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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Geertz"”.
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Cultivating Global Citizenship? Life In Transit
… 2006; Clifford, 1988, 1997; Derrida, 2003; Geertz, 1995; Nussbaum, 1997), and the cultivation of cultural identity (Bateson, 1994; Boym, 2001; Maalouf, 1994; Martin, 2002; Sen, 2006). I draw upon a wide array of methodological approaches in my inquiry such as autobiographical narrative …
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Communicating Culture: the Termination and Restoration of the Klamath Tribes
… termination became a part of Klamath culture (Geertz, 1973 & Barth, 1989). With a grant from the Graduate College, the researcher traveled to Chiloquin, Oregon. Utilizing qualitative research methods, personal interviews were conducted with eight Klamath Indians. Focusing on termination and how …
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Aspects of a Localized Ocean: A Cultural Ethnography of Surfing
… I thickly describe in accordance with Clifford Geertz (1973). This and other examples of localism are ingrained into the communication behaviors of those who surf. With this said, (g)localism is a constitutive aspect of surfing culture. Specifically, I look at the surf community in Santa Cruz, …
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Charro Days: History, Culture, and Identity on the U.S.-Mexico Border
… of symbolic analysis are those of Clifford Geertz, Sherry Ortner, and Victor Turner. Charro Days is a critical node in the process of creating meaning and identity. This thesis provides insights to how the community uses symbols during Charro Days to create, negotiate, and express a unique …
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Why are you stuck? : inquiries in the design studio
… that of Kurt Lewin, John Dewey and Clifford Geertz. This thesis also relies on information gathered in informal interviews with architecture students and faculty and inquiries conducted within two design studios.
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Narrativas do Recife assombrado em podcast : ensino da oralidade na EJA à luz dos novos estudos do letramento
… em Street, 2014; Hall 2006, Bruner 1990, 1997); Geertz 1973 e Canclini,1984, respectivamente. Para embasar as considerações sobre EJA, dialogamos com Capucho, 2012; Ciavatta, 2010; Freire, 1979, 1996, 2009, 2021; Paiva, 2013; Souza, 2007. Metodologicamente, foi realizada uma pesquisa-ação, com …
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The image of the Incarnation as motif for development practice in West Java, Indonesia
… anthropology (focussing on the work of Clifford Geertz), the logic of Critical Theory (focussing on the work of Jürgen Habermas) and the thought of a leading Indonesian Islamic theorist, Abdurrahman Wahid. Key, buttressing points in each of these are selected as sources of validation for the …
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The environment of poverty and the limits of girlhood: The struggle for the right to an education in North India. Gareebi Ka Mahual Aur Ladkeo Ki Hud
… framework shaped by the works of Clifford Geertz and Ruth Behar. Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum’s work on Human Capabilities provided the theoretical framework for this study. The environment of poverty, shaped by parental education, occupation, health, the absence of reliable social …
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A docência primária em Pernambuco : estratégias e táticas de organização e hierarquização (1864-1888)
… elegemos a “descrição densa” do Clifford Geertz (1989) e a abordagem microanalítica do Carlo Ginzburg (2007). Defendemos que o enquadramento dos(as) docentes públicos em Pernambuco, entre 1864 e 1888, não se orientou pelos parâmetros da profissionalização deste ofício, mas por diferentes …
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Sexualidades encarceradas: afetos, desejos e prazeres no cotidiano do cortiço-prisão feminino do interior pernambucano
… às análises etnográficas (MALINOWSKI, 1978; GEERTZ; 2004; DAMATTA, 1978), construídas a partir de dois eixos analíticos: No primeiro, foi possível perceber que na tessitura das trajetórias de vida das pessoas que por aqui sobrevivem, marcadores sociais como raça, classe, gênero e território …
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What Makes a Modern Indian Profession? Corporate Policies and Middle-Class Subjectivities in Chennai's Information Technology Industry
… this thesis calls for ‘thick descriptions’ (Geertz 1973: 6) of labour relations in local contexts, while emplacing these within transnational capital circuits. It also argues for a more nuanced interrogation of the fluidity of class formation through employment in certain industries, …
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Transmedia - a Place of Negotiation in Conditions of Hybridity and Change
… concept of ‘thickening’ as proposed by Clifford Geertz with its implication of interaction between multi-layers of meaning. The research seeks to define a ‘liquid’ form of understanding and analysis capable of approaching the complexity of art that crosses media and discourses as may be …
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A Multi-Case Study of Private Institution Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology Faculty in One Midwest State
… member checking, thick description (Geertz, 1973) and reflexive journaling. The findings were recorded in a qualitative structure to provide a narrative description of the lived experience. Findings: Data analysis revealed six major themes and sub-themes related to the participants’ …
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All That Is Air Turns Solid: The Creation of a Market for Sinks Under the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
… involution, as used by Goldenweiser (1936), Geertz (1963) and Katz (1998) to refer to instances where a narrow pattern persistently repeated leads to ever increasing complexity but, instead of evolving into something new, it generates increased entrapment, making the pattern more pervasive in …
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A Site of Conflict and Resistance: The Impact of the 2014 Curriculum Reforms on A’ Level Media Studies
… et al 2020) to build a ‘thick description’ (Geertz 1973) of the real-life experiences of media studies teachers against the political backdrop of education reform. The study addresses four key questions: the impact of the 2014 reforms on media studies' curriculum and subject identity, the …
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Prevenção à Sífilis a partir de sujeitos e saberes locais: proposta de um modelo de educomunicação em cocriação com indígenas Potiguara
… em saúde, a partir de sujeitos e saberes locais (Geertz, 2014; Morin & Terena, 2010). A metodologia da pesquisa-ação (Thiollent, 2011) foi aplicada para investigar os hábitos, a cultura, e as necessidades específicas de comunicação da comunidade Potiguara. Pesquisa bibliográfica (Stumpf, 2006), …
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Toba Batak Marriage and Alliance: Family Decisions in an Urban Context (Kinship, Sumatra, Indonesia)
… systems in process and practice (Sahlins 1981; Geertz 1985; Bruner 1985) and studies of the relationship of marriage practice and rules (Bourdieu 1977; Sant Cassia 1982; LiPuma 1983; Bradburd 1984). Although previous studies of asymmetric alliance have concentrated on implications of alliance at …
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The Academic Acculturation of Newcomer Teens in Iowa Schools: A Phenomenological Study
… checks, triangulation, rich thick descriptions (Geertz, 1973), field notes, and reflexive journaling. Findings: Data analysis revealed realities of Iowa newcomer academic acculturation experience as influenced by family, culture, schools, and relationships. The essence of newcomer experience …
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Reimagining keening: an examination of the reinvention of Irish lament as a healing tool in the contemporary world
… world (Bell 1997; Bowie 2006a, Collins 2014; Geertz, 1957; Grimes 2000; Turner, 1995). The theoretical framework for this thesis draws on a combination of sound studies, which emphasizes the overlooked role of raw vocal expressions like wailing, crying and moaning found in lament practice as …
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Memória da ciência e da tecnologia: preservação do Patrimônio Cultural Brasileiro
… no conceito de cultura de forma semiótica (GEERTZ, 1978), apresenta a relação entre a significação atribuída às informações científicas e tecnológicas tomadas como patrimoniais, responsáveis pela preservação de sua memória e as ações desenvolvidas nas Unidades de Pesquisa da amostra. …
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