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Choosing Wickedness: Moral Evil In Kant's Religion, Changtze Chia

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation concerns Kant’s doctrine of radical evil. The doctrine consists in the following two claims: (1) The propensity to evil is a universal propensity, found in every human being. It is therefore an innate disposition. (2) Every human being is morally responsible for the propensity to evil found in him. It is therefore a disposition that is freely chosen. The poor reception Kant’s doctrine of radical evil has received over the centuries can be traced to his insistence on these two claims. The doctrine has been censured for two reasons: (1) Kant appeals to empirical evidence in his argument …

Colonialism And Peace And Conflict Studies, Sean Byrne, Mary Anne Clarke, Aziz Rahman

Peace and Conflict Studies

The nature of colonialism is examined in this comparison of British colonial policy in Ireland and Canada toward Indigenous people. The histories and realities of Indigenous peoples’ experiences of colonizing violence are not adequately addressed by the dominant approaches of the democratic peace theory’s universalist neoliberal technocratic values, expectations, and assumptions (see Mac Ginty, 2013). PACS scholars and practitioners need new interpretive frames to make sense of the impact and consequences of colonialism and the intent of genocidal destruction across different colonial contexts in order to understand the deep roots of conflict (economic exploitation, internalization of oppression, racist ideology), and …

May 2018, Global News, Haenicke Institute

Global News

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Rendering Reliance: Consuming Coloniality In The Global North, Victoria L. Brown

Dissertations

In this dissertation, I offer a theoretical lens for understanding how the Global South is imagined by the Global North. The Global South has become a popular cause that for-profit companies use in order to engage in what Samantha King terms cause-marketing. While individuals in the South are certainly helped by these campaigns, they are harmed through Northern consumers being empowered by private companies encouraging them to adopt a colonizing gaze that subjugates those in the South with adhering to stereotypes. I develop three rhetorical devices that fulfill stereotypes long-held about those who are “other.”

First, I offer the endangered …

Got Breadfruit? Marshallese Foodways And Culture In Springdale, Arkansas, Diana Kay Chen

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Understanding human food choices is essential in the examination of cultural knowledge and decision-making among members of any ethnic group. Ethnographic and cognitive anthropology methods, including a novel calculation of cognitive salience, were used in this study to explore the domain of traditional Marshallese foods in Springdale, Arkansas. Springdale is home to the highest population of Marshallese people outside of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI); the population is expected to rise as people continue to migrate from the RMI because of global climate change and other factors such as family ties. Studies of traditional foodways are increasingly crucial …

For Wintonbury: An Expansion Of Narrative And Painting, Cassaundra Kayla Sanderson

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In March 2017, I began planning the narratives of what would become my Thesis Exhibition. One year later marked my installation of the exhibit: For Wintonbury, located at the Fine Art Center Gallery at the University of Arkansas.

A merging of the visual arts and literary fiction, For Wintonbury offers a more immersive experience in storytelling. The painted scenes, drawings, three-dimensional compositions, and short stories each serve their own purposes in presenting partial glimpses into the longer narratives of Wintonbury. Through multiple media and entry points, the viewer is given the choice in which sequence and manner to take in …

Anti-Crusoes, Alternative Crusoes: Revisions Of The Island Story In The Twentieth Century, Ann Marie Fallon

Arts and Sciences Administration Publications

In lieu of an abstract, here are the chapter's first two paragraphs:

Everyone thinks they know the plot of Robinson Crusoe. The story of the man who is shipwrecked on an island alone is ubiquitous and feels deeply familiar, even for those who have not read it. Robinson Crusoe has been plagiarized, cannibalized, and serialized almost since the moment it hit the streets of London in 1719. Here is a passage from an Argentinean novel by Victoria Slavuski published in 1993 that captures the sense of familiarity and also the distance twentieth-century readers have in their relationship to Robinson …

Review: Undocumented And In College: Students And Institutions In A Climate Of National Hostility, Edited By Terry-Ann Jones And Laura Nichols, Richard Ryscavage S.J.

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

No abstract provided.

University Of Minnesota, Morris 2018 Commencement, Communications And Marketing

UMM Commencement

The University of Minnesota, Morris's Fifty-Fifth Commencement Saturday, May 12, 2018, 1:30 PM.

