Browsing Anthropology and Sociology Senior Individualized Projects by Title
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Kalamazoo College Student Experiences With the School-to-Prison Pipeline and Police Officers in Public High Schools
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2021)The purpose of this study was to understand the ways in which the experiences of current Kalamazoo College students varied during their high school years, as well as the extent to which this variation relates to the ... -
Kalamazoo County Project Head Start: An Evaluation of the Development of the Family Service Center
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1992)It is encouraging that there is concern for the future of the American children. With the ever changing definition of the family, policies and procedures need to change with it. The Family Service Center could be a great ... -
Kalamazoo County's Community Mental Health Services for Mentally Ill Adults : The System and Its Problems as Seen by the Agency Directors
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1993)The author contributed to a study of the needs of mentally ill adults and the mental health services available to them in Kalamazoo County. The author conducted interviews with county employees and contract agency ... -
Kentfields Group Rehabilitation Center: A Descriptive Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1967) -
The Kurdish Movement : Towards Democratic Confederalism and Kurdish Feminism to Liberate a Society
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)This project examines the existing literature surrounding the issues in Kurdistan, the Kurdish people, and the Kurdish Workers' Party (referred to as the PKK). Intertwined with the discussion on this topic, there is a ... -
La Educación Bilingüe: Un Resumen de los Fenómenos Principales
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1998) -
La Finca de Los Perezosos: Navigating Video Documentary on a Permaculture Farm in Central Panama
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2011)The documentary La ftnca de los perezosos tells the story of an organic permaculture farm in Panama, started by an American man from Milwaukee. With considerable help of his "right hand man" Marcelino, a Panamanian ... -
Land Development in Oakland County and its Impact on the Area as Demonstrated by the Relocation Enhancement Program of Novi, Michigan
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1990)One of the leaders of Michigan's economic recovery since the recession of the early 1980's has been Oakland County. Indeed, Oakland's growth has been explosive, consistently ranking in the top three growth counties in the ... -
"Land of Opportunity" : Neoliberal Development and Resitance in Response to Crisis in Detroit
(2014)This ethnographic paper examines the manifestations of neoliberalism in Detroit as the city responds to crisis. Grounded within the historical context of decades of divestment, and examined through a primarily critical ... -
LandSea' s Lasting Effect: A Study of the Effects of the Kalamazoo College LandSea Program
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)As the field of outdoor education grows, research in the field becomes more and more necessary to asses the effectiveness of programs and the field as a whole. Also important to consider is the usefulness of specific ... -
The Language of Humanness : Migrant and Refugee Experiences of Mexicans and Venezuelans in Chicago
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2019-09-01)There has been a global migration. The United States has been seen as the promised land of opportunities. Many people arrive in the U.S. after being forcibly displaced from their country of origin. Their displacement can ... -
Leadership, Gender and Empowerment: Female Student Experiences at Kalamazoo College
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2010)Previous research has shown the challenges and complexities of females in leadership, specifically because our societal conceptions of leadership are rooted in masculine understandings and practices because men have most ... -
Lending the Self to a Community An Exploration of an Individual's Development of Commitment, Responsibility and Loyalty
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2008)The following compilation of research examines developments which take place within the lives of ten individuals as they participate in a community based committee that has been founded through the support of a local ... -
Life in Xilosirti through the Women's Eyes
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1987)The following transcripts are the result of my attempt to comprehend the position of women in a Greek village. The project consists of four oral interviews of women in the ,· ~ Greek village of Xilosirti on the island ... -
Linking Brazil's Persistent Economic Problems to Inefficient Government Policy
(1999)Throughout the first half of this century, and until the mid- to late 1960s, the Brazilian economy was generally perceived as a dynamic, vital force that attracted large volumes of foreign capital. Industrialization ... -
Lived Experiences of Intersectional Inequality amongst Female Identifying Athletes and Coaches: The Construction of Gender and Athletic Subjectivities in Hyper-Masculinized Spaces
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2020-11-01)The author interviewed 19 student athletes and three coaches to address her research question. “As a woman, I feel empowered by sport, but I also struggle with the “win at all cost” mentality and the “No pain no gain” ... -
Living in the Borderzone in Cusco, Peru
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)The following qualitative study will examine how local, national, and international changes in perceptions occur due to tourism using a case study of Cusco, Peru. While Cusco shares many standard traits of a bustling ...