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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Cultural communities"”.
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The politics of cultural diversity : a survey in the liberal-communitarian debate
This thesis explores the politics of cultural diversity through a survey in the debate between liberal and communitarian thinkers. My aim is to show which side of the debate represents a more adequate position in relation to the politics of the existing cultural diversity in western liberal …
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A culture for science in early childhood education: Where cultures meet cultures
… has been given to the complex interplay of cultural communities of practice that influence science learning and teaching in a play-based curriculum. This study examined where and how science learning could be privileged when many cultural practices were being enacted at the same time. This …
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The resilience of labrosones in coastal communities bordering the Indian Ocean
… their socio-musical significance in sustaining cultural traditions that have helped to define these communities. Conclusions drawn from the distribution study further uncovered the religious, cultural, and social significance of labrosones. These findings were engaged in order to broaden the …
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The Impact of cultural and social capital on FTIC student persistence
Both cultural and social capital have been used in the existing literature to understand the differences in student persistence. Bourdieu's theories (1986, 1993, 1973), through their various applications, have provided evidence that the influence of social and cultural capital on student …
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Beyond Displacement: Understanding the Intersection of Cultural Variables on Mental Health Service Utilization among Newcomers
… by internal and external pressures, (2) cultural beliefs influence if and when newcomers seek medical intervention, and (3) expectations and experiences of accessing services within the Canadian healthcare system. Additionally, findings from the support staff focus group revealed the …
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"A Mass Conspiracy to Feed People": Globalizing Cities, World-Class Waste, and the Biopolitics of Food Not Bombs
… three aspects of Food Not Bombs' context and cultural logic: (1) the ways in which waste is made and moved about in cities; (2) the ways in which those cities are becoming global in the process of waste-making (and vice versa); and (3) the ways in which this globalised waste-making cultivates …
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Insecure, unpredictable, hoping to survive: Four cases of Māori people living precariously in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand
… to mediate precarity in the everyday context, cultural practices and resources can play a significant role for people who are culturally connected. When people are integrated into their local and cultural communities, they can cope better with a precarious way of life.
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An examination of the intercultural outcome of a policy of educational division based on spoken language : the case of educational policy in Vukovar, Croatia
… today. I have examined literature in intercultural sensitivity, intercultural conflict, reconciliation, cultural marginality, and identity formation.</p> <p>I compiled data through in-depth interviews with five specialists in the field of public educational system in Vukovar. They included …
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The virgin's daughters: Catholic traditions and the post-colonial south in contemporary women's writing
… concepts of hybridity and performance of cultural memory, I trace a “pathway” to feminist recovery and reclamation of ancestral memory and spirituality in Valerie Martin’s A Recent Martyr, Rebecca Wells’ Little Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Brenda Marie …
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Let’s talk mental health: analysis of Indian immigrant women’s culturally centered mental health perceptions and identifying modifiers in interventions
… groups in the United States. Differences in cultural values and practices inform the variety of mental health perceptions and behaviors. Negative perceptions and barriers persist among Indian immigrant women due to stigma and fear of judgment. Although previous research has documented the …
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Expectations and Aspirations of Motherhood for Young Women in Foster Care
… connect them with other women from within their cultural communities.</p>
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Revitalizing an indigenous musical tradition: a study of Korankye's approach to sustaining the seperewa musical tradition
The Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) convention of UNESCO is arguably the most powerful institutional voice in the field of conserving cultural practices on an international level. This initiative and other initiatives of UNESCO have become prominent guidelines and blueprints in international, …
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Rewriting writing: classrooms as the construction site for literacy between teachers, students, and the curriculum
… especially marginalizing children from diverse, cultural communities. This dissertation raises questions about scripting teacher practice through curricular and assessment tools. This project investigates the negotiation that takes place as teachers and students interact with each other, using …
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What Makes a Death Good? Examining Key Conditions to Guide Healthcare Decisions
… children, patients, healthcare providers, cultural communities, elderly, frail adults with reduced agency, residents of long-term care facilities, rural residents, and other stakeholders involved in the dying process. Conditions for a good death appearing commonly in biomedical literature …
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A Line in the Sand: Archaeological Evidence for the Interactions of Settled Farmers and Mobile Pastoralists in the Late Bronze Age (1950 - 1500 BC) Murghab alluvial fan, Turkmenistan
… mobile pastoralist groups with sedentary farming communities in the Late Bronze Age period (1950 - 1500 BCE) in the Murghab alluvial fan of present-day Turkmenistan. Traditional archaeological and historical studies in Central Asia, focused as they are on urban contexts or centers of dense …
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Grow to Serve: How culture, education, and faith converge and influence young women’s capability development as they prepare to transition out of secondary school in Karamoja, Uganda
… education is socially constructed in each unique cultural community, in each school community. Whilst macro approaches provide a global perspective, this study focuses its attention on one specific school in one distinct cultural community. This thesis explores how education, faith, and culture …
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Shepherd's Wanted: Wester Ross Pioneers to Patagonia, 1880-1930
… as famine as in earlier decades. However, the communities of Ross-shire, the study area for this research, were under structural stress with increasing rents and poor harvests which, although not leading to mass famine as previously, caused hardships and encouraged an inclination to emigrate. …
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"Welshness politicized, Welshness submerged: the politics of ""politics"" and the pragmatics of language community in north-west Wales"
… the gap between the national visibility and the cultural (in)visibility of speakers of the indigenous language of Wales (Cymraeg, or “Welsh”). With one exception, no public discourse has yet emerged in Wales that provides an explicit framework or vocabulary for describing the cultural community …
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If You Can't Find Me in the School Room: Oral Histories of African American Educators and Students During the Albany Movement
I have recognized that a sense of belonging and recognition of community spirit are key to the education and liberation of African Americans. I hope we will learn from the experience of my participants during the Albany Movement. I hope that educators and students build allies with parents, …