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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"Haitian"”.
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Haitian Diaspora Impact on Haitian Socio-Political and Economic Development
… (periphery). This paper will look at the Haitian Diaspora in the United States and its active transnational link to Haiti. Since the days of post-Duvalierism, the Haitian Diaspora has actively participated in the developmental process of the country. Remittances are no longer the only way …
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Haitian Linguistic and Cultural Practices: Critical Meaning-Making Spaces for Haitian Learners
… concerned with the effects of the exclusion of Haitian linguistic and cultural practices in the education of Haitian learners. Through qualitative data collection and analysis, a set of texts and narratives in the Haitian Creole language, Rara and Vèvè practices were inventoried, reviewed and …
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Chlorine demand in Haitian water supplies
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.
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Comparative assessment of the nutritional status of Haitian children during the transitional period in two Haitian communities
… and their mothers. The sample consisted of 228 Haitian children, 108 from the community of Lalomas, and 120 from St. Michael. The latter of the two sample areas is considered to be the more progressive of the two. While a Mothercraft Center had been in operation for 8 months in St. Michael, no …
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Haitian classical music, vodou and cultural identity : an examination of the classical flute compositions of Haitian composer Werner A. Jaegerhuber
Thesis (D.M.A.)--Michigan State University. Department of Music, 2005
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Filtration of Giardia cysts from Haitian drinking water
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.
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Spiralism in Haitian Literature: the Chaos-Creation Cycle
… time and experiences and repeating characters. Haitian writers have historically faced significant barriers to publication, which has contributed to the marginalization of Haitian literature in academic discourse. This thesis explores why and to what extent Haitian literature has been …
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A statistical analysis of a Haitian Mothercraft Center
Mothercraft, or Nutritional Rehabilitation, Centers have been instituted throughout the Third World, in order to alleviate malnutrition in preschool populations. Analysis of Centers, however, is complicated by problems with evaluative methods. There is controversy over the best measure of a child's …
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Debating Difference: Haitian Transnationalism in Paul Gilroy’s Black Atlantic
… of <em>The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora (sic) in the United States</em> (2001), a collection of short stories, poetry, and personal accounts from Haitian diaspora in the United States, whose stories delve into the issue of transnational identity. The idea of diaspora as …
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Process of definition and development of the Haitian-Dominican borderland
… enforced. The massacre of approximately 15,000 Haitians ordered by the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1937 is the event that brought attention to the border nationalization process. In my research I argue that the conflict between the two countries had both an economic and a racial base …
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Haitian street foods and their nutritional contribution to dietary intake
… questionnaire was developed and administered to Haitian secondary school children from varied school tuition categories to assess their street food consumption. Results revealed a wide range of consumption frequencies. The average consumption of calories and protein for the 174 person sample were …
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Cryptic Secrets: Phantoms of the Haitian Revolution in the American Imaginary
Abstract This thesis explores the Haitian Revolution and its multiple assaults upon the American imaginary. These assaults are understood to form part of a traumatic cultural inheritance. It envisages the Haitian Revolution not as one, singular event, but as a complex, multivalent, and polymorphous …
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Factors That Contribute to the Educational Success of Haitian-American Women
… factors that influence academic success among Haitian-American women.</p> <p><em>Methodology</em>. A survey research method was used in this study. A quantitative approach was taken when analyzing the data. For this study, 213 Haitian-American women with college degrees completed the Inventory …
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The Drama of History: Representation and Revolutionaries in Haitian Theater, 1818-1907
Since the beginning of the Haitian theatrical tradition there has been an ineluctable dedication to the representation of Haitian history on stage. Given the rich theatrical archive about Haiti throughout the world, this study considers operas and plays written solely by Haitian playwrights. By …
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"Marie Manje La Pom Nan." Examining the Cognitive Process of Restructuring and Advantage Selection in the Definite Article System in Haitian Creole Among U.S. Born Heritage Speakers of Haitian Creole
… morphology (Polinsky & Kagan, 2007). Therefore, Haitian Creole (HC) is a candidate for restructuring. In this investigation we compared the morphophonological patterns of the definite article system at the production and perception level between two groups of early learners of Haitian Creole …
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A Study of Primary Schools in the Elias Piña Province on the Dominican Haitian Border: Immigrant Haitian Access to Education in the Dominican Republic in the 2010 Post-Earthquake Era
… earthquake, what are the conditions faced by Haitian immigrants in accessing primary public education in the Dominican Republic"? Within the context of primary education, the study takes place in the town of Comendador, the capital of the Elías Piña province in the Dominican Republic. Using a …
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