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“Gold Dirt:” An Exploratory Study of Beginner Women Farmers’ Experiences with Farmland Tenure Mediating Care for Soil in Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Christophel Michaels, Rosa J.
Abstract:: This thesis investigates how beginning, women farmers, within in a women farmers’ network in the Willamette Valley, Oregon are accessing land and farming information. Using ethnographic, community-based research methods, I ask how land access mediates their ability to care for their land and soil. Are these farmers interested in fostering...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: al 2014; Carter 2017; Doering 2013; Kivirist2016; Rosenfeld 1985; Sachs 2018). Over the last 40

Assemblages and Adaptation: The Influence of Multispecies Social Networks on Small Farmers’ Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Change in Oregon

Creator:: Parks, Melissa
Abstract:: This study explores how multispecies social networks influence small farmers' perceptions of and responses to climate change across Oregon. Local food sovereignty and food system resilience depend on a robust local food system in which small farms play a critical role. To maintain their viability, small farmers must adapt to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Living between two cultures : an ethnographic study of American women converts to Islam

Creator:: Fisher, Dianna M.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the reasons for conversion to Islam for ten well-educated, Caucasian, American born women of European descent in a small, relatively affluent college town in Oregon, United States. It follows their process of constructing a new identity with their families, with friends, within the Muslim community and within...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Mapping Minerals, Charting Community: A Petrographic Study of Dalma Ware in the Chalcolithic Near East

Creator:: Buehlman-Barbeau, Savanna S.
Abstract:: The recent recovery of Dalma Ware at the archaeological site of Surezha, Northern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraqi-Kurdistan), has raised questions regarding the method of its arrival in the region (Stein 2017; Stein & Fisher 2018). In order to assess Dalma Ware’s potential modes of dispersal into Northern Mesopotamia, ceramic petrography and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

Creator:: Everson, Courtney Louise
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to use an integrated biocultural perspective to examine the decision-making processes of young survivors as they navigate breast cancer treatment and reproductive health care options. This retrospective study utilizes a mixed-methods approach that integrates quantitative survey data (Phase I) with interview (Phase II) and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Japanese animation in America and its fans

Creator:: Davis, Jesse Christian
Abstract:: This research covers Japanese animation and its popularity in the United States. It focuses on hardcore fans for whom this animation has become part of their lives. Using interviews of self-identified anime fans, this research explores how anime fandom has become a part of American life despite originating in a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: his most famous works are Astro Boy, Jungle Emperor, and Black Jack. Jungle Emperor is noteworthy

Food systems in the Marys River region and reinhabitation

Creator:: Burke, Erik P.
Abstract:: Reinhabitation is an approach to building local cultures and economies within industrial society. The food system is a vital starting point. What are the principles of reinhabitory food systems? What are the possibilities for a locally adapted food system in the Marys River region of western Oregon? I describe past...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Comparing Random and Nonrandom Spatial Patterns of Artifacts within Lithostratigraphic Unit 3 at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho

Creator:: Gregory, Alex R.
Abstract:: Archaeological investigations at the Cooper's Ferry site in Western Idaho have recovered cultural remains dating to 16,000 years ago, suggesting the oldest human occupation recorded in North America. However, many archaeologists have argued the initial peopling of North America occurred no earlier than the opening of an ice-free corridor between...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Creator:: Saylor, Kirsten N.
Abstract:: The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), piloted in Oregon in 2001, provided $100 worth of vouchers (aka coupons) to low-income seniors to buy fresh local produce from farmers at farmers' markets and roadside stands. Presented in a political ecology framework, this research integrated the perspectives of beneficiaries and their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Academic women : individual considerations and structural forces in navigating academic organizations

Creator:: Almquist, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: This dissertation is situated as the third work in a series on academic women. In 1964, Jessie Bernard published Academic Women, which provided a comprehensive assessment of the status of women in academia. Two decades later, in 1987, Angela Simeone offered insight into attempts to achieve equity for women in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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“Gold Dirt:” An Exploratory Study of Beginner Women Farmers’ Experiences with Farmland Tenure Mediating Care for Soil in Willamette Valley, Oregon

Assemblages and Adaptation: The Influence of Multispecies Social Networks on Small Farmers’ Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Change in Oregon

Living between two cultures : an ethnographic study of American women converts to Islam

Mapping Minerals, Charting Community: A Petrographic Study of Dalma Ware in the Chalcolithic Near East

Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

Japanese animation in America and its fans

Food systems in the Marys River region and reinhabitation

Comparing Random and Nonrandom Spatial Patterns of Artifacts within Lithostratigraphic Unit 3 at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho

Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Academic women : individual considerations and structural forces in navigating academic organizations

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