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Alexander, William Lee 1963. "Resiliency in a hostile environment: The comunidades agricolas of Chile's Norte Chico." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284299.
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The comunidades agricolas of Chile's Norte Chico are unique entities/systems of indivisible communal land, inherited land use rights, democratic decision-making, and diverse economic strategies that are closely linked to changing environmental conditions. Families reproduce their livelihood in this semi-arid region where drought is chronic and poverty is widespread through a combination of pastoralism, dry land farming, and temporary labor migration. Because this research is based on fieldwork that spanned three years of extreme climate change, the reader is presented with an opportunity to observe a full range of flexible risk management strategies and co-operative mutual assistance that these people make use of at both the family and community level. One particular family's story is given as illustration of the extraordinary resiliency that these communities have shown despite the harsh ecological and, at times, social and political environment in which they are situated. Although government attention to the problems that the comunidades, face has increased during Chile's transition to democracy over the past decade, one of the goals of this dissertation is to bring to light the specifics of their cultural livelihood so that economic development programs that limit their options and conflict with community ideals and practices can be avoided. The material presented here will also address questions concerning the persistence of peasant culture in Latin America in general.
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Mualuko, Mwende K. "Trios and Sexual Health: The Relation between a Cultural Specific Theory of Resiliency and Sexual Health Outcomes among Black Women." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_diss/84.
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The purpose of the current study was to explore the relation between a culture specific theory of resiliency (TRIOS: Time, Rhythm, Improvisation, Oratory & Spirituality) and sexual health outcomes (Sexual Risk History, HIV Testing & Attitudes and Beliefs, Partner Information & Condom Self-Efficacy) among Black women. Participants were 124 Black women recruited from a larger sexual health intervention study. TRIOS was hypothesized to be correlated with outcomes and predict unique variance in outcomes beyond measures of Self-Esteem & Racial Identity. Time, Improvisation and Spirituality were hypothesized to uniquely predict limited sexual risk history, healthy HIV testing attitudes and beliefs, fewer risk indicators among sex partners, & higher condom self efficacy. The psychometric structure of TRIOS within the sample was examined. Tests included a Correlation Matrix, two sets of four Hierarchical Regressions and an Exploratory Factor Analysis. Correlations were found between TRIOS components and Sexual Risk History and Condom Self-Efficacy. Time and Improvisation uniquely predicted declines in Risky Sexual History. Rhythm uniquely predicted declines in Condom Self-Efficacy. Effects of Oratory were mixed. Methodological limitations and implications for interventions and future research were discussed.
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Perez, Jasiel. "Portraits of Undocumented Latino College Graduates Through a Lens of Resiliency Theory." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862870/.
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Using resiliency theory as a lens, this qualitative study explored the educational journey and post-graduation experiences of 5 (2 females and 3 males) undocumented Latino college graduates (ULCGs). All participants completed a college degree from a U.S. four-year institution located in a state with an active in-state resident tuition (ISRT) policy. Pseudonyms were used to protect the identity of study participants since a viable path to permanent U.S. residency for undocumented students and/or graduates is currently unavailable. Participants shared their journeys through two 90-minute interviews conducted via Skype, follow-up questions conducted via e-mail, and journal entries collected via e-mail. Consistent with existing literature, findings revealed that participants experienced numerous cultural, academic, legal, and personal barriers, but were relentless in reaching their goals. Contrary to most existing literature, participants in this study enjoyed significant academic capital, aspirational capital, and followed a different and unique decision-making rationale. Findings are presented in five individual portraits and one collective portrait. Individual portraits illustrate participants' struggles, key turning points, and their life decisions. The collective portrait addresses four themes that emerged from the data, including 1) life barriers, 2) reflections of resiliency, 3) decision time, and 4) college education interpretation.
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Hill, Phyllis Lynette. "Resiliency Factors in African American Female Students in Single-Gender Educational Settings." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5720.
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Resiliency is a critical factor in educational success; the gap exists in the research regarding the effect of resiliency in the educational success of African American female students. The purpose of this interpretive phenomenological research (IPR) study was to explore and describe the lived experience of single-gender education through African American female student alumnae to capture and distill their shared experience of educational resilience and competence. Framework drew on gender-relevant education, social capital, racial identity and socialization. Research perspective that participants were viewed consisted of critical race feminism theory and competency versus deficit or risk perspective. Research questions focused on how African American female student alumnae of single-gender educational settings described their experiences in and out of school as they relate to resiliency and competence. The IPR design consisted of 3 interviews per participant; 1 focused on the past, 1 focused on the present, 1 integrated past and present experiences. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was used to analyze data. Results showed the components that factor into the African American Academic Achieving Female (A4F) include racial identity and socialization, gender relevant education, support systems within cultural and social capital, Guts, Resilience, Initiative, Tenacity (GRIT), Cultural (Re)Appropriation Unity (CRU), personal spiritual relationship. Recommendation for the A4F framework to be used as a foundation to foster growth of the A4F. Social change implication is understanding how African American female alumnae of single-gender schools describe their shared experience of A4F on their lives to foster social change for the African American students.
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Heltz, Kimberly K. "Government and Nongovernmental Collaboration to Build Community Resiliency Against Terrorism in Oklahoma City." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5011.
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The way communities build resiliency and prepare for acts of terrorism is ambiguous in the United States; best practices remain unclear. Due to mobility and advancements in communication technologies, individuals and organizations share information, incite anger, recruit, and act on ideological grievances with ease. Such grievances are bolstered by the political and social exclusion of disparate groups through poorly designed policies and ineffective government structures. Using a combination of social constructivism and systems thinking theories, this case study explored collaboration efforts between government agencies and nongovernment experts in Oklahoma City, OK, identifying best practices as a result of lessons learned following the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Data were acquired through public records related to the bombing, combined with a qualitative survey of 31 community leaders. These data were inductively coded and subjected to a thematic analysis procedure. Key findings indicate that while open communication with the community and increased coordination were suggested by participants, reports were kept internal to each agency and not widely shared or implemented effectively across the community. Sharing the identified best practices and acknowledging collaboration opportunities promotes positive social change by involving the broader community and building early resiliency to address ideologic grievances and create more effective community counterterrorism plans.
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Leborgne, Yann. "Patrimoine culturel immatériel et résilience : territorialités et lieux matriciels." Thesis, Normandie, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019NORMLH20/document.
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Pratiques et représentations sociales transmises de génération en génération, les patrimoines culturels immatériels (PCI) sont aujourd’hui définis dans le cadre de dispositifs internationaux et nationaux (Unesco, 2003). Dans certaines situations, l’attachement au PCI révèle l’existence d’« espaces en souffrance ». En effet, phénomènes spatiaux aux manifestations inscrites dans des lieux, les PCI contribuent à la capacité des individus et des sociétés à assurer leur pérennité en sauvegardant leurs sentiments d’identité, de présence territoriale et de continuité à travers l’histoire. Réussies ou échouées, les patrimonialisations témoignent d’un dynamisme de ceux qui les opèrent. In fine, les PCI traduisent des territorialités liées à la résilience pour les hommes qui les créent, et y tiennent. L’étude de terrain de neuf sites en Normandie et Pays-de-la-Loire montre que les manifestations du « PCI » sont autant de dépassements de perturbations par des résiliences inscrites dans des échelles géographiques multiples : depuis les échelles micro, celles où l’on soigne le sujet et son lieu corporel organique, aux échelles méso et macro où ces résiliences tendent à raccommoder des tissus socio-territoriaux plus vastes. Ainsi, entre lieux, milieux englobants et territoires, le patrimoine culturel immatériel relève d’une territorialité matricielle. Il participe à la permanente re-création de la relation de l’Homme à la TerreSocial practices and representations, passed from generation to generation, are today defined as “intangible cultural heritage” and figure in both national and international patrimonial provisions (Unesco 2003). In some cases, people’s attachment to “intangible cultural heritage” can reveal the existence of “areas of suffering”, whether personal or societal. As a spatial phenomenon, the expression of which is often related to a geographical location, “intangible cultural heritage” contributes to Man’s and society’s capacity to ensure its sustainability through the preservation of Man’s feelings of identity, territorial presence and continuity through Time. Successful or not, patrimonialisations are proof of the energy of those who perpetrate them. In fine, “intangible cultural heritage” conveys territorialities linked to the resiliency of those who create such heritage and hold on to it. A field study of 9 sites, in the Normandy and Pays de la Loire regions, shows that these expressions of “ICH” provide Man with a way to overcome disruptions through resiliency, detectable on various geographical scales: from the micro scale, where we look after the individual and his organic corporal location, to the meso and macro scales, where they tend to mend the wider socio-territorial fabric. Thus, between locations, communities and territories, “intangible cultural heritage” becomes part of a matrix territoriality. It is, therefore, part of the permanent re-creation between Mankind and Earth
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Upton, Jack. "Hope and the city : a case study of the resiliency adaptations of British boys of African or Caribbean cultural heritage attending Year 7 at an urban secondary school." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/40797/.
