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Using Photographic Storytelling To Cultivate Intercultural Awareness And Understanding With Immigrant And Refugee-Background Students, Sarah Lizdas
MA TESOL Collection
Photographs are an important visual aid to share our stories and expressions of culture. The need is great for the voices and stories of immigrant and refugee-background students to be heard, if they choose to share their stories. As English teachers, we can invite our students to participate in the contribution of an asset-based discourse rather than a deficit one regarding immigrants and refugee-background people in the US. How can we do this through ethnographic inquiry using photographs and storytelling? This paper includes a literature review to explore how photography and storytelling have been used to facilitate inter-cultural awareness and …
Chinese Culture And Postmodern Diplomacy, Jeremy C. Wooden
Chinese Culture And Postmodern Diplomacy, Jeremy C. Wooden
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
The United States presently finds itself standing at a remarkable historical juncture. As the world's only "remaining superpower," it enjoys the benefit of military superiority, economic prosperity, and vast cultural influence. Yet despite its seeming superiority to other nations -or, perhaps, in spite of it- the future is not necessarily secured for the United States. While Americans may be able to take American power for granted, there is a general sense that the United States is either at or near the apex of its influence; that, as Samuel Huntington has argued, while the U.S. will remain strong, its strength …
A History And Cultural Resource Site Recordation Of Ogden Center And The Home Of Truth Cooperative Settlement, Heather M. Weymouth
A History And Cultural Resource Site Recordation Of Ogden Center And The Home Of Truth Cooperative Settlement, Heather M. Weymouth
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The purpose of this project was to complete an intensive level cultural resource inventory of the historic property known as Ogden Center and the Home of Truth Cooperative Settlement (Home of Truth). The goal of an intensive level inventory is to identify, record, and determine the extent and significance of a particular historic property. In order to meet these criteria, the site and associated individual features must be thoroughly documented through description, mapping, and photography. In addition to working with the on the ground, physical characteristics of the site, documentary research must be conducted in order to provide a historic …
The Effects Of Jasmonates On The Proliferation Of Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines In Culture, Daniel Emeka Ezekwudo
The Effects Of Jasmonates On The Proliferation Of Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines In Culture, Daniel Emeka Ezekwudo
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Jasmonic acid (JA), cis-Jasmone (CJ), and Methyl jasmonate (MJ), belong to a family of plant stress hormones known as the jasmonates. In plants, these compounds function as activators of cellular responses to diverse situations including cell death. Proliferation and cytotoxicity assays showed that the jasmonates inhibited the proliferation of the prostate cancer cell lines (PC-3 and DU-145), cultured in vitro. In addition, the type of inhibition exhibited by these agents was analyzed using flow cytometry (BrdU assay and Annexin V-FITC/PI staining) and fluorescence microscopy. The mechanism of inhibition was studied using 5-lipoxygenase enzyme. All agents (CJ, JA and MJ) inhibited …
Making Friends To Last A Lifetime: An Ethnographic Study Of Parasocial Relationships And Soap Opera Characters, Emmalee Elizabeth Haight Pryor
Making Friends To Last A Lifetime: An Ethnographic Study Of Parasocial Relationships And Soap Opera Characters, Emmalee Elizabeth Haight Pryor
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to build theory about parasocial relationships and to examine what affect, if any, religion had on parasocial relationships. Using qualitative methods, the researcher watched the show three times with five women followed by an in-depth interview. The women chosen were LDS stay-at-home moms who had watched a soap opera for at least a year.
From this data came several surprising findings about religion and soap opera viewing. The women said they did not feel guilty about the content of the shows, rather the time required to watch. This guilt was alleviated by structuring their …
Zimbabwean Land And Zimbabwean People: Creative Explorations., Joshua Caine Anchors
Zimbabwean Land And Zimbabwean People: Creative Explorations., Joshua Caine Anchors
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The four writings compiled for this project involve explorations into the complex relationship between Zimbabweans and their land. The current struggles in Zimbabwe over land seizure and resettlement make this a particularly timely and noteworthy theme. The first piece, "Tshaya, Indoda," is a screenplay looking at the dynamic relationship between a white safari operator and black subsistence farmers who live in nearby communal farming lands. The disputes and issues discussed in this piece are very realistic and awareness is raised as to the historical nature and racial dimensions of the current land disputes in Zimbabwe. "Dubious," the second piece, is …
Qualitative Assessment Of A Culture Within A Small School Environment, Kathleen M. Joyce
Qualitative Assessment Of A Culture Within A Small School Environment, Kathleen M. Joyce
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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Atmosphere: Transformation And Process., Jason Thomas Bohnert
Atmosphere: Transformation And Process., Jason Thomas Bohnert
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
This thesis document relays my graduate experience of discovering my voice in clay. My research involved the discovery of clay, glazes, and forms suited to my personal aesthetic as related to atmospheric firings and kiln experimentation. Developing my own expressions as pots based on my travels, culinary habits, and interactions with others and my natural environment was my goal. My work is heavily influenced by Chinese traditional pottery making techniques and tea culture. Many contemporary American potters have influenced my style, technique, and methodology as well. Merging traditions is of great importance to my work, allowing old traditions to live …
Transformation Of Paradise: Geographical Perspectives On Tourism Development On A Small Carribbean Island (Utila, Honduras), Frances Heyward Currin
Transformation Of Paradise: Geographical Perspectives On Tourism Development On A Small Carribbean Island (Utila, Honduras), Frances Heyward Currin
LSU Master's Theses
This thesis addresses the recent development of tourism on Utila, the westernmost island of the Bay Islands of Caribbean, Honduras. Especially during the 1990s, international tourists, mostly Europeans and North Americans, were attracted to the island because it was a relatively inexpensive place to dive on a beautiful fringing reef and to enjoy other benefits of a tropical beach community. Larger nearby islands, Roatán and Guanaja, had developed something of a tourism industry earlier. A review of the economic and culture history of Utila reveals that modern islanders -- English-speaking Anglo- and Afro-Caribbeans originally from the Cayman Islands were preadapted …
Pot-Au-Feu Japan: Foods And Weddings, Satomi Fukutomi
Pot-Au-Feu Japan: Foods And Weddings, Satomi Fukutomi
LSU Master's Theses
As Japan underwent rapid modernization and economic expansion after World War II, its cultural complex transformed into a postmodern mingling of Western and Eastern cultures, merging modern and antiquated tradition (Heine 1995:29). The Japanese have absorbed many Western traditions without immigrating, or living outside of their own (Eastern) society; Japanese marriage rituals exhibit such Eastern and Western cultural minglings. Wedding receptions, regarded as mini-drama, contain traditions of old—material taboos, inedible wedding cakes, beer ceremony, the importance of the color white, as well as blended traditional-modern acts such as toasting champagne while wearing a kimono, and gift-giving rituals incorporating famous American …