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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Nos bastidores da notícia : uma perspectiva antropológica sobre o material audiovisual do programa Profissão Repórter / At the news backstage : an anthropological perspective about the audiovisual material of the program Profissão Repórter

Canalli, Franco Augusto, 1983- 22 August 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Ronaldo Romulo Machado de Almeida / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T23:13:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Canalli_FrancoAugusto_M.pdf: 7098394 bytes, checksum: ddacedc1343f0b28a0f6e28765451635 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Existem aproximações e similaridades entre o trabalho do antropólogo e o de um jornalista? Quais estratégias e técnicas discursivas um programa de reportagens utiliza para que sua narrativa se empenhe, concomitantemente, em marcar posição, se distinguindo no campo, além de funcionar como um mecanismo de defesa a possíveis críticas? Os integrantes de uma mesma empresa telejornalística tendem a seguir linhas de raciocínio e práticas semelhantes em vosso trabalho? O que é necessário para ser um jornalista investigativo? Diante destas questões, este trabalho busca analisar qual o significado e quais as consequências que o processo de produção das notícias (o meio) tem no conteúdo final de um programa de reportagens, isto é, quando exibido na TV. Para tanto, a dissertação tem como objeto de investigação o programa de reportagens Profissão Repórter, da emissora Rede Globo de Televisão, e atua por meio, principalmente, da análise audiovisual do programa desde o período de seu surgimento, em 2006, até o final de 2010 / Abstract: Are there proximities and similarities between the job of an anthropologist and of a journalist? Which strategies and discursive techniques a TV report program utilizes so that its narrative strives, simultaneously, in set a position, distinguing itself in the field, furthermore working as a mechanism of defense to possible criticism? The integrators from the same telenews company tend to follow line of reasoning and similar practice in your job? What does it need for a journalist being investigative? Facing these questions, this paper aims at analyzing what the meaning and what the consequences that the production process of news (the core) has in the final content of a TV report programs, that is, when exhibited on TV. For such thing, a dissertation has as mean of investigation the TV report program Profissão Repórter, from the TV network Rede Globo de Televisão, and acts through, mostly, from audiovisual analysis from the same since the appearance period, in 2006, to the final of 2010 / Mestrado / Antropologia Social / Mestre em Antropologia Social
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Careers Upon Repatriation : comparing the Re-Entry into the German and French Labor Markets Based on Bourdieu's Theory of Practice / Le retour d’expatriation : une comparaison du retour sur les marchés du travail allemand et français fondée sur la Théorie de la Pratique de Pierre Bourdieu

Walther, Matthias 04 November 2013 (has links)
Le retour d’expatriation dans une perspective du marché du travail externe est un sujet sous-exploré. Nous empruntons la Théorie de la Pratique de Pierre Bourdieu afin de comparer le retour d’expatriation d’agents de carrière français et allemands sur le marché du travail externe de leur champ de carrière d’origine. Notre analyse démontre que le capital de carrière, ainsi que le habitus des agents de carrière Français et Allemands, se développent pendant l’expatriation. Ceci a alors un impact important sur la réintégration dans leur champ de carrière d’origine. Notre portefeuille d’éléments bourdieusiens critiques, ainsi que nos deux modèles de variables pour le retour en France et en Allemagne démontrent certaines similarités mais surtout de nombreuses différences concernant le retour sur le champ de carrière allemand et français. Si ces faits témoignent de l’existence de frontières nationales du champ de carrière, nos résultats montrent également que, dans un contexte de mobilité internationale, les règles du jeu changent comparé à un contexte de carrière purement national. Ceci remet alors en question la pertinence des modèles de carrière nationaux pour expliquer le retour d’expatriation dans un contexte franco-allemand. Notre recherche contribue à enrichir la littérature académique en clarifiant, dans un premier temps, les règles du jeu dans un contexte de retour d’expatriation franco-allemand. Elle démontre également que les champs de carrière bourdieusiens ne sont que partiellement autonomes et doivent être considérés en interaction avec les champs économiques et éducatifs afin d’obtenir une meilleure compréhension entière des mécanismes du retour. / Repatriation from an external labor market perspective is a largely under-researched topic. Applying Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice and reconciling the culturalist and institutionalist approach in comparative research, this thesis compares the repatriation of German and French career agents into the external labor markets of their parent country career fields. We found that the German and French career agents’ career capital and habitus develops during expatriation, which has an important impact on the re-integration into the parent country career field. Based on our developed critical portfolio of elements for the successful return into the German and French career fields and resulting from our emerged German and French repatriation models, we found that the re-entry conditions into the German and French career fields are in some parts similar, but more strongly differ. While this indicates the existence of national borders of career fields, our results also show that in an international career mobility context, the rules of the game change compared to the rules in a pure national career context, which challenges the pertinence of national career models in understanding repatriation in our Franco-German context. Our research especially contributes to the existing literature by clarifying the rules of the game in a Franco-German repatriation context and by providing empirical evidence for the only partially autonomous nature of Bourdieuian career fields that must be viewed in interaction with the economic and educational field for creating a complete understanding of the return-mechanisms.
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Femmes et féminité dans la société allemande (XVIe - XVIIe siècles) : normes, pratiques, représentations / Women and Femininity in the German Society (16th- 17th centuries) : norms, practices and representations

