Thesis (D. Min.)--Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, 1986. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-126).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-142).

Thesis (D. Ed. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-116).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 317-322).

Thesis (MA (History))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / The processes of assimilation and naturalisation are encountered by immigrants around the world in differing degrees. Every immigrant to a new state, is forced to adapt to their new society in certain ways, in order to be able to function successfully in their new community. This thesis aims to look at these processes as they are managed by organisations within the new society. The Maatskappy vir Europese Immigrasie (MEI) [Company for European Immigration] was one such organisation which operated in South Africa. The MEI was founded in 1949, following on from other organisations which had concerned themselves with immigrant recruitment, assimilation and assistance in general. This thesis posits that the MEI, whilst primarily directed at the assistance in assimilating immigrants, also maintained another socio-political agenda.

Orientador: Robert Wayne Andrew Slenes / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T03:47:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Durao_GustavodeAndrade_M.pdf: 1012006 bytes, checksum: b54e80dc86e928419564dd9588ba5334 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Este trabalho propõe-se analisar a trajetória do escritor senegalês Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) no que tange à criação e participação ativa no movimento artístico e literário conhecido como Negritude. As movimentações literárias dos escritores norte-americanos e a valorização das formas de arte associadas ao negro-africano serão fundamentais para a formação dos alicerces teóricos da Negritude. A escolha da obra de Senghor "Liberté I: Négritude et Humanisme? contém interpretações importantes do seu pensamento na defesa e divulgação dos valores dos povos negro-africanos. Através desta obra se pretende compreender melhor o que foi o movimento da Negritude e o que ele representou para os escritores negros perante a realidade colonial francesa. Diante disso, este trabalho propõe um recorte temático temporal que vai de 1920 até 1945, quando Senghor e os próprios criadores da Negritude direcionam o conceito e a noção de negritude como sendo algo que vai legitimar a luta política em oposição ao colonialismo francês / Resumé: L'objectif de ce travail est d'analyser la trajectoire de l'écrivain sénégalais Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) en ce qui concerne sa création et engagement au mouvement artistique et littéraire connu sous le nom de Négritude. La prise de conscience des écrivains nord-américains et la valorisation de toutes les formes d'art liées au noir-africain seront mise en étude comme la base théorique de la Négritude. L'oeuvre de Senghor "Liberté I: Négritude et Humanisme? montre des interprétations importantes de sa pensée en défense et diffusion des valeurs des peuples Noirs africains. A partir de cette oeuvre, on cherche à mieux comprendre le mouvement de la Négritude et son importance par rapport aux écrivains noirs du contexte colonial français. Ainsi, ce travail propose un extrait thématique de 1920 jusqu'à 1945, quand Senghor et les créateurs de la Négritude mènent le concept et la notion de négritude vers la légitimation de la lutte politique en opposition au colonialisme français / Abstract: This study proposes to examine the trajectory of the Senegalese writer Leopold Sedar Senghor (1906-200 I) regarding the establishment and active participation in artistic and literary movement known as Blackness. The awareness of North-American writers and appreciation of art forms associated with black African will be related to the theoretical foundations of Blackness. The choice of the masterpiece of Senghor 'Liberti 1: Negritude et Humanisme' contains important interpretations of his thought in upholding and disseminating the values of the Black African people. Through this work is intended to better understand what was the Blackness movement and what he represented for black writers before the French colonial reality. Thus, this paper proposes a temporal thematic focus that goes from 1920 until1945, when Senghor and the creators themselves drive the concept of Blackness and the notion of blackness as something that will legitimize the political struggle in opposition to French colonialism / Mestrado / Historia Social / Mestre em História

