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¡Estamos Aqui!: The Underrepresentation Of Latinos In Professional Sports And Sports Media, Antonio Hernandez

University Honors Theses

The Latino population has had a long and complicated history within the United States. Since the turn of the 21st century, Latinos continue to become the largest minority group within the country. As the Latino population continues to rise, other industries have failed to properly represent the community. Within the world of professional sports, Latinos continue to be grossly underrepresented, with professional athletes from Latino backgrounds representing less than 6% of all professional athletes across all disciplines. This number is just under ¼ of the total percentage of Latinos within the United States. With Latino's influence of other cultural phenomena …

Three Essays On Communicative Planning: From The Perspective Of East Asians, Minji Cho

Dissertations and Theses

Communicative planning aims to strengthen the inclusiveness of planning by shifting the paradigm from the perception that the public is considered an object affected by the planning process to an active participant. In modern society, where people's values are more diverse, communicative planning can be an alternative way to reflect the opinions of people with diverse identities for decision-making. At the same time, however, it is criticized for its difficulty in universal application, particularly in non-Western countries. Scholars argue that since communicative planning theory is biased toward Anglo-Americans' context, it requires a specific contextual condition.

In this background, this dissertation …

People And Power: Person-First Language Usage And The Criminal Justice System, Casey E. Orr

Amplify: A Journal of Writing-as-Activism

Language is power. Word choice and terminology, especially those referring to people, are expressions of societal norms and institutional power. Dehumanizing crime-first terms and labels are abundant and common in criminal justice contexts despite being protested by system-involved individuals and activists. Instead, many advocate for person-first terms wherein identifying language emphasizes an individual’s humanity. With a peace-focused anthropological framework, this paper presents the case for person-first language in criminal justice contexts. It is evident that adopting first-person language usage regarding the criminal justice system is necessary after analyzing and considering the multiple sources, such as the voices of those who …

Respawning Jihadist: Isis Recruiting Through Online Gaming Communities, Alexander J. Ham-Kucharski

Student Work

The purpose of my research is to educate and bring awareness of ISIS’s (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) recruiting programs through social media and video games. As stated by Lakomy (2019): “Cyber jihadis nowadays rightly perceived as a rising threat to international security” (2019, p. 383). ISIS targets individuals as young as teenagers through games such as Call of Duty, Far Cry, Halo, ARMA3, and Grand Theft Auto as to recruit those from the Western world for their Jihad. ISIS Recruiters use these platforms to attract initiates via the gaming world through imagery that …

North American Expatriates In Mexico: A Discourse Analysis Of Facebook Groups, Liliana Carolina Brock

University Honors Theses

North American expatriates in Mexico often live in enclaves or affluent communities at a fraction of what it would cost in the US or Canada. Despite living in Mexico for years, many expatriates are poorly integrated into Mexican culture and society. This integration is made more difficult because many are unable to speak Spanish fluently. Instead, expatriates rely on English language Facebook groups to help them navigate life in Mexico. While scholars have explored the intersections of communication and interculturalism in expatriate communities, comparatively few have explored how the internet and the presentation of self on social media (specifically Facebook) …

The Influence Of Ursula K. Le Guin, Bailey Potter

Book Publishing Final Research Papers

The aim of this research study was to examine how Ursula K. Le Guin and her oeuvre were influential to contemporary and future writers, as well as what her influence was on the literary and publishing communities. Study was conducted through a qualitative interview process with seven Portlanders who have in some way been influenced by and/or who personally knew Le Guin. Using the transcripts from the interviews, I separated the information into themes and wrote out each section, synthesizing interviewee answers and using supplemental information to build my results. Ursula K. Le Guin influenced the literary and publishing communities …

Uncovering The Dirt On Cancel Culture: An In-Depth Analysis Of Publishing’S Relationship With Controversy, Alix Martinez

Book Publishing Final Research Papers

Cancel culture is a social phenomenon that has risen from the massive amounts of online users finding common issues and speaking up about them en masse on social media platforms. In recent years, this has become even more obvious as it is reported that social media users’ consumption has risen up to 72 percent more from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. This has brought the topic into the forefront of many debates and people are taking issue with it. These issues can vary but one thing is for sure: cancel culture does not appear to be slowing down anytime …

Experiences Of Shame, Exclusion, & Appropriation In Mindfulness-Based Wellness Culture, Charlotte Grace Starling

University Honors Theses

Yoga, meditation, and other mindfulness practices provide numerous benefits both physical and mental health to their practitioners. There is less research exploring the role mindfulness-based wellness programs and practices fit within the cultural environment of the United States and how the mindfulness movement influences wellness culture and practices. These practices and spaces have been accused of harming folks who don't fit the dominant social narrative of thin, white, upper-middle-class participants. This paper aims to explore how the United State’s commodification of mindfulness practices contributes to experiences of shame, exclusion, and appropriation in wellness culture. This is done by a literature …

The Role Of Ethics Online And Among Social Media Designers, Meredith James

Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design Faculty Publications and Presentations

As communication designers, our roles have changed greatly with the technological advancements of the Internet and social media. With these vastly changing roles are equal (and often problematic) demands on designers to act as ethical interventionists. In specific, designers are more and more frequently finding themselves in roles of arbitration and decision-making surrounding ethical concerns. Such decisions span everything from what is to be considered “allowable content” (breastfeeding, for example) to deciding how our devices respond to crisis (Miner, et al., 2016). I intend to present several case studies of designers placed in authority positions centered around ethics and new …