Chapuis-Després, Stéphanie 29 September 2014 (has links)
Cette thèse propose une étude de la population féminine en territoire germanique d’environ 1555, date à laquelle est signée la Paix d’Augsbourg qui affirme la légitimité de la Réforme, à 1648, qui marque la fin de la Guerre de Trente Ans. Il s’agit de voir comment et pour quelles raisons les femmes, et en particulier leur corps, sont l’objet d’une disciplinarisation sociale qui abouti à une redéfinition et à une codification précise de la féminité à partir de la Réforme et de la confessionnalisation des sociétés. Cette thèse se concentre sur des ouvrages normatifs écrits par des théologiens, des pasteurs protestants et des prêtres jésuites abordant des thèmes aussi variées que l’éducation, le mariage, la maternité, le veuvage, ainsi que des textes législatifs touchant à tous les domaines de la vie quotidienne et des traités médicaux pour tenter de mettre au jour les mécanismes de ce phénomène de discipline du corps féminin en mettant en avant une perspective interconfessionnelle. Il s’agit de comprendre comment les gestes, le maintien, l’apparence et la sexualité ainsi que le langage sont contrôlés et maîtrisés pour former un habitus spécifique. Outre les normes que sous-tendent ces textes, certaines pratiques qui entourent le corps féminin sont étudiées à partir de lettres, mémoires et procès-verbaux. Ce travail propose donc de croiser les perspectives d’histoire sociale et d’histoire des femmes, d’histoire culturelle et d’anthropologie historique tout en effectuant une comparaison interconfessionnelle. / This thesis is about the female population of the Holy Roman Empire from about 1555, when the Peace of Augsburg, confirming the legitimacy of the Reformation was signed, until 1648, at the end of the Thirty Years’ War. The purpose of this work is to see how and why women, and particularly their bodies, were targeted by social discipline, and how it generated a redefinition and a precise codification of femininity in the age of Reformation and the confessionalization of societies. This thesis focuses on normative books written by theologians, protestant ministers and Jesuits, dealing with diverse subjects like education, marriage, maternity and widowhood. Laws and decrees about daily life have also been analysed, just like medical treaties revealing the mechanisms of the female body discipline in an interconfessional perspective. It shows how gestures, attitudes, appearance, sexuality and language were controlled in order to define a specific habitus. Beside the norms spread in the different documents under scrutiny, some practices related to the female body have been studied from letters, memoirs and statements of offence. This work crosses perspectives of social history, women and cultural history, as well as historical anthropology with an interconfessional comparison.
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Feel It In Your Body : Hybridization of Musical Habitus in Swedish Cultural-Educational Tourism to Ghana

Vickers, Nicole January 2014 (has links)
On the surface the practice of African musics and dances in Sweden seems to be evidence of otherization and exoticization of African cultures. However, those Swedes of non-African background who do African musics and dances are genuinely engaged with the practice in the sense that they participate wholeheartedly and seem to both value and feel positive outcomes from their participation. This thesis explores how the body meets new ‘other’ musics and acquires new musicking practices, and how this is influenced by the body’s musical habitus as well as its own individual life experiences and emotional context. Additionally I look at the body’s role as an integral part of music, rather than as external to it. To illustrate this I use a case study of a group of Swedes on a cultural-eduational tourism trip to Ghana and my own first- hand experience with them learning choreographed dance based on traditional movements and rhythms, and Ewe polyrhythmic drumming. I show how discourses of difference resulting from historical contact, and previous individual experiences influence the encounter with new music, and how the body through social interactions perceives and acquires new musical practices, integrating them with known musical practices to form a kind of hybrid or new musical practice. / <p>Examensarbetet ingick i en Masterexamen i humaniora med inriktning musikvetenskap.</p>
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Måste jag träna? : En kvantitativ enkätstudie om unga vuxnas syn på träningens ställning i livet

