Browsing Interdisciplinary arts and sciences - Tacoma by Issue Date
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Danza Macabra: The Reevaluation of Antonio Margheriti through His Film Castle of Blood
(2012-09-13)Antonio Margheriti is an Italian film director who has not been the recipient of much academic or critical reassessment. Despite being a director for forty years, single handedly creating Italy's sci-fi genre, and being ... -
Urban Agriculture: Using Community Systems of Agriculture as a Solution to Homelessness and Unhealthy Food Sources
(2012-09-13)For those persons living on the edge of the socioeconomic periphery lack of employment, nutritional food sources and housing resources has led to an increase of homelessness over the past decade. This paper focuses on these ... -
Modernizing the Greek Tragedy: Clint Eastwood's Impact on the Western
(2012-09-13)A thesis on Clint Eastwood's impact on the Western Film Genre. It discusses how Eastwood's acting and directing relate to classical Greek literature. It compares and contrasts Eastwood's Western hero to classical Greek ... -
Legality, Survival, and Action: Immigrant and Refugee Organizing in the Pacific Northwest
(2012-09-13)Immigrants and refugees must negotiate dignity and human rights, which have been diminished through colonialism, world poverty and exclusion from United States citizenship. By extension, they cannot gain full substantive ... -
Assuming Rape: The Reproduction of Fear in American Military Female POWs
(2012-09-13)In order to discuss the assumption that United States female military Prisoners of War will be raped once captured or during captivity and the reproduction of this assumption, it is necessary to discuss the construction ... -
Growing a greener Tacoma: The historical roots of Tacoma's urban gardening movement
(2012-09-13)Urban gardens have thrived as part of the social fabric of Tacoma since nearly its founding, and in recent years, have experienced resurgence as committed locals work to improve their neighborhoods.The purpose of this ... -
Assessment and Monitoring of Water Quality in Lake Waughop as a Service-Learning Project: A Case Study Approach
(2013-02-25)Abstract When combined with service-learning and environmental history, restoration ecology can provide a rewarding and innovative approach to education. By using nearby open spaces, be they parks, school grounds, vacant ... -
Paradigms of American Identity: and the Struggle for a More Authentic Self
(2013-02-25)Three paradigms of identity are discussed in an exploration of how national identities as well as individual identities are formed. How important is it to participate in or identify with a "culture of origin" or transcend ... -
Double Coded Feminist TV- Overlooked Contradictions within Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(2013-04-17)Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a complex text with multiple levels of coding. I begin by demonstrating that BtVS enjoys favorable reviews from feminist and other scholars. My analysis of BtVS continues by considering a similar ... -
Girls, STEM, and Children's Books: A Review of the Literature Concerning Girls' Interest, Motivation and Ability in STEM, Complemented by a Mixed Methods Content Analysis of Award Winning Informational Children's Books
(2013-07-23)This thesis includes an expansive literature review investigating why there is still a lack of women in STEM, concluding that social systems are key factors and also looks at how motivation, interest, and engagement might ... -
Experiences of Lesbian-Parented Children: A Journey of Discovery
(2013-07-25)Conversations around LGBT issues are being held in countries and cities across the globe. Meanwhile important legislation concerning same-sex marriage is being discussed at the state level and argued before the U. S. ... -
The War With No End: Sentencing Disparities in the "War on Drugs" and National Trends that are Defining a Nation
(2013-07-25)The most industrialized nation in the world is the country with the highest rate of incarceration. Of over 2 million people incarcerated in the United States, over half of those imprisoned are Black-Americans. This report ... -
Building Sustainable Behavior through Social Marketing: Encouraging Reusable Shopping Bag Use at Stadium Thriftway in Tacoma, WA - A Case Study
(2013-11-14)Strong sustainability represents a paradigm shift that places environmental conservation and social well-being above the economy and hyper-consumption. Building sustainability requires replacing single-use disposables with ... -
David and Goliath: Individualism and Liberty in the Italian Renaissance and the American Revolution
(2013-11-14)Throughout history, specific periods have been catalysts for significant innovations and ideas that have greatly influenced Western Civilization. The rediscovery of the Greco-Roman Classics during the Renaissance contributed ... -
Master of Interdisaplinary Studies
(2014-02-24)This thesis explores how the Republican Party (US) and the Labour Party (UK) were successful in becoming the rare examples of third parties that displaced a major party to become one of the major parties in a two-party ... -
Sexual Violence in a Native American Community: Native American Women Speak Out
Researchers utilizing quantitative methods have established that sexual violence against Native American women is a severe and persistent problem in Native American communities. Currently, Native American women suffer some ... -
Words Can Hurt: An Investigation into How Racially Coded Language Was Advanced in Ferguson to Promote a Conservative Agenda
Abstract Words Can Hurt John Phillip Burns This thesis examines the intersection between public statements and private thought surrounding a recent political event as a way to understand the discourse of race relations in ... -
Structural Racisim in the Prison Industrial Complex
My thesis concerns the institutionalization of racism in the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC), also known as the Criminal Justice System. The Criminal Justice System encompasses all correction and law enforcement agencies ...