Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Advisor Smith, Courtland L. Remove constraint Advisor: Smith, Courtland L. Degree Field Applied Anthropology Remove constraint Degree Field: Applied Anthropology

Search Results

  • Cape Scene & the path to a conscientious tourism product

    Creator:
    Sykes, Kimberly M.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Scene & The Path To A Conscientious Tourism Product Abstract approved Courtland L. Smith Many

  • An anthropological response to the call for cultural midwives based on three case studies of communities

    Creator:
    Pickering, Kristin Leigh Morgan
    Abstract:
    The ecological crisis, recognized by scientists as well as an increasing number of lay people urges a response from a variety of disciplines. The consideration of sustainability requires the help of a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, which can contribute an ability to identify cultural patterns that impede cultural change...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Approved ( Courtland L. Smith The ecological crisis, recognized by scientists as well as an increasing

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

    Creator:
    Donckers, Jana L.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Courtland L. Smith As a result of academic research into the effects of mass travel, an industry of

  • Using PLACE mapping to improve public participation in Tillamook County, Oregon riparian action planning

    Creator:
    Primozich, David
    Abstract:
    In the fall and winter of 1999/2000, efforts by federal, state, and local agencies to restore salmon habitat by protecting land adjacent to rivers and streams drew intense responses citizens in the Pacific Northwest. Despite efforts to "involve" citizens in the development of riparian protection policies, many did not believe...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Improve Public Abstract approved Courtland L. Smith In the fail and winter of 1999/2000, efforts by

  • Local resilience, canola cropping, and biodiesel production

    Creator:
    Bates, Christopher Allen
    Abstract:
    New technology may have negative, as well as positive, effects on a sociocultural system. Biodiesel is growing in popularity as a fuel alternative that addresses global warming and reduces dependency on petroleum. The biodiesel innovation fits well into the existing behavioral infrastructure of Linn and Benton Counties, Oregon. The introduction...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    . Canola Cropping. and Biodiesel Production Abstract approved: Courtland L. Smith New technology may

  • Nature and culture in two Pacific Northwest timber-dependent communities

    Creator:
    Six, Amanda
    Abstract:
    Timber-dependent, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest face dramatic economic, political, and cultural change. New philosophies of forest management, primarily formulated in urban communities, require new approaches to the use and extraction of resources. What are the roles of rural communities that wish to adapt and sustain themselves? Two rural...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Courtland L. Smith Timber-dependent, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest face dramatic economic

  • 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:
    Redacted for privacy Redacted for privacy ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to thank Dr. Courtland Smith and

  • Working in a Korean hagwon: a native English teacher's view

    Creator:
    Hendrickson, Lyla B.
    Abstract:
    My thesis explains the several problems that arise when a person from a Western English speaking country goes to work as an English teacher at private institutes in South Korea. It is based on my own experiences when I worked as an English teacher at private institutes in South Korea...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Hagwon-A Native English Teacher's View. Abstract approved: Courtland L. Smith My thesis explains the

  • Conservation programs from the farmer's perspective : where is the greener grass?

    Creator:
    Gibson, Jennifer S.
    Abstract:
    On the national level, landowners demand for conservation programs like EQIP and WRP has far outstripped federal funding in 2001. Yet within Oregon's Willamette Valley, both EQIP and CREP have had a rough time gaining momentum. Much of the past research on rural landowners' conservation participation has relied on surveys...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    from the Farmers' Perspective: Where is the Greener Grass? Courtland L. Smith On the national level

  • Community perceptions of flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat in Thomas Creek watershed of Oregon

    Creator:
    Doolittle, Lisa
    Abstract:
    The complexity of human/riverine systems has led to an increasing focus on land use patterns and policy. My goal is to understand the dynamics of a coupled human and natural system. The central question is how people in the community of Scio, Oregon perceive flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    the fact that only a few projects proposed were actually constructed. As Courtland Smith (1973: 78