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Building Community Solidarity: The 1988-90 Strike of the Morgan-Nicolai Door Factory and the Creation of the Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network
Get PDF58 pagesThe purpose of this research is to document the failed Morgan-Nicolai Door Factory strike of 1988-90 with a specific focus on those in the community who would use the strike as a catalyst for the development of the Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network (ESSN). Through the literature review, the author contextualizes the strike within the greater economic and political forces of the 1970s-1990s. And through newspaper articles and interviews with participants in the movement, the author determines that despite the failure of the Morgan-Nicolai strike itself, the strike and its long-term effects could qualify the movement as a “successful failure.
Korean Soft Power: K-pop Media Consumption Through the Lens of Attraction Psychology
Get PDF67 pagesThis research examines whether attraction psychology can be used as a lens to understand the transcultural consumption of K-pop music, a culture medium I identify as a South Korean soft power resource. A tertiary qualitative content review of prior scholarship containing interviews with non-Korean K-pop fans in a variety of different countries was conducted. In order to perform a comparative analysis, the articles selected are studies about non- Korean K-pop fans in general, and BTS fans specifically. Using content analysis in Dedoose, articles were coded for elements of attraction including proximity, similarity and reciprocity, all of which have been determined by prior psychological research to be crucial in forming and maintaining relationships. Positive dissimilarity was also coded for since it came up in one source specific to parasocial relationships. From the coding, significant evidence was found that fans experience satisfaction of these elements of attraction through their consumption of K-pop. There were also differences in what codes applied in certain populations and between sources specific to BTS versus more generally about K-pop. In probing these comparisons this research suggests a further investigation into how soft power’s attraction is defined and may function on an individual level
AN EXPLORATION OF MY AMERICAN DREAM STORY THROUGH KENTE CLOTH
Get PDF34 pagesFor as long as time can remember, the Ewe and the Asante of West Africa have woven kente cloth. Although colonization, the slave trade, and artificial geopolitical boundaries have all disrupted the region, kente cloth has remained a constant and reassuring presence. In American culture, kente cloth most often appears in the form of graduation stoles for Black Americans who want to celebrate our heritage. Kente, which is produced all over West Africa, represents the ambiguity that we come from as descendants of enslaved people because, for the most part, we don't know where in Africa we come from. As Black Americans, we gird ourselves with a generic idea of Africa forged by our Eurocentric upbringing that stems entirely from our relationship to whiteness or lack of it. Many Americans have millennia-long histories traced by the rise and fall of empires, whereas the story for Black people begins and ends with American oppression. Our story is made up of enslavement and subordination, or inhumanity. This thesis is my effort to regain the parts of my story that were stolen by American slavery. My family descends from the Ewe people of Togo, so our connection to kente is known. My work combines my lifelong love for fibers and my ancestral relationship with kente cloth; the final kente piece uses color to explore the challenges of my reconciliation with my family's history
Investigating the mechanism of activation by inflammatory signaling molecules S100A9 and lipopolysaccharides
Get PDF42 pagesInflammation is the most common cause of death worldwide. Mediated by the innate immune system, inflammation serves as one of the first lines of defense against infection and injury. However, when this natural and healthy response runs amok, it can cause and exacerbate many diseases. The innate immune receptor Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4), along with its cofactors, MD-2 and CD14, activates inflammation in response to external and internal danger signals. TLR4 induced inflammation is implicated in sepsis and many other inflammatory disease states. Despite the significance of this receptor complex for human health, much is yet to be understood regarding the biochemical mechanism by which it recognizes danger signals. In particular, the role of the cofactor CD14 is well understood for external danger signals, but its role in internal danger signal recognition is poorly understood. By introducing mutations to CD14 and measuring their effect on TLR4 induced inflammation, I have determined the importance of specific amino acids and regions of CD14 involved in activation by internal danger signals
Affect and New French Extremity: Aesthetics of Traumatic Memory
Get PDFThis thesis hopes to highlight how a particular film phenomenon in early twenty-first century France demonstrates the concepts of traumatic affect eloquently through its aesthetic and formal tendencies. Commonly known as New French Extremity, this phenomenon touched on transgressive subjects in extreme and often viscerally challenging ways. This work into New French Extremity hopes to bring about a broader understanding of how art communicates traumatic memory through formal elements of storytelling. Ultimately this research seeks to better understand how bodily experience is affectively contagious and how cinema facilitates this communication through formal and aesthetic means
Four Encounters: an Exploration of Los Vendidos
Get PDF57 pagesThis thesis explores how I have encountered Luis Valdez’s 1967 play Los Vendidos as a researcher and allied theatre-maker. I have explored Los Vendidos, how it came to be, how it fits within Chicanx and Latinx theatre, and how I can engage with this work and potentially with other pieces of Latinx theatre. This case study of Luis Valdez’s Los Vendidos initially bore the ultimate goal of producing a framework that describes the best practices for producing this piece, but I ended up building a framework that features tenets of allied theatrical scholarship instead of production as the best form for my current engagement and support. The framework foregrounds respect: for the playwright’s message, for actors and their cultural identity, and to encourage more Latinx language and culture on American stages. Focused allyship is a way in which I can use research to expand my awareness of culture and create a space of inclusion in theatre, especially when encountering plays that utilize negative racial stereotypes as a device to subvert racist ideologies. I have organized my discoveries into a framework guided by my encounters with Los Vendidos. Specific sections of this project consist of four encounters: discovery and interest, dramaturgical, directorial, and framework encounters. These distinctions are based on the flow of my research, and it makes the most sense to me to discuss them in linear order to demonstrate how I came to my conclusions. My first encounter regards my discovery of Los Vendidos and how I understood it to be an exciting piece of theatre that could help me advance my knowledge of Chicanx and Latinx theatre. My second encounter explores the dramaturgical research I conducted to gather knowledge on Luis Valdez and the history of El Teatro Campesino. I explore the influences that collate to create Valdez’s theatre and Los Vendidos. My directorial encounter follows with explorations of character and themes that the play interrogates with ideas aimed toward a production of Los Vendidos. My fourth, and final, encounter is my reflection on the culmination of my prior research and the discoveries I made in the process of research, most notably, my decision to refrain from production. I have used the reflection to lay out my tenets for allied theatre scholarship: connect to the work, collaborate, do your research, stay open, and be flexible. This thesis focuses on my exploration of allied theatre making and the unexpected conclusions I have reached
