This dissertation reads and writes stories of a contact zone, producing a critical geography of a village in Baltistan, Northern Pakistan. In the dissertation, I analyze texts that represent this place and the transcultural interactions that take place there, specifically the in…
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This thesis explores questions surrounding the necessity of travel in pursuit of knowledge, cultural negotiation as a continuous and interactive process, as well as the strong bond with one's own culture that is indispensible to a successful negotiation. I analyze the 1834 trave…
Throughout history, Native American people faced constant rejection of their cultural values through assimilation. Education and boarding school were the main tools utilized to strip Native American people of their cultural identities. It can be argued that this continues today …