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Children of Mexican migrant farmworkers in Oregon : experiences and challenges with belonging

Creator:: Crawford, Ashley
Abstract:: This thesis explores the experiences and negotiations of belonging for children of Mexican migrant farmworkers in Oregon. Ethnographic data was collected over the course of several months with Mexican migrant farmworkers and their children in agricultural fields in Oregon and at Oregon State University. The children in this project have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Making a New Mexican Cuisine: An Exploratory Study of Food Security and the Cultivation of Culinary Subjectivities in a First-generation Mexican Immigrant Community

Creator:: Esteban, Emily E.
Abstract:: In 2010, Mexican cuisine was declared as intangible cultural heritage, integral to Mexican identity and necessary to preserve for the good of humanity. Despite this recognition, first-generation Mexican communities in the United States face an exacerbated likelihood of experiencing food insecurity. In most United States studies, understanding the relationship between...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: items within the group (Bernard 2011). Pozole, listed by all 6 participants, holds high value within

Exploring Income, Housing Space, and Cultural Perceptions in Relationship to Food Security in Full-time RV Households

Creator:: McGonagall, Odhran Mason
Abstract:: This thesis explores the relationships that income and housing space limitations have with regard to food security in full-time recreational vehicle (RV) households. This research used a scaled survey tool and a subset questionnaire to gather information on RV dwellers' housing and kitchen spaces along with participants' food shopping, storage,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: that my efforts can make a difference; and to Sherman, Cassie, Leo, and Ziza for giving endless

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

Demystifying the Sensationalism of Human Trafficking: an Anthropological Study on the Systemic Exploitation of Migrant Labor in Tuscany, Italy

Creator:: Marconi, Veronica
Abstract:: In the last twenty years, human trafficking has gained attention in government agendas and media coverage, while anti-trafficking projects have burgeoned worldwide. Anti-trafficking efforts, however, have almost exclusively addressed the issue of sex trafficking with a focus on rescuing women, while overlooking other types of exploitation. This is noteworthy, given...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: purposive and snowball sampling (Bernard 2011), I conducted a total of 50 in-depth interviews (4

Pregnancy, class and biomedical power : factors influencing the prenatal care experiences of low-income women in an Oregon community

Creator:: Pearce, Laurie Kathleen
Abstract:: Low-income women in an Oregon city of approximately 35,000 inhabitants have limited access to prenatal care services during their pregnancies. The purpose of this study was to uncover the impacts of several factors on the experiences of twenty-seven health department clients with public health department prenatal care practitioners and with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: care community that was the focus of my work is comprised of several "actors" as Leo Chavez terms the

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:: . This skill takes time for anthropologists to develop (Bernard 2006). To discuss cultural barriers at

The Grizzly Bear and the Deer : the history of Federal Indian Policy and its impact on the Coast Reservation tribes of Oregon, 1856-1877

Creator:: Van Laere, M. Susan
Abstract:: The Coast Reservation of Oregon was established under Executive Order of President Franklin Pierce in November, 1855, as a homeland for the southern Oregon tribes. It was an immense, isolated wilderness, parts of which had burned earlier in the century. There were some prairies where farming was possible, but because...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

Creator:: Leaver, Jennifer Jensen
Abstract:: In the United States during the last 30 years there has been a shift from extractive natural resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past century, a growing national support for environmental protection has influenced a lengthening list of national and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: " and provided me with great company, friendship and assistance; my uncle, Leo, for his limitless

The expansion of Catholicism : an exploration of St. Joseph's College, the first Catholic boarding school for boys within the Oregon territory

Creator:: Hill, Cayla L.
Abstract:: St. Joseph's College was located within St. Paul, Oregon, the first Roman Catholic mission in the Pacific Northwest. The St. Paul mission was finally established in 1839 by Father Francois Blanchet, four years after the French-Canadian settlers in the area, appropriately known as French Prairie, had requested the presence of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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ScholarsArchive@OSU

Children of Mexican migrant farmworkers in Oregon : experiences and challenges with belonging

Making a New Mexican Cuisine: An Exploratory Study of Food Security and the Cultivation of Culinary Subjectivities in a First-generation Mexican Immigrant Community

Exploring Income, Housing Space, and Cultural Perceptions in Relationship to Food Security in Full-time RV Households

Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

Demystifying the Sensationalism of Human Trafficking: an Anthropological Study on the Systemic Exploitation of Migrant Labor in Tuscany, Italy

Pregnancy, class and biomedical power : factors influencing the prenatal care experiences of low-income women in an Oregon community

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

The Grizzly Bear and the Deer : the history of Federal Indian Policy and its impact on the Coast Reservation tribes of Oregon, 1856-1877

Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

The expansion of Catholicism : an exploration of St. Joseph's College, the first Catholic boarding school for boys within the Oregon territory

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