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Knott, Emily
(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)
This thesis is the result of my work with the Military Nature-Centered
community. The first thing is does it examine some of the distinctive features of the
population, such as its history, sense of community, ...
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Harris, Sabra
(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)
Anime Music Videos (AMVs) are transformative works that provide channels of communication between the viewer and the viewed. The editors who make AMVs have distinct communities built on the evolution of anime conventions ...
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Rabun, Sheila J., 1985-
(University of Oregon, 2011-06)
The Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary (AMWS), located on the Humboldt Bay of northwestern California in the town of Arcata, is an excellent example of reciprocity between humans and the natural environment. The AMWS is ...
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Miller, Gabrielle M.
(University of Oregon, 2024)
This research examines how the digitalization of language classes that use communication technology can help bridge a gap between Native American community members who feel displaced or disconnected from their culture while ...
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Miller, Gabrielle
(University of Oregon, 2024-08-07)
This research examines how the digitalization of language classes that use communication technology can help bridge a gap between Native American community members who feel displaced or disconnected from their culture while ...
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Burby, Taylor
(University of Oregon, 2022-02-18)
Over the last two decades, cacao has become a sacrament within increasingly popular syncretic religious ceremonies that promote the energetic healing of the sacred self. Cacao is a psychoactive substance that is regarded ...
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Johnson, Mira C., 1985-
(University of Oregon, 2011-06)
The Reek Sunday Pilgrimage at Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland is a syncretic event that incorporates official Catholic religious narratives of Saint Patrick, folk narratives of the site's Celtic pagan significance, ...
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Cox, Nikki
(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)
Nature based spiritual pilgrimage in the form of hiking and backpacking demonstrates a deeply rooted connection between the individual and the environment. However, wilderness as a concept has been constructed through a ...
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Nudell, Talia
(University of Oregon, 2016-11-21)
This paper explores the way contemporary American Conservative Jewish communities express ideas of egalitarianism and feminism through active use of specific ritual garments (tallit and tefillin). It addresses the meanings ...
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Snyder, Christal
(University of Oregon, 2021-04-27)
This thesis investigates the iconography used by specific groups of modern Pagan women in the contemporary United States to represent the feminine divine, the meanings attributed to them by women and by broader communities, ...
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Grewatz, Abby
(University of Oregon, 2014-06-17)
Since the collapse of the USSR independent Ukraine has used politics and culture to define a separate national identity, in contrast to Russia. Through a performance studies lens I describe Kyiv's largest souvenir market, ...
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Wyer, Sarah
(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)
This thesis explores how the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon event impacts the people who coordinate and participate in it. I review museum catalogs to determine institutional representation of women artists, and then ...
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Dixon, Sean
(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)
This thesis provides a critical analysis of the use of folklore and mythology that exists in Neil Gaiman's award-winning novel, American Gods. I focus on the ways in which American Gods is situated within an intertextual ...
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Thornton, Tracy
(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)
Astrology is a belief system that has existed for almost 2,500 years. This enduring form of belief has not been effectively studied by scholars and thus we know little about why beliefs commonly stigmatized as superstitions ...
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Silvestrini, Nicole
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)
Dog adoption is a popular way for people to find pets in the United States. With dog adoption comes dog adoption narratives, ideologically about the dog, told by humans for humans. Dog adoption narratives, a genre of ...
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Tully, Hillary
(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)
For every method, there's a story - the IUD that almost killed her, the male birth control that almost happened, the weight gained and the moods changed. Whether a narrative of personal experience or one heard through the ...
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Travers, Benjamin
(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
In this work I chart the past forty years of efforts towards developing international policy for the protection of cultural property. I do so by firstly examining the 1982 Model Provisions on National Laws for the Protection ...
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McMullen, Bradford
(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)
This thesis examines the ways in which masculinity is constructed and performed by commercial fisherman poets. Focusing on the writings of cisgender male poets, this thesis examines the ways in which competence and credibility ...
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Helweg-Larsen, Jules
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)
Lacing Skates and Unlacing Corsets: Gender Play and Multiple Femininities in Roller Derby and Neo-Burlesque. Contemporary roller derby and neo-burlesque, as an athletic sport and a framed staged performance respectively, ...
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Rothstein, Megan
(University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)
Dispatchers and calltakers who work at 9-1-1 call centers are confronted with memories of emergencies they must address at work even though they are not physically present at the event. The language they use to talk about ...
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