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  • Virtual Reality Art As a Pathway to Social Justice and Humanity

    Creator:
    Egan, Haley
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    This paper contains a review of the literature that inspired and informed my final Master’s art project for Applied Ethics, as well as an explanation and analysis of the art project itself. The review of literature begins with a lens into modern development, and how a history of colonization and...
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    “the pedagogy of people engaged in the fight for their own liberation.” 1 Seldom do we arrive at an

  • Chasing Tails: Stories for Refining Relationships Between Wolves & Humans

    Creator:
    Beggen, Kristina
    Abstract:
    As wolves return to their historic habitats both in Oregon and across the globe, emotions are running high between people either gladdened or disturbed by their homecoming. Prior to colonization, wolves occupied the entire Pacific Northwest alongside Indigenous peoples. However, European settlements that ultimately coalesced to form the state of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kristina Beggen for the degree of Master of Arts in Environmental

  • Translating the Animal

    Creator:
    Owen, Melody
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    My thesis in Environmental Arts and Humanities concerned the idea of animal language, as well as other posthuman ideas around animality and indistinction. I also explored virtual space as it relates to human identity, our notions of reality and perception, and the way contemporary digital artists approach animal subjectivity in...
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    Capstone Project
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    the Animal Melody Owen Environmental Arts and Humanities Thesis Show East Greenhouse Oregon State

  • Embodying Gaia: Bruno Latour’s Gaia and the Earthboundedness of Contemplative Pedagogy (a snail’s view)

    Creator:
    Schindler, Jason A.
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    Bruno Latour’s Facing Gaia provokes us to embrace our Earthboundedness to approach the problematic political ecologies of the Anthropocene. Latour’s call for the Earthbound is to re-trace networks of society, institutions, and meaning and to challenge, as enemy, those that would continue to behave as if we lived on more...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Schindler for the degree of Master of Arts in Environmental Arts and Humanities presented on December 3

  • Net Values: Social and Economic Impacts of the Oregon Marine Reserves on the Fishing Communities of Garibaldi, Depoe Bay, and Port Orford

    Creator:
    Robison, Frederick Vaughn
    Abstract:
    Net Values is an Environmental Arts & Humanities thesis that centers around a research project of the same name. The research examines individual fishers’ perceptions of adverse economic and social impacts resulting from shifted fishing effort caused by the Oregon Marine Reserves, and looks to understand how fishers use their...
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    Masters Thesis
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    challenge in life; Universalism: understanding, appreciation, tolerance, and protection for the welfare

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

    Creator:
    McKinnon, Haley
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Haley McKinnon for the

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

    Creator:
    De La Rosa, Sarah
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Sarah De La Rosa for the degree of Master of Arts in Environmental Arts and Humanities presented on

  • Solidarity’s Last Stand: Rudi Nussbaum and the Hanford Downwinders

    Creator:
    Vitale, Anthony
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    The Hanford Nuclear Reservation drew public ire during the 1980s and 1990s when activist groups forced the declassification of 19,000 documents and discovered proof of accidental and intentional releases of radioactive materials into the environment. These releases had been kept from the public. Although many locals had for decades wondered...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Anthony Vitale for the degree of Master of Arts in Environmental

  • Queering Science Writing: Bringing Marginalized Perspectives to the Mainstream

    Creator:
    Goodfriend, Olivia F.
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Brittney, thank you for being my closest friend, even from 3,000 miles away. You are the sister I always

  • Analyzing National Geographic as a Case Study for Identifying and Utilizing Narrative Strategies in Environmental Communication

    Creator:
    Chang, Kei Lin N.
    Abstract:
    National Geographic’s June 2018 magazine titled “Planet or Plastic?” drew attention to a growing problem throughout the world: ocean plastic. The eight plastic-related articles in the magazine are an example of science communication as a critical method of not only disseminating information but also raising awareness of the marine debris...
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    for the degree of Master of Arts in Environmental Arts and Humanities presented on September 10