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Food For Thought: Fabricating The Cannibal In Colonization, Hannah Dubrovich Jan 2024

Food For Thought: Fabricating The Cannibal In Colonization, Hannah Dubrovich

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Anthropophagy means people-eating, as does cannibal, but the terms are not synonymous. After Europeans landed in the Americas, Christopher Columbus coined the word cannibal. Despite the two terms having similar base definitions, there are additional connotations associated with cannibal. The way in which cannibalism has been thought about by Western cultures is not about the act of people-eating, but the constructed character of the cannibal as a “savage” Other created through colonization. In addition to the term's associated meaning being cemented during this time, colonizers used the term as a tool to Other Native peoples and aid in colonization. It …


Perceptions Of The Transition Process For Rural Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disabilities And Their Parents, Jennifer Shaw Jan 2024

Perceptions Of The Transition Process For Rural Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disabilities And Their Parents, Jennifer Shaw

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The purpose of this qualitatively-driven parallel mixed methods study was to examine how culturally and linguistically diverse students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and their families experience the transition planning process. Using similar instrumentation, this approximate replication study modeled a previous qualitative study conducted by Trainor (2005). A diverse participant group was recruited to gain a better understanding of the multifaceted strengths and needs during the transition process for students with EBD with intersecting identities. Key findings included similarities and differences in the knowledge and perception of the transition planning process among parents and students that reflected the interplay between …