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Black-British young people are, on average, at least four times more likely to be excluded from school and experience significantly lower levels of academic attainment than their demographically matched white counterparts. This research adopts a social constructionist understanding of resilience to explore how ten Black-British students in an urban secondary school cope within their school and community. It is hoped that the case study of their resiliency adaptations will inform primary and secondary prevention. The interview transcripts were analysed using Grounded Theory methods (Charmaz, 2006). This involved the continuous analysis and comparison of data. This process produced 81 focused codes and 19 memos. These were conceptualised into three categories, which formed ‘Hope Theory.’ This theory suggests that having educational and vocational aspirations are important in shaping how all young people, not just those of black British cultural heritage, engage in school and in moderating the effects of communities that are perceived as unstable and threatening. Key to hoped-for goals is the ability to identify viable pathways towards their completion and a sufficient sense of personal agency or self-efficacy to attempt them. Comparisons were drawn between Hope Theory and the extant literature, highlighting the Working Alliance as a tool that could help EPs and teachers build social and physical ecologies that support hope and resilience in young people.
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Coronado, Jesse Angel. "Exploration of the interaction between risk and protective factors within the cultural construct of five male academically resilient Latino college graduates." Scholarly Commons, 2014. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/60.
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This qualitative collective case study explored the lives of five male academically resilient Latinos from the Central Valley of California, who despite the myriad of adversities, threats, and stressors present in their lives, persevered and became established professionals. Researchers have noted that Latino males continue to hold one of the lowest academic achievement rates compared to other ethnic populations. Thus, understanding how disadvantaged students succeed including the factors inherent which associate to their academic success is fundamental in order to help inform educational policies and practices. Utilizing a compilation of interviews and personal documents, findings demonstrated that internal dispositions (i.e., positive self-disposition, emotional intelligence, and self-efficacy), commitment to others, familismo (valuing family), as well as the influence and role of their father, helped promote invulnerability to threat. Concomitantly, learning through others' struggles and experiences provided them with context about what risk factors to avoid in order to remain grounded to their goals and aspirations. This study adds to existing scholarship by highlighting the importance and role that internal disposition (i.e., positive self-disposition, emotional intelligence, and self-efficacy), commitment to others, familismo, and learning through the context of others' struggles or experiences has upon promotion of academic resiliency. This research inquiry engages and affirms the theoretical frameworks utilized (i.e., resiliency theory and the resilience cycle) and adds positive self-disposition and self-efficacy as pivotal elements to the nucleus of the resilience cycle. This collective case study informs the importance of internal dispositions and the influence cultural underpinnings (i.e., familismo ) hold upon development of academic resilience. The dissertation closes with a summary of the major contributions to scholarship, implications, areas for future study, suggestions for practice, researcher reflections, and final thoughts.
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Kennedy, Rachael Eve. "Establishing Nourishing Food Networks in an Era of Global-local Tensions: An Interdisciplinary Ethnography in Turkey." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85589.
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This dissertation ethnographically explores the social concerns related to the global, agro-industrial system's impact on many communities' potential for livelihood and health. At the core of this study is the desire to understand the complex and dynamic ways that communities strive to develop, and make sense of, networks that address these wicked problems and to understand how these strategies might aggregate to promote community resiliency.
An investigation of alternative food networks (AFNs) was contextualized in one province in Western Turkey. The AFNs were articulated by an ethnographic design that utilized tools from different fields of study. Integrating actor-network theory, new social movements theory, and the nourishing networks framework allowed for robust triangulation of data.
I conclude that AFNs in this province are nascent and remain fragmented. At present, AFNs have not been leveraged for community resiliency efforts. However, they hold the seeds of what may become a food sovereignty social movement.
This ethnography reveals that the province has assets, including numerous affinity groups, and a durable connection to heritage with strong reverberations of a nature-culture. I illuminate the broad spectrum of submerged and visible actants and actors that prime the AFNs' development. The wide variance creates diffuse and contradictory cultural implications.
Actors report they constantly negotiate cultural aspects related to AFNs. They conceptualize this work as a polymorphous phenomenon of fragmented communities and a culture of dependency; but they show fortitude by negotiating multi-phasic actions and multi-vocal resistance messaging.
By way of this study I illustrate that their cultural politics take place where economy and identity interface. Actors seek legitimization. They speak of infusing heritage-based ideals into projects. They are firm that agricultural modernization must come from Turkish values. And, they are formulating and strengthening ideological-based discourses.
I further clarify their development strategies by showing how AFNs are experimenting with new governance strategies and focusing on social embedding. Promotion of niche markets has begun. However, public and private resources are limited, which hinders the momentum of AFNs. Additional research is needed to better understand the processes for high functioning AFNs in Turkey.Ph. D.
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Carrillo, Ingunza de Erut Fabricia Marina. "Adaptación cultural y resiliencia en migrantes venezolanos en Perú." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/652117.
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El objetivo del estudio fue examinar la relación entre la adaptación cultural y la resiliencia en los migrantes venezolanos en Perú. La muestra estuvo conformada por 300 migrantes venezolanos (183 hombres y 117 mujeres), con una estadía mínima de 3 meses en Perú y una edad de 18 a 55. La muestra se dividió en cinco grupos según el grado de instrucción: primaria (n=12), secundaria (n=86), superior básica (técnica) (n=64), superior universitaria (n=122), y maestría y/o doctorado (n=16). Se administró la escala de Adaptación Cultural – IAC (Castro-Solano, 2011), y la escala de Resiliencia (Wagnild & Young, 1993) adaptada por (Castilla, Coronel, Bonilla, Mendoza & Barboza, 2016). Los resultados revelan que existe una mínima relación entre competencia con autonomía (r=.27) y apertura (r=.26); mientras que aceptación con autonomía (r=.10), y apertura (r=.13) una pequeña relación, siendo todas estadísticamente significativas (p< 0,001). Concluyendo que existe una relación mínima entre variables.The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between cultural adaptation and resilience in Venezuelan migrants in Peru. The sample was made up of 300 Venezuelan migrants (183 men and 117 women), with a minimum stay of 3 months in Peru, with an age between 18 to 55 years old. The sample was divided into five groups according to the education degree: primary (n=12), secondary (n=86), basic superior (technique) (n=64), university superior (n=122), and master's degree and/or doctorate (n=16). The Cultural Adaptation scale - IAC (Castro-Solano, 2011), and the Resilience scale (Wagnild & Young, 1993) adapted by (Castilla, Coronel, Bonilla, Mendoza & Barboza, 2016) were administered. The results reveal that there is a minimal relationship between competition with autonomy (r=.27) and openness (r=.26); while acceptance with autonomy (r=.10), and openness (r=.13) a small relationship, all being statistically significant (p<0.001). Concluding that there is a minimum relationship between variables.
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Henrion-Latché, Johanna. "Résilience culturelle et discussion à visée philosophique : Étude suivie de sept élèves en lycée professionnel." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016CLF20027/document.
