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  • Earth First! : An Ethnography of Communication

    Creator:
    Vondracek, Julie A.
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    This study examined the culture of Earth First!, an environmental activist movement. The study was limited to two groups of Earth First! in the Northwest, Corvallis and Eugene. The goal was to discover what it is to be a communicatively competent member of Earth First! The method used to address...
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    Earth First! : an ethnography of communication AN

  • Science Through the Lens of Art

    Creator:
    Garton, Elizabeth
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    There is a connection between science and art. This study is specifically looking at the connection between soil science, art, and biochemistry. The traditional display of research in the sciences is in a written form such as a manuscript or journal article. To challenge this traditional presentation of scientific knowledge...
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    Science Through the Lens of Art 1 Science Through the

  • Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

    Creator:
    Read, Richard Thomas
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    In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
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    of Sciences (1892-1897?) and before the professionally oriented Oregon Academy of Science (1943

  • Gender and Race Stereotypes in Advertisements in Science, 2004-2006

    Creator:
    Atwood-Wheeler, Kathryn
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    This study documents the occurrence of stereotypical representations of gender, race, and other characteristics in individuals that appear in advertisements in the prestigious academic journal Science. It repeats and expands upon a study conducted by Mary Barbercheck (2001) that analyzed advertisements in Science between 1995 and 1997. In this study,...
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    of Science’s (AAAS) weekly academic journal Science presents both important scientific information

  • Archival Anthropometry: An Analysis of the Anthropometric Data of Native American Children Gathered by Franz Boas, 1888-1902

    Creator:
    Kirkpatrick, Kristin A.
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    Franz Boas collected anthropometric data on approximately 15,000 people from over 200 Native American tribal groups between 1888 and 1902. Twelve basic measurements were taken: standing height, shoulder height, height to digit III, arm span, sitting height, shoulder width, head length and width, face height and breadth, and nose height...
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    degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Anthropology, Anthropology, and Earth

  • Simply Simulation: What a Birth Simulator Says About the Birthing Process

    Creator:
    Nevin, Fiona K.
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    Modern technology has provided many new opportunities in medicine, one of which is improved learning through simulation. One of the newest incarnations of robotic simulation dolls is the Victoria S2200 produced by Gaumard scientific company. With the recent surge of technological advancement in simulation dolls there has been little research...
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    degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Speech Communication, History of Science, and

  • Community-based sea turtle conservation in Baja, Mexico : integrating science and culture

    Creator:
    Bird, Kristin E.
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    This thesis discusses both theoretical and practical considerations inherent in conducting community-based research within a case study of sea turtle conservation in Baja California, Mexico. A brief background, including the general ecology, status and distribution of sea turtles of the Baja peninsula is presented, with an overview of the current...
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    Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Applied Anthropology. Wildlife Science, and Philosophy

  • The Morphology of Goethe’s Botanical Work

    Creator:
    Hahn, Andre M.
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    This thesis examines the morphology of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) through several lenses. The first explores Goethe's morphology as he applied it in his botanical work and supplies an explanation of what Goethe referred to as archetypal phenomena and the archetypal plant. The scope of exploration then broadens to...
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    Andre M. Hahn for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in History of Science

  • Family Sustainable Survival and the Advocacy Response Scale based on Rural Perspectives of Additives and Chemical Exposures

    Creator:
    Winterbourne, Amber H. S.
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    Learning is lifelong, life-wide and life-deep, meaning it happens anywhere, at any time (Banks, et al., 2007). The implications of learning with intent, is where “free choice learning” began (Falk and Dierking, 2002; 2010). Families play a vital role in developing an integrated curriculum including: rural anthropology (epigenetics, tribalism), Geosciences...
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    , and Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences presented on June 8, 2018. Title: Family Sustainable

  • Visitor Behavior at the Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center Aquarium

    Creator:
    Tissot, Susan Gaughan
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    Visitor behavior research has become an essential component to many museum programs. Since its opening to the public in 1965, Oregon State University's Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center Aquarium in Newport, it has been visited by millions of people. A clear understanding of who this audience was and what...
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    Science Center Aquarium in Newport, it has been visited by millions of people. A clear understanding of