Anthropologyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/1410692024-03-29T12:30:24Z2024-03-29T12:30:24ZChoosing resistance : social power and alternative birth care in Sonoma County, CaliforniaDailey, Jessica Leehttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2140852020-05-20T16:38:58Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZChoosing resistance : social power and alternative birth care in Sonoma County, California
Dailey, Jessica Lee
Childbirth in Western societies is subject to near-total medical surveillance and control.
The power of the dominant medical institution is such that alternative forms of
pregnancy, birth, and neonatal care, such as midwife-attended intentional out-of-hospital
birth, are often devalued, distrusted, and delegitimized. This thesis explores how
choosing alternative forms of prenatal and birth care can be understood as a form of
resistance to the biomedical model of birth and the institution of allopathic medicine.
This thesis will also explore the ways in which social and economic factors mediate
access to different reproductive opt ms, and how medical decision-making can also be
understood as an expression of both social position, and of individual and group identities
and value systems.
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZNationalism and the development of archaeology in IranAshrafi, Sheydahttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2138472020-05-20T16:38:58Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZNationalism and the development of archaeology in Iran
Ashrafi, Sheyda
In the last few decades, archaeologists have become concerned with the
relationship between nationalism and archaeology. Promoting nationalism needs the
remote past (Kohl 1998: 223). This paper looks at the relationship between nationalism,
politics, and the development and practice of archaeology in Iran from the late nineteenth
century to the present time. The use of archaeology for political aims in France, Nazi
Germany, Spain, Turkey, Iraq, and Israel will be reviewed in order to understand the role
of archaeology in nation-building. It is argued that despite changes in power within Iran,
Iranian archaeology has not experienced much transformation during the last 150 years.
The results of this study indicate that, with the exception of the Qajar period (1787-1925),
Iranian archaeology has always been a political tool rather than a professional discipline.
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZExamining the relationship between loneliness and trauma through ecological momentary assessmentGonzalez, Rachel Melissahttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2136792020-05-20T16:38:58Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZExamining the relationship between loneliness and trauma through ecological momentary assessment
Gonzalez, Rachel Melissa
Loneliness and trauma are more common in college student populations than previously
thought. Research indicates that experiencing traumatic events may make one more
susceptible to feelings of loneliness, and this can lead to severely negative psychological
states. This study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to study feelings of
loneliness over the course of one week in a sample of students at San Francisco State
University (n = 19). Trauma history was also assessed for each student with self-report
questionnaires. Ultimately, we found that history of trauma did not significantly impact the
cycle of loneliness, although childhood trauma was trending as a moderator.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZThe archaeology of ZoroastrianismHall, Megan Elizabethhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2136762020-05-20T16:38:58Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZThe archaeology of Zoroastrianism
Hall, Megan Elizabeth
My thesis compiles a list of attributes that can be used to archaeologically identify the
ancient religion of Zoroastrianism. To do so, I reviewed literature written on the
archaeology of religion and what factors indicate that a certain religion was being
practiced at a site. I then reviewed literature written on the archaeology of Zoroastrianism
and the religion in general. The combination of the two allow for a more cohesive
understanding of what practices were important to this religion. I also discuss the
limitations provided by the lack of academic writing on this specific religion. Advocating
for further research to be done on this religion and its foundation, I then provide my own
set of religious attributes that will indicate the practice of Zoroastrianism at a site. This
will provide future archaeologists with a fundamental foundation for the analysis of
Zoroastrianism.
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