Juvenile Corrections In The Era Of Reform: A Meta-Synthesis Of Qualitative Studies, Anne M. Nurse, Jub Sankofa, Alexandra Cox, Jamie Fader, Michelle Inderbitzin, Laura Abrams

All Faculty Articles

In this article, the authors synthesize knowledge from select qualitative studies examining rehabilitation-oriented juvenile residential corrections and aftercare programs. Using meta-synthesis methodology, the authors extracted and coded content from 10 research studies conducted by five authors across criminology, sociology, and social welfare disciplines. The total number of published works based on those studies analyzed was 18. Collectively, these studies offer insight into three major components of the juvenile correctional experience: therapeutic treatment and evidence-based practices, the shaping of identities and masculinities, and preparation for reentry. This analysis is particularly important as the United States is currently in an era of …

Mara Soupir Honors Portfolio, Mara Kaitlyn-Rae Soupir

Honors Capstone Portfolios

Mara Soupir's honors portfolio captured in May 2018.

The Effect Of Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae On The Fifth Lumbar Vertebra And First Sacral Body And Its Prevelance In The Osteological Collection Of The University Of Texas At Arlington, Stephanie Dolenz

2018 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae, or LSTV, is generally considered to be a congenital anomaly affecting the fifth lumbar vertebra and first sacral body. It is presented as sacralization, characterized by a caudal shift of fifth lumbar vertebra, and lumbarization, characterized by a cranial shift of the first sacral body. This research focused on the prevalence of LSTV in the osteological collection (overall and by sex), on nonmetric observations to describe the anomaly, and on metric observations to observe the effect of LSTV on bone. It was found that LSTV occurs in 20% of the sample. In addition, LSTV is more common …

Commencement Program 2018 May: College Of Liberal Arts, The University Of Texas At Arlington

Commencement Programs, Photos, and Video

No abstract provided.

Race, Class And Attitudes Towards Use Of Force By Police, Christopher Everett Robertson

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

Another unarmed victim of police violence. Another acquitted officer. In recent years, this tragic course of events has repeated itself on multiple occasions in courtrooms, living rooms and social media spaces throughout the nation. Each new, widely-publicized fatal police encounter has added to an ongoing and contentious national debate around policing and minority rights. This intractable debate, which has been argued along racial lines, seems to be at an indefinite impasse. But what if this debate persists because we have not accounted for the role that both race and class play in shaping views towards use of force? Therefore, this …

Going The Whole Granola: Holistic Motherhood And Compromise Among Self-Defined Crunchy Moms, Meagan Louise Sanders

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

This study is an exploratory semi-structured intensive interview project in which eight self-defining crunchy mothers in North Texas were asked about their mothering and lifestyle practices, motivations for those practices, and how they navigate compromising those practices. This project largely centers around defining crunchy motherhood and, additionally, looks at themes of risk, intensive motherhood, and gendered environmentalism throughout the analyses. Crunchy mothers appear to have internalized intensive motherhood ideals based on the intensive research process involved in deciding on their child rearing tactics. Through research, crunchy mothers are often able to manage the risk their child is exposed to in …

Cultural Translation And The Iconography Of The Master And Mistress Of The Animals, Jeremy Dubhrós

2018 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

The image of a figure holding two wild animals, often called the “Mistress/Master of Animals”, has appeared across many ancient periods and regions, on artifacts from proto-literate Mesopotamia in the Near East to the Aegean Iron Age. This motif has a demonstrable chain of cultural custody that is closely tied to concepts of both divinity and royalty. Rather than following a linear progression of diffusion with consistent interpretation, the Master/Mistress motif is culturally translated by adopting populations to suit the understandings within those populations. Though some concepts such as healing remained constant from culture to culture, the symbol was reinterpreted …

Faculty Beliefs, Experiences, And Interactions With Students In The Context Of Campus Carry, Joslyn Krismer

Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations - Archive

Although gun possession has traditionally been prohibited at higher education institutions, several states have passed legislation in recent years allowing guns to be carried on college campuses. The so-called “campus carry” policy took effect in Texas on August 1, 2016. In this dissertation, I present my research that explores the beliefs and experiences of faculty in the context of campus carry at a public university in Texas, how these beliefs and experiences about campus carry are related to faculty identity, and the ways in which faculty beliefs, experiences, and identity in this context may impact faculty-student interaction behaviors. This article-based …

Archaeological Analysis Of Bison Remains From Wilde Cave, Idaho, Michelle A. Platt

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Wilde cave is a lava tube located in Southeast Idaho on BLM lands. Recent investigations recovered a skeletal collection represented at least nine bison, as well as several other taxa. After many hours in the archaeology lab at Utah State University, identification of the collection shows the most prominent carcass parts represent fore and hind limbs, while vertebrae and ribs were least common. Also present was limited evidence of butchery-burning and cut marks-and carnivore modification on the skeletal collection. Given these observations, density mediated attrition and utility indices were used to better understanding the patterns in the archaeological bison bone. …

