This thesis aims to induce wonder and cooperation towards enacting turfgrass formationsand discourses in more reciprocal ways. I amplify Kenneth Burke’s take on rhetoric as the art of inducing cooperation, but extend this definition to everyday multispecies relations. In the mid…
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Indigenous communities’ ties to land predate the settler state’s formation and have continued despite projects of genocide and land expropriation. In this thesis, I examine the history, place-making, and lived experience of the Ruffey Indian community in northern California. Thr…
This dissertation is an ethnographic study about ecological displacement, affective encounters, the work of care, and human and animal subjectivities involved in rehabilitating endangered orangutans in Sarawak, Malaysia. Using participant-observation, interviews, archival resear…
This dissertation focuses on investigating the causes of malnutrition in the crisis-affected region of Darfur, Sudan, on exploring the relationship between household headship and food security and on examining the role of care in determining malnutrition in emergencies. For the …
The concept of Jesus as a virtue ethicist is not a new one. Most philosophical thinkers in the ancient world were virtue theorist in one way or another, even the Buddha and Confucius were not inconsistent with the belief that character was central to ethos (or ethikos ). Among t…
Tell Abraq is a Bronze Age archaeological site located in the modern day United Arab Emirates and was occupied from the 3rd millennium BC to the 1st century AD. The coastal location provided access to both marine and agricultural resources as well as trade routes and foreign exc…
A study investigating whether a relationship exists between sound levels in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and the use of analgesics was conducted. Previous studies indicated sound levels in the PACU exceeded federal recommendations, that more analgesics were used during pe…
Sickle cell disease (Fr: la drépanocytose) is an inherited blood disorder with over a century of biomedical history in the United States. In turn, with recent decades of migration, it has become the most common genetic disease in France. For those with sickle cell disease who al…
Like many other countries, Israel has recently reformed its welfare system and introduced its citizens to the requirement to enter the labour market. I refer to this requirement as the 'duty to work'. Israeli citizens are required to become economically independent rather than a…
The purpose of this ethnonursing study was to describe, analyze and interpret the culture care beliefs, meanings and practices related to health and well-being of South Sudanese "Lost Boy and Lost Girls" following resettlement in the United States. Leininger's theory of culture …
Data for this ethnographic study were collected over a period of two months in Islamabad, Pakistan. This study explored the daily life experiences of eleven mothers who cared for children with disabilities in a low socioeconomic setting. A holistic perspective of caregiving beli…
Viele Menschen geraten beim Versuch, gut für sich und andere zu sorgen, an die Grenzen ihrer Kräfte. Was als individuelles Versagen gegenüber den alltäglichen Anforderungen erscheint, ist jedoch Folge einer neoliberalen Krisenbearbeitung. Notwendig ist daher ein grundlegender Pe…
Viele Menschen geraten beim Versuch, gut für sich und andere zu sorgen, an die Grenzen ihrer Kräfte. Was als individuelles Versagen gegenüber den alltäglichen Anforderungen erscheint, ist jedoch Folge einer neoliberalen Krisenbearbeitung. Notwendig ist daher ein grundlegender Pe…