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A Narrative Analysis Of The Film The Great Debaters And Its Relationship To The Urban Debate League Movement, Nicholas J. Carrasco

Communication Studies

This project analyzes the plot of Denzel Washington’s 2007 film The Great Debaters alongside the Urban Debate League Movement in the intercollegiate policy debate community. Using anthropologist and hermeneutic critic Paul Ricouer’s conception of mimesis, the plot of the film is critiqued by its prenarrative assumptions, relationship to present time and its refiguration into the modern Urban Debate League Movement. Narrative elements such as character development and thematic representation are used to explain the influence exerted by the film. This research implies that the film The Great Debaters can be read over the development of the modern Urban Debate League …

The Effects Of Policy Development And Organizational Structure On The Performance Of Range Livestock Development Projects In Africa, Gregory Karl Perrier

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Range professionals are frequently involved in the arrangement of range development projects, both domestically and internationally. The success record of such projects has been uneven, particularly for projects in developing nations. The objective of this study was to provide range specialists a better understanding of potential management obstacles and barriers to success. This is accomplished through an examination of the management of three AID-funded pastoral development projects in Africa: the Tanzanian Masai Livestock and Range Management Project, the Somali Central Rangelands Development Project, and the Lesotho Lard Conservation and Range Development Project.

The study examined the effects of two important …