2022-2023 Senior Honors Theses
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Item New Cause To Remember: A Reexamination Of Generational Attitudes And Collective Memory Within The Cuban Community(2022-12) Pomeroy, JoshuaThe most important work, the precursor to all generational studies is Mannheim's "The problem of generations". The work puts forward not a biological explanation to age cohorts having certain outlooks on life, but rather that it is lived experiences and life events at a certain period in one's life that shapes a person's outlook for their life. These critical years are given more attention in Amy Corning and Howard Schuman's work in both "Generational Memory and the Critical Period" and "Generations and Collective Memory". Both works aimed to test Mannheim's original proposal through a series of surveys of several countries on events. On average, the participants found that the "critical period" for generational defining events rated events within the said critical period as more important than events outside the "critical period", on average. This essay reanalyzes the “critical period” and generational attitudes based on this thesis research’s findings from an in-depth interview in Miami. The data suggest and from in-field observation that firstly the “critical period” is more flexible and less set in stone than previously thought. This reevaluation comes from ethnographic data that suggests sufficiently noteworthy events can greatly alter one’s perception of events normally within the “critical period”. In this case study, the historical event in question is the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro’s administration. Also covered in this essay are collective experiences that can be the foundation of communities despite physical barriers to come together (Anderson 1983). The case study for this section is the cultural tourism of Cuban Americans and significant landmarks such as the Freedom Tower.Item "We Have to Survive": An Ethnographic Field Study Of Tourism And The Bedouins In Wadi Rum, Jordan(2023-04-25) Haddad, TatianaThis study examines the existing tourism industry in Wadi Rum, Jordan, through a critical lens as informed by the critiques and voiced needs of the indigenous Zalabia and Zawaideh Bedouin. The major components of this project consist of an examination of cultural shifts undergone by the Bedouin in response to commercial tourism in Wadi Rum, an analysis of environmental degradation related to tourism in Wadi Rum and the way it affects the traditional Bedouin lifestyle, the oppression of Bedouin voices and lack of positive regulation by the local governing body, the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority. Project material was largely gathered through in-depth interviews with members of both Bedouin tribes over a series of several weekends. Interviews were conducted with camp owners, operators, guides, traditional shepherds, and government employees, with the intention of uplifting Bedouin critique of tourism development in Wadi Rum and suggestions for environmentally and culturally friendly tourism methods. Through these interviews, the study found that there exists a system of consistently supported suggestions for counteracting overdevelopment in Wadi Rum, as well as a burgeoning awareness of the need for sustainable Bedouin-owned and operated 'traditional' Bedouin tourism. The aim of this study is to promote awareness, support, and implementation of Bedouin-sourced modes of ecotourism in Wadi Rum.