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Malgré la complexité de la recherche de terrain sur les travaux concernant la résilience et particulièrement la résilience en contexte scolaire, nous nous sommes intéressés aux modalités et aux manifestations de celle-ci dans les établissements du secondaire en France, dans les lycées dits sensibles, au sein des lycées professionnels du bâtiment. Siège de tensions éducatives et sociales, les relations entre les acteurs sont empreintes de défiance, et traduisent des difficultés sociales et psychosociales complexifiant la réponse aux missions d’enseignement et d’éducation, et ternissant l’image des adolescents et des diplômes. Bien que l’origine et les facteurs de dysfonctionnement des adolescents s’enracinent initialement dans des problématiques dépassant l’école, leur prise en charge et leur remédiation relèvent de l’enseignement et de l’éducation, afin de préparer l’entrée en vie active et sociale. Le recours au diagnostic et aux solutions sont inscrites dans des heures aujourd’hui institutionnalisées, dont les objectifs portent sur le développement de l’élève. Mais lorsque le contact s’est défait depuis des années d’échec scolaire antérieur, lorsque le non-sens s’est installé malgré l’orientation, lorsque les comportements défient l’autorité et que le décrochage scolaire s’affiche comme une constante en progression dans ces établissements, comment penser une pratique pédagogique et éducative qui puisse réamorcer les bases des interactions de confiance entre adolescents et enseignants, tout en garantissant un cadre de bonne contenance aux affects en suspens, en créant des interactions qui permettent à l’élève de travailler et médiatiser le passé, pour l’inscrire dans un présent porteur de sens en le projetant dans l’avenir de manière harmonieuse ? Si cette technique pédagogique permet à l’enseignant et à l’éducateur de définir son action, elle est également une contingence éducative inscrite dans les théories de la résilience, qui est la faculté de rebondir suite à un traumatisme. Dans l’optique de contrecarrer l’échec scolaire, de permettre la création de destinées positives, hors champ de la reproduction de l’échec, en prenant appui sur les théories de la résilience à l’école, il est possible d’envisager une technique pédagogique de prise en charge du groupe classe d’adolescents qui mette en œuvre ces interactions entre élèves et enseignant selon une praxis de résilience. Et si cette résilience s’inscrit dans des pratiques collectives culturelles, s’appuyant sur les œuvres d’une culture et transmise par celle-ci, alors, elle est nommée résilience culturelle. Hors-champ du thérapeutique ou de la psychologie de groupe, la résilience culturelle répond à l’impératif cognitif de s’inscrire dans une pratique dialogique sécurisante et exigeante pour des élèves empêchés de penser, afin de combler les lacunes et les défauts de langage intérieurs et antérieurs. Les pratiques de discussion à visée philosophique démontrent qu’il est possible de créer ces espaces de médiation autour de la pensée rigoureuse afin de développer différentes capacités de penser garantissant la performance d’un discours exempt de facilité et d’échappatoires. Si cette discussion est étayée par des supports culturels de la littérature, comme les contes ou les mythes, alors, une double médiation chez l’élève est possible, depuis la médiation isolée et silencieuse en lien avec les théories du conte vers les médiations oralisées qui suivront la lecture selon une logique de questionnements philosophiques. Si le choix du support est ad-hoc, selon les recommandations de Matthew Lipman et que le conte parle de résilience, alors il est possible de conduire des discussions à visée philosophique dans une praxis de conduite en processus de résilience culturelle, qui seront matérialisées au travers des évolutions des discours des lycéens. Cette recherche [...]In the spite of the complexity of the search for ground on the works concerning the resiliency and particularly resiliency in school context, we were interested in the modalities and in the demonstrations of this one in establishments of the secondary sector in France, in the sensitive said building’s high schools. Seat of educational and social tensions, the relations between the actors are printed mistrust and translate social and psychosocial difficulties complicating the answer to the missions of teaching and educational, and tarnishing the image of the teenagers and the diplomas. Although the origin and the factors of dysfunction of the teenagers take root initially in problems exceeding the school, their coverage and their mediation are a matter of the education, to prepare the school’s exit and the entrance alive active and social. The appeal to the diagnosis and the solutions are registered within today institutionalized hours the objectives of which concern the development of the pupil. But when the contact got rid for years of previous academic failure, when the not sense settled down in spite of the orientation, when the behavior challenges the authority and when the early school leaving displays as a constant in progress in these establishments, how to think of an educational practice which can revive the bases of the reliable interactions between teenagers and teacher, while guaranteeing a frame of good volume in the unsettled affects by creating interactions which allow the pupil to work and to mediatize the past, to register it in a meaningful present by throwing it in the future in a harmonious way? If this educational practice allows the teacher and the educator to define his share, it’s also an educational contingency registered in the theories of the resiliency which is the faculty to bounce further to a trauma. In this optics to thwart the academic failure, to allow the creation of positive fates, off-camera of the reproduction of the failure, by being supported on the theories of the resiliency at the school, it’s possible to envisage an educational practice of coverage of the group classy of teenagers which implements these interactions between pupils and teacher according to a praxis of resiliency. And if this resiliency joins a cultural collective practice, leaning on the works of a culture and passed on by this one, it’s named cultural resiliency. Except field of therapeutics or of the psychology of group, the cultural resiliency answers the cognitive imperative to join a dialogical practice reassuring and demanding for pupils prevented from thinking, to fill the gaps and the defects of inner and previous languages. The practices of discussion with philosophic aim demonstrate that’s possible to create these spaces of mediation around the rigorous thought to develop various capacities to think guaranteeing the performance of a speech exempt from ease and from excuses. If this discussion is supported by a cultural supports of the literature, as the tales or the myths, then, a double mediation at the pupil is possible, since the isolated and silent mediation in connection with the theories of the tae towards the orals mediations which will follow the reading according to logic of philosophic questionings. If the choice of the support is ad hoc according to the recommendations of Lipman and what the tales speaks about resiliency then, it’s possible to lead discussions with philosophic aim in a praxis of driving process of cultural resiliency, which will be realized through the evolutions of the speeches of the high school students. This search for comprehensive type leans on the analysis of the speeches and the interactions in a pragmatic prospect which allows the highlit of contents registered within the framework of the cultural resiliency through factors of implementation of the process which are the link, the sense and the law. The experiment of signing of eighteen sessions of discussions [...]
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Hemmig, Christopher T. "What Development? Poverty and the Struggle to Survive in the Fuuta Tooro Region of Southern Mauritania." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429830570.
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Linscott, Jamie A. "Appalachian Cultural Resilience: Implications for Helping Professionals." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1396603702.
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Kennedy, Neil Patrick Martyn. "Employing Cornish cultures for community resilience." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/12641.
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Employing Cornish Cultures for Community Resilience. Can cultural distinctiveness be used to strengthen community bonds, boost morale and equip and motivate people socially and economically? Using the witness of people in Cornwall and comparative experiences, this discussion combines a review of how cultures are commodified and portrayed with reflections on well-being and ‘emotional prosperity’. Cornwall is a relatively poor European region with a cultural identity that inspires an established ethno-cultural movement and is the symbolic basis of community awareness and aspiration, as well as the subject of contested identities and representations. At the heart of this is an array of cultures that is identified as Cornish, including a distinct post-industrial inheritance, the Cornish Language and Celtic Revivalism. Cultural difference has long been a resource for cultural industries and tourism and discussion of using culture for regeneration has accordingly concentrated almost exclusively on these sectors but an emergent ‘regional distinctiveness agenda’ is beginning to present Cornish cultures as an asset for use in branding and marketing other sectors. All of these uses ultimately involve commodification but culture potentially has a far wider role to play in fostering economic, social, cultural and environmental resilience. This research therefore uses multidisciplinary approaches to broaden the discussion to include culture’s primary emotional and social uses. It explores the possibility that enhancing these uses could help to tackle economic and social disadvantage and to build more cohesive communities. The discussion centres on four linked themes: multiple forms of capital; discourse, narrative and myth; human need, emotion and well-being; representation and intervention. Cultural, social, symbolic and human capital are related to collective status and well-being through consideration of cultural practices, repertoires and knowledge. These are explored with discussion of accompanying representations and discourses and their social, emotional and economic implications so as to allow tentative suggestions for intervention in policy and representation. A key conclusion is that culture may be used proactively to increase ‘emotional capital’.
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Abla, Zipporah Wanjira. "Portraits of Successful African Immigrant Faculty on U.S Campuses." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1351535635.
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Scherer, Laura Alves. "Dinamismo do comportamento resiliente: uma reflexão sobre a expatriação de brasileiros na china." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2013. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/4668.
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This study aims to analyze the resilient behavior of Brazilian expatriates in China, in the face of
expatriation experience. As a research method was adopted a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive
study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve Brazilian expatriates in China, which
were analyzed with the technique of content analysis (Bardin, 2011). The categories of analysis
defined a priori were: the experience of expatriation, situations of adversity, dynamic of behavior
resilient, and, factors and resilient results. These categories were defined based on the theoretical
approach of Hofstede (1991), Grotberg (2005) and Minello (2010). Were also defined two categories
of analysis not a priori - emotions and feelings related to family and perception of Chinese culture
related to business - which emerged from the respondent s reports. As a result, it is emphasized that
the experience of expatriation has lots of adversities in everyday situations, especially related to
cultural differences between Brazilians and Chinese, like the different habits of hygiene and food
smells, gestures, Chinese language, and communication in order to understand the thinking of the
Chinese people. Accordingly, the first expatriates reaction was denial, manifested by anger, irritation,
insecurity and disgust; This is due to the fact that such situations were not part of the mental model of
Brazilians expatriates interviewed, which resulted in cultural shock. However, one of the adversities
that was more evident among respondents was related to geographical distance, which generated the
feeling of suffering because of missing relatives and people who were living in Brazil. In the
professional environment, the timezone was an element that contributed to the stress of expatriates due
to long working hours they had to do to participate in the activities of the company in both time of
Brazil and China. Thus, it was possible oscillation between moments of emotional stability and
moments of grief and isolation, which can be related to the dynamics of resilient behavior of
expatriates, sometimes positive, sometimes negative. It is noted as resilient factors, the search for
social support in co-workers, on the internet, on courses and search for groups of Brazilian or foreign,
seeking to learn more about Chinese culture, Chinese and English language. For expatriates married,
nuclear family (spouse and children) was more united, representing a strong emotional support to face
the difficulties of expatriation together. Another result of this experience, as a consequence of the
positive resilient behavior, was the opening of consciousness to understand the Chinese culture, that
reflected in maturity, patience, personal development, and professional growth and development.Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar o comportamento resiliente de brasileiros expatriados na China, diante da experiência de expatriação. Como método de pesquisa adotou-se uma abordagem qualitativa, de caráter exploratório e descritivo. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com doze expatriados brasileiros na China, as quais foram analisadas sob a luz da técnica de análise de conteúdo (BARDIN, 2011). As categorias de análise definidas a priori foram: a experiência de expatriação, situações de adversidade, dinâmica do comportamento resiliente e, fatores e resultados resilientes. Estas categorias foram definidas com base no enfoque teórico de Hofstede (1991), Grotberg (2005) e Minello (2010). Também foram definidas duas categorias de análise não a priori - emoções e sentimentos relacionados à família e percepção da cultura chinesa relacionada aos negócios-, que emergiram a partir do relato dos entrevistados. Como resultados, destaca-se que a experiência de expatriação está repleta de situações de adversidades cotidianas, especialmente relacionadas às diferenças culturais entre brasileiros e chineses, tais como os diferentes hábitos de higiene e alimentação, cheiros, gestos, idioma chinês, e comunicação no sentido de compreender a forma de pensar dos chineses. Nesse sentido, a primeira reação dos expatriados era a negação, manifestada por raiva, irritação, insegurança e ojeriza; isso se deve pelo fato de que tais situações não faziam parte do modelo mental dos expatriados brasileiros entrevistados, o que ocasionou em choque cultural. No entanto, uma das adversidades que mais foi evidenciada entre os entrevistados, estava relacionada à distância geográfica, que gerou o sentimento de sofrimento por causa da saudade dos familiares e das pessoas que tinham convivência no Brasil, e o sentimento de isolamento pela dificuldade de fazer novos grupos sociais, em um primeiro momento da experiência. No ambiente profissional, o fuso horário foi um elemento que contribuiu para o estresse dos expatriados, devido à longa jornada de trabalho que tinham que fazer para participar das atividades da empresa tanto no horário do Brasil quanto da China. Diante disso, foi possível perceber oscilação entre momentos de estabilidade emocional e momentos de angústia e isolamento, o que pode ser relacionado ao dinamismo do comportamento resiliente dos expatriados, ora positivo, ora negativo. Salienta-se, como fatores resilientes, a busca pelo apoio social nos colegas de trabalho, na internet, por meio de cursos e, pela formação de grupos de brasileiros ou de estrangeiros, a busca por aprender mais sobre a cultura chinesa, o idioma chinês e inglês. Para os expatriados casados, a família nuclear (cônjuge e filhos) ficou mais unida, representando um forte suporte emocional para enfrentar as dificuldades da expatriação juntos. Outro resultado dessa experiência, em decorrência do comportamento resiliente positivo, foi a abertura de consciência para compreensão da cultura chinesa, em que repercutiu em amadurecimento, paciência, desenvolvimento pessoal, além do crescimento e valorização profissional.
