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1	Negotiating Heritage: Heritage Organizations amongst the Isleños of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana and the Use of Heritage Identity to Overcome the Isleño/Tornero Distinction West, Jonathan Joseph 15 May 2009 (has links) The Isleños of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana trace their ancestry to eighteenth century settlers from the Canary Islands. Currently, St. Bernard Parish is home to two separate Canarian heritage organizations: Los Isleños Heritage and Cultural Society and the Canary Islands Descendents Association. This thesis examines how the Isleños are currently renegotiating their cultural identity through the use of heritage via the structure of heritage organizations. I argue that under mounting economic, environmental, and political pressure, people of Canarian descent in St. Bernard Parish have begun to adjust Isleño cultural identity in order to make it more widely inclusive. This is a creative means by which the Isleños attempt to maneuver around the increasingly rapid pace of change and deal with threats to the survival of their culture. Isleño Tornero St. Bernard Parish Louisiana heritage heritage organization cultural identity identity politics Canary Islands
2	The actions of institutional leadership at two Louisiana community colleges in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Nevils, Henry Lane 17 February 2014 (has links) In August and September of 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast with damages estimated at $85 billion. Hurricane Katrina was so devastating that the number of lives lost and injuries sustained is still being calculated. Hurricane Rita, which made landfall in the southwestern part of the Louisiana just a few weeks after Katrina, did not cause as much damage as Katrina but was devastating nonetheless. In both cases, two Louisiana community colleges, Nunez Community College and SOWELA Technical Community College, were damaged to the point that many doubted that either college would have a future. Both community colleges, however, continued classes and are in operation today. This study examines the actions of the institutional leadership at Nunez Community College and SOWELA Technical Community College in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. A constructivist grounded theory approach was used to conduct case studies on each college. A substantive theory emerged from the findings explaining the resiliency of both institutions. / text Constructivist grounded theory Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Rita Nunez Community College SOWELA Technical Community College Louisiana St. Bernard Parish Lake Charles
3	"I never thought I had an accent until the hurricane": Sociolinguistic Variation in Post-Katrina Greater New Orleans Carmichael, Katie 21 July 2014 (has links) No description available. Linguistics Linguistics Sociolinguistic variation New Orleans regional dialects identity, place language Louisiana, Chalmette St Bernard Parish Hurricane Katrina
4	Post-Katrina Student Resilience: Perspectives of Nunez Community College Students Jones, Jacqueline 14 May 2010 (has links) This study examines the phenomenon of student resiliency as it relates to Nunez Community College students who returned to attend school in the community of St. Bernard Parish following Hurricane Katrina. Nunez Community College is located in Chalmette, Louisiana, fifteen miles east of the City of New Orleans. The community is adjacent to the Lower Ninth Ward. This study seeks to answer the questions of why the students returned to a disaster-stricken area to continue their studies and how the students coped in the aftermath. There is a significant gap in the literature on post-disaster resiliency and in particular, the role of education in post-disaster recovery. Twelve students who returned to Nunez Community College post-Katrina were interviewed using a Student Resilience Model as a conceptual framework. The perceptions of the students' post-disaster experiences resulted in five themes which included Individual Resilience, Post-Disaster Academic Integration, Post-Disaster Social Int Crisis Management Natural Disasters Resilience Disaster Preparednes s Nunez Community College
5	Catastrophes and the Role of Social Networks in Recovery: A Case Study of St. Bernard Parish, LA, Residents After Hurricane Katrina Lasley, Carrie E 02 August 2012 (has links) The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the experiences of St. Bernard Parish, La., residents as they coped with the impact of the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. An estimated 50,000 St. Bernard Parish residents relocated to a new home one year after Katina in 2006, and many of those residents moved again. This study examines the effects of the decisions of St. Bernard residents to relocate or to return on their social connections. The utility, adaptability and durability of social networks of these residents will be explored to enrich our knowledge about the social effects of recovery and the role that distance plays in the way residents connect to each other six years after Hurricane Katrina. It also examines the applicability of disaster theory as it relates to this case and develops a methodology for examining the impact of geographic dispersal on social networks. Disaster recovery community change geographic dispersal St. Bernard Parish Hurricane Katrina social networks Community-Based Research Demography, Population, and Ecology Environmental Policy Geographic Information Sciences Human Geography Nature and Society Relations Place and Environment Politics and Social Change Public Affairs Public Policy Regional Sociology Urban Studies Urban Studies and Planning

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