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Neo-Ottoman perspectives : Turkish identity and culinary culture in a sociopolitical context

Creator:: Kinoğlu, Sera D.
Abstract:: As Turkey's cultural and economic climate has experienced dramatic shifts in accordance with its changing role in global society, a neo-Ottoman movement has taken root in recent years which can offer insight into the new Turkish identity. This sociopolitical movement captures a diverse set of cultural attributes through a contemporary...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Turkish Identity and Culinary Culture in a Sociopolitical Context Abstract approved: David A

Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene

Creator:: Wind, Thad A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ David A. McMurray How do fishing guides of the Cascade and Coast Range rivers negotiate

A study of acculturation : ORMU57, Portland's Old Chinatown, ca. 1870-1920

Creator:: Wernz, Maralee
Abstract:: This archaeological based research uses ceramics in the study of acculturation from a site excavated by an urban archaeology contract firm, and utilizes the theories of consumer choice, ethnicity and acculturation. Artifact analysis took place in the form of minimum vessel counts, artifact relative frequencies, and Chinese artifact values, as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ORMU57, Portland's Old Chinatown, ca. 1870-1 920. Abstract approved: David Brauner This

Truth, justice, and the American way : what Superman teaches us about the American Dream and changing values within the United States

Creator:: Karp, Lauren N.
Abstract:: This thesis is a study of the changes in the cultural definition of the American Dream. I have chosen to use Superman comics, from 1938 to the present day, as litmus tests for how we have societally interpreted our ideas of “success” and the “American Way.” This work is primarily...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 6 of the Comic Book (2004) and David Hadju’s The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great

Chinese and International Engineers on the Belt and Road: Culture, Knowledge and Lives on a Renewable Energy Project

Creator:: Zhuo, Chen
Abstract:: Energy issues are becoming one of the most pressing topics in today's political and cultural landscape, particularly in the midst of the climate crisis. Globally, a variety of renewable energy projects are under development to meet energy demand without continuing to overburden the natural environment of our planet, with profound...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: auto-ethnographical details (Reed-Danahay, 1997; Ellis 2004; Chang 2016) when compiling Chinese

The political economy of birth choice : mothers' experiences seeking homebirth care in a felonious state

Creator:: Grinager, Grace C.
Abstract:: In this ethnographic study, I examine how women living in downstate Illinois decide to give birth at home. I view decision-making as a process that unfolds throughout pregnancy and continues into the postpartum period, contextualizing "choice" in a region where homebirth is a politically and socially marginalized practice. The methodology...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Cheyney, Dr. Chunhuei Chi, Dr. Norma Cardenas, and Dr. David McMurray. Thank you to all my

Immigrant encounters : film narratives of the modern immigrant

Creator:: Yeager, Angela L.
Abstract:: This thesis employs a narrative analysis of more than twenty-five films that are centrally concerned with immigrants and the immigrant experience. In Part One, drawing from the work of Yosefa Loshitzky, I will focus on films that feature an immigrant lead character. In Part Two, I will explore movies that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Ellis Island in the appropriately named film The Immigrant, audiences in American and Western

Independent Volunteer Travelers in Nepal

Creator:: Douglas, Heather F.
Abstract:: The objective of this research is to shed light on the phenomenon of independent volunteer traveling. It represents a form of tourism in which travelers independently organize their own volunteer efforts and typically provide assistance to local people in return for room and board. Travelers operate outside the confines of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: advice to me, every step of the way. Dr. David McMurray: Thank you for taking on this responsibility at

Decaying in Storage: The Closures of Three Nuclear Reactors in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Oney, Celia E.
Abstract:: People involved in a nuclear activity, whether they are developing it, benefiting from it, or opposing it, see inherent connections between various aspects of nuclear science and technology. This thesis investigates three nuclear sites: a university research reactor, a dual-purpose reactor that produced plutonium for the U.S. military and electricity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Linda Richards, Marisa Chappell, and David Bernell. Thanks also to Trina Hogg for her advice and

Changing pastoral lifeways in the land where the horse was king : the effects of China's Grassland Contract Policy on Mongolian herders' attitudes towards grassland management and cooperation

Creator:: Conte, Thomas J.
Abstract:: This thesis explore the effects of China's Grassland Contract policy on sedentary and mobile Inner Mongolian pastoralists' attitudes towards cooperation, current grassland management practices, and the future viability of livestock herding in New Barag Right Banner, Inner Mongolia. Semi-structured interviews, a scaled survey instrument, and participant observation were carried out...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. David Hannaway for their guidance in the data analysis and research design process. I am also

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Neo-Ottoman perspectives : Turkish identity and culinary culture in a sociopolitical context

Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene

A study of acculturation : ORMU57, Portland's Old Chinatown, ca. 1870-1920

Truth, justice, and the American way : what Superman teaches us about the American Dream and changing values within the United States

Chinese and International Engineers on the Belt and Road: Culture, Knowledge and Lives on a Renewable Energy Project

The political economy of birth choice : mothers' experiences seeking homebirth care in a felonious state

Immigrant encounters : film narratives of the modern immigrant

Independent Volunteer Travelers in Nepal

Decaying in Storage: The Closures of Three Nuclear Reactors in the Pacific Northwest

Changing pastoral lifeways in the land where the horse was king : the effects of China's Grassland Contract Policy on Mongolian herders' attitudes towards grassland management and cooperation

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