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The Trail, 2020-11-13
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Understanding Philanthropy and Inequality in the United States through Probabilistic Regressions
Get PDFThis paper seeks to analyze and understand the dynamics between charitable donations and income inequality in the United States. Through the theoretical lens of financialization and income inequality, we analyze data from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics. We utilize probabilistic regression models to find and compare the impact of demographics on the likelihood of an American household donating to charity. Our results show that age, sex, and income have positive impacts on donation likelihoods, while non-white racial groups can be seen having a lower probability of donation. Analyzing household data from lower-income groups allows for a recognizing of the impacts that income inequality has on philanthropy from a donor side population that has scarcely been looked at before
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Get PDFThis paper seeks to explore the rejection of Messianic Judaism from normative Jewish faith. Using Mary Douglas\u27 theory that wholeness of category equates holiness, this paper provides an insight into the flawed relationship between Messianic Jewish sects and Jewish ritual laws. These primary source texts are supplemented by a selection of secondary sources from Jewish scholars who have provided further explanation demonstrating why Messianic Judaism continues to be excluded by Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and other Jewish sects alike. Through in-depth analysis, the goal is to demonstrate how the necessity for exclusion of Messianic Jews has persisted, especially in the face of a new inclusive and self-identification of religious identity
New & Noteworthy, January 2020
Get PDFContents include: Highlights of Dramaturgy in the 2010s; Colleagues and Collaborators: The Three Musketeers An Interview with Megan Monaghan Rivas and Diane Brewer; #LMDA20 // Conference Countdown; NEA Grants; Dramaturging Your New Year: 5 Questions to Ask Before Creating New Year\u27s Resolutions (link to blog); Upcoming Regional Events.https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdanewsletter/1036/thumbnail.jp
Understanding Burning Man through Fundamental Religious Studies Theories
Get PDFBurning Man is an arts gathering that has taken place every year up until 2020 in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. The gathering brought together more than 70,000 “burners” in 2017 to create a massive community for nine days on a dry lake bed. The temporary city provides a space to explore and more deeply understand humanity and humanity’s relationship to religion. The event is unique, it is the participants’ responsibility to put on the show. Themed camps, art displays, and interactive settings are created by burners, for burners. A climactic burning of “The Man,” a massive wooden figure, takes place on the Saturday before Labor Day. In order to dig deeper into our understanding of this eclectic, one-of-a-kind, event I have employed Michael Taussig’s essay Transgression. Burning Man is transgressive in three distinct ways: to the individual, to society, and Burning Man transgresses itself. Questions of whether or not Burning Man is truly transgressive or remains within the boundaries of society also rise in this paper. Not only does Transgression help us understand Burning Man, but Burning Man also helps us understand the essay, Transgression, in a more complete manner. This is possible because Burning Man puts Taussig’s ideas into conversation with an event that occurs outside of a book, in the physical world. It is important for us to understand the idea of transgression, because it is through transgression that society changes and grows. I will give an explanation of Taussig’s idea of transgression before using it to dive deeper into our understanding of Burning Man as a cultural event
The Half Life of Environmental Racism: Reproductive Justice and Nuclear Technology on Indigenous Lands
Get PDFNuclear waste on indigenous lands is a reproductive justice issue. Indigenous communities experience high rates of miscarriage and reproductive cancers, which remove bodily autonomy and reproductive choice. Negative health outcomes make communities unsafe places to raise children, and the potential for increased exposure to toxins through traditional cultural practices impacts a community’s ability to raise children with those cultural practices. This paper draws on bioethical theory, secondary historical and sociological analysis, and primary source accounts. This paper argues, through a series of historical case studies, that these impacts of nuclear waste are the result of systemic racism against indigenous communities and need to be taken into consideration as energy and waste storage policies are developed to address climate change. Additionally, this paper examines current climate change discourse in this context
Non-School Leisure Activity and Sensory Processing Patterns in 5 to 10-Year-Old Children
Get PDFPURPOSE: Though Ayres (1979) recognized the importance of child participation in significant movement activities to support sensory processing and promote development, the relationship between the nature of activity choices and child sensory processing patterns is unknown. The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of a link between children’s sensory processing patterns and patterns of engagement in leisure activities, using the question ‘Do activities engaged in during leisure time by children between the ages of 5- and 10-years old correlate with observed patterns of sensory processing?’.
METHOD: This descriptive study examined the patterns of sensory processing and leisure activity engagement of children based on the observations of primary caregivers. The Child Sensory Profile 2 and a researcher developed leisure questionnaire were used to collect this data. Data were then analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) to determine correlations and other descriptive statistics between leisure and sensory processing.
RESULTS: Findings from 32 participant responses showed 14 children scored in the typical range in all categories of the Sensory Profile, and 18 scored outside the typical range in at least one category. Results indicated a correlation (.477) between active leisure participation patterns and patterns of sensory seeking on the Child Sensory Profile 2. Results of patterns from remaining quadrants of avoiding, sensitivity, and registration did not demonstrate significant correlations with minimally active or sedentary leisure patterns.
CONCLUSION: While a correlation between participation in active leisure and patterns of sensory seeking could be expected, a lack of correlations between minimally active leisure and sedentary leisure with other sensory quadrants such as avoiding or sensitivity may indicate that many leisure activities are chosen for reasons other than sensory processing patterns
