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Spring 2010
In this dissertation, I propose that network theory offers a useful frame for informing mathematics education. Mathematical understanding, like the discipline of formal mathematics within which it is subsumed, possesses attributes characteristic of complex systems. As the techniques of network...
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Remaking the Slave Past in the Present: Representations of Afro-Peruvian Men in the Church of Cristo Kyrios
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This thesis explores the representations of Blackness constructed and embraced by Saadakeem Papa Kyriakos, the prophet and leader of the Church of Cristo Kyrios, a marginal organization located in Lima, Peru. Saadakeem proudly claims to adhere to the religion practiced by plantation slaves in...
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Fall 2011
This thesis is a comparative analysis of representations of the African American fife and drum musical tradition in North Mississippi, tracing the ways these representations are shaped by the ideologies, aims, methods, and social positions of the person(s) in primary control of representation. It...
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The Suburban Imaginary: Ambivalence, Strangeness, and the Everyday in Contemporary Representations of the Suburb
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This thesis is about the suburban imaginary. It is concerned with the way the suburb is imagined and what insights this imaginary might enable. It offers a definition of the suburban imaginary as being a culturally and historically located set of meanings, expectations, images, and ideas about...
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Spring 2023
Many competitive online video games release new characters on a regular basis. Designing these characters requires significant effort on several aspects including art, story, music, and game balance. Thus automating the design of these aspects offers value in saving human effort. This thesis...