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

Creator:: Schindler, Jason A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Earthboundedness of Contemplative Pedagogy (a snail's view) AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jason A

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:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jessica A. Mylan for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Ethics

Construction and test of a cloud chamber for use with a Geiger counter

Creator:: Crews, Robert Wayne
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Construction and test of a cloud chamber for use with a

Giving Birth to Reality : Experiences of Motherhood in the Stories of Eminent Tibetan Buddhist Practitioners

Creator:: Gallagher, Katelin
Abstract:: Tibetan Buddhism has offered two distinct, seemingly dichotomous perspectives about motherhood as it relates to traversing the spiritual path. In the first, mothering is the antithesis to spiritual development and realization, as it tethers a practitioner to the mundane duties of saṃsāra, the cycle of rebirth and suffering, propelling her...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : __________________________________________________________________ Stuart R. Sarbacker Tibetan Buddhism has offered two distinct, seemingly dichotomous

Dissonance of the Self: Applying the Philosophy of Patañjali’s Yogasūtra to the Effects of Prolonged Engagement in Virtual Synchronous Platforms

Creator:: Darshana, Jocelyn D.
Abstract:: This thesis analyzes contributing factors to Zoom Fatigue and the issues surrounding “attentional dissonance,” or a feeling of tension or rupture between actual and virtual self-perception. The research examines current literature on Zoom Fatigue, and uses the sociological theory of Dramaturgical Analysis, developed by Erving Goffman, to further assess the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _______________________________________________________________ Stuart R. Sarbacker This thesis analyzes contributing factors to Zoom Fatigue and

Taking a Stand: Promoting Val Plumwood’s Intentional Recognition Stance as an Ethical Solution for Addressing Climate Crisis and Environmental Degradation

Creator:: Meeks, Austin
Abstract:: This thesis argues for the importance of justice of recognition not only for humans, but the entire non-human world in the face of environmental destruction and climate crisis. The common response to the degradation of the world’s ecological sphere is to act with technological, scientific, and material based responses. However,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Ethics presented on June 6, 2022. Title: Taking a

Cosmopolitan Communitarianism: Embracing Nonviolence through an Ecological Perspective

Creator:: Henschke, Stefan
Abstract:: In order to advocate for a nonviolent future, I argue throughout this thesis that we must redefine our sense of self within a social context. I assert that Communitarianism, which seeks balance between the individual and their many overlapping communities, can situate our identities as less absolute and more constitutive...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: around them. Similarly, according to John Stuart Mill’s harm principle, a central tenet of liberalism

The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

Creator:: Stone, Helen Delight
Abstract:: Site ORYA3, the Smith House, is located in Dayton, Oregon. The archaeological project originated because owners of this structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, applied for a demolition permit. The 1859 home, first occupied by two early Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: preservation construction contractor, acquired a small plot of land along with the Smith house and began

Empowering others and empowering ourselves : a case study of community health workers in a mental health project

Creator:: McNeil-Delaney, Oona D.
Abstract:: The Surgeon General of the United States in 2003 documented the existence of striking disparities for minorities and immigrants in mental health services and the underlying knowledge base. This thesis expands the knowledge base by examining the personal experiences and perspectives of community health workers (CHWs) employed in a mental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Empowering Ourselves: A Case Study of Community Health Workers in a Mental Health Project

Theoretical perspectives on Latin American indigenous development, with reference to a case study of Cebadas, Ecuador

Creator:: Ocana, Juan Carlos
Abstract:: This thesis presents a discussion of the main materialistic theories proposed to explain the process of development among the indigenous population of Latin America. Four theoretical approaches are presented and discussed. The first one deals with the social group referred to as peasants. The second one explains the process of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: countryside (see Lehmann 1982b, Smith 1989). According to David Lehmann (1 982a:2), the development of a

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

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

Construction and test of a cloud chamber for use with a Geiger counter

Giving Birth to Reality : Experiences of Motherhood in the Stories of Eminent Tibetan Buddhist Practitioners

Dissonance of the Self: Applying the Philosophy of Patañjali’s Yogasūtra to the Effects of Prolonged Engagement in Virtual Synchronous Platforms

Taking a Stand: Promoting Val Plumwood’s Intentional Recognition Stance as an Ethical Solution for Addressing Climate Crisis and Environmental Degradation

Cosmopolitan Communitarianism: Embracing Nonviolence through an Ecological Perspective

The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

Empowering others and empowering ourselves : a case study of community health workers in a mental health project

Theoretical perspectives on Latin American indigenous development, with reference to a case study of Cebadas, Ecuador

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