A Landslide Inventory for Prince of Wales Island, Alaska from 2009 to 2023 Using Planet Imagery
No full text52 pagesThe combination of extreme rainfall brought on by atmospheric rivers and steep topography has made landslides a frequent and hazardous occurrence on Prince of Wales Island (PoW) in Southeast Alaska. Detecting and monitoring landslides on the ground can be costly and time-consuming, especially in remote and inaccessible locations. By using high-resolution (3-5 m) Earth observation imagery from Planet Labs, we can pinpoint the location and constrain the timing of past landslides through visual change detection of multiple images acquired every 2-3 days. We have mapped over 750 landslides across PoW (6670 km²) and the surrounding islands from 2009 to 2023. By comparing pre- and post-landslide failure images, we determined landslide timing with temporal constraints ranging from one year to less than one week. This study expands upon the USFS Tongass National Forest Landslide Inventory, which utilizes a combination of decadal aerial photos and high-resolution satellite imagery, providing multi-year constraints on landslide timing. The inventory presented in this study includes landslide polygons, corresponding initiation points, and an attribute table containing the last pre-failure date, first post-failure date, slope, elevation, forest stand age, geology, distance to the nearest road, and area. The distribution of landslides across PoW over the past decade demonstrates a strong seasonality, with most landslides occurring between August and December. We find a strong relationship between landslide location and aspect, with landslides predominantly occurring on southern slopes. Our methods also capture small landslides, revealing that most are located within 10 km of the nearest road. We find that cumulative precipitation, both monthly and annually, does not fully explain the relationship with landslide frequency and requires further exploration. Future research will use gridded precipitation data, coupled with well-characterized timing of landslides, to determine precipitation intensity thresholds for landslide triggering. By quantifying the temporal and spatial distribution of landslide occurrences, we can provide valuable information to support the development of landslide early-warning systems
Legal and Philosophical Intersections of Refugee Law: Imagining a More Just Migration
Get PDFDespite the United States’ trove of migration laws, many of which promise to adhere to the United Nation’s handbook on refugees, our migration infrastructure is weak and exclusive. By using Michel Foucault’s analytical lens, biopower, this paper will examine the discrepancies between the two dominant forms of migration: immigration and asylum law. While other scholars have conducted refugee studies and claim to use biopower as their lens, this paper will challenge their academized framework by charting the real history of refugee advocacy. To critique these modern scholars, the paper will turn to Hannah Arendt’s articulation of citizenship’s value and her early work on the stateless. In doing so, this paper will be the first to suggest that the exceptionalism that dominates refugee law—and its separation from immigration law—stems from the biopower that underscores the nation’s migration statutes. The interdisciplinary analysis will uncover three areas where the law falls short: the particular social group (PSG) requirement in refugee law, the tendency to imagine citizenship as a binary, and the border wall as a space of legalized violence against migrants. This unique form of jurisprudence, though, reveals immediate solutions to the abstract problems. PSG provisions, for one, must be read with a corrected textualist lens that respects its broad origins. Statutes like Temporary Protected Status must be protected to fill the gap between immigration and refugee law, initiating a notion of semi-citizenship. Finally, test cases must make use of the constitutional similarities between Civil Rights law and immigration law to protect migrants at the border
The Impact of Gender on Verdict Outcomes in Workplace Sexual Harassment Cases
Get PDFWorkplace sexual harassment has become a widespread problem in American society. Verdicts in workplace sexual harassment cases are often determined by a jury’s interpretation of the facts. One element that may bias the perception of jurors is gender. This literature review will examine empirical research regarding gender and sexual harassment within and outside of a legal context. Studies outside a legal context will present general conclusions on gender differences in sexual harassment perceptions. Mock juror studies on sexual harassment will examine whether these gender differences appear within a legal context. These studies will provide conclusions on how juror, plaintiff, and defendant gender may influence juror verdict outcomes in workplace sexual harassment cases. Explanations for these findings will be examined. Limitations of the current literature and directions for future research will also be discussed
Assessing the Needs of the Poor: The Case of Veracruz
No full text"From a socioeconomic standpoint Panama is a well-developed country that is socially, economically, and politically stable however, the reality is that poverty and inequality continue to persist and affect the lives of Panamanians. Social protection programs were created by the Panamanian government to alleviate issues affecting impoverished communities but there is limited research regarding the lived experiences and perceptions of people whom social services are supposed to be serving. This thesis seeks to address that gap by using Veracruz as a case study which is one of the most impoverished towns in Panama to explore the experiences of the poor regarding the effectiveness of these programs that are aimed at them. This study took a qualitative approach and a total of 10 individuals from Veracruz were interviewed. The results of this study revealed that community members of Veracruz experienced various social challenges that impede them from meeting their most basic needs and that social protection programs make little difference in their lives. This thesis concludes with a series of recommendations that should be considered to alleviate the most pressing issues facing Panamanians at the national and local levels. "999
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