Browsing RPI Theses Open Access by Author "Campbell, Nancy D. (Nancy Dianne), 1963-"
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Bodies from below : decomposition, death certificates, and the politics of 'natural' death
Nelson, Lee Claiborne (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-08)This dissertation focuses on human decomposition research within the forensic sciences, in particular forensic entomology, and how the death certificate Manner of Death category ‘Natural Death’ effects forensic research ... -
Car guys and martial artists : knowledge classification and validity in non-occupational communities of practice
Zatz, Zoe H. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-05)This study argues that while these communities are increasingly using the internet to communicate and organize, expertise that new members gain from the internet is not truly ‘valid;’ because expertise in these communities ... -
Engineering the global Indian: skills, cosmopolitanism, and families in circuits of high-tech migrations between India and the United States
Khandekar, Aalok (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2010-08) -
Making cultures : politics of inclusion, accessibility, and empowerment at the margins of the maker movement
Foster, Ellen Kathleen (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)By examining the margins, I trouble the Maker Movement label, the people who hold sway over this categorization, and consider both proponents as well as dissenters from within and without its bounds. I question claims that ... -
Navigating choice : medical tourism, travel, and care in the new global biomedicine
Edel, Gareth Alexander Feodor (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)This thesis is an analysis of what the discourse of choice enables in the practice of medical tourism, an industry providing for travel across national or regional boundaries by patients to receive direct medical services. ... -
Parasite labs: laboratory protocols of do-it-yourself biology
Cluck, Jonathan Isaac (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-12)I seek to answer three questions about DIY biologists: how do they affirmatively refigure what it means to be a scientist; how do they differentially reproduce the contents and contexts of laboratories; and how do they ... -
Relationships of care with pediatric patients requiring long-term care
Shroff, Ria (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-05)Observing care relationships for pediatric patients in long-term care facilities provides important insight into caregiving practices, notions of independence and autonomy, and communication practices. Caregivers may fulfill ... -
The life of the by-product in the “Grants uranium district” of northwestern New Mexico
De Pree, Thomas A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-08)In the “Grants uranium district” of northwestern New Mexico, there is a large-scale high-tech operation underway to monitor and cleanup the uranium mine waste and mill tailings from the U.S. Cold War development of nuclear ... -
The work/play of the interactive new economy: video game development in the United States and India
O'Donnell, Casey K (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2008-05) -
Trash talk and trusted adults: an analysis of youth internet safety discourses in New York State
Fisk, Nathan W. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2011-08) -
Valuing constituency : property assessments, land management and environmental stewardship in central Texas
Patzke, Karin Lynn (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)This dissertation examines the recent history of environmental conservation in Texas from three perspectives, and provides an analytic framework for evaluating how political actors and constituents participate in the rule ...