-traumatization, gaps in healthcare services, and disrupted expectations and lived-realities. This thesis aims to fill a critical need for ethnographic studies investigating how recent anti-immigrant, -Muslim, and -Arab rhetoric and policies combine with chronic gaps in services...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: community members (Campbell, J. & Leaver, J., 2003). One study conducted a survey that had multiple

Rural ceramic production, consumption, and exchange in late classic Oaxaca, Mexico : a view from Yaasuchi

Creator:: Pink, Jeremias
Abstract:: The Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico was home to one of the most intensively-studied archaic states in the New World. Centered at the hilltop city of Monte Albán, the Zapotec State first arose around 500 BC and eventually encompassed much of the present-day state of Oaxaca. But by the Late Classic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Classic Oaxaca, Mexico: A View from Yaasuchi AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jeremias Pink

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:: Kai A. Henifin for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology presented on March 9, 2007

Recognizing and overcoming the critical cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement : from a human perspective

Creator:: Bestvina, Bodarc
Abstract:: This thesis seeks to better understand the most pressing cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement, and to offer suggestions for overcoming barriers. This research includes a two-year long case study of the sustainability movement at OSU, where the researcher coordinated projects encouraging behavior change. Despite increasing severity and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Sustainability Movement: From a Human Perspective Abstract approved

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Site ORBE2 : an archaeological analysis of a construction disturbed site

The Anzick site : analysis of a Clovis burial assemblage

Colonization, Statemaking, and Development: A Political Ecology of the Saru River Development Project, Hokkaido, Japan

Expectations and Lived Realities of Iraqi Women Refugees and Refugee Mental Health Providers in Portland: An Ethnographic Study to Inform Refugee Mental Health Services and Policy

Rural ceramic production, consumption, and exchange in late classic Oaxaca, Mexico : a view from Yaasuchi

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

Recognizing and overcoming the critical cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement : from a human perspective

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