Westerberg, Jonathan January 2019 (has links)
This essay examines the impact of estimation for the training’s added value in life on level of physical training. Through a multiple-regression analysis of primary data, the study presents what impact a particular background has on the physical exercise’s position in a life puzzle of a Swedish young adult. The theoretical framework is based on the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of habitus, symbolic capital, symbolic value and symbolic violence. According to these concepts, all individuals operate within specific fields, within which they also hold a position. Practices and social agents in the various fields shape what Bourdieu calls habitus, an individual set of schemes that shape tastes a values. These theories help us understand why people perform different targeted actions in life based on their gender, class and grew up place. Data have been collected through a quantitative survey. The material consists of questionnaires from 179 young adults from Sweden between the ages of 19-29. The bivariate regression analysis could not prove a significant correlation between estimation of the training’s added value in life and level of physical training. When a multivariate regression design included control variables a positive correlation between the training’s added value in life and level of physical training emerged. Gender, class and age also proved important for the level of training where being a female and coming from an entrepreneurial home increased the level of training. / <p>Tillgänglig på messenger (Jonathan Westerberg), alternativt sms (0700912052).</p>
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Med en enkel tulipan.. : En kvalitativ studie om hur blommor värderas och konsumeras, samt hur det kan tillämpas i visuell kommunikation. / With a simple tulip.. : A qualitative study on how flowers are valued and consumed, as well as how it can be applied in visual communication.

Andersson, Sandra, Nordmark, Julia January 2023 (has links)
Studien ska undersöka unga kvinnors värderingar, samt varför denna grupp konsumerar blommor, för  att bidra med fördjupad kunskap om hur konsumtionsmönster påverkas av sociologiska aspekter, för att belysa den inverkan det kan ha på visuell kommunikation. Genom en kvalitativ intervjustudie ämnar författarna få insikt i unga kvinnors synsätt kring blomsterkonsumtion, och den empiriska datan ska användas i syfte att exemplifiera hur blomsterbutiker kan tilltala unga kvinnor genom visuell kommunikation. Tidigare forskning om det sociala värdet i blommor, samt inverkan på val av blommor rörs, och för att förstå konsumenten och varumärken präglas studien av teorier och begrepp som anses centrala för förståelsen. Här rörs Consumer Culture Theory, Conspicuous Consumption och Sociala strukturer, då insikt i konsumentena agerande är av stor vikt. Varumärkets visuella identitet, varumärken i sociala medier samt logotyper, illustrationer, färg och typsnitt tillämpas även, i syfte att fördjupa insikten i de visuella element som påverkar konsumenten. Genom en tematisk analys av åtta, transkriberade intervjuer presenteras resultat i form av sex rubriker. Efter genomförd analys kan det konstateras att blommor och blomstergesten laddas med symbolik och en djupare betydelse, kopplat till livsstil och identitet. Kvinnorna konsumerar blommor för att uttrycka uppskattning, samt för att ge bort som gåva. Snittblommor ses som en lyxvara, vilket visar på blommors relation till klasstillhörighet och livsstil. Resultatet visar dessutom ett mönster i svaren kopplat till visuella element, där respondenterna valde mellan olika färger, typsnitt, illustrationer och bildmanér. Med grund i teoretiskt ramverk, tidigare forskning och  empiriskt material har de övergripande frågeställningarna besvarats, samt en ny grafisk profil, logotyp och marknadsföringsmaterial utformats i linje med resultat och slutsatser. Målet är således att bidra med strategiska verktyg till blomsterbutiker, för att de ska kunna kommunicera effektivt och tilltala den eftersträvade målgruppen. / The study will examine young women's values, as well as why this group consumes flowers, to contribute with in-depth knowledge of how consumption patterns are influenced by sociological aspects, to highlight the impact it can have on visual communication. Through a qualitative interview study, the authors intend to gain insight into young women's approach to flower consumption, and the empirical data will be used to exemplify how flower shops can appeal to young women through visual communication. Previous research on the social value in flowers, as well as the influence on the choice of flowers is touched upon, and in order to understand the consumer and brands, the study is characterized by theories and concepts that are considered central to the understanding. Here Consumer Culture Theory, Conspicuous Consumption and Social structures are touched upon, as insight into consumer behavior is of great importance. The brand's visual identity, branding in social media as well as logos, illustrations, color and fonts are also applied, with the aim of deepening the insight into the visual elements that influence the consumer. Through a thematic analysis of eight, transcribed interviews, results are presented in the form of six headings. After the analysis, it can be stated that flowers and the floral gesture are loaded with symbolism and a deeper meaning, linked to lifestyle and identity. The women consume flowers to express appreciation, as well as to give away as gifts. Cut flowers are seen as a luxury item, which shows the relationship of flowers to class affiliation and lifestyle. The result also shows a pattern in the answers linked to visual elements, where the respondents chose between different colors, fonts, illustrations and image styles. Based on theoretical framework, previous research and empirical material, the overall questions have been answered, and a new graphic profile, logo and marketing material designed in line with results and conclusions. The goal is thus to contribute strategic tools to flower shops, so that they can communicate effectively and appeal to the desired target group.
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Samhällsnytta eller missbruk av kulturarv? : - en etnologisk studie om mångfald, nysvenskar och museer

