This thesis considers whether a Buddhist statue in a museum context can be both aesthetic and devotional. By reexamining the relationship between a devotional object, its surrounding space, and its viewer, this thesis will ...
At a moment when technological participation seems to
promise to bring innovation and democratic access to the
contemporary museum, the results from one community-curated
exhibit suggest that conservative cultural biases ...
Museums are not perfect institutions-- they have a long history of marginalization of ethnicity,
gender, and sexuality through “western” museological practices. With recent political upheaval,
more people have been ...
Pimentel, David(University of Oregon School of Law, 2022-05-12)
The U.S. tort system has, since the mid-twentieth century, evolved to bring particular policy emphasis to the problem of compensating victims of accidental injury. Much of the focus has shifted from the wrongfulness of the ...
My main thesis is that Baroque can be considered not only as an aesthetic or historical period in the seventeenth century; it is also a way of producing knowledge that puts into dynamic interaction diverse genres, disciplines ...
Throughout human history, people have maintained beliefs and practices that were
meant to sustain health even though they seem, to the modern inquirer, to be quite
ridiculous. A common source of medicinal material ...
Walter Pater's "The School of Giorgione" appealed to me because it addressed a concern
I had with previous aesthetic texts. Most texts largely ignore the sensory training it requires to
behold an aesthetic experience. I ...
Magud, Nicolas(University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2004-09-01)
The paper analyzes the choice of an exchange rate regime for a small open economy indebted in foreign currency, incorporating the ¯nancial accelerator. Conventional wisdom suggests that floating regimes should insulate the ...
Connor, Emily; Brown, Anne(University of Oregon, 2020)
The purpose of this report is to provide recommendations to the cities of Cottage Grove and Creswell based on the current and future transportation needs as informed by professional insight and community input. The first ...
Fouty, Suzanne Catherine(University of Oregon, 2003)
Livestock grazing and beaver trapping alter streams hydrologically and
geomorphically leading to declines in the quality and extent of stream-riparian
ecosystems. The influence of reductions in grazing pressure and ...
Messer, Janet Ruth 1951-(University of Oregon, 1991-12)
This multiple case study examines the effect of parenthood on the internal representational models of relationships in women who have been maltreated as children by studying three women who have young children and who had ...
Starting in 2005, there have been major changes in the situation prevailing in the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian uprising, in particular, had important consequences that have changed the balance of control over the Strip. ...
Svirsky, Gary; Panchok-Berry, Janine; Elin, Jacob; Lee, Yong Bum(University of Oregon School of Law, 2019-06-19)
This article looks at the history of the absolute pollution exclusion (the Exclusion), discusses leading cases under New York and Canadian law—which has relied on New York law—and considers general approaches that courts ...
Building on the author’s recent survey of Western knowledge institutions since antiquity, this article assesses the impact of current trends in information technology, higher education, science, and the environment on ...
Roberts, Teagan Rae Xiaofang(University of Oregon, 2019)
Music educators regard selecting repertoire as one of the most important and difficult aspects of teaching music. Repertoire is a central element of curriculum, because it facilitates both musical and technical growth and, ...