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Assessing The Sociocultural Impact Of Special Events In The Context Of Germanfest In Nebraska, Usa, Yanli Wang Dec 2015

Assessing The Sociocultural Impact Of Special Events In The Context Of Germanfest In Nebraska, Usa, Yanli Wang

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The present study examined the sociocultural impact of special events based on the cultural festival of GermanFest in Syracuse, Nebraska. A total of 143 (71.5%) local residents responded to the self-administered survey. The dimensions of the sociocultural impact, the important reasons for celebrating the festival, the relationship among festival stakeholders, the levels of community involvement, and the improvement of the quality of life in the community as impacts of the festival and demographic information were investigated separately.

The Festival Social Impact Attitude Scale (FSIAS) was utilized to identify the dimensions of the sociocultural impact of GermanFest. Three dimensions were identified …


Critical Introduction To The 1908 Transcription, Adam John Wagner Oct 2015

Critical Introduction To The 1908 Transcription, Adam John Wagner

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Student Fellows 2015-2016, Place Sep 2015

Student Fellows 2015-2016, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

This document provides biographies of PLACE student fellows at Linfield College for 2015-2016.


Faculty Fellows 2015-2016, Place Sep 2015

Faculty Fellows 2015-2016, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

This document provides biographies of PLACE faculty fellows at Linfield College for 2015-2016.


Air, Water, Earth, And Fire: The Ancient Elements On A Changing Planet, Place Sep 2015

Air, Water, Earth, And Fire: The Ancient Elements On A Changing Planet, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

This document explains the PLACE theme at Linfield College for 2015-2016 (Air, Water, Earth, and Fire: The Ancient Elements on a Changing Planet).


Martha Mcmillan: Rewriting The Spanish-American War (1898), Bethany Miller Apr 2015

Martha Mcmillan: Rewriting The Spanish-American War (1898), Bethany Miller

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Sheep Farming And Shearing (1874), Sara K. Bennett Apr 2015

Sheep Farming And Shearing (1874), Sara K. Bennett

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Observance Of The Sabbath (1888), Tabitha Mercy Dehart Apr 2015

Observance Of The Sabbath (1888), Tabitha Mercy Dehart

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Historical Analysis: Wctu (1899), Victoria E. Krus Apr 2015

Historical Analysis: Wctu (1899), Victoria E. Krus

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Understanding Martha In Light Of Nineteenth-Century Womanhood Ideals (1900), Courtney Raymond Apr 2015

Understanding Martha In Light Of Nineteenth-Century Womanhood Ideals (1900), Courtney Raymond

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Cancer Treatment During Martha Mcmillan's Time (1913), Taylor L. Stephens Apr 2015

Cancer Treatment During Martha Mcmillan's Time (1913), Taylor L. Stephens

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


The Influence Of The Domestication Of Death And Communal Grieving In Nineteenth-Century Cedarville (1898), Kathy S. Roberts Apr 2015

The Influence Of The Domestication Of Death And Communal Grieving In Nineteenth-Century Cedarville (1898), Kathy S. Roberts

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Martha Mcmillan And Victorian Periodicals And Poetry (1868), Adam J. Wagner Apr 2015

Martha Mcmillan And Victorian Periodicals And Poetry (1868), Adam J. Wagner

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Martha E. Mcmillan And Harriet Beecher Stowe’S House And Home Papers (1867), Michelle M. Wood Apr 2015

Martha E. Mcmillan And Harriet Beecher Stowe’S House And Home Papers (1867), Michelle M. Wood

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


The Macmillan Journals: A Place To Comment And Space To Gain Intellectual Agency (1894), Austin C. Becton Apr 2015

The Macmillan Journals: A Place To Comment And Space To Gain Intellectual Agency (1894), Austin C. Becton

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


California Trip (1904), Michael J. Newman Apr 2015

California Trip (1904), Michael J. Newman

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Waste Management And Environmental Initiatives In Accra, Ghana, Aoife Genevieve Duna Apr 2015

Waste Management And Environmental Initiatives In Accra, Ghana, Aoife Genevieve Duna

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Title: Waste Management and Environmental Initiatives in Accra, Ghana

Author: Aoife Genevieve Duna (aoifeduna@gmail.com; Middlebury College, Anthropology and Dance major)

Objective: The objective of this project was fourfold: • To study the current waste management practices by government and private waste companies • To observe the perspectives of residents on waste disposal • To explore environmental initiatives by citizens, NGOs, and student groups • To investigate the potential projects that could reduce waste

Methodology: For my project, I conducted interviews, made observations, participated in daily personal waste management, visited a landfill, and visited a composting project.

Findings: Waste collection is …


Monmouth College And Martha Mcmillan (1894), Allison N. Jensen Apr 2015

Monmouth College And Martha Mcmillan (1894), Allison N. Jensen

Martha McMillan Research Papers

No abstract provided.


Fighting For The Right To Breathe: Exploring Perspectives Of Environmenal Threats In The South Durban Basin, Kayleigh Bhangdia Apr 2015

Fighting For The Right To Breathe: Exploring Perspectives Of Environmenal Threats In The South Durban Basin, Kayleigh Bhangdia

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The goal of this project is to understand the way in which community members in South Durban perceive the environmental threats that they face. I have contextualized the current environmental injustices present in the wake of the Apartheid legacy. I worked closely with the South Durban Environmental Conservation Alliance in preparing my questions and conducting my interviews. I conducted 24 interviews in three different communities in the South Durban Basin including Wentworth, Merebank, and Clairwood. Following the interviews in Merebank and Clairwood, I engaged the participants in a short participatory mapping exercise in which they highlighted where the pollution was …


Place Events Spring 2015, Place Feb 2015

Place Events Spring 2015, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

This document describes PLACE events at Linfield College for spring 2015.