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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Ethnic communities"”.
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Techno-vernacular creativity, innovation and learning in underrepresented ethnic communities of practice
… situated design and arts-based learning communities to STEAM through the learning sciences and to further scientific understanding of UEG interest and motivation as a model to inform future research.
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Coming of Age in Spite of the Contrast of Vagueness: Native Speaker and The House on Mango Street as Erziehungsroman
… satisfying the cultural expectations of their ethnic communities and fulfilling the cultural expectations of their schools, a decision which initially appears mutually exclusive. Exacerbated by their school experiences, both Henry and Esperanza go through a process of rejecting and reclaiming …
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How long-term housing demand is being addressed in refugee resettlement
… of resettlement agencies, stakeholders and ethnic communities, comparatively low unemployment rate, and an average median income 109% higher than Minnesota. Refugees are successfully placed in housing because resettlement agencies work together to tackle problems and share housing resources. …
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Immigrant Communities, Human Capital Externalities And Labor Market Outcomes
… to our understanding of the economic impact of ethnic communities on immigrants while also addressing issues associated with the identification and measurement of ethnic enclaves. Immigrant enclaves provide access to ethnic goods and trade partners with shared language and culture, potentially …
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An Examination: Using Participatory Action Research in a Marginalized Coastal Community at Risk to Natural Hazards
… the social change goals of diverse cultural and ethnic communities, especially as they relate to community involvement, democracy, emancipation, and liberation (Lindsey and McGuinness (1998). PAR is not the typical research methodology for hazards research. The community's goal was to "Save our …
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Infertility in British South Asian communities: negotiating the community and the clinic.
… of involuntary childlessness in majority ethnic communities in the UK and other more developed societies, and also a growing literature on the experiences of infertile women in less well-resourced countries, there is a dearth of research exploring the potential impact of ethnicity and …
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Preserving the White Picket Fence: Interracial Conduct in an Integrated Neighborhood
… produced and enacted by three distinct racial-ethnic communities in an integrated neighborhood. My analysis of Creekridge Park is based on data collected via in-depth interviews, a neighborhood survey, and participant observation. By addressing the particularities of an integrated neighborhood, …
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Multi-ethnic London: an architectural study of religious buildings in a globalized urban culture
… for investigation, London is a city where many ethnicities live side-by-side and, moreover, have built their own cultural buildings. Therefore, this thesis focuses on religious buildings for immigrant communities in London so as to examine key issues of architecture and culture, while taking …
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The space in-between - representing transcultural exchanges through architecture
… in recent years due to an influx of immigrants. Ethnic precincts are used by both migrants and the local communities to help foster cultural exposure and the exchange of different cultural ideas. However ethnic precincts in New Zealand cities are a relatively modern concept, and there is little …
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Muslim separatism: the moros in Southern Philippines and the Malays in Southern Thailand
… school' and Marxist theorists that ethnicity was a transitory phenomenon along the path to political development, the past few decades have seen a resurgence of ethnic nationalism. In recent years a number of explanations has been offered for the persistence and resurgence of …
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Muslim separatism: the moros in Southern Philippines and the Malays in Southern Thailand
… school' and Marxist theorists that ethnicity was a transitory phenomenon along the path to political development, the past few decades have seen a resurgence of ethnic nationalism. In recent years a number of explanations has been offered for the persistence and resurgence of …
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Astrology in the Torah: a comparative study of astrological themes in the Hebrew Bible and Babylonian Talmund.
… a melting-pot of heterogeneous religious and ethnic communities, dominated by Zoroastrian culture, the Babylonian Talmud, the culmina- tion of generations of Rabbinic oral discussion of Torah law, was born. Contemporary divinatory practices prevalent in the pagan cultures of Classical …
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Electoral Systems and Ethnic Conciliation: A Structured, Focused Analysis of Vote-Pooling in Northern Ireland Elections 1998–2011
… the extent of conciliatory behavior and cross-ethnic coalition making in Northern Ireland. It focuses on the role of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) electoral system in shaping party and voter incentives in a post-conflict divided society. The research uses a structured, focused comparison …
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Coros y Danzas: Musical Folklore and Spanish Identity in the Early Franco Regime (1939-53)
… determined the ‘purity’ of different regional ethnic communities throughout the nation. Ultimately, the Franco regime used the Sección Femenina’s concept of Hispanidad to justify its oppressive cultural policies and as a form of cultural diplomacy abroad.
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College access for first-generation highlander college students of northern Thailand
… on first-generation college students of highland ethnic minorities, formally known as “hill tribes,” who have languages and cultures very different from mainstream Thais. Little is known about college attendance among these students, and the Thai government collects no statistical data on these …
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The urban economic development impacts of ethnic entrepreneurship : a case study of Dominican entrepreneurs in Lawrence, Massachusetts
This thesis examines the process through which ethnic entrepreneurship impacts urban economic development. In many urban places across the United States, demographic change has led to the rise of ethnic communities and the rise of ethnic entrepreneurs. In cities with sustained economic decline, the …
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Using the self-regulatory model to explore cultural understandings of dementia and inform a culturally sensitive intervention
… by the year 2025, 50,000 people from minority ethnic communities will be living with dementia. Focusing on people with dementia who have immigrated to the UK from Ireland and the Caribbean, the aim of this thesis was to explore how these families perceived and coped with dementia, to find out …
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Using the self-regulatory model to explore cultural understandings of dementia and inform a culturally sensitive intervention
… by the year 2025, 50,000 people from minority ethnic communities will be living with dementia. Focusing on people with dementia who have immigrated to the UK from Ireland and the Caribbean, the aim of this thesis was to explore how these families perceived and coped with dementia, to find out …
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The Relationship Between Community Policing, Police Profiling And Brutality, And How It Relates To Minority Communities’ Perceptions Of Police
<p>Ethnic communities in the United States are at a greater risk of police-related mortality and experiencing racial profiling by the police and are more likely to report negative perceptions of the police than White Americans. Community policing has been proposed as a viable solution to this …
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Between world views: Nascent Pacific tourism enterprise in New Zealand
… population, on behalf of nine diasporan Pacific communities. It tacitly assumes that the nine 'Pacific' communities share common views and values and are all at a similar stage of integration or hegemony and that the WPB speaks on their behalf. It further assumes that Pacific ethnic communities …
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