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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"their eyes"”.
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Through Their Eyes: Exploring older adults’ experiences with an intergenerational project
… in an intergenerational project – Through Their Eyes. Three questions guided this inquiry: What are the experiences of older adults participating in the Through Their Eyes project? How did this experience influence their well-being? How did this experience influence their relationship to …
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Through Their Eyes: A Phenomenological Analysis Of Perceived Leadership In Special Purpose Private Schools
… experiences they have encountered working in their role. Semi-structured interviews addressed perceptions of leaders and followers based on demonstrated characteristics, behaviors, and values that leaders within each of the schools encompass and whether these characteristics, values, or …
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Their eyes were watching Zora: storientation, black girl magic, and Afrofuturistic implications for educators
… as Storyteller, where educators reflect on their narratives; Her: Mentor Text as Storyteller, using multimodal texts that highlight Black girls’ experiences; They: Black Girls as Storyteller Apprentices, providing Black girls opportunities to express their identities; and We: Educators and …
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With their eyes turned skyward : making sense of tourist experiences in Roswell, New Mexico
This interdisciplinary study explores the tourism industry in Roswell, New Mexico, a theme town that advertises itself as “the UFO Capital of the World.” John Gottdiener, a scholar of themed environments, asserts that consumption is the dominant force structuring individuals’ experiences of these …
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"Women with their eyes on the stars": The Women Airforce Service Pilots' fight for recognition, 1939-2016
… how the WASP were discriminated against based on their status as women, and how this unjust discrimination impacted their ability to become militarized and gain eventual veterans’ status in the late 1970s. It also aims to widen and expand upon the sparse historiography of the WASP and women’s …
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An Amikwa Family Through Their Eyes: An Auto-ethnographic Study of an Indigenous Community in Northern Ontario Canada
This work is focused on the lived experience in Northern Ontario, on the Pickerel River. The Mcquabbie Family history is used as a platform for discussing larger socio-political issues directly connected to person-hood, and identity politics. Through this discussion, we attempt to unravel the …
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"Love is Lak de Sea": Figurative Language in Zora Neale Hurston's <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God</em>.
… of Hurston’s figurative language in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Metaphors, symbolism, and personification have always been present in the African American language. Hurston uses the richness of figurative language to depict the African American experience in the United States during …
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Flinging the Apron and Tearing the Kerchief: Janie Crawford's Gestures in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
… this thesis, I argue that in her 1937 novel <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God</em>, Zora Neale Hurston demonstrates protagonist Janie Crawford's development through her use of gesture. As the narrative moves throughout Janie's life, she becomes progressively able to communicate her feelings and …
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Finding Identity Through Survival: The Impact of the Hurricanes in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones
… the hurricane symbol in Zora Neale Hurston’s <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God </em>and Jesmyn Ward’s <em>Salvage the Bones</em>. In both novels, the authors use the imagery of setting combined with the characterization of poor women of color in order to emphasize both the effects of environmental …
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Silence as Weakness or Strength in Hurston and Morrison
… is a literary device authors use to empower their characters. In fact, both Zora Neale Hurston, in her renowned novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Toni Morrison, in her 1981 novel Tar Baby, exploit voice in different ways. This thesis will investigate and explore the ways in which both …
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Awareness of diabetic retinopathy among diabetics in the Cape Town Metropole
… Whether diabetics know that diabetes can affect their eyes. - Whether the awareness of DR differs according to subtype of diabetes, place of treatment (private versus public sector), level of education and socio-economic status. - Knowledge of systemic risk factors for developing DR. - Knowledge …
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Designing polysensory experiences to improve motorcycle safety
… danger of collision, and help them to keep their eyes on the road when navigating.
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Modeling the Progression of Discrete Paired Longitudinal Data.
… of individuals, all diabetics, who have had their eyes examined for diabetic retinopathy. The eyes are treated as paired data, and we have the results of the examination at the four unequally spaced time points spanning over a fourteen year duration.</p>
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