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What Climate Denialism Can Teach Us About The Trustworthiness of Science
No full textWhat Climate Denialism Can Teach Us About The Trustworthiness of Science Jenna Lange (Pomona College)Comments by Jules Obbard (Puget Sound)Chair: Aidan Bicknel
Tourism and Cultural Commodification in the Polynesian Island-State Economies
Get PDFFor centuries, components of culture from Pacific Island States have been commodified in various forms of media within the cultural tourism industry. In recent years, though these media representations have shifted away from encouraging direct colonial exploitation, cultural tourism efforts still pose complicated questions about the amount of agency Polynesian individuals have how they are represented. While tourism is a significant sector of the economy in Pacific Islands Countries (PICs), it’s important to consider whether or not Polynesian people have the economic and social freedoms to influence how they share their culture rather than having it be offered up for colonial consumption. This paper will examine the economic and colonial histories of various PICs in order to understand what role tourism plays in Polynesian Island-State economies. Ultimately, while it significantly contributes to local economies and development work, cultural tourism often fails to offer individuals social and economic agency in sharing cultural elements
Culturally Responsive Education, The Panopticon, and Cultural Wall: A White Teacher’s Reflection on Identity
Get PDFThe dynamics of White teacher identity are analyzed through the tenets of Foucault\u27s Panopticon, as a physical and metaphorical structure for knowledge and power. The Panopticon illustrates the complex manifestation of White vigilance and societal position permeating even teacher identity. This study delineates a White teacher’s identity and the unconscious barrier, cultural wall, that impedes full consideration of their identity and their ability to connect with culturally and linguistically diverse students. This study serves to add to current literature to promote dialogue about the need for better pre-service and professional development regarding reflective practices for teachers working with multilingual and multicultural learners
The Value of Your Life by the Numbers Crowdfunded Medical Debt
Get PDFFor centuries, components of culture from Pacific Island States have been commodified in various forms of media within the cultural tourism industry. In recent years, though these media representations have shifted away from encouraging direct colonial exploitation, cultural tourism efforts still pose complicated questions about the amount of agency Polynesian individuals have how they are represented. While tourism is a significant sector of the economy in Pacific Islands Countries (PICs), it’s important to consider whether or not Polynesian people have the economic and social freedoms to influence how they share their culture rather than having it be offered up for colonial consumption. This paper will examine the economic and colonial histories of various PICs in order to understand what role tourism plays in Polynesian Island-State economies. Ultimately, while it significantly contributes to local economies and development work, cultural tourism often fails to offer individuals social and economic agency in sharing cultural elements
Supererogationism and Anti-Realism
No full textSupererogationism and Anti-Realism
Rylan Garwood (University of Washington)
Comments by J.J. Alvarez (Puget Sound)
Chair: Mei Pacheco-Leong
Supererogatory acts are said to be ethically good but optional. One intuitive objection is that, if an act is truly good, then it should be obligatory. Contemporary defenders of supererogatory acts argue that this is not so, as morality would become too demanding. Additionally, the more common strategy is to argue there are non-moral reasons that may override moral reasons. In this paper, I will sketch some worries with these strategies. I will argue that, since supererogationists deny that moral reasons are overriding, their position is open to anti-realism. Thus, if one wishes to be a moral realist, one ought to believe that morality is overriding and that there are no supererogatory acts
Savages, Deplorables, and the Promise of Anthropological Ethnography
Get PDFThis short essay describes a longitudinal ethnographic project on which I am embarking with successive coteries of students here at the University of Puget Sound. The essay starts with a discussion of the latent power of ethnography to cross thresholds of difference on a mission of empathy and understanding. I tie this mission to the legacy and definition of anthropological ethnography. In the second section of the essay, I discuss the fractious nature of the American polity, and the caricatures of rural Americans that I\u27ve encountered in the urban and academic environs of the west coast. In the final section of the essay, I discuss how student-led independent summer research projects endeavor to address these issues
From Classroom to Practice: Implementing the Core Set of Outcome Measures in a Student-Led Clinic
Get PDFBackground: Literature suggests that Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are insufficient for facilitating behavior change in clinicians. However, translating research to clinical practice is essential for evidence-based practice. Prior to publication of the Core Set of Outcome Measures (CSOMs) for Adults with Neurologic Conditions CPG, all recommended outcome measures (OMs) were included in the University of Puget Sound curriculum. Beginning Fall 2018, didactic instruction adjusted such that clinical decision-making for the CSOMs was instructed as outlined in the CPG.
Purpose: To determine whether utilization of CSOMs in a student-led neurologic outpatient physical therapy clinic changed after students received intentional didactic instruction on CPG utilization. The secondary aim was to determine whether OM utilization frequency changed.
Methods: Patient diagnosis, patient ambulatory status, and frequencies of OMs administered were collected for all patients who attended a student-led neurologic physical therapy clinic between 2017 and 2022. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were conducted using non-parametric methods.
Results: Utilization of the CSOMs increased by 41% overall and 59% for ambulatory patients. Prior to Fall 2018, the most frequently utilized OMs were the Timed Up and Go (TUG), 5 Times Sit to Stand (5xSTS), Dynamic Gait Index, and Four Square Step Test. Following publication and instruction of the CPG, the most frequently utilized OMs were the TUG, 5xSTS, Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale, and Functional Gait Assessment. The frequency of overall OM utilization did not change.
Conclusion: Students increased utilization of CSOMs after intentional didactic instruction. Frequency of overall OM utilization remained unchanged
Is There a Relationship Between Lived Discrimination and Chronic Pain? - A Pilot Study
Get PDFBackground: The complexity of the human experience of pain involves myriad biological, psychological, and social factors, each contributing uniquely to the overall experience. Recent literature illustrates the impact of social determinants on health outcomes, including an association between chronic pain and lived-discrimination. Heart rate variability (HRV) is used as a measure of systemic health, with diminished HRV often accompanying chronic pain.
Purpose: The primary aim of this study is to provide a pilot feasibility protocol to investigate the relationship between lived discrimination and HRV across the spectrum of pain duration.
Methods: HRV data was collected from 39 participants while seated and taking an iPad survey that encompassed sociodemographic information, pain experience, and the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS). HRV data analysis was performed on 37 participants. Pearson’s correlation was used to compare total EDS score to HRV.
Results: Due to the positive skew of EDS and HRV scores, the natural logs of EDS, high-frequency power (HFP), and low-frequency power (LFP) were utilized. Total log EDS (lnEDS) was not correlated with either lnHFP (r = -.08, p = .637) or lnLFP (r = .08, p = .658).
Conclusions: This protocol demonstrates a feasible structure for further exploration of the relationship between lived discrimination and HRV. While nonsignificant in this small sample, the relationship between discrimination and HFP is opposite of LFP, suggesting different relationships between these variables. Future research should investigate the differences in these relationships in a larger sample between groups of those experiencing no pain, acute pain, and chronic pain