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Rediscovering The Hidden Nan Yumiao (Mysterious Rain), Katherine E. Nettles Jan 2026

Rediscovering The Hidden Nan Yumiao (Mysterious Rain), Katherine E. Nettles

Dance (MFA) Theses

This thesis explores complex themes of becoming, belonging, and how they shape identity through the perspective of transracial adoption. The investigation draws from personal experiences, cultural texts, and nature vs. nurture research. Combining self-reflection with scholarly sources allows for a broader picture of adoption trauma rather than a fixed bias. The author's research considers the circumstances surrounding adoption, including birth parents giving their child up due to social, economic, legal, or political constraints. This thesis examines finding a place of belonging in public, in community, in family, and in society. This concept of belonging has different meanings based on people's …


"That She May Bear On My Knees:" An Adoption Ritual In The Hebrew Bible, Claire Ellen Hobbs Jan 2026

"That She May Bear On My Knees:" An Adoption Ritual In The Hebrew Bible, Claire Ellen Hobbs

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.


Below The Rows, Beyond The Roots: An Art Exhibition Depicting Agriculture Across The Globe, Maggie Enoch Jan 2026

Below The Rows, Beyond The Roots: An Art Exhibition Depicting Agriculture Across The Globe, Maggie Enoch

Honors Theses and Capstones

In Below the Rows, Beyond the Roots, artist Maggie Enoch creates multimedia works inspired by her exposure to diverse agricultural systems and perspectives while studying geography and sustainable agriculture/food systems around the world. By integrating complex histories with the contemporary realities of farming, Maggie paints vivid pictures of the power of food in this five-piece exhibition.


จากน้ำมันถึงสะพาน : ภาคแสดงการประกอบร่วมของการปรับตัวต่อความเป็นรัฐสังคมนิยมของสาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยประชาชนลาว, สิทธา พสุทันท์ Jan 2026

จากน้ำมันถึงสะพาน : ภาคแสดงการประกอบร่วมของการปรับตัวต่อความเป็นรัฐสังคมนิยมของสาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยประชาชนลาว, สิทธา พสุทันท์

Journal of Social Sciences

บทความชิ้นนี้ศึกษากลไกการปรับตัวทางเศรษฐกิจและการเมืองของสาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยประชาชนลาวภายหลังยุคสังคมนิยม โดยมุ่งเน้นการอธิบาย “ภาคแสดงของกลไกการปรับตัว” ผ่านแนวคิดการประกอบร่วม (Assemblage) การอธิบายกลไกดังกล่าวศึกษาด้วยวิธีการเชิงชาติพันธุ์วรรณนา (Ethnography) จากการเดินทางร่วมกับรถบรรทุกน้ำมันเชื้อเพลิงข้ามพรมแดนไทย-ลาว ผ่านสะพานมิตรภาพไทย-ลาวแห่งที่ 1 และ 2 เพื่อสำรวจกลไกที่ประกอบร่วมกันในการดำรงอยู่ของรัฐสังคมนิยมลาว ระยะเวลาการเก็บข้อมูลเริ่มตั้งแต่เดือนมกราคม 2567 จนถึงเดือนเดือนกุมภาพันธ์ 2567 รวมระยะเวลาทั้งสิ้น 2 เดือน ผลการศึกษาชี้ให้เห็นว่า น้ำมันเชื้อเพลิงและสะพานมิตรภาพไทย-ลาวเป็นผู้กระทำ (Actant) สำคัญในภาคแสดงของกลไกการปรับตัวต่อความเป็นรัฐสังคมนิยม งานศึกษานี้เสนอว่า การเข้าใจกลไกการปรับตัวต่อความเป็นรัฐสังคมนิยมจำเป็นต้องพิจารณาการประกอบร่วมจากผู้กระทำอื่นนอกเหนือจากรัฐ ซึ่งช่วยอธิบายความต่อเนื่องของการคงความเป็นสังคมนิยมของสาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยประชาชนลาว


กระบวนการเรียนรู้โดยชุมชนท้องถิ่นเป็นฐานเพื่อการยกระดับและสร้างคุณค่าทางเศรษฐกิจ จากฐานทุนในพื้นที่ : กรณีศึกษาเทศบาลเมืองสิงหนคร จังหวัดสงขลา, เธียรชัย พันธ์คง, ฟาริดา ซาชา, ธนากร พฤกษ์รัตนนภา, จักรกฤษณ์ หมั่นวิชา Jan 2026