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Falcous, Mark Alan. "The resilience of local sporting cultures, a case study of the cultural impacts of the European Superleague." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq20632.pdf.
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Starzec, Patrycja. "Resilient landscape, resilient culture. The role of geographical place-based perspective in sustainable adaptation of urban areas to the climate change." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1073.
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Cities are defined as the ecological phenomenon of the 21st century since urban form is becoming dominant geographical context for human settlement on Earth. Due to that one of the major tasks of contemporary urban planning policy is adaptation of urban areas to the changing realms. In connection to the adaptation strategies, concept of resilience is gaining much more attention in the current planning discourse as an approach which perceives problem of climate change as the opportunity for better development. New aspect that concept of resilience brings to the planning is a view that social and ecological dimensions are interlinked. According to that, main aim of the thesis is to find an answer for the research question “What is the connection between culture and nature and its role in sustainable adaptation of urban areas to the climate change?” and through the research and analysis develop a theoretical foundation for the strategy of adaptation to the climate change which offers an opportunity for more effective urban growth based on three main pillars of sustainability: Environmental responsibility, Economic viability and Social justice as well as currently distinguished new dimension i.e. Cultural vitality.
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Becker, Sophia Colette. ""Performance and Resilience: Performance, Storytelling, and Resilience Building in Post-Katrina New Orleans"." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1472833968.
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Cheban, Yuliya Mikhaylovna. "The Impact of Cultural Resilience on Affect and Performance in Organizational Settings." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10978000.
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Examining cultural differences in resilience among workers and how these differences are related to satisfaction and performance at work is a vital research area that may provide insights into the United States’ steadily diversifying workforce. Specifically, there has been limited research on cultural differences in the workplace and its impact on affect and performance. This study investigated the impact that cultural resilience has on an individual’s job satisfaction and work performance. Moderation analyses using cultural resilience were conducted to test the impact that minority status, immigration status, and stress have on job satisfaction and performance. Results of this study indicated a significant interaction between cultural resilience and stress on an employee’s job satisfaction. Although minority and immigrant status significantly contributed to an individual’s cultural resilience, there was no significant interaction between cultural resilience and group status on an employee’s job performance. This study highlights the importance of examining the perspective of cultural minorities in workplace settings and has implications on workplace dynamics.
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Malik, Aiysha. "Resilience and emotional distress in young people : risk, promotive and cultural factors." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6e035fb1-ca6a-4fab-a462-c8cb989af1a1.
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Resilience, as a trait, process or outcome, is the negation of an undesirable outcome or of an expected maladjustment in the context of an adversity. Young people represent a developmental stage in which there is a vulnerability to experience deleterious outcomes during adversity. The literature on risk and promotive factors for resilience in youth is compounded by narrative reviews which have not applied a rigorous search methodology and which have failed to operationalise resilience. To date, the majority of research in resilience for emotional distress has focussed on data collected in high income countries. The first paper presents a systematic review of the literature on risk and promotive factors for trait resilience in youth. The findings indicate that there are differences in the magnitude of association between trait resilience and various risk and promotive factors, which were conceptualised into biological, intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental factors. The largest body of evidence reviewed pertained to intrapersonal risk and promotive factors for trait resilience. Factors predicting trait resilience were also identified. Implications for future research include addressing the methodological and sampling limitations of the reviewed studies. The second paper presents an empirical study investigating factors within a microsystem which differentiate adolescents with resilience for emotional distress and those vulnerable to emotion distress in India (N = 967) and in Peru (N = 606). Factors which predict low emotional distress in each country and factors which differentiate between low emotional distress Indian and Peruvian adolescents were additionally investigated. A cross-sectional exploratory investigation of secondary data was employed. The findings suggest that the profile of low vulnerability for emotional distress differs between different cultural contexts and contribute to an extraordinarily limited evidence-base in low and middle income contexts. Extensive additional research is required to delineate culturally-specific profiles of resilience for emotional distress in a bid to develop culturally-sensitive treatment targets.
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von, Heland Jacob. "Rowing social-ecological systems: morals, culture and resilience." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Systemekologiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-62422.
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The shift from management and governance of ecosystems to relational complex adaptive social-ecological systems (SES) emphasizes a dynamic and integrated humans-in-nature perspective. Such a shift also needs to investigate how diversity and differences in cultures and morals relate to the existence of SES. The papers of this thesis relate these dimensions to SES resilience theory. Paper I analyzes cultural and landscape ecological aspects of trees and tree planting in Androy, Madagascar. Culturally, planting trees serves as a symbol of renewal, purification, agreement and boundary-making. Ecologically, planting trees contributes to the generation of ecosystem services in an otherwise fragmented landscape. Paper II tests the role of forest patches for generating pollination services to local beans that constitute an important protein staple in Androy. The results indicate a significant effect of insect pollination on bean yields and a strong spatial pattern of locating bean plots closer to forests than expected by chance, improving rural food security. Paper III addresses the adaptive capacity of the indigenous forest management in Androy with regard to religious and climatic drivers of change. Paper IV is concerned with cultural analysis of the robustness of provisioning ecosystem services in Androy and the interdependence of morality, cultural practices and generated ecosystem services. Paper V explores how social-ecological memory (SEM) can be seen both as a source of inertia and path dependence and a source of adaptive capacity for renewal and reorganization in the emerging theory about social-ecological systems. Paper VI analyses the film Avatar and discusses ethical–epistemic obligations of researchers as cross-scale knowledge brokers in emerging forms of global environmental politics. The thesis has interdependencies between the social and the ecological and shown that cultural and moral analyses bring important insights and challenges to resilience thinking.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Submitted. Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 5: Submitted. Paper 6: In press.
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Zraly, Maggie. "BEARING: RESILIENCE AMONG GENOCIDE-RAPE SURVIVORS IN RWANDA." online version, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=case1189191843.
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Lambert, Simon J. "The expansion of sustainability through New Economic Space : Māori potatoes and cultural resilience." Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/309.
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The return of Māori land to a productive role in the New Economy entails the innovation and diffusion of technologies relevant to the sustainable development of this land. Sustainable development requires substantive changes to current land and resource use to mitigate environmental degradation and contribute to ecological and sociological resilience. Such innovation is emerging in 'New Economic Space' where concerns for cultural resilience have arisen as political-economic strategies of the New Economy converge within a global economic space. New Economic Space comprises policy, technology and institutional innovations that attempt to influence economic activity, thus directly engaging with local 'place-based' expressions of geohistorically unique knowledge and identity. This thesis approaches contemporary Māori development from three perspectives. First, by viewing the changing links between ecosystems and communities as examples of innovation diffusion, the evolution of relevant policies, technologies and institutions can be examined for their impact upon Māori resilience. Second, such innovation diffusion can be described as a form of regional development, acknowledging the integral role of traditional territories in Māori identity and culture as well as the distinct legislative and governance contexts by which this land is developed. Third, by incorporating the geohistorical uniqueness of Māori ideas, values and beliefs, standard concepts of political-economy can be reformulated to show an explicit cultural economy – Māori Traditional Economic Space – in which Māori horticulturalists participate in parallel with the New Economy. Two methods are used in the analysis of the participation by Māori horticulturalists in New Economic Space. Fuzzy set/Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fs/QCA) allows the rigorous investigation of small-N studies of limited diversity for their partial membership in nominated sets. This thesis uses fs/QCA to organise theoretical and substantive knowledge of each case study to score its membership in agri-food networks, Māori institutions and post-production strategies, allowing the identification of causal configurations that lead to greater resilience for Māori growers and their communities. The second method is Actor-Network Theory (ANT) that incorporates elements of nature and society, showing the extensive and dynamic entwinement that exists between the two. ANT describes the enrolment of diverse 'actants' by a range of eco-social institutions and the subsequent translation of the resulting assemblages into resilience strategies. The results of this research first show a 'System of Provision' (SOP) in which Māori development strategies converge with non-Māori attempts to expand research and marketing programmes. These programmes seek to implement added-value strategies in supplying novel horticultural products within New Economic Space; parallel 'cultural logics' ensure food is supplied to traditional Māori institutions according to the cultural logics of Māori. In addition to this finding, results also show that the participation of Māori growers in New Economic Space can paradoxically lead to an expansion of the Traditional Economic Space of Māori. This expansion is not simply contingent upon configurations of policy, technology, and institutional innovations that originate in New Economic Space but is directed by Māori cultural logics, located in Māori territories but seeking innovations from an amorphous universal 'core'. The interface between the global New Economy and the localities of a Māori cultural economy is defined by the 'interrogation' of these innovations, and innovators, through eco-cultural institutions in their diffusion to and from Māori land, Māori resources and Māori people. Within the boundaries of this interrogation border resides a malleable assemblage of actants, enrolled by Māori as components of resilience strategies, which can lead to the endurance of Māori culture.