Gorgis, Diana January 2022 (has links)
In today’s multicultural Sweden, museums need to work more inclusively to reflect the country’s national identities. This is both difficult and complex. The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of whether and, if so, the museums’ diversity work affects the museums’ role in society as either a meeting place or as an exclusionary field in contemporary multicultural Sweden. More specifically, the thesis aims to investigate how museums’ diversity work is perceived by both museum staff and new Swedes, especially with regards to recruitment, staff composition and treatment of visitors, and how new Swedes relate to the cultural heritage as presented and reinterpreted in exhibitions at museums in Stockholm. The qualitative material consists of seven individual in-depth interviews with new Swedes who are non-academics, a focus group interview with seven new Swedes who are academically educated and three in-depth interviews with three museum employees from different museums. The results show that the museums have difficulty recruiting more widely and this lack of diversity among staff contributes to the critique expressed by the new Swedes about the museums’ diversity work and the expertise of the museums that interpret cultural heritage from different parts of the world. These attitudes and experiences have reproduced various notions of museums, Swedishness, cultural heritage and class differences that exist in Swedish society. The results show that the new Swedes consider the museums to be white rooms, mainly for white children. Five non-white new Swedes testify that they have been exposed to racism in the museums and these individuals believe that the museum staff is the source of their perceived insecurity. Both the new Swedes and the museum staff agree that the museums maintain old habits that hinder the museums’ diversity work.
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”Det var min början till knarket kriminaliteten och festerna’’ : En tematisk analys av hur kapital och habitus manifesteras i ungdomars berättelser om problematiska uppväxtförhållanden / “It was my beginning to drugs criminality and parties” : A thematic analysis of how capital and habitus manifests in adolescents’ stories about dysfunctional conditions in child- and early adulthood

