Browsing by Subject "Group identity"
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Decolonize the Soil: Case Studies in the Restoration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Because of rich environmental, linguistic, and cultural history and culture, NGOs and government agencies in Latin America have been studying and implementing cultural knowledge restoration for decades. This investigation ... -
How Does Ingroup Directed Anger Promote Collective Action? (thesis)
The current research investigated the implications of ingroup transgressions on identity threat, ingroup directed anger, and collective action about ingroup transgressions. It also considered the moderating role played by ... -
The Jewish Diaspora in Argentina: An Evolving Identity
The Jewish Diaspora in Argentina is an altogether unique entity; a small but strong community that has developed a distinctive and evolving modern Judeo-Argentine identity in the face of persistent anti-Semitism, unsupportive ... -
The Making of a Modern Saint: An Analysis of Grief, Charisma, and Community Identity in Transition (thesis)
In concluding this research, I will briefly recount the analytical progress that has been made. Such concluding remarks reaffirm the theoretical model. Primarily, however, my conclusion will engage with this very idea of ... -
Multi-Kulti or Mutti-Kulti: How the German Domestic Identity Discourse Shapes German Policy Towards Turkey (thesis)
The case study of Germany's resistance to Turkey's EU membership and its connection to the integration debate underscores the value of constructivism in explaining foreign policy decisions. The rhetoric of the ruling ... -
Place and Displacement. LACS396 Capstone, 2013
Place has become a powerful metaphor to convey a sense of personal belonging, though the notion of place goes far beyond physical or geographical location. Environment, conservation, politics, religion, myth, personal and ... -
Power Structure, Minorities and the Politics of Identity: A Theory Advocating the Importance of Movements of Self Determination of Cultural Identity by Minorities in Addressing Minority Issues in Multicultural Societies Favoring Assimilation
The paper is divided into two parts. Part 1 studies how inability of minorities in societies which the dominant culture determines the groups identity takes away the minorities capacity for agency and self determinism, and ... -
Repertoire and Collective Social Memory: The Celebration of Uruguayan Culture and History During Carnaval
The Uruguayan Carnaval illustrates the use of repertoire form of memory and collective social memory due to the inclusion of both African and European cultures and the moments of suppression historically. Carnaval originated ... -
Shifting Borders: Language and Identity along the U.S-Mexico Border
Aimed at drawing to light the dynamic relationships between identity, language, and borders, this investigation first delves into a consideration of language as a tool to combat existential doubt in “Existence to Expression”. ... -
A Southern Intellectual Community: A Sociological Inquiry
The immediate pupose of this thesis is to make a sociological analysis of Washington and Lee University as a Southern intellectual community during the first three decades of the present century. It is not here suggested ...