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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"Oaxaca"”.
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Urban Agriculture within the Valley of Oaxaca: Investigations and Implications of Agricultural Terracing at Monte Alban, Oaxaca
… prior pedestrian site surveys. The Valley of Oaxaca Settlement Pattern Project concluded that nearly all of the 1,464 Late Classic terraces at Monte Albán were used for residential purposes. Spatial analysis tools reveal a greater human-ecological complexity. The goal of this study was to use …
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Contested Spaces: Protestantism in Oaxaca, 1920-1995
… conflict stemming from Protestant conversion in Oaxaca. Protestant expansion is nowhere more visible than in southern Mexico. Of the southern states Oaxaca has the highest growth rate of Protestantism, increasing 531% between 1970 and 2000. From 2000 to 2010, it grew another 65%. Such rapid …
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Tequio y Tierra: Regenerative Architecture in Oaxaca
… materials and earth construction in marginalized Oaxaca, Mexico. The Mezcal industry – which has exploded in recent years due to celebrity-fueled popularity – is causing serious ecological damage due to industrial-scale monoculture and improper disposal of its plant-base by-products bagasso and …
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The Indian Map Trade in Colonial Oaxaca
… making indigenous maps and their circulation in Oaxaca from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth century. Indian maps functioned as visual aids to distribute land for agriculture, ranching, subsistence farming, and mining, they served as legal titles to property, and they participated in …
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Social Dimensions of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Caregivers in Oaxaca, Mexico
… del Valle, a rural Zapotec-speaking community in Oaxaca, Mexico. It explores how Alzheimer’s disease is locally understood, how this understanding reconfigures traditional meanings of old age, and how broader social issues are negotiated through this reconfiguration. Through 10 months of fieldwork …
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The Valley of Oaxaca at Spanish Contact: An Ethnohistorical Study
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Growth and transformation of a Mexican Village : Ixpantepec Nieves, Oaxaca
… form of a specific village, Ixpantepec Nieves, Oaxaca, Mexico. Constancy and change elements of the physical environment were major concerns in providing the design alternative. How can a place adapt to changing needs of public and private life and still retain its identity? My investigation of …
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Mineralogy and origin of the titanium deposit at Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, 1962.
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The systematics and uses of the genus Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) of Oaxaca, Mexico
… ethnobotanical treatment of the genus Ipomoea in Oaxaca, Mexico. This taxon merits deeper investigations because of present disorganization and disaccord in its classification on generic, subgeneric, and species levels. A second facet of the investigation involves an ethnobotanical survey on past …
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(RE)IMPARARE DALLA PANDEMIA: HACER COMUNIDAD DI FRONTE AL COVID-19 (OAXACA, MESSICO)
… pandemia del Covid-19 nello Stato messicano di Oaxaca, con particolare riferimento al pueblo di San Pablo Huitzo. La tesi coniuga un lavoro di campo etnografico di nove mesi con le riflessioni teoriche della disciplina antropologica. Le trasformazioni sociali prese in esame rappresentano un …
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Meaningful Migrations: Characteristics, Patterns and Outcomes : The case of Teotitecos of Oaxaca, Mexico
… del Valle, located in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The characteristics and patterns of Teotiteco migration are described and analysed. Furthermore, the possibility of migration transformations is discussed. The community’s social structure, together with communal practises, is …
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Beyond the paint and ink: ASAR Oaxaca resistance and getting up Arte Pal Pueblo
This thesis aims to address the ways in Oaxacan street artists frame alternative realities within art and interviews about their art. Asamblea de Artistas Revolucionarios de Oaxaca or ASARO, is a revolutionary artist collective that currently works in Oaxaca Mexico. They place their art in …
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Que Salgamos más Adelante: Identity, Community, and the Desire for Development in Oaxaca, Mexico
… I am interested in the ways Zapotec people in Oaxaca, Mexico engage with development strategies and make them amenable to their own cultural practices and values. I am likewise interested in the extent to which the skills, habits, orientations and identities generated through development …
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Food Sovereignty, Gender And Transitions In Traditional Culinary Knowledge In The Chinantla, Oaxaca, Mexico
… conduct a case study in the Chinantla region of Oaxaca, Mexico because it is a center of agrobiodiversity, and the territory is managed locally as “indigenous and community conserved areas”, both approaches that are supportive of the concept of food sovereignty. I conducted participant …
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Aspirations as a Component of Life Satisfaction: A Look at Female Microfinance Borrowers in Oaxaca, Mexico
<p>This research is an extension to the Oaxaca Hope Project by B. Wydick and T.J. Lybbert. How does an individual gauge her own satisfaction with life? Previous research has noted that many domains make up overall life satisfaction, i.e. career satisfaction, family life satisfaction & social life …
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Party of the Century: Juárez, Díaz, and the End of the "Unifying Liberal Myth" in 1906 Oaxaca
… and national hero, Benito Juárez, in 1906 Oaxaca City, Mexico. The Juárez celebration took place during the lengthy presidency of fellow Oaxaca native and former political rival Pofirio Díaz (1876-1911). Even though the two men experienced an antagonistic relationship, Díaz embraced the …
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