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Weaver, Dale E. "The relationship between cultural/ethnic identity and individual protective factors of academic resilience." W&M ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154188.
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Johnson, Christofer M. " Fishing in Uncertain Waters: Resilience and Cultural Change in a North Atlantic Community ." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1574612673663867.
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Rameker, Vicki Cheryl Yap. "Resilience among third culture kids attending an international school." Thesis, Durham University, 2006. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1806/.
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Miller, James. "The Continuity of Deep Cultural Patterns: A Case Study of Three Marshallese Communities." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/24211.
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In the era of Global Climate Change, forced displacement and resettlement will affect coastal communities around the world. Through resettlement, the local production of culturally supportive environments can mitigate culture-loss. While previous vernacular architecture studies suggest that the influence of imported architecture leads to culture change, this study investigates the continuity of generative structures in the production of culturally supportive built-environments, demonstrating resilience. In addition, this study expands the discourse on the dialectic relationship between culture and the environment by investigating the role of Indigenous Design Knowledge in the production of culturally supportive space.
The dissertation investigates the dialectic relationship between Marshallese culture and the built-environment and uncovers the continuity of deep cultural patterns (DCP) in the production of the Marshallese built-environment. These DCPs are forms of local knowledge production that generate culturally supportive environments. The study takes a theoretical position that persistent DCPs are resilient and provide cultural capital.
A multi-sited case study was conducted across rural and urban communities in the Marshall Islands. Historical ethnographies and archaeological studies of the Marshall Islands were examined for cultural patterns present in the built-environment. Interviews, participant observation, site documentation, and a survey were assessed for persistent cultural patterns in the built-environment that supported everyday life. Qualitative analysis uncovered persistent patterns in everyday cultural behavior, such as the cookhouse, and quantitative analysis uncovered spatial and syntactic relationships that demonstrated persistent, underlying cultural structures, such as the shared genotype of urban and rural housing.
While outside influence has impacted the production of the Marshallese built-environment and the Marshallese cultural evolution, I argue that DCPs generate everyday cultural spaces and aid in the reproduction of Marshallese place-identity. DCPs represent Indigenous Knowledge and should be applied to design frameworks for climate forced displacement and resettlement.
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Ross-Mulkey, Mikhelle Lynn. "Locating the Resiliency & Survivance in the Cherokee Phoenix." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193309.
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This thesis is a content analysis of the first phase of Cherokee Phoenix, the first American Indian newspaper started during a time of turmoil--the era of Removal. The Cherokee Phoenix began publication in New Echota, Cherokee Nation on February 21, 1828 with Elias Boudinot as the first editor. Its last publication in this location was on May 31, 1834. The paper was re-enlivened later as the Cherokee Advocate and again as the Cherokee Phoenix. This paper was meant to be printed weekly (on Thursdays), but this did not always happen. A content analysis looking for themes of `assimilation,' endurance, `survivance,' resiliency, struggle, adaptation, and `peoplehood' was undertaken. The goal was to `re-write' the history that already exists about the Cherokee Phoenix and Cherokee people, by proposing and providing evidential support for a more complex and messy explanation as to why the Cherokee Phoenix started and continued to be published.
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Ortiz, Jude. "Culture, creativity and the arts : building resilience in Northern Ontario." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2017. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28296/.
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This thesis investigates the contribution of the arts to resilience within the context of Northern Ontario, a vast, sparsely populated geographical region dotted with isolated, remote, rural and smaller urban communities whose economies are based primarily on resource extraction. Industry restructuring, and other pressing issues related to globalization are forcing communities to rapidly adapt to survive. Resilience is commonly understood as a community’s capacity to resist adverse conditions, economic or otherwise, and an ability to adapt, transition and prosper through change while retaining its core values (Lewis and Lockhart, 2002). The arts have been hailed as economic drivers in the creative economy and many, primarily, urban centres are attempting to harness the arts in this regard; however, in the North there is limited understanding of the links between culture, community development and the economy. They are typically seen within traditional economic frameworks, i.e. tangible outputs of cultural products with limited viability in generating wealth. This perspective poses challenges in utilizing creative assets in transitioning through significant change. While the arts are widely recognized as contributing to resilience less understood is how engaging in the arts strengthens community identity and fosters the emergence of a local culture-based economy, generally, and the critical role artists in rural communities play in achieving such, specifically. The study utilized action research to investigate the sector’s role in building resilience in rural communities. It studied the contribution of individual creative practice and art sector collaboration to developing skills and providing social and commercial infrastructure necessary for successful transitioning and continual adaptation. It is organized into individual, sectoral and broader community resilience to illustrate benefits of each level and the significance of interconnectivity and between them. The research indicates that processes inherent to engagement in the arts fosters divergent perspectives, creative problem solving and an ability to work with complexity, emergence and uncertainty at an individual and community level; all important skills to deal with change. The production of cultural goods leads to increased understanding of self and others in the context of place, enabling identity reformation and belonging, health and well-being and agency, as well as the development of a localized economy. Furthermore, the research highlights similarities between artistic and community developers’ practice suggesting that capacities gained through engaging in the arts parallel those necessary for developers’ to work effectively within emergent, inclusive, and holistic approaches that underpin continuous community adaptation in addressing change.
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Derungs, Klaus-Peter. "Unbreakable bones : Christian mission and the resilience of Temi culture." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2017. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/21636/.
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This thesis is concerned with the Batemi of northern Tanzania and the symbols through which they assign meaning in their world. At the centre of the research lies the inquiry of how the Batemi reproduce their individual and communal identity through practices and beliefs in the context of a modernizing post-colonial nation-state. Interacting amongst themselves and with their immediate neighbours – primarily the Maasai – the Batemi show a remarkable resilience in promoting their own choices which are based on their customs, called gitɛmi. The research is based on a long-term involvement with the Batemi and draws from a multitude of collected empirical material, interviews, participant observation, historical materials, and on the insights gained from discussions with Temi contributors. The investigation combines primary data revealing the Batemi’s insights and interpretations of their culture along with my own reflections and understanding of the significance of core processes that shape Temi self-understanding. The Batemi are often portrayed as an unusually hard case of successful resistance against Christianity and Westernization at a time when the majority of other Tanzanian people groups have undergone significant change after having been affected by Christianity. In the encounter between the Batemi and outside observers (colonial personnel, anthropologists and missionaries), the latter portrayed Temi religion almost exclusively as a set of beliefs in a divine being called Ghambageu. Convinced that Ghambageu provided an opportune analogy to communicate a Christian gospel, the missionaries focused on a comparison between Jesus and Ghambageu in their attempt to evangelize the Batemi. However, this study concludes that the core of Temi religion, and indeed of their culture, is tied up with activities and beliefs surrounding the Kirimo rituals, rather than with the myths of Ghambageu. Furthermore, I suggest that it is this misguided notion of Temi religion which ultimately led to a failure to establish a viable church among the Batemi. The study calls for a reappraisal of the Christian mission approach to traditional African communities like the Batemi, and an invitation to re-evaluate a dogmatic concept of religion in the light of the presented Temi religious phenomenon.
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Bernard, Julia, Michelle Moser, and Megan Quinn. "ETSU BRAIN Trust: Creating a Culture of Resilience at ETSU." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7692.
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Teller, Amado Sara. "Functional organization and networ resilience in self-organizing clustered neuronal cultures." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/396114.
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Major dynamical traits of a neuronal network are shaped by its underlying circuitry. In several neurological disorders, the deterioration of brain's functionality and cognition has been ascribed to changes in the topological properties of the brain's circuits. To deepen in the understanding of the activity-connectivity relationship, neuronal cultures have emerged as remarkable systems given their accessibility and easy manipulation. A particularly appealing configuration of these in vitro systems consists in an assembly of interconnected aggregates of neurons termed 'clustered neuronal networks'.
These networks exhibit a complex dynamics in which clusters fire in small groups, shaping communities with rich spatiotemporal properties. The detailed characterization of this dynamics, as well as its resilience to perturbations, has been the main objective of this thesis. In our experiments we monitored spontaneous activity using calcium fluorescence imaging, which allows the detection of neuronal firing events with both high temporal and spatial resolution. The detailed analysis of the recorded activity, in the context of network theory and community analysis, allowed for the quantification of important properties, including the effective connectivity map and its major topological descriptors.