กระบวนการเรียนรู้โดยชุมชนท้องถิ่นเป็นฐานเพื่อการยกระดับและสร้างคุณค่าทางเศรษฐกิจ จากฐานทุนในพื้นที่ : กรณีศึกษาเทศบาลเมืองสิงหนคร จังหวัดสงขลา, เธียรชัย พันธ์คง, ฟาริดา ซาชา, ธนากร พฤกษ์รัตนนภา, จักรกฤษณ์ หมั่นวิชา

Journal of Social Sciences

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาบริบทฐานทุนและเศรษฐกิจชุมชนในสิงหนคร 2) วิเคราะห์และสังเคราะห์กระบวนการเรียนรู้โดยชุมชนท้องถิ่นเป็นฐาน (Community-based learning : CBL) และ 3) สังเคราะห์ผลลัพธ์ของกระบวนการเรียนรู้และจัดทำข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายและแบบจำลองการพัฒนาเพื่อยกระดับและสร้างคุณค่าทางเศรษฐกิจจากฐานทุนในพื้นที่อย่างยั่งยืน โดยศึกษาพื้นที่ชุมชนเทศบาลเมืองสิงหนคร จังหวัดสงขลา ใช้วิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ (Qualitative research) แบบการวิจัยเชิงปฏิบัติการแบบมีส่วนร่วม (Participatory action research : PAR) กลุ่มผู้ให้ข้อมูลสำคัญ ได้แก่ เทศบาลเมืองสิงหนคร กรมศิลปากร สำนักศิลปากรที่ 11 สงขลา เครือข่ายการศึกษาในพื้นที่ กลุ่มสตรี ผู้สูงอายุ กลุ่มวิสาหกิจชุมชน เกษตรกร ชาวประมง ผู้ประกอบการธุรกิจรายย่อยในพื้นที่ และกลุ่มภาคีต่าง ๆ

ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ทุนทางทรัพยากรและเศรษฐกิจที่สำคัญ ได้แก่ ผลิตภัณฑ์สิ่งบ่งชี้ทางภูมิศาสตร์ (GI) 3 รายการ คือ ปลากะพงสามน้ำ มะม่วงเบาสงขลา และไข่ครอบสงขลา ทรัพยากรในทะเลสาบสงขลา การรวมกลุ่มของวิสาหกิจชุมชน เช่น กลุ่มขนมโบราณ กลุ่มผ้ามัดย้อม กลุ่มมะม่วงเบา กลุ่มปลากรอบ ทุนทางวัฒนธรรมและประวัติศาสตร์ที่สำคัญ คือ ประวัติศาสตร์เมืองเก่าสิงหนคร (ซิงกอรา) และทุนทางสังคม คือ วิถีชีวิตคนพุทธ-มุสลิมที่กลมกลืน มีเครือข่ายการศึกษาและกลุ่มอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรชายฝั่ง กระบวนการเรียนรู้ของชุมชนเพื่อการพัฒนาทางเศรษฐกิจและสังคมในพื้นที่ เกิดจากความเชื่อมโยงระหว่างภูมิปัญญาท้องถิ่นกับการได้รับความรู้จากภาครัฐ สถาบันการศึกษา ภาคเอกชน และอาศัยเทคโนโลยีดิจิทัลในการอัปเดตองค์ความรู้ ผลลัพธ์ของกระบวนการเรียนรู้ ได้แก่ การพัฒนาผลิตภัณฑ์ใหม่ 6 ชนิด จำนวนกลุ่มเปราะบางที่ได้รับการพัฒนาทักษะอาชีพ 93 คน กลุ่มวิสาหกิจจำนวน 19 กลุ่ม ที่มีรายได้เพิ่มขึ้นร้อยละ 10 และพัฒนาพื้นที่การเรียนรู้ จำนวน 5 แห่ง สำหรับข้อเสนอแนะ การวิจัยควรมีการพัฒนาอาชีพเสริม เช่น การทำขนมและการแปรรูปอาหารทะเลที่เชื่อมโยงเรื่องราวประวัติศาสตร์และวิถีชีวิตเข้ากับการออกแบบผลิตภัณฑ์ใหม่ และใช้การตลาดดิจิทัล เพื่อเชื่อมโยงเส้นทางท่องเที่ยวชุมชน ผ่านกลไกการเรียนรู้โดยใช้ฐานทุนในพื้นที่เป็นหลัก


Food Sovereignty In Urban And Ex-Urban Communities, Ravyn Jones Jan 2026

Food Sovereignty In Urban And Ex-Urban Communities, Ravyn Jones

Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Automation Age: Why Universal Basic Income May Be The Necessary Next Step To The U.S. Economy, Raiden Francisco Jan 2026

The Automation Age: Why Universal Basic Income May Be The Necessary Next Step To The U.S. Economy, Raiden Francisco

Undergraduate Symposium

No abstract provided.


