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Yoga Philosophy as a Framework for Ethical Yoga Tourism: Avoiding Harm and Traveling Responsibly in the Era of the Anthropocene

Creator:: Mylan, Jessica A.
Abstract:: Contemporary spiritual tourism impacts many stakeholders including environmental ecosystems, tourists, tourist operators, and community members. Increasingly, in the era of the Anthropocene, there is a need for ethical guidance to inform spiritual tourism so as to mitigate social injustice and environmental degradation. This research project investigates the potential for the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Seeing the Ocean For the Whales: How Whales Get Lost in the Sea of Human Perceptions

Creator:: McKinnon, Haley
Abstract:: Humans have always been fascinated with whales; from prominent features in mythology, to stories of terrifying monsters on the high seas, to globalized utility, to symbolic wildness and radical environmentalism, to figures and statistics, how have human relationships with whales been understood throughout time? Because humans have a need to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Crossing the Human: Posthumanist Deviations in Cormac McCarthy’s The Border Trilogy

Creator:: Johnson, Anthony
Abstract:: This thesis argues that the first two novels of Cormac McCarthy’s The Border Trilogy mark a sharp turn from the antihumanism of his earlier ‘Southern’ novels to a more affective exploration of posthumanist subjectivity within a world dominated by social discourse and metanarratives. In my examination of All the Pretty...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Farms in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Loewenstern, Eli
Abstract:: This thesis examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on farms in the Willamette Valley. Using semi-structured interviews, this study analyzes the economic and social challenges created by the pandemic and the adaptation strategies farmers employed to build resilience within the food system. This study found that the farmers experienced...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"Pretty When You Cry": Feminine Melancholia in the Age of Social Media

Creator:: Hurwitz, Madeline
Abstract:: This thesis examines the internet phenomenon of the “Sad Girl,” a name given to young women who identify and present themselves as inherently melancholic people online. I position the internet community of the Sad Girl, which spans across three social media platforms, Tumblr, TikTok, and Instagram, within a larger history...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Beyond Borders: Understanding the Interplay of Factors in Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Creator:: De La Rosa, Sarah
Abstract:: This thesis explores the intricate issues surrounding migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, offering diverse perspectives and insights into its drivers, consequences, and ethical dimensions. Through three comprehensive papers, this research offers a nuanced analysis of the complex dynamics influencing the migration crisis. The first examines the historical and theoretical factors...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Feminized in Form, Non-Linear in Practice: Diaspora in Asian American Poetics

Creator:: Norris, Precious
Abstract:: Asian American poetry is often considered a subcategory of poetry centered on the poets’ backgrounds. However, this project engages with the complexity of Asian American identity and experience as they trickle down from the poets, to their works, to interpretations of their art. Thus, I contend that these poets’ engagement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Queering Science Writing: Bringing Marginalized Perspectives to the Mainstream

Creator:: Goodfriend, Olivia F.
Abstract:: Within the field of science communication, the voices, perspectives, and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community have long been kept at the margins. This has led to a gap in material that recognizes queer individuals and communities as audiences, communicators, and stakeholders in STEM. I address this gap by generating a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Falling Into Place: Relational Perspectives on the US Creative Residency Field

Creator:: Baker, Jay A.
Abstract:: Falling Into Place: Relational Perspectives on the US Creative Residency Field is an Environmental Arts & Humanities thesis built around a research project called Creative Residencies and Expanded Senses of Community: Interviews With Artists & Residency Leaders. It’s an extended meditation on arts residencies via research, interviews, and experiential learning,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Our “dead keep up the simple habits of the living”: Queer Digital Ephemerality in the Victorian Roman à Clef

Creator:: Snyder, Christin
Abstract:: Many queer scholars have made the turn away from orientations that treat Victorian queerness as either “lost” or “hidden.” Adding more complexity to literary theories which center practices of “revealing” queer artifacts, Sharon Marcus, for instance, argues queer encounters exist at the surfaces of Victorian literature. In addition, Anjali Arondekar’s...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Yoga Philosophy as a Framework for Ethical Yoga Tourism: Avoiding Harm and Traveling Responsibly in the Era of the Anthropocene

Seeing the Ocean For the Whales: How Whales Get Lost in the Sea of Human Perceptions

Crossing the Human: Posthumanist Deviations in Cormac McCarthy’s The Border Trilogy

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Farms in the Willamette Valley

"Pretty When You Cry": Feminine Melancholia in the Age of Social Media

Beyond Borders: Understanding the Interplay of Factors in Migration at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Feminized in Form, Non-Linear in Practice: Diaspora in Asian American Poetics

Queering Science Writing: Bringing Marginalized Perspectives to the Mainstream

Falling Into Place: Relational Perspectives on the US Creative Residency Field

Our “dead keep up the simple habits of the living”: Queer Digital Ephemerality in the Victorian Roman à Clef

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