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Living with a military base : a study of the relationship between a US military base and Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan

Creator:: Yoshikawa, Hideki
Abstract:: This thesis is an exploratory and descriptive study of the relationship between a US military base and Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan, presented in the form of ethnography. Guided by James Scott's theory of "weapons of the weak," it explores the relationship between the two in terms of how the townspeople...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kevin R. Stoller for the degree of

Why they volunteer : a study of participants at nature conservancy work parties

Creator:: Hastings, Kevin L.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the motivations of ecological restoration volunteers with the Oregon chapter of The Nature Conservancy. This study helps fill in voids left by a lack of research on the motivations of ecological restoration volunteers. Studies that have explored restoration volunteer motivation relied largely on surveys that revealed altruistic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kevin L. Hastings III for the

James Joyce's critique of "Faubourg Saint Patrice" : Ulysses, the Catholic Panopticon, and religious dressage

Creator:: Nelson, John C. M.
Abstract:: In his works, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Ulysses (1922), James Joyce demonstrates what he perceives to be the paralyzing effects of those institutionalized religions that sit at the center of cultures. Drawing on Michel Foucault's analysis of institutional dressage as well as his...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Neil R. Davison In his works, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Ulysses (1922

Advertising strategy and anthropology : a focused look at consumers and their organizing devices

Creator:: Whiddon, Jeremiah J.
Abstract:: This thesis was designed and written with advertising stakeholders in mind. The aim of my thesis is to illustrate how listening to and understanding the behavior and voices of consumers from the perspective of a trained anthropologist can improve advertising strategies. My instruments for conducting this research include an in-depth...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Anthropology: A Focused Look at Consumers and their Organizing Devices. Abstract approved Nancy R

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
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Stuart R. Sarbacker Contemporary spiritual tourism impacts many stakeholders including

The body of a patient and rational treatment in the managed care era

Creator:: Sumii, Kensuke
Abstract:: This study aims to identify conceptions of the body, as well as "rational" treatment among primary care practitioners (PCPs) and emergency medicine practitioners (EMPs) dealing with managed care plans. I conducted ethnographic study throughout 1996, and interviewed six PCPs and four EMPs. In the course of my interviews, I discovered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Managed Care Era. Abstract approved: Nancy R. R. Rosenberger This study aims to identify conceptions

'That life of commonplace sacrifices' : representations of womanhood in Irish Catholic culture in James Joyce's Dubliners

Creator:: McGrory, Suzette L.
Abstract:: Traditional interpretations of James Joyce's Dubliners have often focused on the pervasive "paralysis" of the city, covered in the stories' range of "childhood, adolescence, maturity, and public life." However, these approaches have limited their focus on the women in the stories, often spotlighting the male characters--and the author--through a Freudian...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: Neil R. Davison Traditional interpretations of James Joyce's Dubliners have often

From teacups to lumber : archaeological site content and integrity of the Copeland Site (35BE90), Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Kanaby, Kara M.
Abstract:: This thesis describes the archaeological site content and integrity of the Copeland site (35BE90) in Corvallis, Oregon. The Copeland site is owned by the Benton County Historical Society and is the future home of the Benton County Historical Museum. In 2001, an Oregon State University archaeological field school was conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: David R. Brauner This thesis describes the archaeological site content and integrity of the Copeland

Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyes

Creator:: Isono, Maho
Abstract:: There has been a growing interest in eating disorders among Singaporean medical professionals since the 1990s, and the Singaporean public is also starting to become aware of the risks of these conditions. This ethnographic research on eating disorders in Singapore, conducted in 2001, however, found that the majority of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: important articles from Japan, and also to Kevin and Kyle who always made me relax and helped me with

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Living with a military base : a study of the relationship between a US military base and Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Why they volunteer : a study of participants at nature conservancy work parties

James Joyce's critique of "Faubourg Saint Patrice" : Ulysses, the Catholic Panopticon, and religious dressage

Advertising strategy and anthropology : a focused look at consumers and their organizing devices

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

The body of a patient and rational treatment in the managed care era

'That life of commonplace sacrifices' : representations of womanhood in Irish Catholic culture in James Joyce's Dubliners

From teacups to lumber : archaeological site content and integrity of the Copeland Site (35BE90), Corvallis, Oregon

Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyes

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