Settlement Patterns And Landscape Of Historical Sites In Oakwoods Metropark, Theodore Gryniewicz Jan 2026

Settlement Patterns And Landscape Of Historical Sites In Oakwoods Metropark, Theodore Gryniewicz

Undergraduate Symposium

No abstract provided.


Zora Neale Hurston’S Sojourns In Tennessee, Glenda Alvin Jan 2026

Zora Neale Hurston’S Sojourns In Tennessee, Glenda Alvin

Profiles/Papers for the Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture

No abstract provided.


Montessori And Liberatory Consciousness: An Exploration Of White Montessorians' Development As Anti-Bias, Antiracist Practitioners, Angela Rose Molfese Jan 2026

Montessori And Liberatory Consciousness: An Exploration Of White Montessorians' Development As Anti-Bias, Antiracist Practitioners, Angela Rose Molfese

Doctor of Education

This dissertation examines the experiences of White Montessori elementary and adolescent practitioners as they engage in understanding and enacting their teaching practice from the conceptual framework of a liberatory consciousness, as developed by Dr. Barbara J. Love and presented in the American Montessori Society’s Anti-Bias Antiracist certificate course. Liberatory consciousness is a mindset that enables individuals to exist within oppressive systems and institutions with awareness and intention, rather than how one has been socialized into society. It asks all people to reflect on how they participate in maintaining unequal systems and then to act to dismantle those systems, regardless of …


Musculoskeletal Stress Markers Caused By Occupational Stress And Its Relation To Sex, Madison E. Torres, Sage Rohrer Jan 2026

Musculoskeletal Stress Markers Caused By Occupational Stress And Its Relation To Sex, Madison E. Torres, Sage Rohrer

High Impact Practices Student Showcase Spring 2026

The excavation of the site of San Pedro, Belize, uncovered the skeletal human remains of 46 individuals that were naturally preserved well enough in sand to be studied. These remains belonged to ancient Maya, dating back to the Terminal Postclassic to Historic period (c. 1450–1700 CE), who had been buried under what is now the Sands Hotel. This population was part of a small fishing village. These people likely led a labor-intensive lifestyle, which would lead to the skeletal remains showing signs of Musculoskeletal Stress Markers (MSM). This stems from the theory that the males of this village would carry …


Early-Life Stress And Skeletal Proportions In Egyptian Juveniles: A Comparative Analysis Of Upper And Lower Limb Growth, Bonnie Radican Jan 2026

Early-Life Stress And Skeletal Proportions In Egyptian Juveniles: A Comparative Analysis Of Upper And Lower Limb Growth, Bonnie Radican

High Impact Practices Student Showcase Spring 2026

Childhood skeletal growth is sensitive to environmental stress, and different limb segments may respond to developmental disruption unequally. This study explained whether lower limb bones showed greater growth deficits than upper limb bones in juvenile skeletal remains from the Kellis 2 cemetery at the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, a Roman period site (approximately AD 50-450) where nutritional stress and disease have been previously documented. The delta 1mean method developed by Goode et al., (1993) was applied to six long bones – humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, and fibula – in a combines sample of 98 individuals drawn from original measurements and …


The Open Secret: Drugs And Fishing In Georgia, Makala L. Collins Jan 2026

The Open Secret: Drugs And Fishing In Georgia, Makala L. Collins

Honors College Theses

Substance use and overdose deaths have been disproportionally disrupting families and communities in rural America. Increasing rates of drug use in these areas can be traced to the outsourcing of blue-collar work to outside of the United States, which economically restructured these areas by decreasing the profitability of generational industries. This is the story playing out in Georgia’s commercial shrimping industry and the communities it used to support. This research uses qualitative data collected over the past ten years to understand the perceptions and impacts of drug use on Georgia’s shrimping community. Using a lens of critical medical anthropology, environmental …


Sociolinguistic Challenges To The Academic Inclusion Of Latin American Immigrants Of Legal Age And Spanish In High Schools In Minnesota: A Qualitative Study On The Learning Of English As A Second Language, Geanella Margarita Ochoa Veloz Jan 2026

