Browsing Goucher College MA in Cultural Sustainability by Issue Date
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Beyond the Barstool: Culture and Community at The Woodland Inn
(2012)The project ―Beyond the Barstool: Culture and Community at The Woodland Inn – sought to identify, record, and present that history and to examine the notion that a neighborhood bar can significantly contribute to the ... -
Finding Unity in CommUnity: Implementation of the Hampton Arts Initiative
(2012)As one of America’s best preserved estates, Hampton National Historic Site (HNHS) in Towson, Maryland showcases life in the Mid-Atlantic from before the American Revolution to after World War II. The 18th century Hampton ... -
Experiential Education & Study Abroad: The Necessity for Pre-Program Course Development and Implementation
(2012)In today's globalized world, it has become increasingly important for people to connect across continents and oceans and between cultures and communities. These connections are critical to the development and success of ... -
What is the Role of Storytelling in Cultural Sustainability?: Four case studies
(2012-01-28)This paper provides a study of four storytelling projects that apply storytelling processes in addressing social justice issues. The projects are located in primarily African-American Communities. Each case reveals ... -
YUGOSLAVIA: THE ASSASSINATION OF A NATION A STORY OF HOW CULTURAL IDENTITY WAS POLITICIZED AND DESTROYED
(2012-04)This capstone project examines the effects of the Bosnian Civil War (1992-1997) on the culture and identity of the Bosnian people. Drawing on literature, theory, interviews, and case studies, the written research component ... -
Sustaining the Role of Small Museums in a Changing World: A Practical Approach
(2012-07)As small museums are faced with the increasing challenge to stay relevant in a changing world, our stories and collections can come to life again when they are related to topics relevant to the lives of people today. This ... -
Awiix/Milpa: Corn and Ancestral Knowledge in Kaj Koj A Reflection
(2012-07-26)You can find corn growing almost everywhere in Guatemala. La milpa (corn or cornfield) can be a huge track of land, a family garden, or a handful of corn plants growing between patches of hardscrabble earth. Steeped in ... -
Be BOLD: Building Support Networks for Low- Performing Students in Baltimore City Public Schools
(2012-09)Using the fundamentals of science (observation, replication and prediction) as a basis to develop a curriculum for a leadership development program that would foster support systems for low-performing 5th graders in Baltimore ... -
Beyond the Barstool: an Ethnography of The Woodland Inn / Uncle Joe’s Woodpile
(2012-09)In Beyond the Barstool, author Sarah Umstot simultaneously investigated and promoted sustainability through the utilization of skills in the areas of documentation, interviewing, participant observation fieldwork, primary ... -
Culture a la Carte: Semiotic Construction of “Glocal” Identities in Nepal
(2013)As globalization and booming international industries connect peoples around the world, many communities express the desire to assert senses of self as they share their cultures with visitors. They might wish to sustain ... -
Culturalsustainability.org
(2013)Culturalsustainability.org is founded in the spirit of fostering support and networking opportunities for professionals practicing the methodologies associated with cultural sustainability, a professional practice dedicated ... -
Ocama
(2013)Ocama, which means "listen" is a two part project regarding the importance of sustaining Taino culture. The first part is a manuscript created from the voices of twenty-one Taino people. It is a community portrait that ... -
Home on the Range: How Women Sustained and Enriched Their Lives on Ranches
(2013)This study describes and analyzes the perspectives and attitudes of elder ranch women from the central part of Arizona, specifically, Yavapai County. These women's sense of place and role as working ranch women is described ... -
Stories of Sustainability
(2013)All around the world everyday heroes are working to protect the lands and lifeways they love and perpetuate the cultural traditions that matter most to them. Millions of people are actively learning, creating, innovating, ... -
The History of the Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag Nation
(2013)This narrative is the history of the Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag Tribal Nation. (SPWTN) The history of SPWTN is inclusive of many of the Colonial American events that lead up to the founding of United States. The purpose ... -
Mohegan Foodways - Past, Present & Future
(2013-01)The foodways of Mohegan traverse every aspect of life at Mohegan. Mohegan traditions, ceremony, stories, oral tradition, history, spirituality, familial celebrations, the general health of the community, community transitions ... -
Exploring the Monterey Peninusla through the Eyes of Locals
(2013-01)This capstone features an in-depth look at the process of creating a local community advisory committee to assist me in developing the content for an interactive website for newcomers (and visitors alike) to the Monterey ... -
Immigrant and Refugee Teens as Cultural Leaders
(2013-05)My research focuses on adolescent immigrants and refugees in diverse American communities, exploring potential avenues to strengthen these communities by engaging immigrant teens in cultural programs at Children's Museums. ... -
Seeding Change, Planting Local Food, & Growing Young Leaders
(2013-05)This is an exploration of community building, youth development and urban agriculture, as tools for economic, environmental, social and cultural development. In order to create effective and successful models of positive ... -
Building Blocks of Cultural Identity: Language's Place in Cultural Sustainability
(2013-05)This capstone thesis was written to explore the collaboration between linguistics and cultural identity in the field of cultural sustainability. Moving to Italy while studying cultural sustainability at Goucher College, I ...