Entrapment As A Threat To Community Peace In The Global War On Terror: An Analysis Of Discourse In Local Press, Priya Kapoor, Adam Testerman, Alex Brehm

International & Global Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Our study tries to understand the phenomenon of Entrapment, which is an outcome of (a) security discourses that prioritize pre-emptive community strategies; (b) the ongoing military initiative of the Global War of Terror (GWOT); and (c) and the increased budgetary convergence of state agencies of the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the military, impacting the legal and court processes that indict “homegrown” terrorists. We offer a critical discourse analysis of the events that led to the arrest and trial of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, covered in local newspapers The Oregonian and The Willamette Week, after …

Critlib Unconference Planning Meetings Notes, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Notes from planning meetings held prior to the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015. Planning meetings occurred from July 2014 and continued regularly until March 18, 2015. Notes cover all aspects of planning: attendees, programs, schedules, conference materials and more.

Session: Critical Tech, Emily Ford

Critlib Unconference

This document contains the notes taken during the Critical Tech session facilitated by Emily Ford. The session took place from 10:45-11:45 in Hoffman Hall on the Portland State University campus, as part of the Critlib Unconference 2015.

Discussion focused on MOOC's, technology in the library, and related topics such as digital badges.

Session: Instruction Fails, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session 3 Attendees

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session 3 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015. The discussion revolved around critical evaluation of instruction, and the specifics of how that emerges within individual libraries.

Critlib Notebook, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Original notebook design for Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015.

Session: Intersectional Cultural Competence / Identifying Racism In Library Practice, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session 2 Attendees

Critlib Unconference

Contains notes from Session 2 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015. Discussion focused on intersectionality, cultural competency and standpoint theory,. Attendees discussed specific examples from their libraries, in reference, instruction and access services.

Session: Extra-Library Critlib Interventions, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session 1 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015, titled Extra-library Critlib Interventions. Discusses challenges and barriers to critical library work, and how these may be met

Session: Information Ethics, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Critlib Uncinference 2015 Session 2, Information Ethics, held at Portland State University in March 2015. Discusses a variety of issues related to intellectual freedom, ethics, privacy and advocacy.

Acrl Framework And Critical Pedagogy, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session Attendees

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session 2 of the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015. Discusses attendees experiences with implementations of the ACRL framework, open access, information literacy and related issues.

Session: Open Access, Labor, And Knowledge Production, Emily Drabinski, Korey Jackson

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session 1 at the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015, entitled "Open Access, Labor, and Knowledge Production." The session was moderated by Korey Jackson and the note taker was Emily Drabinski. Discusses a wide range of issues related to the economics of knowledge production, scholarly communications and information literacy, viewed through a critical lens.

Session: Hegemonic Information Structures, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session Attendees

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session 3 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held in Hoffman Hall at Portland State University, March 2015. The discussion focused on hegemonic information structures in academic libraries, as embodied in authority control and controlled vocabularies in particular, and cataloging practices in general. The discussion also included remarks on academic discourse, citation and information literacy frameworks.

Lightning Talk: Feminist Pedagogy: How One Person Is Using It In The Library, Annie Pho

Critlib Unconference

Slides from a presentation given by the author at the Critlib Unconference 2015, helad at Portland State University in March 2015. Provides an introduction to feminist pedagogy and explores the ways in which it impacts library instruction.

Critlib Tech Manifesto, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session 2 Attendees

Critlib Unconference

This document contains the beginnings of a Critlib Tech Manifesto, started during session 2 of the Critlib Uncnference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015. Session attendees continued to add notes and commentary following the session. The goal of the manifesto is to address the engagement with and the use, adoption, and promotion of technology in libraries.

Session: Critical Theory: Some Basics, Lydia Willoughby

Critlib Unconference

Slides from a presentation given at the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015. Provides an introduction to critical theory, and offers a survey its major theorists and associated paradigms, ranging from structuralism and post-structuralism, to intersectionality and critical race theory.

Lightning Talk: Auotethnography As A Research Method For Librarians, Rick Stoddart

Critlib Unconference

PDF version of a presentation given at the Critlib Unconference 2015 at Portland State University in March 2015. Briefly probes the intersection of autoethnography and critical library studies.

List Of Attendees, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

This document contains a listing of all the persons who attended the Critlib Unoconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015. The list contains attendee names, affiliations and Twitter handles.

The list was taken from the Unconference webpage: http://critlib2015.weebly.com/

Session: Guerilla Session 1, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session 1 Attendees

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session1 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015. This was specified as a "guerilla" session, and was limited to ten participants. Discussion revolved around neutrality and ethics for librarians, as well as various aspects of reference instruction and student learning behaviors.

Session: Safe(R) Spaces, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session 3 Attendees

Critlib Unconference

Brief notes from Session 3 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015. Specifies questions about safety in libraries and library spaces.

Critlib Unconference 2015 Sticker, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Original design for a sticker used at Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015.

Lightning Talk: The Salaita Case At The University Of Illinois And Lis Practice, Sveta Stoytcheva

Critlib Unconference

Presentation given at the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015. Discusses the case of Prof. Salaita, who had an offer of tenure at the University of Illinois rescinded after making controversial statements about the conflict in Gaza. Probes the implications of this case for academic and intellectual freedom, and mobilization of critical information literacy skills..

Critlib Unconference 2015 Design Mockups, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Original mockups for designs used for the Unconference poster and buttons, notated by the designer. Used at the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015.