Orientador: Omar Ribeiro Thomaz / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T17:43:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Salve_GiovaniGrillode_M.pdf: 2906820 bytes, checksum: 9d5d86bfde9041baf7d30662f4733738 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: A primeira década do século XX, na Colônia do Cabo da Boa Esperança, marcou a elaboração de um projeto assimilacionista coloured por parte da African Political Organisation (APO). Formalizado através de ações, negociações, resistências e passividades, este conjunto de práticas dialoga com a complexidade dos processos de estabelecimento da segregação institucional na África do Sul e da formalização de relações sociais pautadas por estatutos raciais. Esta dissertação de mestrado discute como o presidente desta organização, o Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman (1870-1940), e outros afiliados à African Political Organisation lutaram para que a identidade coloured fosse entendida, social e legalmente, como diferente daquela dos nativos. Ademais, discutimos como estes indivíduos desenvolveram subterfúgios às barreiras legais estabelecidas pela "Grande Traição" colocada em prática pelos colonialistas britânicos após o término dos conflitos Anglo-Bôeres de 1899-1902, negociando direitos constitucionais e privilégios civis e sociais a partir de suas próprias experiências e agências / Abstract: The first decade of the 20th century, at the Cape Colony of Good Hope, was marked by the elaboration of the African Political Organisation's (APO) coloured assimilationist project. Formalized through actions, negotiations, resistances and passivity, this conjunct of practices was tied to South Africa's complex processes of establishment of institutional segregation and by-law racial and social relations. This master's dissertation discusses how the organisation's president, Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman (1870-1940), and some others African Political Organisation's members fought for the social and legal recognition of coloured identity as apart and distinct from the Natives' identities. Furthermore, it is discussed how these individuals developed subterfuges against the legal colour bar established by the "Great Betrayal", held by the British colonialists after the end of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902, negotiating constitutional rights and the franchise, as social and civil privileges, by their own experiences and agencies / Mestrado / Historia Social / Mestre em História

M.A. (Psychology) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

My dissertation is an inquiry into issues of home and belonging. For many people, the struggle to create a home in a "new" country, and the oscillation between a past "there" and present "here" have become ways of existence. Displacement challenges and raises questions regarding one's roots, affiliations, loyalty and belonging. The yearning for a place such as home becomes a site of inquiry for communities of displaced people. Destined to live between languages, cultures and national affiliations, im/migrants construct their homes in the particular place of "border." Acknowledging Home(s) and Belonging(s): Border Writing is "homeward" journeying through the discursive landscapes of nation, ethnicity, diaspora, and "race." It explores how border interrupts/initiates a discourse of home. I am an im/migrant researcher. The word "migrant" connotes impermanence, detachment and instability. From this positionality I introduce a slash into the word "immigrant" to transform these connotations into a permanence of migration. As autoethnographic and conversational inquiry, I explore im/migrant experiences from the position of "I," rather than "We." However, "I" is not a position of isolated individual(istic) exclusiveness, but a position of the personal articulation through the relationships with/in community. My research includes conversations with: theorists, colleagues from different disciplinary backgrounds, members of the "ethnic" communities to which I belong, and my daughter. I construct these conversations as borderzone arriculations where a "third space" emerges. The word dissertation stems etymologically from Greek dialegesthai, to converse, to dialogue; whereby dia- means "one with another," and legesthai means "to tell, talk." My dissertation endeavors to recognize - to know again, to know anew these deep layers of border as dialogue and conversation. As an im/migrant inquiry, my dissertation intends to create a different, mother knowing and culture of scholarship that broaden and deepen the space of academic researching/writing. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

In late 20th century America, multiculturalism emerged as a doctrine of equal respect and a popular ideological framework for resolving intergroup relations. Despite its dramatic presence, many sociologists conclude that the rather vigorous and often contentious academic inquiries into multiculturalism left us without a solid understanding of its significance. In this dissertation I examine survey and personal interview data to more clearly identify patterns of ideological support for multiculturalism or assimilation in the U.S. public and to isolate the motivations for their preferences. Findings based on the survey data indicate that, despite multiculturalism's symbol appeal, it does not seem to guide preferences in favor of or opposition to assimilation/multiculturalism among members of most groups. According to the quantitative data, support for intermarriage is one of the few variables that positively correlates with preferences for assimilation. The interview data indicate a strong tendency among many participants to conflate the meaning of multiculturalism and assimilation. Despite their stated aspirations, many self-identified multiculturalists do not favor cultural pluralism. Apparently a significant number of the interview participants use a synthesis of multiculturalism and assimilation to frame their preferences for social convergence within an assimilationist paradigm - a perspective that only marginally resembles multiculturalism's doctrine of equal respect. Contrary to the extant literature, patterns of support for multiculturalism among the interview participants indicate racial and ethnic cleavages and these patterns correspond to the U.S. social hierarchy. Because racial and ethnic meanings infused the multiculturalism debate with its energy, it is plausible that the subtleties of racial discourse mask common aspirations among racial and ethnic group members. In the last chapter, I employ Alba and Nee's recent theoretical reformulation of the concept of assimilation to explicate the findings of this dissertation.