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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Cultural Resilience"”.
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Traditional Practices and Cultural Resilience: Exploring Pastoralism in Central Sardinia and Celtic Diet Practices
This thesis, entitled Traditional Practices and Cultural Resilience is comprised of two distinct works: Culture and Landscape, Continuity and Adaptation: Pastoralism in Central Sardinia, which investigate the impact of sheep and shepherd relationships on human mobility and the landscape in central …
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Cultural resilience--a currency of social capital: Counteracting student marginalization in two urban--suburban high schools
… and bias owing in large part to their racial/cultural status whether White or Black. They revealed a more powerful reality that counteracted the effects of marginalization and enabled them to negotiate identities across boundaries of access to resources supporting social and academic …
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Negotiated spaces : work, home and relationships in the Dene diamond economy
… Benefit Agreements. An initial emphasis on socio-cultural impacts and vulnerability of the communities in relation to the mines illuminated variable outcomes. This led to a central focus on how outcomes are negotiated, with the outcomes strongly related to forms of community and cultural …
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African American Entrepreneurship: Narratives of Fresno County, California, African American Entrepreneurs
… successful despite daunting challenges. Their cultural resilience enabled them to survive through hard times and played a crucial role in the outcomes of their entrepreneurial efforts.</p>
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Indigenous Arctic Fish Skin Heritage: Sustainability, Craft and Material Innovation
… knowledge where practical benefits combined cultural resilience(6). As market goods have replaced traditional fish skin clothing, the need for the skills required to create these items have diminished. The decrease of local natural resources also threatens the craft. The focus of this …
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From missionary to merino: Identity, economy and material culture in the Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa, 1800 - ca. 1870
… influence and materiality into older worlds of cultural resilience and practice. From 1860, a third phase saw a flood of mass produced British goods enter the region, similar to other colonial contexts around the world. Amount, availability and choice changed significantly and provided the …
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Fostering personal resilience in the Royal Air Force: a study of Force Development and Adventurous Personal Development Training
… to the United Kingdom's Defence Strategy. Resilience is the ability to learn and bounce forward from adversity, thus developing an increased personal resilience baseline to cope with future challenges. Whilst providing these strategic capabilities, RAF personnel must remain physically, …
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Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults
Recently it has been posited that resilience is a dynamic process that develops, fluctuates, and is embedded in social context. With a dynamic systems approach it is possible to investigate resilience within a Native American community, which includes addressing the concept of cultural resilience …
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Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults
Recently it has been posited that resilience is a dynamic process that develops, fluctuates, and is embedded in social context. With a dynamic systems approach it is possible to investigate resilience within a Native American community, which includes addressing the concept of cultural resilience …
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Navigating Identity and Place: The Role of Displacement Camps in Community Rebuilding and Identity Preservation in Sudan
… urban environment shaped by collective labor, cultural resilience, and everyday acts of spatial and political agency. This thesis explores how communities in Kalma have remade space, redefined home, and preserved identity in the face of prolonged uncertainty. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, …
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8maw8gan: Zooarchaeology of Changing W8banaki Fishing Practices at Fort Odanak on Alsig8ntegw
… a period of change attests to w8banaki cultural resilience. The adoption of domestic animals and agricultural practices in the 19th century is seen as a strategic adaptation to ensure physical and cultural survival in the face of colonial pressures.
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Leaving Homeland Behind: Cultural Attachment, Transnationalism and Acculturation among Kabyle Diaspora of the United Kingdom
… impacting their psychological well-being and (4) cultural and in-group attachment and their attitudes towards returning to their homeland.<br/><br/>Methodologically this research employed different data collection methods at three different stages; initial structured interviews, followed by …
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Carving the spirits of the wood: an enquiry into Trobriand materialisations
… the role of material forms as mediators of cross-cultural encounters in the Trobriand Islands. It is based on eighteen months of ethnographic research in Kiriwina and other parts of the Massim region, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The dissertation analyses previously overlooked material …
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Cultural Preservation in a Saudi Domestic Environment in the Eastern Province
… developments have also resulted in new modes of cultural preservation in a domestic environment. It also explores the significant role of private museum making as a network of cultural practices that reflect and preserve Saudi culture for future generations. Despite the high price of land for …
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American Indian Artist Angel DeCora: Aesthetics, Power, and Transcultural Pedagogy in the Progressive Era
… age12, she was taken to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Virginia's Freedman Bureau School also serving American Indians. She attended Smith College, studied at Drexel Institute becoming a professional artist before accepting her position as Director of Native Industries at Carlisle …
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American Indian Artist Angel DeCora: Aesthetics, Power, and Transcultural Pedagogy in the Progressive Era
… age12, she was taken to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Virginia's Freedman Bureau School also serving American Indians. She attended Smith College, studied at Drexel Institute becoming a professional artist before accepting her position as Director of Native Industries at Carlisle …
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Face Me, I face you: Towards an Indigenous Economy of Glass in Southern Nigerian Dwellings
… design as a technical solution and an act of cultural authorship. As an architect, builder, and member of the community, I advocate for a new practice in which the bond between local craftsmanship and housing development is re-established - through material choices, construction systems, …
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Traditional Marine Management Systems in Northwest California: The Archaeology and Implications of Indigenous Stewardship Practices for Modern Marine Conservation and Restoration
… frameworks of ecological stewardship and cultural heritage rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems, socio-cultural practices, and socio-economic relationships within marine ecosystems. These systems have endured over generations through Traditional Ecological Knowledge tied to cultural …
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Iraqi architecture between tradition and modernity : re-creating the urban identity of Basra, the “Venice of the East”
… affected by three wars, which challenged the cultural memory of the local people and in particular of young generations. This research focuses on the city of Basra to investigate the material features of the Iraqi architecture and to develop guidelines to steer the maintenance of the …