Values, Ideologies, and the Emergent Tradition of Urban Chicken-Keeping in Eugene, Oregon

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dc.contributor.advisorGilman, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Mical
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-24T00:29:27Z
dc.date.available2016-02-24T00:29:27Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-23
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the expressive culture of urban chicken-keepers in Eugene, Oregon in an attempt to explain why this practice has become so popular in recent years as well as to understand what role it plays in their lives. Data for this project were gathered using ethnographic fieldwork methods such as participant observation in “real life” and in social media outlets, semi-structured interviews with participants encountered at The Eugene Backyard Farmer, and a 54-question anonymous online survey of people who frequented the shop’s social media outlets. Based on an analysis of those data, this thesis contends that this group of people is using urban chicken-keeping as a way to intentionally reframe the future in a more positive light and that this can be seen in the articulation of their values and ideologies and through the way that they are traditionalizing urban chicken-keeping.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/19717
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectChickenen_US
dc.subjectEmergenceen_US
dc.subjectFolkloreen_US
dc.subjectTraditionen_US
dc.subjectUrban chicken-keepingen_US
dc.subjectUrban farmingen_US
dc.titleValues, Ideologies, and the Emergent Tradition of Urban Chicken-Keeping in Eugene, Oregon
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineFolklore Program
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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