Browsing by Subject "integration"

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    The Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association and the Fight Against Residential Segregation in Indianapolis
    (2021-07) Prebish, Lydia Anne; Morgan, Anita; Mullins, Paul; Robertson, Nancy
    The Butler-Tarkington Neighborhood Association (BTNA) is a community group organized in 1956 by a few concerned couples living in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood on the north side of Indianapolis. These couples, both Black and white, witnessed a demographic change in their community as their white neighbors fled for the suburbs as the black population expanded. The BTNA, inspired to create an organization that would promote residential integration rather than continued segregation, worked to educate neighbors on the realities of integration, promote neighborhood conversation and comradery, and worked to influence the local and state governments on the impact of segregation that harmed their community. One of the first neighborhood organizations of its kind in the country, the BTNA still exists today, but little is known about their early history. This paper looks at the BTNA’s efforts to promote residential segregation in their community through activism, conversation, and legislative change. Additionally, this paper analyzes the BTNA success in its efforts to integrate the community during their first decade of existence.
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    Facilitating reproducible computing via scientific workflows – an integrated system approach
    (2017-05-04) Cao, Yuan; Liang, Yao
    Reproducible computing and research are of great importance for scientific investigation in any discipline. This thesis presents a general approach to provenance in the context of workflows for widely used script languages. Our solution is based on system integration, and is demonstrated by integrating MATLAB with VisTrails, an open source scientific workflow system. The integrated VisTrails-MATLAB system supports reproducible computing with truly prospective and retrospective provenance at multiple granularity levels as scientists choose for their scripts, and at the same time, is very easy to use.
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    The Indian art project at UNC-CH: increasing accessibility and decreasing marginality of indigenous people’s art
    (2022-05-03) Levinson, Sara
    Discusses the project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in which books dealing with the art of the indigenous peoples of the Americas were reclassed and enhanced. This was done to provide greater access to the materials and to integrate the indgenous art into the other materials located at the Art Library on campus.
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    Integration into Mainstream Society and the use of Public Assistance: A Study First Generation Somali Refugees in a Midwestern City
    (ICPK, 2023) Akakpo, Tohoro F.; Brown, James R.; Karikari, Isaac; Ashirifi, Gifty Dede; School of Social Work
    First generation Somali refugees in the United Stated States could experience both language and cultural barriers along with conflicting identity could hinder economic independence. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the correlation between cultural orientation of first-generation Somali refugees and the utilization of public assistance. Using purposive sampling method, data were collected from individuals who self-identified as first-generation Somali refugees (N=166). A quantitative data analysis method using SmartPLS3.0 to predict the need of public assistance on level on integration into host culture. The Somali identity (63.0 %) and American identity (57.0%) were explained by the full model. The study summary revealed that the percentage first generation Somali refugees who integrated into mainstream society was lower than those who did not in seeking public assistance. We suggested facilitation of full integration of the first-generation Somali refugees could reduce dependence on public assistance.