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

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    Little, Peter C.
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    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...
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    this dissertation in particular. I am also grateful for the support and kindness of Anna Harding in

  • Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

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    Hammer, Michaela
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    After decades of expert-based modernization efforts that have had profound negative impacts on human and environmental health, Ecuador is currently pursuing a rights-based, participatory development paradigm known as sumak kawsay or "the good life". Despite its promises of inclusion and interculturality, this approach continues to rely on highly trained specialists,...
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    !period!and!young!child!feeding.!! Mothers!often!treat!the!most!common!child!illnesses!at!home!with!a

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

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    Spiese, Caroline E.
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    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...
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    . Growing up, I always heard of my grandpa’s negative experience as a child of Italian immigrants. If

  • Barbie Feathers: Writing Native Women

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    Hedges, Jamie Lewis
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    Literature has often misrepresented Natives and women. I involved Native Women in researching and editing my novel to fairly and accurately represent them. in open-ended interviews they described their experiences of nature, enjoyment, and discrimination as well as their critiques of the novel itself. Descriptions were of discrimination as perceived...
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  • Shattered lives : understanding obstetric fistula in Uganda

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    Ruder, Bonnie J.
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    In Uganda, there are an estimated 200,000 women suffering from obstetric fistula, with 1,900 new cases expected annually. These figures, combined with a persistently high maternal mortality rate, have led to an international discourse that claims the solution to improving maternal health outcomes is facility-based delivery with a skilled birth...
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    ………………………………………………………………….. 49 The Fourth Delay: The Delay in Receiving Treatment for Fistulas; Anna Margaret’s Story

  • Chronic low back pain : patient perceptions and treatment trajectories in Australia's medical system

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    Miller, Carissa (Carissa Marie)
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    The perplexing condition of chronic pain, particularly low back pain, is the catalyst for interest in this research project. It is specifically focused on treatment trajectories of individuals experiencing chronic low back pain. The predominant interest is the utilization of alternative treatments and that of mainstream medicine (also referred to...
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    ............................................... 71 Case Study 1 -Anna .......................................... 71 Initial Interview

  • Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing community

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    Marshall, Lindsay J.
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    In this thesis, I examine the experiences of breastfeeding mothers who chose to give birth with Certified Professional Midwives at a free-standing birth center, and the factors that influence their known high rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. Using grounded theory and data collected from participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and...
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    even one year is a long time and breastfeeding a child longer than that is unnecessary and therefore

  • Perceptions of language change : a case study in Veneto

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    Falda, Adelia
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    The purpose of this thesis is to explore the current linguistic situation of the Venetian language (a minority language spoken in the northeastern Italian region of Veneto) and its relationship with Italian, the official language of Italy. This is a study of Venetian people and how they are reacting to...
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    Veneto, I have learned to understand and appreciate Venetian more than I did as a child. In order to

  • Rhetoric versus practice : strategic language education and socialization of immigrant children in Sweden, the preschool years

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    Nordlander, Amy Nastrom
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    Sweden's changing demographics, due to recent migrations in the last fifty years, have affected the Swedish educational system and Sweden's language policy. Funding for special education in Sweden regarding its minority populations is on the decline. Previous forced linguistic assimilation has occurred in Sweden among the Finnish population to the...
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    . The policy in Sweden aimed, "to support cultural ties, at the same time it stresses that every child

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

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    Almquist, Jennifer M.
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    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...
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    ......................................................................................................................281  Anna