Fredriksson, Greta, Karlsson, Anneli January 2022 (has links)
Ungdomar som har ett avvikande beteende har uppmärksammats alltmer på senare tid. Det finns ett stort omfång av forskning att tillgå som har identifierat olika riskfaktorer under uppväxten som påverkar att ungdomar utvecklas ogynnsam. Denna studie grundar sig i Bourdieus teori om socialt-, kulturellt -, ekonomiskt-, och symboliskt kapital och habitus. Studien har som syfte att undersöka ungdomars berättelser om problematiska uppväxtförhållanden och hur kapital formar ungdomars habitusoch påverkar deras livsstilsval. Resultatet bygger på en tematisk analys av 56 berättelser skrivna av ungdomar och har identifierat tre teman. Det första temat Problematiska uppväxtförhållanden behandlar hemförhållanden och vänners betydelse. Det andra temat En annan syn på världen består av attityder och normer som ungdomarna tar till sig i olika sammanhang. Slutligen är det tredje temat Vi gör allt för pengar och behandlar socioekonomisk utsatthet i hemmet samt införskaffandet av materiella tillgångar. Resultatet indikerar att kapital hos ungdomar har påverkan på deras utformande av habitus och att ungdomarnas habitus följer med och reproduceras oavsett vilket socialt sammanhang de befinner sig i. Familj och vänner har i studiens påvisats vara av särskild betydelse för huruvida ungdomarna utvecklar ett avvikande beteende. Genom att förstå ungdomars berättelser utifrån kapital och habitus bidrar denna studie med ett alternativt sätt att förhålla sig till riskfaktorer under uppväxten. Till följd av att tillämpa Bourdieus teori identifierade studien även att det fortfarande finns strukturerade ojämlikheter i samhället som reproduceras genom ungdomars handlingar. / In the last few years, a lot of attention has been paid to adolescents with deviant behaviour. Various risk factors during child- and early adulthood is one of the most widely studied constructs for identifying reasons of what might affect adolescents to develop a deviant behaviour. The foundation of this thesis is based on Bourdieu's theory of capitaland habitus and the purpose is to examine adolescents’ stories about dysfunctional conditions in child- and early adulthood to understand how capital creates habitus. In addition, this thesis aims to explore if adolescents’ habitus influences their lifestyle opportunities. The data obtained was conducted by 56 stories written by adolescents and the result is based on a thematic analysis and has identified three themes. The first theme, Dysfunctional conditions in child- and early adulthood, dealswith family situation and the importance of friends. The second theme, A different perspective of the world, consists of attitudes and norms adolescents embraces in different social contexts. Finally, the third theme, We do everything for money, deals with socioeconomic vulnerability in the home as well as the acquisition of material assets. This thesis indicates that the capital of adolescents influences their development of habitus and enlighten the fact that it seems like habitus follows and reproduces regardless of the social context in which the adolescents find themselves. Apart from this result, it was further noted that family and friends has shown to be of considerable importance for whether adolescents develop deviant behaviour or not. These findings suggest an alternative way of relating to risk factors during adolescence by applying Bourdieu’s theory of capitaland habitus.  Aside from this, the result also demonstrates that there are still structured inequalities in society which reproduces through the actions of adolescents.
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“Där jag fann min plats."- En studie om fotbollshuliganism i Stockholm / “Where I found my place”.-  A study about football hooliganism in Stockholm

Gonzalez, Sebastian, Snygg Hansson, Elias January 2023 (has links)
This study is about the factors that motivate individuals to engage in football hooliganism in Stockholm, Sweden. These individuals are often seen as problem makers and a threat to Swedish football. The aim of this study was to increase the understanding and knowledge about the phenomenon of football hooliganism in Sweden.  The question that has been answered is: What motivates individuals to engage in organized football hooliganism, and examine how these factors can be understood from Pierre Bourdieu's theory about habitus and capital?. Through this we hope to provide further knowledge about this phenomenon and understanding of why some individuals are drawn to this form of supporter culture. The method used for this study was semi-structured-interviews with former hooligans and the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. We found that there are five main themes that are correlated to why individuals are  drawn into football hooliganism and motivated to engage in the phenomenon. These are Belonging, togetherness, community and friendship, Life experiences and social environment, Respect and status, Violence and the “Kick” and The feelings for the football club. We also found that these themes can be explained through Bourdieu's theory about habitus and capital. This study has shown that there are some central themes, or aspects to help explain why individuals are drawn into football hooliganism that are related to motivation and Pierre Bourdies theory about habitus and capital.
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The German Imigrants in New Knoxville, Ohio / Tyska immigranter i New Knoxville, OH