Sociolinguistic Challenges To The Academic Inclusion Of Latin American Immigrants Of Legal Age And Spanish In High Schools In Minnesota: A Qualitative Study On The Learning Of English As A Second Language, Geanella Margarita Ochoa Veloz

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

This research analyzes and exposes the experiences of Latin American adult migrants who, having recently arrived in the United States, have resumed their studies in high schools in the State of Minnesota as a strategy to learn the English language by immersion. The study was based on the contributions of the sociology of migration and the sociology of education, which, incorporating as a methodological strategy “the case study” combined with “the life story”, managed to collect and share reflections regarding the barriers faced by migrants during the process of adaptation and insertion into American society, thus adopting a critical approach. …


Moral Progress In Legal Doctrine, Philip Petrov Jan 2026

Moral Progress In Legal Doctrine, Philip Petrov

Faculty Scholarship

This article integrates the concept of moral progress – here, moral improvement in the thinking and behavior of individuals over time – into the study of legal doctrine. The article first presents a naturalistic account of what moral progress is and describes three of its most historically and analytically important forms: (1) moral circle expansion, (2) moral domain expansion, and (3) increasing sensitivity to proportionality. The article then analyzes three historical developments in U.S. tort law that qualify as instances of moral progress: (1) the partial demise of the “suicide rule” beginning around the 1980s (according to …


Balancing The Scales Of Justice: The Unconstitutionality Of Marital Rape In India, Pallavi Raju Jan 2026

Balancing The Scales Of Justice: The Unconstitutionality Of Marital Rape In India, Pallavi Raju

CMC Senior Theses

Marital rape remains an unpunished crime in India, despite decades of dispute and litigation. This thesis explores the question of why the state continues to retain the marital rape exception within the Indian criminal code, even though it commits to combat gender based violence in other areas of justice. The research begins with a broader understanding of privatization of women’s rights in the international sphere and culturally sanctioned violence to protect the institution of marriage. With a focus on the legal justifications and language of Indian court cases, this thesis determines that judges adjudicate on gender justice inconsistently. Attempting to …


The Vestiges Of The German Democratic Republic: Memory Politics And Xenophobia In Former East Germany, Diana Zhou Jan 2026

The Vestiges Of The German Democratic Republic: Memory Politics And Xenophobia In Former East Germany, Diana Zhou

CMC Senior Theses

From the 2015 migration influx onward, xenophobic and nationalist sentiments permeated Germany’s national political discourse. The former socialist territories in eastern Germany have proven particularly susceptible to far-right, anti-immigration, and anti-integration rhetoric. This thesis explores the mnemonic foundations of xenophobic sentiments in former East German states, tracing the development of an antifascist yet ethnically nationalist mnemonic framework to the state-sanctioned myths and invented traditions of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). As the loss of a collective GDR identity produced a reactionary rehabilitation of this framework post-unification, the racial and ethnic “other” — migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees — became constructed …


Lessons Unlearned: Cultural Competence And The Limits Of U.S. Army Doctrine In Iraq And Afghanistan, Kylie W. Ha Jan 2026

Lessons Unlearned: Cultural Competence And The Limits Of U.S. Army Doctrine In Iraq And Afghanistan, Kylie W. Ha

CMC Senior Theses

This thesis examines how the absence of comprehensive cultural and linguistic competence within U.S. Army doctrine contributed to operational and ethical failures during the wars in Iraq (2003–2011) and Afghanistan (2001–2021). It focuses on the gap between doctrinal recognition of culture and language and the failure to institutionalize these elements as measurable, force-wide competencies. The thesis analyzes doctrinal publications spanning the period from 2001 to 2014 and finds that, while these publications increasingly acknowledged the importance of cultural awareness, language, and local context—particularly in counterinsurgency operations—these elements were not embedded as standardized requirements across training, planning, or evaluation. Iraq and …


Le Parcours Des Travailleurs Immigrants Blessés Et Son Incidence Sur L’Alliance Thérapeutique : Une Étude De Cas Longitudinale En Contexte De Réadaptation Au Travail Au Québec, Maude Arsenault, Jessica Dubé, Daniel Côté Jan 2026

Le Parcours Des Travailleurs Immigrants Blessés Et Son Incidence Sur L’Alliance Thérapeutique : Une Étude De Cas Longitudinale En Contexte De Réadaptation Au Travail Au Québec, Maude Arsenault, Jessica Dubé, Daniel Côté

