Browsing by Subject "ethnography"
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(Texas Heritage, 2017)Often a destination at the end of an isolated dirt road, though some-times found in urban locations, Freedom Colonies are hidden African-American cultural legacies. These endangered communities are in need of greater ...
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(2012-07-16)In this dissertation I used the anthropological and sociocultural perspectives to examine the culture of school science and science communities. I conducted three independent studies. The first study is a meta-ethnography ...
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(2016-12-05)Educators and students struggle with engagement in many educational settings and at all levels. A lack of engagement has been reported to contribute to an ever-widening gap between how students develop knowledge, skills, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Humor is usually associated with trivial or non-serious banter; it is however a significant factor in the construction of organizational culture. This work provides an experience based organizational account of how ...
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(2023-01-25)In the 1990s, Rarámuri families migrated to Ciudad Juárez from the Sierra Tarahumara due to the degradation of the ecosystem, drug trafficking, and government corruption that affected the community. To understand the impact ...
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In field studies documenting the behavioral impact of social norms, there often exists a “spurious correlation” dilemma with exogenous variables (Manski 1993; Young 2015). At Texas A&M University’s Memorial Student Center, ...
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(2018-04-04)Numerous studies, on both micro and macro levels, confirm that providing postsecondary education to prisoners works to reduce the rate of recidivism. Understanding that the phenomenon is works, however, does not answer the ...
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(2010-10-12)This dissertation explores the social patterns and cultural layers of musical "open mics" in New York City. The study uses a qualitative approach which includes methods such as ethnography, in-depth interviewing, historical ...
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(2014-12-15)This dissertation is an ethnography of the media practices of young Catholic women in Mumbai, India. Media practices are conceptualized as cultural practices via which the participants in this study claimed cultural ...
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(2023-05-09)This qualitative ethnographic study explores the perspectives of individuals who self-medicate with psilocybin outside of clinical research contexts. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to understand their motivations, ...
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(2017-12-11)Despite political advances, LGBT+ experiences on social media are affected by a history of marginalization. LGBT+ people adjust the presentation of their gender and sexual identities in response to social pressures, but ...
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(2011-08-06)From the exterior, the United States has extracted natural resources and transformed the social dynamics of those living on the periphery, contributing to the emigration from Mexico and immigration to the United States. ...
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(2015-04-24)Music is a topic that is not often covered in leisure studies even though it frequently accompanies many of the activities we participate in. Music is central to human development, communication and meaning-making, and as ...
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(2013-04-26)This thesis investigates volunteering as performance. In exploring this topic I discuss a dynamic between self-interest and selflessness in the observable performance of service through the social mechanisms of volunteerism. ...
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(2020-04-24)Hunting is a vital source of income, protein, cultural traditions, knowledge, and identity for many local communities. Conservationists and policy makers must balance the competing needs of wildlife and vulnerable hunting ...