Sundell-Rånby, Birgitta January 2023 (has links)
America is a nation of immigrants and all immigrants brought culture with them. There is not one American culture. Many Ohioans are descended from German ancestors, their German heritage is still present in the cultural and social landscapes. German immigrants came to America in search of farmland and independence.In the period between 1830 and 1890 approximately 1,300 people left Ladbergen, a village of 2,700, with hopes of a better life in America. The main reason for emigration from Germany was changes in the political landscape that led to financial hardship for those who did not own farmland. During the 1800’s German immigrants settled in Ohio, Pennsylvania and along the northern East coast. Choice of location was influenced by proximity to other German immigrants and the possibility for successful agriculture. All immigrants in New Knoxville came from the same village, Ladbergen, which provides a unique example of “chain immigration”.The village was platted by an Irishman, James Lyle, in 1836 and the German immigrants purchased the platted lots. A copy of the map has been preserved.Close to 80% of immigrants had been tenant farmers in Ladbergen. The life of farmers and tenant farmers in Ladbergen has been documented by local historians as is life among early immigrants in New Knoxville. Immigrant families were farmers in Ladbergen and became farmers in New Knoxville. Soil in New Knoxville was fertile and gave good yields of corn,beans, wheat, rye and buckwheat. I visited the area at different seasons and walked in the farmland with the assistance of a local guide. In the US this requires permits from the landowner.This is a flat agricultural area with large open corn and soybean fields with patches of old pineand deciduous forest penetrated by narrow dirt roads.In New Knoxville immigrant families were free to design their farms and living space according to their own preference. Immigrants built and settled in cabins while barns were built to house farm animals. Larger homes inspired by British/American architecture were soon erected and a few of these buildings are on display at the German Heritage Center in New Knoxville. Barns around New Knoxville are usually large gambrel roof barns for storage.People in New Knoxville are proud of their German roots and have an extensive cultural exchange with Ladbergen. German language, for example, was used in newspapers and church services in New Knoxville and in other areas with many German immigrants until the 1950's,some early immigrants never learnt to speak English. An important observation was that the immigrants adjusted very quickly to an American way of life when they depended on it for better housing and food supply but were not eager to mingle with Americans but kept a closed knit community. / Amerika är en nation av invandrare och alla invandrare tog med sig kultur. Det finns inte en amerikansk kultur. Många Ohioans härstammar från tyska förfäder, deras tyska arv är fortfarande närvarande i de kulturella och sociala landskapen. Tyska immigranter kom till Amerika på jakt efter jordbruksmark och självständighet.Under perioden mellan 1830 och 1890 lämnade cirka 1300 människor Ladbergen, en by med 2700 invånare, med hopp om ett bättre liv i Amerika. Den främsta orsaken till emigrationen från Tyskland var förändringar i det politiska landskapet som ledde till ekonomiska svårigheter för dem som inte ägde jordbruksmark. Under 1800-talet bosatte sig tyska immigranter i Ohio,Pennsylvania och längs den norra östkusten. Immigranterna föredrog att bosätta sig i närheten av andra tyska invandrare och i områden med möjligheter till framgångsrikt jordbruk. Alla invandrare i New Knoxville kom från samma by, Ladbergen, vilket är ett unikt exempel på "kedje invandring".Byn mutades in av en irländare, James Lyle, 1836 och de tyska immigranterna köpte tomter. En kopia av den första kartan av New Knoxville finns bevarad.Närmare 80% av invandrarna hade varit arrendatorer i Ladbergen. Bönders och arrendatorers liv i Ladbergen har dokumenterats av lokala historiker, livet bland tidiga invandrare i New Knoxville har också studerats eftersom det är ett exempel på kedje invandring.Invandrarfamiljer var bönder i Ladbergen och blev bönder i New Knoxville. Det krävdes hjälp av en lokal guide för att utforska området utanför byn, det krävs tillstånd av landägaren att uppehålla sig på all typ av privatägd mark i USA. Gårdarna ligger i ett platt jordbruks område med stora öppna majs- och soja-fält som korsas av smala grus vägar. Det finns skogspartier med barr och lövskog på alla gårdar, och immigranterna sparade skog för virke. I New Knoxville var invandrarfamiljer fria att designa sina gårdar efter sina egna önskemål. Invandrare byggde och bosatte sig i stugor medan lador byggdes för att hysa husdjur.Större hem inspirerade av brittisk/amerikansk arkitektur uppfördes snart och några av dessa byggnader visas på German Heritage Centre i New Knoxville. Ladugårdar runt New Knoxville är vanligtvis stora byggnader med brutet tak för maximalt förvarings utrymme.Människor i New Knoxville är stolta över sina tyska rötter och har ett omfattande kulturellt utbyte med Ladbergen. Tyska språket, till exempel, användes i tidningar och gudstjänster i New Knoxville och i andra områden med många tyska invandrare fram till 1950-talet, några av de tidiga invandrarna lärde sig aldrig att tala engelska. En viktig observation var att invandrarna mycket snabbt anpassade sig till ett amerikanskt sätt att leva när de var beroende av det för bättre bostäder och matförsörjning men inte var ivriga att mingla med amerikaner utan levde i ett slutet samhälle.

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