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  • An Enthnobotanical Analysis of Basketry

    Creator:
    Fluharty, Suzanne M.
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    The focus of my thesis is ethnobotany which seeks to examine botanical resources and their context within particular cultures. My ethnographic research identifies and interprets the cultural processes woven into Oregon's coastal basketry through spirituality, environmental habitats, and utilized plant species. This is augmented with botanical research addressing the question...
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    the historic and archeological data, James Adovasio published what has become the reference for

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

    Creator:
    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    revolutions (2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Price, D. J. (1963). Little science, big

  • “I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

    Creator:
    Anderson, Anna
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    This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the standpoint of how instructors experience it and understand themselves to communicate it to their students, particularly students from different cultural backgrounds. The research method used was ethnographic analysis of a classroom observation and a one-hour semi-structured interview with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    James Clifford (1988) defines culture as “always relational, an inscription of communicative processes

  • Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

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    Hanna, Erika L.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine how members of the Oregon State University polo team negotiate aspects of their social identity. Over the course of the 2011-2012 school year, 15 interviews and 30 hours of observations were conducted. From the data, five overarching themes were identified: inclusion as...
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    Masters Thesis
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    York by way of the American publisher, James Gordon Bennet (Dale, 1905). In 1876, Bennet returned

  • Perspectives from the Ranching Culture in the 1990's : Addressing Mythological and Environmental Concerns

    Creator:
    Steward, Judith A.
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    Ideals of freedom, independence, and land ownership helped form and perpetuate the mythology of ranching in the United States. However, stereotypes emerged as a result of distortion from the media and the move away from the land. Social philosophies changed regarding the environment, land use, and the health and safety...
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    gone bad was created--the gunslinger, such as Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and others. The latter

  • Weaving Walt : A rhetorical exploration of narrative techniques within Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

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    Seuser, Christina N.
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    The Disney Company is an inescapable force in American life that is often detached from the stigma of big business and instead viewed as something particularly valuable, the United States’ foremost storyteller. In addition to the stories that the Disney Company produces through its animated and live-action productions, there is...
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  • Multiethnic women's identity and perceptions of competent communication

    Creator:
    Hilliard, Cynthea R.
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    This study identified some of the ways that multiethnic women describe their ethnic identities, how they perceive ethnic-specific gender identities and what they think are appropriate norms for, and effective outcomes of, communicative behavior. Twelve multiethnic women described their ethnic identity names or labels, and ethnic-specific gender identities; they also...
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    Respondent #9 35 T1.j Respondent #10 35 Tl.k Respondent #11 36 T1.1 Respondent #12 36 T1 Composite of