Browsing by Subject "Marginalization"
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Item Airships and angels : concept and collaboration(2013-05) Pettway, Jocelyn Denise; Isackes, Richard M.; Otte, CharlesAirships and Angels is a faux Victorian travel journal created through collaboration with Kristina Krumholt and Rudy Ramirez. Ultimately, the goal of the thesis project is to disrupt traditional hierarchical creative processes by challenging the order in which artifacts are crafted during the creation of a narrative structure and, ultimately, a performance. The end product is a leather book that is shared in the manner of rare books (by appointment and in a controlled environment) for a week, and two special two-night readings with projected imagery at the end of the week. In this process I first created concept art and the text was created afterwards by Krumholt. Once the text was complete the two artifacts were brought together and developed further. Eventually all the images were drawn and the book was printed, bound, and performed.Item The association between marginalization and mortality rates in Mexico, 2003-2007(2012-05) Díaz Venegas, Carlos; Hummer, Robert A.; Angel, Jacqueline L.; Angel, Ronald J.; Roberts, Bryan R.; Villarreal, AndresThe marginalization index for each municipality in Mexico confirms that the country is characterized by substantial economic inequality. Using this index as a tool to measure inequality in urbanization and data from the Consejo Nacional de Población (CONAPO) and the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), this work first analyzes observed spatial patterns of the marginalization index. Next, this dissertation analyzes the association between marginalization and mortality patterns inside Mexico. Overall, there is evidence of high marginalization linked to high mortality rates. Factors that might influence marginalization like geographical differences do not seem to influence the relationship between marginalization and mortality. Factors like migration and indigenous population percentages show more relevance in explaining the association between marginalization and mortality as a social causation effect.Item Brazil's HIV/ AIDS model : Is it working Fortaleza? - Spatial analysis of HIV/ AIDS(2012-05) Ponte, Renata Cidrão; Miller, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Anne); Batnitzky, AdinaThe prevalence rate of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Brazil has stabilized since the year 2000 at approximately 0.35 percent of the total population (600,000 people). Most researchers and political actors agree that the success in HIV management has been highly correlated with some of the policies that the Brazilian government has implemented concerning the HIV/ AIDS positive population (Levi et al 2002; Dourado 2006; Parker 2009). With worldwide recognition of this accomplishment, one must wonder why it is that the North and Northeast regions of Brazil have been experiencing trends of increasing HIV/ AIDS incidence in the past decade (Nunn et al 2009). This study concentrates on the spatial distribution of HIV incidence in the year 2000, as it uncovers how HIV distribution can be related to aspects of marginalization in the second-most populous Northeastern municipality; Fortaleza, Brazil. The central hypothesis of this research states that HIV incidence is positively correlated with rate of marginalization. Marginalization is considered as the sector of population without access to basic social services, such as education, running water, and appropriate housing. Spatial patterns of HIV and marginalization are examined and interpreted in the context of the Brazilian Model. This research suggests that although marginalization has a strong spatial pattern, HIV is not demographically or geographically discriminatory.Item Die "schöne neue brd" und der passive widerstand des außenseiters im westdeutschen roman der 50er jahre(2006-05) Grair, Charles A.; Fry, Ingrid; Borst, StefanieThis thesis deals with the aussenseiter-characters in Westgerman novels of the 1950s. After a discussion of the notion of Aussenseitertum (marginalization), three key novels of the 1950s are examined: Wolfgang Koeppen's "Der Tod in Rom", Martin Walser's "Ehen in Philippsburg", and Heinrich Böll's "Billard um halb zehn". The thesis yields a concise overview about the different Aussenseiter-characters employed in the novels.