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Being in Relation: Achieving Mutuality in Moments of Play
(2017)
Human connection is an innate human need. More than that, it is a rich source of life satisfaction, the purest expression of our humanity, and only in moments of human connection do we fully come into being. Such moments ...
Educated to Participate: Interaction and Imagination in Three Alternative High schools in Contemporary Japan
(2021)
This dissertation investigates how people desire better educational experiences in contemporary Japan to understand the way individuals perceive social problems and possible solutions. I conducted ethnographic research in ...
Transformations in Labor, Land and Community: Mining and Society in Pasco, Peru, 20th Century to the Present.
(2013)
This dissertation is a historical ethnography of a mining region in central Peru, as well as an attempt to reflect on how social formations and antagonisms within capitalism shift over time. The starting point for this ...
Niicugnissuun/Tuu'awinpi: Tribal Radio as a Unique Community Medium and a Source of Health Information for Rural Indigenous Communities
(2020)
Indigenous peoples in the United States experience some of the most severe health inequities out of any racial/ethnic group, and are simultaneously affected by significant barriers to accessing information. This dissertation ...
Land and Seeds: The Cultural, Ecological, and Global Politics of Organic Agriculture in Latvia and Costa Rica.
(2008)
This dissertation is a multi-sited ethnography of organic agriculture movements in the historically, culturally, and ecologically diverse contexts of Latvia and Costa Rica. It explores how the divergent traditions and ...