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  • "We see that we are not like the others" : A Case Study Exploring the Consequences of Structural Violence for the Marseillaises

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    Wiseman, Nicole S.
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    France's universalistic idea of citizenry has been complicated by a history of colonialism, racialization, and selective acceptance of difference. Although Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood) is France's motto, the consequences of colonial rule continue to impact the lives of non-autochthonous French citizens today. Since the colonial days, immigrants and...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Nicole S. Wiseman for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied

  • “Punk is Caring”: Art, Music, and Embodiment in the Pacific Northwest Punk Scene

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    Weiss, Jules S.
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    In this paper I discuss an ethnographic research project on identity embodiment among transgender and gender nonconforming punks in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S., with focus on the relationship between transgender/gender nonconforming identity and affiliation to DIY punk communities. Trans punks create a unique, hybridized subculture-based identity embodiment...
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    began with the zine J.D.’s and had a lasting effect on queer movements of resistance (Nault 2018a

  • The Norwegian-Swedish crisis of 1905

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    Fedde, Gabriel Bernhard
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    The Norwegian-Swedish Crisis of 1905 is unique because the two kingdoms, united in a dual monarchy, separated peacably. The thesis raises three questions: why did Norway want independence at all, why was the secession peacable, and can any of the factors which solved the Crisis of 1905 be injected or...
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    the Napoleonic struggle was over in the summer of 1814, Karl Johan Bernadotte, who had been

  • Just do it : an analysis of cultural factors behind the growth of Nike, Inc.

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    Chen, Roger L.
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    The success of NIKE, Inc. is deemed miracle by professionals on both Wall Street and Madison Avenue. Research done in the past tends to credit the growth of NIKE, Inc. to its marketing strategies. By placing the achievement of the company in the postmodern context, this study analyzes the cultural...
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    function of NIKE, Inc.'s athlete endorsements and contemporary sport are analyzed in a cultural context

  • Right-wing youth violence in reunited Germany

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    Derksen, Ulrike
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    Violent right-wing groups have emerged in the German youth scene since reunification in 1990. By the early 1990's, many groups of people have had to face racist violence and harassment as a threatening part of everyday life. With the social, political, economic, demographical and ideological changes which have taken place...
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    early 1990's, many groups of people have had to face racist violence and harassment as a threatening

  • American companies' criteria and values for hiring or placing expatriate employees in China

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    Habiger, Sheldon
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    This thesis examines the values and criteria American companies use in hiring or placing expatriate employees in China. These values and criteria affect the success or failure of expatriate employees and a company's bottom line - profitability. Investigating this topic required an examination of the history of the political, economic,...
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    witnessed an acquaintance of mine, Johan, "loose it." As was typical in Taiwan at that time, many small

  • Negotiating purpose : Oregon's gleaning organizations and their roles in relieving hunger and poverty

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    Drage, Kimberly T.
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    For over 25 years organized groups of low-income families in Oregon have been gathering food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing this food among organization members. The purpose of this research study is to explore the potential for these organizations (gleaning groups) to contribute not only to food...
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    combating poverty itself. As Johan Pottier in his book Anthropology and Food: The Social Dynamics of Food

  • Local resilience, canola cropping, and biodiesel production

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    Bates, Christopher Allen
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    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...
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    ). It is generally accepted that the United States peaked in production in the earlyl 970's. While the

  • Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene

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    Wind, Thad A.
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    How do fishing guides of the Cascade and Coast Range rivers negotiate the conflicting tensions between their client’s desire to experience the wild and the extractive nature based tourism of their role as fishing guides? How do they position their services relative to the environment and an imagined landscape that...
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    early 1900’s, several men began taking clients down the McKenzie River to fish, and to experience the

  • Piers Plowman, Healthcare Praxis, and the Corporal Mercies

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    MacDougall, Eric W.
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    I argue that Matthew’s seven acts of corporal mercies provide a means of reading Piers Plowman within a framework familiar to medieval audiences, but also exposes the different models of health that are at work within the poem and the soteriological significance of these healths. In chapter one, I focus...
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    physical conditions of those involved. I contend that health(s) and mercy operate in a symbiotic and