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This thesis examines the emergence of Olympic sport aid policy in the early phase of its establishment in 1961 with the founding of the Commission For International Olympic Aid (CIOA) and the Olympic Solidarity (OS) in the early 1970s. The study aims to explore the global proces…

This thesis explores the opportunities, challenges, and initiatives for coffee tourism in the context of Ethiopia. My research addresses five themes to achieve its research aims, which are as follows: arriving at prospective coffee tourism frameworks; addressing the reasons behi…

The following text contextualizes the cultural imagery used in my artwork. As a Puyallup tribal member and a mixed race individual, my art practice employs traditions of drag, Coast Salish design, and satire to explore the complexities of my identities via printmaking, performan…

History has recorded a significant and consistently growing African diaspora in the West, which has remarkably generated the emergence of Afrodiasporic writers who gave rise to the production and circulation of Afropolitan literature. The term “Afropolitan” is another element of…

Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in southern France, this dissertation analyzes contemporary Occitan musical expression in relation to postcolonial immigration. “Occitan” refers to a group of linguistic practices found in the south of France, including Provençal and Lan…

This dissertation is about what happened during the construction of a state out of a colonial territory in 1957. On the surface, it appeared the transition from colony to independent state would be a facile turn yet within a few years, the democratic elements of the state had co…

The present study approaches Cuyp’s VOC Senior Merchant, his Wife, and Manservant through a post-colonial lens in order to critically examine the complex interactions between the Dutch VOC traders and indigenous peoples through servitude, social hierarchy, and cultural hybridity…