Études primaires

Cette étude explore l’incidence du parcours prélésionnel des travailleuses et travailleurs immigrants (TI) blessés sur l’alliance thérapeutique (AT) en réadaptation au travail. À partir d’une ethnographie longitudinale menée dans une clinique québécoise, sept trajectoires ont été analysées selon leurs dimensions migratoires, socioprofessionnelles et linguistiques. Les résultats montrent que le déclassement professionnel, la précarité de l’emploi, les barrières linguistiques et les expériences de racisme fragilisent la construction du lien de confiance et la définition partagée des objectifs de retour au travail. Lorsque l’emploi prélésionnel est perçu comme transitoire ou inadéquat, l’obligation institutionnelle d’y retourner crée une rupture symbolique qui entre en …


Languages Of Marginalization: Educational Inequality And Identity Formation Among Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh, Md Khalid Rahman Jan 2026

Languages Of Marginalization: Educational Inequality And Identity Formation Among Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh, Md Khalid Rahman

Sustainability and Social Justice

This research paper investigates how language-of-instruction policies shape educational inequality and identity formation among Rohingya refugee children living in protracted displacement in Cox’ Bazar, Bangladesh. Analyzed from a human right–based framework, the study examines whether existing educational policies align with international legal standards on the right to education, including the UDHR, ICESCR, Child Convention and SDG 4. While these frameworks guarantee non-discriminatory and inclusive access to education, the reality in Cox’s Bazar reveals a persistent gap between normative commitments and policy implementation. Moreover, the study explores how the exclusion of both the host language (Bangla) and the native Rohingya language …


Supply Chain Bargaining And Worker Voice: Reflections On The Bangladesh Accord And The Dindigul Agreement, Marlese Von Broembsen Jan 2026

Supply Chain Bargaining And Worker Voice: Reflections On The Bangladesh Accord And The Dindigul Agreement, Marlese Von Broembsen

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal

Both private governance and transnational labour law scholars are concerned with the participation of supply chain workers in “enforceable brand agreements.” Much of the private governance literature is concerned with improving workers’ participation in the negotiation and implementation of enforceable brand agreements. Some transnational labour law scholars are concerned with whether transnational labour law should depart from prescripts typical of national labour law — which generally recognises trade unions as the only legitimate representatives of workers — to recognise civil society organisations as bargaining agents. This article analyses the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety and the Dindigul Agreement …


The Cost Of Defense: Labor And Construction Of 10th Century Danish Fortifications, Noah James Eckert Jan 2026

The Cost Of Defense: Labor And Construction Of 10th Century Danish Fortifications, Noah James Eckert

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.


Character Judgements Of Rap Music Fans, Kaila C. Putter, Dan J. Miller, Amy M. Belfi, James Rees, Amanda E. Krause Jan 2026

Character Judgements Of Rap Music Fans, Kaila C. Putter, Dan J. Miller, Amy M. Belfi, James Rees, Amanda E. Krause

Psychological Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Extending Fischoff, we used vignettes to examine people's perceptions of a hypothetical rap fan accused of murder. Study 1 (N = 300) used a 2 (murder accusation) x 2 (inclusion of rap lyrics) x 2 (fan gender) experiment, asking participants to judge how capable of murder and sexually aggressive they found the fan. The presentation of lyrics and murder accusation were associated with the fan being more capable of murder, while rap lyrics and participants' rap attitudes were associated with the fan being more sexually aggressive. Thematic analysis revealed that, in conditions containing both the lyrics and the murder accusation, …


The Lithic Assemblage From The 700,000 Year-Old Butchery Site Of Kalinga (Luzon Island, Philippines): New Insights Into Technological Variability In The Early Palaeolithic In Island Southeast Asia, Alfred F. Pawlik, Justin Guilbert, Jean-Baptiste Lambard, Gerald Palaya, Jackie Despriee, Xavier Gallet, John De Vos, Andrea Dominique Cosalan, Maria G. Chacon Jan 2026

The Lithic Assemblage From The 700,000 Year-Old Butchery Site Of Kalinga (Luzon Island, Philippines): New Insights Into Technological Variability In The Early Palaeolithic In Island Southeast Asia, Alfred F. Pawlik, Justin Guilbert, Jean-Baptiste Lambard, Gerald Palaya, Jackie Despriee, Xavier Gallet, John De Vos, Andrea Dominique Cosalan, Maria G. Chacon