As major results, we observed that these clustered networks present hierarchical modularity, assortative mixing and the presence of a rich club core, a series of features that have also been observed at the scale of the brain. All these characteristic topological traits are associated with a robust architecture that reinforces and stabilizes network activity. To verify the existence of such robustness in our cultures, we studied their resilience upon chemical and physical damage. We concluded that, indeed, clustered networks present higher resilience compared to other configurations. Moreover, these clustered networks exhibited recovery mechanisms that can be linked to the balance between integration and segregation in the network, which ultimately tend to preserve network activity upon damage. Thus, these in vitro preparations offer a unique scenario to explore vulnerability in networks with topological properties similar to the brain. Moreover, the combination of all these approaches can help to develop models to quantify damage upon network degradation, with promising applications for the study of neurological disorders in vitro.Desvelar la relación entre la red de conexiones anatómica y su emergente dinámica es uno de los grandes desafíos de la neurociencia actual. En este sentido, los cultivos neuronales han tomado un papel muy importante para entender esta cuestión, ya que fenomenologías fundamentales pueden ser estudiadas a escalas más tratables. Los cultivos neuronales se obtienen típicamente a base de disociar tejido neuronal de una parte específica del cerebro, corteza cerebral de rata en nuestro caso, y su cultivo en un medio adecuado. Neuronas en cultivo constituyen en 1-2 semanas una red nueva con una actividad espontánea rica. Una de las preparaciones in vitro que ofrece mayor potencial es las 'redes clusterizadas'. Estas redes se auto-organizan de forma natural, formando grupos de neuronas (clústeres) interconectados a través de axones. La caracterización de la dinámica de estas redes clusterizadas, así como su sensibilidad a perturbaciones, ha sido el objetivo principal de esta tesis. Así, hemos caracterizado la red funcional del cultivo a partir de su dinámica espontánea, desarrollando para ello un novedoso modelo fisicomatemático. Hemos observado que las redes tienen una conectividad modular, donde clústeres tienden a conectarse fuertemente en pequeños grupos, los cuales a su vez se conectan entre ellos. Además, las redes funcionales muestran propiedades topológicas clave, en especial asortatividad (interconexión preferente de clústeres con número similar de conexiones) y la existencia de un 'rich club' (grupo de clústeres con una interconectividad tan destacada que forman el núcleo fundamental de la red). Estas propiedades confieren una gran robustez y flexibilidad a la red. Por esta razón, en la tesis hemos investigado diferentes perturbaciones físicas y bioquímicas, demostrando que las redes clusterizadas son mucho más resistentes a daño que otras configuraciones, lo que refuerza la relación entre las propiedades topológicas descritas y resistencia al daño. Además, observamos que las redes presentaron diferentes mecanismos de reforzamiento entre conexiones para preservar la actividad de la red. Por ello, las redes clusterizadas constituyen una plataforma ideal para estudiar resistencia en redes o como sistema modelo aplicado a estudios de enfermedades neurodegenerativas, como por ejemplo Alzheimer.
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Gartz, Mira. "Desire, cows and resilience : Investigating motivations to steward a bio-cultural refuge in Northern Sweden." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-161296.
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In Sweden, centuries of agricultural modernization have marginalized locally adapted food cultures and food production systems. Yet in some places these practices and cultures survive, even in areas that lack conducive circumstances for agricultural production. These places are called bio-cultural refugia. Dominant agricultural practices are based on the production of only a few species which reduce biodiversity and the resilience of landscapes. Bio-cultural refugia provide important alternatives and pathways toward sustainable agricultural development, but are currently conceived of as living museums and are not well-connected to markets. This study investigates a re-emerging bio-cultural refuge in Northern Sweden, which revolves around an endangered native cattle breed, traditional recipes and an open landscape. It is unclear how bio-cultural refugia emerge or can persist. Recent literature on human adaptive capacity in social-ecological systems explains how sustainability outcomes depend on the dynamic interrelations of opportunities, abilities and desires. In this thesis I empirically investigate the role of desires to stewardship practices through a discourse analysis with roots in psychoanalytic theory. The aim of the thesis is to add to the understanding of how and why a bio-cultural refuge can emerge and persist in the Global North. I find that desires expressed by stewards in the bio-cultural refuge is mostly directed to people, and not to achieve ecological sustainability for its own sake. The most commonly articulated motivation is to care for people in the village by developing the local economy, contradicting a general conception of stewardship originating in pro-environmental values. Nevertheless, the informants do steward a bio-cultural refuge. This is explained by the coincidental opportunity to buy the native cattle and existing subsidies to keep them, and by abilities such as farming- and cooperation skills, creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. Stewardship of bio-cultural refugia is crucial for biosphere resilience. In order to maintain and develop existing bio-cultural refugia we must start to re-imagine what they can mean not only for ecologies but also for society and people, as they hold important knowledge on energy efficient food production. By creating opportunities that resonate with people’s needs and desires in particular places it may be possible to attract new stewards for bio-cultural refugia, and to (re)produce the ecological knowledge that is necessary for a sustainable and resilient future
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Nguyen, Thi Hong Lam. "Cultural sustainability and resilience in the context of tourism : A case study of Hue, Vietnam." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445256.
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Cultural heritage confronts the notion of change, both in the development process and in the tourism context. In the tourism context, as being used as a unique selling point, it is unavoidable that cultural heritage facing commercialisation and commodification, or even vulgarisation due to being forced to change to meet the market demand and tourists’ expectations. Hence, the question is, if changing is inevitable, what are the potential risks that cultural heritage might face in the tourism context, and how to maintain its significance, which are attractions for tourists in the first place? The overall aim of the study was to use the notion of change as a lens to investigate the concept of authenticity as well as the relation between sustainability and resilience in culture. The study's objectives approached based on a qualitative method, with semi-structured interviews focusing on the perspective of the cultural heritage community – a group of people who work closely with cultural heritage - local community, practitioners, researchers, authorised agency, and tourism stakeholders. Concerning cultural heritage's interpretation based on its existing definition, the intertwined and interdependent relationship between the tangible and intangible aspects of cultural heritage was investigated. An authentication process was introduced. Resilience thinking in culture was given as proposals. In this study, a case study in Hue, Vietnam with two examples – Nhã nhạc (the court music) and áo dài (long dress or tunic) were examined regarding the notion of change in relation to the concept of authenticity, sustainability and resilience.
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Grobler, Adri. "The utility of a Düss fable for cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23028.
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There is limited research on the utility of specific assessment measures for cross-cultural psychological and research measurement within the South-African context. In addition limited knowledge exists on cross-cultural measurement of resilience in young children. This study analyses purposefully selected (existing) data from the Kgolo Mmogo project (which investigated psychological resilience in South African mothers and children affected by HIV/AIDS) with the aim of exploring the utility of a Düss fable as projective story-telling technique to measure resilience in young children. The primary research question that guided this study was: ‘What is the utility of a Düss fable as cross-cultural measure of resilience in young children?’ Using the ecological and social cross-cultural model as theoretical framework, the concurrent mixed method study compares inductively derived themes from the Düss fables (qualitative: content analysis) with quantitative scores obtained from secondary analysis of Child Behavior Checklist scores. Subsequent to the data analysis themes of resilience and non-resilience emerged from the Düss fables as well as from the CBCL. The themes of both resilience (protective resources) and non-resilience (risk factors) emerged and where significantly situated within the children’s environments. The core themes of resilience as expressed by the child-participants related to their coping strategies, their sense of belonging, the availability of material resources and their ability to navigate towards positive institutions. The most prominent themes of non-resilience that emerged from the participants’ Düss fables related to their coping strategies (maladaptive coping), their awareness of chronic risk, adversity and death. The CBCL was included in the study to provide insight into the perspective of the participants’ mothers with regards to their children’s functioning. Predominantly the mothers mostly perceived their children as well adjusted. The risk-related behaviours mostly reported by the mothers were externalising problems that manifested as rule-breaking and aggressive behaviour. The Düss fables provided meaningful insights into the life experiences of the children. There were instances where the participants’ responses were rich and detailed. The majority of the participants’ stories were age-appropriate and informative, while in some instances the participants gave limited responses. Nonetheless, the Düss fable provided valuable insights into the child-participants’ thoughts, emotions and life-experiences.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Lopez, Dixelia. "Resilience in the Karen-Refugee Population from Myanmar/Burma Resettled in the U.S.| An Exploratory Study." Thesis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10007424.
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An exploratory, action research approach was used with adult Karen-Refugees (n = 26) separated by sex (male/female) in focus group sessions. The aim of the study was to explore a cultural-, context-specific definition of resilience and the factors that may contribute to resilience in resettlement using an ecological framework. In vivo coding techniques were used resulting in several themes. Results suggested a definition of resilience that encompassed a sense of gratitude, positive outlook, and resourcefulness; demonstrating a strong work ethic and perseverance, and moving towards a sense of community and belonging. Factors contributing to resilience in resettlement include language and availability of resources, the importance and value of education, the availability of other resources in the community (e.g., employment), a supportive civil society, special care for the elderly, and opportunities for the exhibition of cultural- pride, and preservation, which lead to a sense of community and belonging. Implications for prevention and intervention services are discussed along with contributions to literature pertaining to international psychology, resilience, and refugee research.
