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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Cultural connection"”.
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“I Want Them to Feel Nervous”: A Case Study of Embodiment, Affect, and Emotion in Latin Dance Instruction
… create spaces for emotional exploration, cultural connection, and empowerment among students. Drawing inspiration from embodied literacies, this work challenges the traditional privileging of cognitive and academic knowledge over emotional and embodied ways of knowing. This research …
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In the Service of the Tsar: European Mercenary Officers and the Reception of Military Reform in Russia, 1654-1667
… their regiments, and were therefore an important cultural connection between Russia and Europe. Their presence in Russia demonstrated that the Russian state assessed its international objectives and sought out appropriate tools in the form of these mercenaries for the implementation of military …
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The Chinese Cultural Influence on Filipino Cuisine
… paper illustrates the impact of the Chinese cultural influence upon the Philippines with the primary focus being on Filipino cuisine. It examines how the Chinese cultural influence not only contributed to the development of Filipino cuisine, but how Chinese culture has also influenced the …
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The Impact of Immigration Policies & Integration Programs on Multicultural Identity in Germany
… lead to a new conscious understanding of multiculturalism. Germany has created a society where the cultures of immigrants and autochthonous Germans do not intersect, thus creating separate entities that exist in a parallel reality. Immigrants face the dilemma of maintaining their ethnic sense …
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Paul’s Culturally Contextualized Apologetic
… this dissertation, I argue that Paul carried out culturally contextualized apologetics, presenting a model for culturally effective apologetics. I argue that Paul’s cultural contextualization in his apologetics takes place through the establishment of cultural connections with his audience and …
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Dishing It Out: Reimagining Multicultural College Dining Through Student-Centered Design
… fostering not only nourishment but also cultural connection and community. However, when dining centers fall short in catering to the needs of their multicultural student body, students are often left feeling isolated and even further from home. Using MIT as a case study, this thesis …
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A Phenomenographic Study Of Student Engagement Using Gis-Story Maps In An Eighth-Grade Social Studies Classroom
… and cycling. Students see a geographic and cultural connection between story maps and their lives, and were also able to see a beyond the classroom connection. The study presents students' description of themselves when they are engaged, stressing the importance of classroom learning …
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“Because We Are Catholic”: Music as a Bridge Between Identities Within the Catholic Community of South India
… Indian and Western music genres, functions as a cultural bridge allowing the worshiper to express a distinctively Catholic identity without distancing themselves from their Hindu roots. This cultural connection reinterprets Karnatak musical styles, practices, and traditions as distinctively …
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Speaking Identity: Language Investment and Agency Among Spanish Heritage Speakers
… as “counterspaces,” where Spanish was valued for cultural connection and social support. Participants leveraged Spanish to maintain family ties, navigate social networks, and assert their linguistic identity. The study concludes that HS actively negotiate bilingualism, balancing the cultural value …
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Using Intersectionality Theory to explore the experiences of students from African Caribbean and South Asian heritage and who have a Special Educational Need and/or Disability (SEND) in Further Education.
… ‘adverse early education’, ‘race, ethnicity and cultural connection’, ‘parental context and influence’, ‘broad and fluid identity’, ‘systems of power’ and ‘the power of self’. The findings are discussed in relation to the existing knowledge base and relevant psychological theory. The implications …
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Reconnecting man with nature : post industrial landscape development
… that humans have within nature, resulting in the connection between humans and nature to become estranged, leaving humankind searching for identity and purpose. This study investigates the connection between humans and nature through adapting the post-industrial landscape, to ultimately establish …
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“IT’S A BIG ADJUSTMENT COMING FROM THE RESERVE TO LIVING IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SOCIETY”: EXPLORING THE WELL-BEING OF FIRST NATIONS ATHLETES PLAYING SPORT IN AN URBAN MAINSTREAM CONTEXT
… family, friends, and community, and a dismissed cultural identity. The purpose of this study was to explore the psychological well-being and multicultural adjustment experiences of Indigenous athletes who relocated to pursue sport in mainstream context. The experiences of two Indigenous female …
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Patterns of Black Racial Identity Development of Black Men Affiliated with Historically Black Fraternities at a Large Predominately White University in the Midwest
… Black racial expression and provide members a cultural connection with their African Ancestry. Keywords: historically Black Greek lettered organization, Greek letter societies, Black college students, student involvement, African American leadership, student activities
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Imvotho: Umz'omkhulu Reclamation of Xhosa people's narrative on their relationship with water
… origins of assumed myths about indigenous cultural beliefs and associations with nature and allows undocumented cultural narratives that are slowly vanishing to be recorded. The fragmented and vanishing narratives impact on the loss of cultural identity of black people. This fragmentation …
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Unsettling Stories: A Settler Reflection on Narrative Phantasies of Land
… have persecuted indigenous populations and their cultural connection to ancestral homelands in order to appease colonial paranoia and reassert exclusive claim to stolen land. This is not materially, ethically, or spiritually sustainable. This thesis examines the ways in which colonial and …
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Parody and nostalgia : contemporary re-writing of Madame White Snake
… and popular culture that tried to grasp a cultural connection with traditional China in order to embrace the return to mainland China in 1997 after a hundred years of British colonial rule.
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Empowering Connections: The Role of Significant Individuals and Social Networks on the Persistence and Validation of First-Generation Latinx College Students
… service, activism and advocacy as well as cultural connection were noteworthy as well and influential in their overall success. Participants in this study gravitated towards student organizations and activities which focused on helping others, making a difference, building communities well …
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Gathering Futures: Speculative Fiction as a Map for Transforming the Climate Crisis
… chapter. These authors' popularity suggests a cultural connection to this environmental era, but the change these stories depict must be translated from the page to practical action. Rob Nixon's writer-activist must now become something else: a writer-transformer, a writer-salvager, a …
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Modelling the Economic and Political Factors of Optimum Currency Area Theory for the Adoption of the Single Currency Project in Gulf Cooperation Council
… in the Gulf States because of its religious and cultural connection to Muslim countries based on the Dinar currency. The research concludes with far reaching recommendations on the circumstances needed to carry forward the GCC single currency. The main finding in this thesis is that the delay in …
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Mai i te kore, ki te pō, ki te ao mārama: He kohinga pūrākau hauora o ngā kaumātua Māori, Māori Elders health and wellbeing stories in life transitions
… three key research questions: 1)What are the cultural and communication features of the kaumātua teina narratives? 2) What are the cultural and communication characteristics of the kaumātua tuakana conversational styles? and 3) What is the nature of the kaumātua journeys in how the stories …
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