Archaeology

Despite a long history of archaeological and paleoanthropological research, our understanding of the Early Palaeolithic in Island Southeast Asia remains limited, as only a few sites with clear stratigraphic contexts - Mata Menge (Flores Island), Ngebung 2 (Java Island), Calio and Talepu (Sulawesi Island) - have been documented. This scarcity of well-stratified assemblages has led to a poor characterisation of technological variability and cultural sequences, which mainly rely on surface collections and early typological classifications/facies (e.g., Pacitanian, Cabengian, Cabalwanian, Liwanian, Arubian, etc). These classifications mostly based on a handful of cobble artefacts, have long obscured the technological diversity of early …


Sjsu Erfa News, Winter 2026, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association Jan 2026

Sjsu Erfa News, Winter 2026, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (ERFA) Newsletter

Volume 39, No 2


Natalie Margolis '91-Alison Wata '76 And Susan Farnsworth '76, Natalie Margolis, Alison Wata, Susan Farnsworth Jan 2026

Natalie Margolis '91-Alison Wata '76 And Susan Farnsworth '76, Natalie Margolis, Alison Wata, Susan Farnsworth

Alumni Oral History Project

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Endocranial Morphological Affinities Of The Early Holocene Individuals From Lagoa Santa And Implications For The Peopling Of The Americas, María Clara López-Sosa, Hugo Reyes-Centeno, Lumila Paula Menéndez, Rodrigo Elias Oliveira, Claudio Campi De Castro, André Strauss Jan 2026

Endocranial Morphological Affinities Of The Early Holocene Individuals From Lagoa Santa And Implications For The Peopling Of The Americas, María Clara López-Sosa, Hugo Reyes-Centeno, Lumila Paula Menéndez, Rodrigo Elias Oliveira, Claudio Campi De Castro, André Strauss

Anthropology Faculty Publications

The ectocranial morphology of early Holocene humans from Lagoa Santa, Brazil has been described as exhibiting a ‘Paleoamerican’ form with affinities to African and Australasian individuals, in contrast to past and present Native Americans, who predominantly exhibit ‘Amerindian’ form. While this interpretation remains disputed, its led to the ‘Two Main Biological Components Model’, which proposes separate dispersals from Asia into the Americas. This study aims to assess whether the endocranial morphology of Lagoa Santa individuals similarly reflects these affinities. For this study, the overall endocranial morphology, as well as the temporal bones of the crania of twenty individuals from Lagoa …


Orthodox Traditionalism In The Late 16th – Early 17th Century: The Religious-Anthropological Dimension, Olena Hudzenko, Olga Dobrodum Jan 2026

Orthodox Traditionalism In The Late 16th – Early 17th Century: The Religious-Anthropological Dimension, Olena Hudzenko, Olga Dobrodum

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This article explores the religious-anthropological concepts in the works of Ukrainian thinkers of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Formed in the context of Catholic expansion and intense confessional conflict, their ideas sought to preserve the Byzantine and Old Rus’ Orthodox tradition. Thinkers of this period emphasized the importance of safeguarding ancestral faith through a return to the principles of Holy Scripture, the foundational structures of early Christian doctrine, and the spiritual legacy of Kyivan Rus. These themes were especially prominent in the theological discourse of the so-called “Ostroh traditionalists,” centered around the Ostroh and Derman religious and cultural …


Preservation Of Architectural-Religious Heritage In Modern Ukraine, Olga Gold, Maksym Vasalatiy, Olga Dobrodum Jan 2026

Preservation Of Architectural-Religious Heritage In Modern Ukraine, Olga Gold, Maksym Vasalatiy, Olga Dobrodum

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This article examines answers to a number of pressing questions regarding the preservation of architectural heritage in the modern world: what philosophical views underlie the preservation of world heritage; and what is unique about the protection of religious architectural heritage. The architectural philosophy of religious buildings represents a complex of original concepts, both material and spiritual. The hypothesis consists of constructing an algorithm and mechanism for protecting cultural heritage from the perspective of the philosophy of architecture in post-war Ukraine. The preservation of historical and cultural heritage sites is one of the most complex areas of activity in the fields …


Defend The Fort: Indigenous History, Remembrance, And Memorialization In Ellis County, Kansas, Sarah Keiss Jan 2026

Defend The Fort: Indigenous History, Remembrance, And Memorialization In Ellis County, Kansas, Sarah Keiss

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

This thesis provides an in-depth look into the Indigenous history of the area that would later become Western Kansas and Ellis County. Analyzing the history of the area from before European colonization to the Native American resistance against American expansion in the 1860s, this thesis illustrates the complex and layered history of the area. Even prior to European settler presence in the area, the native tribes felt the effects of European settlement and trade around them, leading to drastic changes in geographic distribution and access to new resources, particularly horses. Over the course of the nineteenth century, white settlement completely …