Stories Behind The Berlin Wall: Lesson Modules, Nicholas Redmon

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

I have grappled with my primary collection just as scholars and popular authors have with bringing these stories together with political histories. My goal is to create a digital map and analysis on specific themes like education and guard duty from the lives lived behind the Wall and their discourse with the government. I would like to explore how the divide impacted lives in 1961, created a GDR Society, and produced a division still felt in Germany today. The target audience of this project is U.S. students in high school and higher education. Students will be able to access timely …

T Socio-Ecology Of Managed Honeybees (Apis Mellifera) In The Louisville Metro Area., Haileigh M. Arnold

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Humans have a long history of the practice of beekeeping to harness the power of pollination. This managed pollinator system consists of beekeepers, honeybees, and their environment. However, recent disease, pesticide use, and land use factors honeybee threaten this relationship. In the face of such concerns it is important to examine the factors that impact and can help sustain our managed pollinator systems. In this thesis, the national and Kentucky state-level policies that affect managed pollinator systems were examined and socio-ecological factors that may contribute to honeybee hive growth and losses were assessed along an urban development gradient in Louisville, …

Confidence In The Police Among Caribbean Countries., Hyunin Baek

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation identifies public confidence in the police in contemporary policing, in particular among Caribbean countries. Law enforcement agencies in Caribbean countries have failed to earn confidence from the public. Citizens with a lower level of confidence in the police are unwilling to cooperate and support policing activities, making initiatives of law enforcement agencies difficult to achieve. In order to improve the public-police relationship in Caribbean countries, examinations of public confidence in the police are required. Researchers have developed two theoretical frameworks, the instrumental and expressive models, to explain key factors associated with public confidence in the police. In order …

Annual Report 2017-2018, Craig Hadley

Galleries at Peeler Annual Reports

Contents: A Note from the Director About Us Student Engagement Exhibitions Collections Administration and Finance Program Sponsors

Editor's Introduction, Rebecca Gibson

Spectrum

No abstract provided.

The Value Of The Dead: The Commodification Of Corpses In Western Culture, Charles Z. Wallace

Spectrum

Since the 19th century, the deceased human body and its parts have been increasingly dehumanized, objectified, and commodified in Western culture. Thus, in a relatively short period of time, the corpse became, and continues to be, a highly valuable source of both economic and cultural capital for scientific and medical researchers, numerous industries, and much of society.

Speaking In Code, Mental Time Travel And Mind Reading: An Exploration Of The Study Of Animal Intelligence, Drew S. Perlmutter

Standard Theses

Many humans believe they are separate from nature based on “unique” characteristics. For many centuries, our advanced tool use was believed to separate us from other animals. However, discoveries made by Jane Goodall in the 1960’s demonstrated that humans are not unique for this capacity.1 In light of these discoveries, the definition of human was altered to suggest that our intelligence sets us apart from other animals. This definition has been used in order to justify our exploitation of other animals by suggesting that we are unique, and therefore, superior due to this “unique” intelligence. However, humans are not alone …

The Zombie Apocalypse, Benjamin Monti

Spectrum

The concept of the living dead has been a subject of human fascination for thousands of years, dating back to 8th century Africa. The idea was originally associated with voodoo folklore, but since its origination, has been modernized and popularized with TV shows, movies, and other popular culture facets. With this popular fascination, however, comes concern.

Notes On The Idea Of A Species: A Look At Human/Neandertal Interbreeding, Hannah Corrow

Spectrum

Unearthed within the limestone quarries that lie east of Dusseldorf in Germany, the first fossil to be recognized as an ancient hominin brought solid evidence to the table for starting to find answers to the question of where humans came from.

Marine Corps Cultural Similarities To Native Americans, Anthony Hines

Spectrum

According to the 4-field approach to anthropology, a people can be defined by its archaeology, culture, biology and linguistics (Hicks, 2013). Native Americans and Marines have striking similarities as a people when using this approach, especially in cultural and linguistic analysis.

The Evolution Of Flightless Ratite Birds, Abigail Karparis

Spectrum

Birds are well known for their unique (other than bats) ability among vertebrates of flight. Through millions of years of evolution, before they were even classified as such, and for reasons and methods still largely unknown, birds evolved the ability to fly. However, like all evolution, there is no end goal or final product. Because of this, traits and adaptations evolve and then can disappear.

Energy, Technology, And Culture: The Paris Agreement, Social Conflict, And Cultural Evolution, Charles Z. Wallace

Spectrum

In this essay, I will explore anthropologist Leslie White’s concept of cultural evolution and its relation to energy, technology, and social forces and conflicts.