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Liu, Yuanyuan. "Organizational culture, employee resilience and performance in the international banking industry." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2018. http://bbktheses.da.ulcc.ac.uk/354/.
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In today‘s intensely competitive and changing business environment, employee resilience plays an important role as a capability to enhance individual and organizational performance. Although organizational contexts matters greatly for the development of this capability, so far little research has been conducted on employee resilience in different organizational cultural contexts. This thesis systematically investigates the relationship between organizational culture, employee resilience, and job performance in the international banking industry. First, using a sample of 1501 employees from 14 banks in China, we examine the mediating effect of employee resilience on the ̳employee learning orientation – performance‘ relationship based on a conceptual framework from conservation of resource theory. We find that employee learning orientation not only directly and positively influences job performance, but also indirectly does so via employee resilience as a mediator. Second, by analysing the in-depth interview data of 32 Chinese-origin employees with over five years working experience from eight international banks, we identify three types of organizational culture – jungle culture, caring culture and conservative culture, and explore how employee resilience evolves in these different cultural contexts. We find that: in the jungle cultural context, organizational culture influences employee resilience in a U-shaped pattern; in the caring cultural context, organizational culture positively affects employee resilience; in the conservative cultural context, organizational culture negatively relates to employee resilience. Lastly, by using a unique data set from 236 Chinese-origin employees from six international banks, we examine that to what extent employee resilience is influenced by the match or mismatch between employee motivation and organizational culture. We find that: in the jungle culture, employees with a short-term motivation show a higher level of resilience than those with a long-term motivation, while employees with a long-term motivation display higher resilience than those with a short-term motivation in the caring culture. In addition, employees with a short-term motivation exhibit more resilience in the jungle culture than in the caring culture; however, employees with a long-term motivation show higher resilience in the caring culture than in the jungle culture. As such, theoretical and managerial implications of our findings are discussed.
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Stratton, Michelle Diane. "Culture, Resilience, and Adaptation| The Voices of Rwandan and Congolese Refugees." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10242194.
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This research explores the experience of displacement and resettlement for Rwandan and Congolese refugees in New Hampshire, highlighting cultural perspectives and values that contribute to psychosocial resilience and a restored sense of well-being in these communities. Participants elaborated on their childhood experiences of culture, the disruptions of war and displacement, and their experience of resettlement and adjustment to life in the United States. The research considers the cultural perspectives and values that have contributed to well-being within African refugee communities, and that can generate a sense of stability as refugees negotiate cultural expectations in new homes. The research also considers intercultural relationships and relationships of psychosocial accompaniment. Phenomenological and ethnographic methodologies were used to gather and analyze data through the lens of liberation psychology and depth psychology. Decolonizing methodologies, including a commitment to reflexive practice and psychosocial accompaniment, were also integrated. Data was gathered through semi-formal interviews, focus groups, observations, and researcher field notes. Rarely are refugees invited by resettlement researchers to reflect on patterns of repair, restoration, and the generation of culturally informed adaptations. Participants in this study reveal their experience of culture, overlooked challenges, and the creative adaptations that generate possibilities for success and restored balance in families and communities. The research offers an approach to engaging cultural communities in responding to the challenge of resettlement with integrity, while drawing on resilience and familiar cultural patterns.
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Parmar, Anisha. "Exploiting resource use efficiency and resilience in ancient wheat species." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2014. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14515/.
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Modern bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) initially derived from wild progenitors which underwent hybridisation and domestication events. It is hypothesised that modern plant breeding has reduced the genetic variation among modern cultivars (Sparkes, 2010). Ancient wheat species form a conduit between wild ancient wheat and cultivated Triticum species, and may harbour the genetic variation required to supplement the modern bread wheat gene pool. The current work investigated a range of morphological and physiological aspects of several ancient species including several representatives of spelt, emmer and einkorn. These were compared to modern bread wheat in two field and three glasshouse experiments with the aim to investigate their resource use efficiency, where radiation use and water use formed the crux. The main components of the current work relate to 1) canopy interception characteristics 2) leaf photosynthetic capabilities and 3) water use. Spelt genotypes demonstrated increased WUE and green area longevity compared with modern bread wheat. Emmer displayed increased WUE, assessed on three scales using instantaneous transpiration efficiency (ITE), biomass to water uptake ratios, and carbon isotope discrimination (Δ13C). In addition, the mechanisms whereby emmer, einkorn and spelt maintained ITE appeared to differ. Emmer was observed to increase photosynthetic rates, whereas spelt maintained low transpiration as a result of low stomatal conductance. Einkorn however, maintained ITE through an intermediate of both of these mechanisms. This was further supported by species differences for maximum photosynthetic rates (Asat) which, for emmer and einkorn, were comparable with modern bread wheat. Investigation of WUE through Δ13C and biomass production to water uptake ratios ranked species similarly, showing emmer and spelt to have superior WUE during grain filling. Additionally, spelt was observed to produce biomass comparable to modern bread wheat, thought to be due to enhanced RUE (observed in one field trial) or increased green area longevity rather than increased assimilation capability. In field experiments, biomass production and light interception was relatively high for einkorn species, however this was believed to derive from excessive tiller production due to poor emergence. Overall, ancient species did partition a larger proportion of assimilates toward tillers. Modern bread wheat produced fewer tillers, but directed more biomass towards the ear, and therefore had greater harvest indices (HI) compared to all ancient species. Despite this broad analysis, further investigation of the mechanisms responsible for these traits is required. This research therefore indicates that there is sufficient variation for traits, which could be used to improve radiation and water use efficiency, and therefore warrants further exploration. With further investigation, resource capture and utilisation efficiency, and the morphological traits that confer these advantages in these genotypes, genetic markers could be identified with the aim to introduce valuable traits for the production of novel modern bread wheat varieties. The differences observed between these ancient wheat species and modern bread wheat provide an opportunity through which modern wheat gene pools may be improved to stabilise yields, particularly in sub-optimal environmental conditions, thus increasing biomass production per unit resource, thereby enhancing the productivity and the efficiency of crop systems.
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Phan, Tan T. "Tapestry of resilient lives, socio-cultural explorations of ten Vietnamese inner-city youths." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0017/NQ56602.pdf.
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Droz, PennElys. "Biocultural Engineering Design for Indigenous Community Resilience." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/323449.
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Indigenous peoples worldwide are engaged in the process of rebuilding and re-empowering their communities. They are faced with challenges emerging from a history of physical, spiritual, emotional, and economic colonization, challenges including a degraded resource base, lack of infrastructure, and consistent pressure on their land tenure and ways of life. These communities, however, continue demonstrating profound resilience in the midst of these challenges; working to re-empower and provide for the contemporary needs of their people in a manner grounded in supporting bio-cultural integrity; the interconnected relationship of people and homeland. At the same time, in response to contemporary environmental degradation, the fields of resilience science, adaptive management, and ecological engineering have emerged, the recommendations of which bear remarkable similarity to Indigenous ontologies, epistemologies, and governance structures. The relationship between these fields and Indigenous epistemology, underscored by experience in the field, has led to the conceptualization of bio-cultural engineering design; design that emerges from the inter-relationship of people and ecology. The biocultural engineering design methodology identifies the unique cosmological relationships and cultural underpinnings of contemporary Indigenous communities, and applies this specific cultural lens to engineered design and architecture. The development of resilience principles within the fields of architecture and engineering have created avenues for biocultural design to be translatable into engineering and architectural design documents, allowing access to large scale financial support for community development. This method is explored herein through literature and analysis of practical application in several different Indigenous communities and nations. This method lends itself to future research on biocultural design processes as a source of technological and design innovation as Indigenous communities practice placing their values and cosmologies at the center of development decisions, as well as comprehensive start-to-finish documentation of the methodology applied to diverse engineered applications, including water systems, energy systems, and building construction.
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Plascencia, Moises Munoz. ""Praying without knowing"| Cultivating food, community, memories, and resilience in Santa Ana, California." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1522592.
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This project explores the phenomenon of urban agriculture and the benefits of access to horticultural space in a low income community in the city of Santa Ana, California. Based conducted over a one year period, the author utilized participant-observation, conducted 20 personal interviews, coded 120 pages of field notes, analyzed original data on plant species, used demographic data, and food distribution data at the garden. Conclusions drawn from the research include that community gardens can be utilized as spaces which promote social cohesion, a place of food distribution, a place to grow medicinal plants, and a place to grow culturally important plants. This work contributes to the literature on urban gardens by developing an original concept called cultural plant memory—a theory that treats plants as public symbols, which can enact personal and shared cultural values, memories, and customs. This thesis demonstrates the potential of these spaces and aids in the promotion of horticultural space in urban areas.
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Caimi, Annalisa. "Cultures constructives vernaculaires et résilience : entre savoir, pratique et technique : appréhender le vernaculaire en tant que génie du lieu et génie parasinistre." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENH011/document.
