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Showing 1 to 20 of 1449 for “"Karen"”.
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Seeding Sovereignty: Sensory Politics and Biodiversity in the Karen Diaspora
… traces the sensory and political dimensions of Karen refugees' co-movements with their seeds, plants, and agricultural practices in exile. It also tentatively explores understandings of sovereignty beyond the frame of the Westphalian nation-state through engagements with seed and food …
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From Burma to Dallas: The Experience of Resettled Emerging Adult Karen Refugees
… study explores the stories of emerging adult Karen refugees who have resettled in Dallas, Texas, and examines what their shared experience entails. The Karen are the second largest ethnic group in Burma recognized for their strong ethnic identity and decades of in-country conflict. After …
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Fertility differentials among the Karen, a hill tribe minority in Northern Thailand
… identifies factors affecting fertility among the Karen, the largest hill tribe minority group in Thailand, in Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son provinces in Northern Thailand. The study uses quantitative data from the 1986-1987 Census of Hill Tribe Populations, and qualitative information from fieldwork …
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Fertility differentials among the Karen, a hill tribe minority in Northern Thailand
… identifies factors affecting fertility among the Karen, the largest hill tribe minority group in Thailand, in Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son provinces in Northern Thailand. The study uses quantitative data from the 1986-1987 Census of Hill Tribe Populations, and qualitative information from fieldwork …
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More than English: Karen refugees negotiating their lifestyle in a cosmopolitan city
… dissertation is an ethnographic case study of a Karen refugee resettlement community in Trident City. Due to oppressive control by the Burmese government in Burma, the Karen National Union, a political organization with an armed military called the Karen National Liberation Army, has been …
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Insulin-like growth factors and growth of the fetal sheep / Karen Lee Kind.
Indicates that retarded fetal growth in sheep, associated with restricted supply of substrates to the fetus, is accompanied by reduced concentrations of insulin-like growth factor I in fetal blood and its decreased production in several major fetal tissues.
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The Karen of Andaman Islands: Labor Migration, Indian Citizenship and Development of a Unique Cultural Identity
The Karen of the Andaman Islands present a unique story—a story of migration, transformation and endurance. This paper presents the findings of my ethnographic fieldwork of 2014 contextualized through extensive secondary research of Andaman and Karen history. Some data supported my initial …
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Coordinated action in string playing: a comparative study of the teachings of Paul Rolland and Karen Tuttle
… Study of the Teachings of Paul Rolland and Karen Tuttle by Lauren Burns Paul Rolland and Karen Tuttle were two prominent pedagogues in the twentieth century with remarkable similarities regarding emphasis on naturalness and freedom of motion for string playing. This study provides …
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A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF A FEMALE KAREN REFUGEE WHO EXPERIENCED ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL
… study explored the life experiences of a female Karen youth who moved to the United States as a pre-teenager, entering a medium-sized Texas rural public high school as a freshman. Perceptions of English Learners are that they are ill-prepared for achieving success in rigorous academic subjects …
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Power and Perfection in Karen Finley's <em>The Constant State of Desire</em>: Creating a New Discourse.
<p>Karen Finley's The Constant State of Desire merits attention because it acknowledges modern language's inability to represent the suffering of victims and creates awareness of our personal involvement in constructing gendered identities. Finley expresses her abhorrence of the desire for power …
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Bulimic bodies and “bearers of production” : representing bulimia in Todd Haynes’s Superstar: the Karen Carpenter story and Mika Rottenberg’s NoNoseKnows
… be placed in the realm of starvation? After Karen Carpenter’s untimely death in 1983 after an overuse of Ipecac, she has become known as the first public face of anorexia. Discussions of Carpenter are often tautological, with her diagnosis as anorexic turning the spotlight on her controlling …
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Karen Horney's Three Character Styles [Neurotic Styles] as Responses to Early Maternal Deprivation and Unmanageable Rage: Three Illustrative Case Studies
… to the neurotic solutions described by Karen Horney (1945) moving against people, moving towards people, and moving away from people. Within the maternal bond, these individuals experienced rage as unacceptable and treatment allowed some of their experiences a voice. This study aimed to …
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Emotion, Conflict, Sociality: A Critique of George Herbert Mead's Social Self Theory from the Perspectives of William James and Karen Horney.
… the theoretical works of William James and Karen Horney; contemporary research in neuroscience; Mead's attempts to apply his theoretical understanding to concrete social conflicts.</p> <p>This study concludes that while Mead's theory fails to account adequately for the significance of …
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A case study investigation of teacher collaboration : conditions and the relationship between teacher collaboration and teachers' professional development and learning / Ah-Gek, Karen, Lee.
This study uses a qualitative case study approach to investigate the conditions that promote or inhibit teacher collaboration and its implications for teachers' professional development and learning. Findings support the claims that teachers' collaboration can be fostered by the organisational …
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Lokaler Wandel und kulturelle Identität im Spannungsfeld nationaler Modernisierung und globaler Umweltdiskurse : die Karen im Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, einem Weltnaturerbe im Westen Thailands
… um Gemeinschaften der ethnischen Minderheit der Karen im 1974 eingerichteten Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary im Westen Thailands, das 1991 von der UNESCO zu einem Weltnaturerbe erklärt wurde. Karen siedeln dort seit mindestens 200 Jahren. In einem zyklischen Schwendbausystem bauen sie …
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