Harvesting the sap of maple trees [Acer saccharum] for use in the production of syrups and sugars has a storied history stretching back to the pre-Columbian practices of North America’s indigenous peoples. Since its adaptation by European settlers in the late seventeenth century…
Ultramafic rocks exposed on the Earth’s surface offer a rare opportunity to directly study the petrology of the upper mantle. The Appalachian Mountains of Vermont contain variably serpentinized ultramafic rocks that mark the suture zone for the Ordovician Taconic Orogeny. In sou…
'From a politics of hospitality but also backlash to a nuanced analysis of cultural politics and the race question, Bose deftly examines refugee resettlement in Vermont in both local and global contexts. Refugee resettlement is usually an urban phenomenon. Newcomers narratives o…
'From a politics of hospitality but also backlash to a nuanced analysis of cultural politics and the race question, Bose deftly examines refugee resettlement in Vermont in both local and global contexts. Refugee resettlement is usually an urban phenomenon. Newcomers narratives o…
Miranda, a small, delicate girl easily carried off by the wind, lands at Bourne Manor on the coast of Lake Champlain and is raised by the dour Wysteria Barrows, but she begins to believe rumors that the Manor is cursed and, aided by a new friend and kites secreted in an attic, s…
Miranda, a small, delicate girl easily carried off by the wind, lands at Bourne Manor on the coast of Lake Champlain and is raised by the dour Wysteria Barrows, but she begins to believe rumors that the Manor is cursed and, aided by a new friend and kites secreted in an attic, s…
This dissertation examines one particular means of transforming protracted conflict from a destructive to a constructive process, the peacebuilding programs at the School for International Training (SIT) located in Vermont in the northeastern United States. Given that conflict i…
This dissertation examines the ways in which meanings and practices of gender are changing for Bosnian Muslim refugees in Vermont, and it argues that the changes are mediated both by ideals of modernity and by the particular context of exit and reception this group has experienc…
