Social Sciencehttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/10211.4_492024-03-29T10:05:23Z2024-03-29T10:05:23ZAltar states: spirit worlds and transformational experiencesTreagan, Peterhttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2145882020-01-03T00:15:20Z2020-01-02T00:00:00ZAltar states: spirit worlds and transformational experiences
Treagan, Peter
Altar States: Spirit Worlds and Transformational Experiences, publicly displayed during the Vernal Equinox at Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology at CSU Chico in California, is an interactive tech-art exhibition that features visionary imagery, illuminated sculptures, and a 24-minute soundscape journey. The installation explores themes of symbolism, interconnectedness, cross-pollination, worldview paradigm shift, and transformation. The written portion of the Master’s project maps a multidisciplinary investigation of Transformational Festival culture through ethnographic fieldwork in North, Central, and South America. Visionary art is a portal into the visual feeling of presence from the artist to the viewer. The conceptual seed of Altar States originated with the intention to create a container for the transmission of the visionary experience. The installation, set within a cycling 24-minute day/night soundscape, draws upon polarities in the Light of Day with stereoscopic 3D glasses and in the Light of Night under UV blacklights, attempting to evoke new perspectives in the viewer. By exploring the intersection between art and technology, within the context of exhibition, Altar States intends to bridge ancient and futuristic, secular and sacred, imaginary and experiential.
2020-01-02T00:00:00ZEmployment for autistic adults in a neurodiverse workplace: a website of resourcesWildhaber, Betina D.http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2136242019-10-04T20:24:00Z2019-10-04T00:00:00ZEmployment for autistic adults in a neurodiverse workplace: a website of resources
Wildhaber, Betina D.
Unemployment among autistic adults is estimated at between 70 and 90 percent and employments outcomes are unfavorable compared to both their non-autistic and other disabled peers. Autistics face many challenges, especially during the transition into adulthood, a phase when support services are often limited. In addition, only two percent of federal-funded ASD research focuses on lifespan issues, such as the transition to adulthood, employment, postsecondary education, housing, and co-occurring conditions. This project specifically focuses on the transition to employment for young adults with autism. Unfortunately, most employers are unaware how to best accommodate autistic individuals in the workplace. Neurodiversity is an emerging philosophy that promotes the idea that autistic or neurodivergent individuals bring unique talents and strengths to a workplace. Creating a more inclusive, or neurodiverse workplace addresses both the needs of the autistic employee and the productivity needs of the employer. This project identifies: the barriers and facilitators of employment for autistic adults, how neurodiverse workplaces lower employment barriers and promote successful employment, ways to establish a neurodiverse workspace, and available resources to support successful employment for autistic adults. In addition, this project includes a website of resources that promote meaningful employment for autistics. It identifies several prominent neurodiverse companies that may be attractive employment options for neurodivergent job-seekers and that are models for other non-neurodiverse companies wanting to make a change. The site provides ideas on how companies can create a more inclusive work environment for autistics and neurodiverse peers. Ultimately, it is an effort to bring awareness to the need of the autistic population, and how certain adjustments can not only benefit autistics, but also neurotypical co-workers, and company profits.
2019-10-04T00:00:00ZI pledge compliance: 19th century indigenous residential schools as indicators of multigenerational traumaBishop, Sarahttp://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2058782019-10-11T22:11:20Z2018-08-29T00:00:00ZI pledge compliance: 19th century indigenous residential schools as indicators of multigenerational trauma
Bishop, Sara
A comparative sociological, historical, and anthropological analysis of 19th century boarding schools for both Native Americans and the Māori as institutionalized genocide and the resulting impact of multigenerational trauma. Using social boundary theory and the rational-legal model, this thesis attempts to examine the imperialist ideologies inherent in the creation of educational institutions dedicated to the cultural assimilation of indigenous peoples within the United States and New Zealand. How did 19th century schools for indigenous children contribute to current inequity? The cruel science of eugenics, coupled with state encouraged policies aimed at acquiring large land tracts with marginal resistance, created the decision to assimilate indigenous youth. That decision has multigenerational repercussions, including lower literacy rates, lower enrollment in higher education, higher instances of poverty, as well as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other mental illness, and higher rates of alcohol and substance abuse. However, instances of multigenerational trauma in Māori appear to be more closely related to loss of land, while Native Americans experience trauma from land loss and the residential schools.
2018-08-29T00:00:00ZFinding hope after experiencing devastating loss: a survey to determine the types of meaningful connections that lead to healingAceves, Jennifer L.http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/2058732019-10-11T22:11:19Z2018-08-29T00:00:00ZFinding hope after experiencing devastating loss: a survey to determine the types of meaningful connections that lead to healing
Aceves, Jennifer L.
Devastating loss is an emotionally overwhelming phenomenon of experiences. Normal
responses of anger, doubt, fear, and grief are outside the survivor’s usual routine and can leave
the survivor feeling vulnerable and ashamed, and unprepared for loss appraisal and bereavement.
These experiences motivate the survivor to withdraw from social support and normal routines as
a mechanism of self-protection, yet it is the connection to others which offers safety and support
during recovery. This research explored the impacts of devastating loss on connection, the
reasons that connection is critical for healing, and the benefits of connection, before asking the
question: What are the most meaningful types of connection that lead to healing after devastating
loss? Survey responses from 134 adult respondents in the United States confirmed that
connection is meaningful to healing.
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