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Dans les régions exposées à des aléas naturels, une large partie des bâtiments composant l'environnement construit sont réalisés presque exclusivement sur la base de l'expérience et de l'observation des bâtisseurs locaux, sans l'appui d'un architecte ou d'un ingénieur. Les communautés installées dans ces zones ont développé, au fil du temps, une multitude de stratégies pour co-habiter avec ces phénomènes, incluant des comportements sociaux et des approches de construction visant à prévenir et/ou à limiter l'exposition du bâti et de ses habitants. En fait, les constructeurs ont souvent intégré la présence et les caractéristiques locales des aléas naturels dans leurs pratiques quotidiennes, élaborant des détails et des dispositions constructives particulières pour réduire la vulnérabilité des artefacts et du milieu bâti. Le concept de culture constructive embrasse la dimension sociale et technique de l'acte de construire et du processus d'élaboration des savoirs et savoir-faire qui lui sont inhérents, reflétant intrinsèquement la multiplicité des sociétés humaines et leur enracinement indissoluble au territoire qu'elles habitent. Le vernaculaire en tant que caractérisation des modes de bâtir, d'habiter et de se protéger se révèle par ce fait une source précieuse de pratiques, techniques et mesures, testées au cours des siècles et des multiples aléas, pour la construction d'environnements bâtis durables, accessibles et sûrs. Ce travail de recherche explore le potentiel présenté par les cultures constructives vernaculaires dans le renforcement de la résilience locale. Et cela à partir des pratiques - constructives et comportementales - développées par les populations, groupes et individus habitant des contextes géographiquement exposés à des aléas naturels. Se fondant sur une forte interaction entre la théorie et la pratique, cette recherche entame une (re)découverte de l'ingéniosité intrinsèque à ces savoirs par le développement de deux axes thématiques. L'un investigue les dispositions et les dispositifs vernaculaires à caractère parasinistre ayant démontré leur efficacité à réduire la vulnérabilité de l'environnement construit envers différents types d'aléas naturels. L'autre axe questionne les modalités de leur identification et contribution directe au renforcement des capacités de populations et institutions dans la gestion des crises. À une analyse technique s'associe l'élaboration d'un outil méthodologique soutenant la mise en place d'une démarche de projet s'ancrant fortement aux spécificités contextuelles selon une logique de continuité, tant culturelle que de pratique, entre passé et futur, entre préparation et réponse aux catastrophesIn areas prone to natural hazards, many of the buildings that make up the built environment are constructed almost exclusively through the experience and the direct observation of local builders, without the support of any architect or engineer. In these regions, communities have developed over time a variety of strategies to cope with natural phenomena through patterns of social behaviours and building approaches intended to prevent and/or to reduce their exposure to local risks. Similarly, local builders have often integrated natural hazards into their daily practices, developing singular techniques, building details or devices aiming to reduce the vulnerability of the built environment. The concept of building culture embraces the social and technical aspects related to the construction process and to the development of corresponding knowledge and know-how, intrinsically reflecting the multiplicity of human societies and their indissoluble connection with the territories they inhabit. The vernacular as characterization of ways of building, living and protecting oneself proves to be a valuable source of practices, techniques and measures, tested over the years and during multiple hazards, for contemporary construction of sustainable, accessible and safe built-environments. This research explores the potential of vernacular building cultures in enhancing local resilience; and this starting from - constructive and behavioural – practices developed by individual people and groups living in contexts geographically exposed to natural hazards. Based on a strong interaction between theory and action, this research undertakes a (re)discovery of vernacular knowledge through two thematic focuses. One examines disaster resilient vernacular provisions and devices which have demonstrated their effectiveness to reduce vulnerability of the built environment to various types of natural hazards. The other one considers ways for their identification and direct contribution to strengthening capacities of communities and institutions for disaster risk management. This research combines a technical analysis with the development of a methodological tool, contributing to set up a project approach strongly rooted into contextual specificities, linking culture and practice, past experience and future needs, disaster response and preparedness
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Cota, Carla Patricia. "Representation of Iranian-American Identity and Finding the Funds of Knowledge in the Resilience of Cultural Heritage." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10809461.
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This dissertation assembles a case study of Iranian immigrant families in the United States conducted in the northeast. This work addresses the transnational diasporic global identity of second-generation Iranian-Americans. The literature reflects on the exile experience, concluding that Iranian identity is a disputed problematic issue. I argue hybridity pens the migratory process, building links and relationships at the material and cultural levels from the sending and receiving countries. To reveal these connections, I use the funds of knowledge/identity approach to demonstrate how families reach self-understanding and communicate that understanding to others. By examining Persian culture and traditions, this approach sheds new light on the cultural transformations and cultural preservations valued among the second generation. The study shows that complex webs of factors continue to be at work in the shaping of the sociocultural dynamics of Iranian-Americas.
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Beauparlant, Alain Marcel. "Climate change and its impact on the Inupiat of Point Lay, Alaska| A case study of resilience." Thesis, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1563534.
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This thesis examines resilience among the Point Lay Iñupiat in the context of climate change. Resilience is manifest in the ability of community members to maintain meaningful subsistence practices and activities despite ongoing changes in weather, ice, and resource conditions. Twenty-one Point Lay Iñupiat were interviewed for this thesis. Respondents were divided into three cohorts: youths (ages 18-29), adults (ages 30-49), and elders (ages 50-70+). Respondents shared changes in weather, ice, and resource conditions. Respondents also shared community concerns, including concerns not attributable to climate change. Received responses were sorted and compared by cohort to identify trends in weather, ice, and resource conditions, as well as to identify adaptive and maladaptive strategies for coping with climate change and other stressors impacting the community. Whether the community can maintain meaningful subsistence practices and activities if local changes in weather, ice, and resource conditions remain unchanged or intensify is also questioned.
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Cribari-Assali, Carla Maria. "A cross-cultural view on well-being : children's experiences in the Tibetan diaspora in India and in Germany." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21916.
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This dissertation explores children’s (6-8 years old) perspectives and experiences of well-being in two different cultural contexts: in a Tibetan day-school (India) and in a German day-school (Germany). Ethnographic research was conducted with participants of a second-grade class (mixed gender) for six months at each site, 3-4 days a week in 2012. Participant observation was complemented by interviews with the children as well as with the staff of the school, documented by fieldnotes and sound recordings. Data was collected in line with postmodern grounded theory methodology and preliminary analysis accompanied the process of the fieldwork. The thesis explores the children’s views and social practices related to well-being which prove to be different in both cultures: the Tibetan children emphasized being skilful as a basic condition for well-being, while friendship with peers was most important at the German school. At both sites, the children would establish these conditions for well-being through competitions. Furthermore, the children’s different views and the social practices are considered against the backdrop of two ‘transcultural’ indicators of well-being: self-confidence and resilience. These indicators were not selected randomly but chosen inductively during fieldwork, as the difference in self-confidence and resilience between the children’s groups at each site was noticeable. The thesis demonstrates how these differences in self-confidence and resilience are likely to have been related to a) the children’s particular views and social practices linked to well-being b) the manner in which childhood is constructed within the children’s societies and c) particular basic beliefs and worldviews prevalent within the children’s societies. The results emphasize the usefulness of researching well-being cross-culturally and suggest that (socio-culturally specific) self- and worldviews significantly influence children’s well-being.
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France, Tami J. "A Mixed Methods Study: Dimensions of Cross-Cultural Professional Success: Experiences of Western Women Living and Working in Eastern Cultures." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1443025671.
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Odendaal, Isabella Elizabeth. "Rorschach indicators of resilience in adolescents / I.E. Odendaal." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7256.
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The main focus of this study was to explore how personal constructions, consisting of latent
and conscious schema, and obtained from a culturally sensitive interpretation of the RCS, informed the transactional resilience of Black South African adolescents. This study was motivated in view of limited knowledge available about the (i) processes that are generic to the resilience-promoting transactions of Black South African adolescents and (ii) to potentiate insight into an adolescent’s construction of personal meaning of her conscious and unconscious experiences that may not always be easily recognised in her overt behaviour or by self-report measures often used in South African resilience research. Six Black South African adolescents aged 14 to 16 years volunteered to take part in this multiple case study. The participants were identified as resilient by an advisory panel consisting of learners and educators at an English-medium school in the Vaal Triangle area. In this essentially qualitative study, qualitative data obtained from an unstructured individual interview, unstructured observations, and a follow-up interview were integrated with the data obtained from a culturally sensitive, conceptual interpretation of these Black adolescents’ Rorschach protocols. The structural, quantitative data obtained from specific indicators in Exner’s Comprehensive System were interpreted in a culturally sensitive manner and integrated with the qualitative data obtained from the Rorschach protocols. A culturally sensitive, conceptual framework for interpreting Rorschach indicators associated with adolescents’ transactional resilience was provided. These findings indicated individual and ecological protective resources well known within South African resilience research. Findings that contributed new understanding of the transactional processes associated with Black South African adolescent resilience were also obtained. Four case-specific self-reflective strategies were identified, namely, emotional stoicism, frequent introspection, honouring the past, and adopting a new identity. These selfreflective strategies served as the participants’ unique ways of compensating for their adversity-informed schema as well as encouraging them to navigate towards the sustained support of specific significant others and resilience-promoting ecological resources. The participants indicated that attachment challenges brought about repressed feelings and specific security needs, which shaped their resilience-promoting navigation and enabled them to self-knit in a resilient way.Thesis (Ph.D. (Education))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2011
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Orozco, Veronica. "Ethnic identity, perceived social support, coping strategies, university environment, cultural congruity, and resilience of Latina/o college students." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1186609917.
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