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Songs In The Key Of Hip Hop, As220 Feb 2006

Songs In The Key Of Hip Hop, As220

Broad Street Studio

No abstract provided.


What's News At Rhode Island College, Rhode Island College Jan 2006

What's News At Rhode Island College, Rhode Island College

What's News?

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Wall Exhibit 2 Wall Auction *A 3rd Eye Unlimited Fundraiser*, Www.3rdeyeunlimited.Com Jan 2006

Wall Exhibit 2 Wall Auction *A 3rd Eye Unlimited Fundraiser*, Www.3rdeyeunlimited.Com

Broad Street Studio

No abstract provided.


The New Slavery, Or Chrysalization Of Class, Alexander M. Sidorkin Jan 2006

The New Slavery, Or Chrysalization Of Class, Alexander M. Sidorkin

Faculty Publications

This paper shows that emergence of modern childhood can be explained by a need to secure unpaid labor of school-aged children by means of extra-economic coercion. The pre-modern Europe needed to compel a growing segment of population to participate in unpaid work of schooling. The task was accomplished by creating a group with limited rights, and by convincing everyone that the labor of schooling is actually a kind of service provided to children. Ultimately, the modern conception of childhood was born of power relations formed by economic necessity. To support the claim, I rely mainly on Philippe Aries's account. Michel …


Statelessness And Roma Communities In The Czech Republic: Competing Theories Of State Compliance, Robyn Linde Jan 2006

Statelessness And Roma Communities In The Czech Republic: Competing Theories Of State Compliance, Robyn Linde

Faculty Publications

This paper examines the Czech Republic’s passage in 1993 of a citizenship law that rendered approximately 10,000 to 25,000 members of the Roma community stateless. The Czech Republic, a former satellite state of the Soviet Union, peacefully split from the Slovak Republic with the dissolution of the Czechoslovak Federal Republic (hereafter Czechoslovakia) in 1993, a process known as the Velvet Divorce. Following the dissolution, a new citizenship law came into effect that put steep requirements on individuals who wished to gain or retain Czech citizenship. These requirements included verification of a five-year period of residence, a clean criminal record, and …


Festival Ballet Providence 2005-2006 Season, Festival Ballet Jan 2006

Festival Ballet Providence 2005-2006 Season, Festival Ballet

Festival Ballet

No abstract provided.


Slashing The Complacent Eye: Luis Bunuel And The Cinema Of The Surrealist Documentary, Caroline Francis Jan 2006

Slashing The Complacent Eye: Luis Bunuel And The Cinema Of The Surrealist Documentary, Caroline Francis

Honors Projects

Contextualizes Spanish surrealist filmmaker, Luis Bunuel's, 1933 surrealist documentary, Land without Bread, in its artistic, historical, and political foundations. Creates the first English language exploration of the term, "surrealist documentary," that is equally contextualized between the politics and methods of the surrealists and the beginnings of the ethnographic film tradition.


The Relationship Between Tactical Knowledge And Tactical Performance For Varying Levels Of Expertise, Robin Kirkwood Auld Jan 2006

The Relationship Between Tactical Knowledge And Tactical Performance For Varying Levels Of Expertise, Robin Kirkwood Auld

Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview

Investigates the relationship between off-the-ball tactical knowledge and off-the-ball tactical performance of college-age female participants with varying levels of expertise in territorial games. Emphasizes how the participants' level of expertise impacts tactical knowledge and tactical performance.


Festival Ballet/Rhode Show Project, David Arkins, Alex Baptista, Michelle Mancone, Amber Newmann Jan 2006

Festival Ballet/Rhode Show Project, David Arkins, Alex Baptista, Michelle Mancone, Amber Newmann

Festival Ballet

No abstract provided.


The Tanzimat And The Problem Of Political Authority In The Ottoman Empire: 1839-1876, Kevin Goodwin Jan 2006

The Tanzimat And The Problem Of Political Authority In The Ottoman Empire: 1839-1876, Kevin Goodwin

Honors Projects

Examines reforms in the Ottoman Empire during the Tanzimat, 1839-1876, when the traditional system of government and politics was modified to reflect the challenges facing the Ottoman Empire from the expanding power and presence of European nations who were rapidly emerging as the most powerful nations in the world. Evaluates the different ideologies which emerged during the Tanzimat in terms of their content, which reflects a spectrum of influences ranging from the traditional Islamic framework of government and politics to that of 19th century Western assumptions and practices of government and politics. Delineates the degree to which these ideologies reflected …


Domestic Violence Blame Attributions In The State Of Rhode Island, Kyle Gamache Jan 2006

Domestic Violence Blame Attributions In The State Of Rhode Island, Kyle Gamache

Honors Projects

Focuses on domestic violence blame attitudes in the State of Rhode Island. Using the Domestic Violence Blame Scale (Petretic-Jackson, 1994) and additional variables generated by a survey designed by the researcher, examines the attitudes of domestic violence shelter care workers, police officers, and students.


Gib And Diane Conover: Volunteers In Providence Reading Buddies, Nknown Jan 2006

Gib And Diane Conover: Volunteers In Providence Reading Buddies, Nknown

Broad Street Studio

No abstract provided.


Rhode Island College Mobile Course Catalog, Lianne Elsner Jan 2006

Rhode Island College Mobile Course Catalog, Lianne Elsner

Honors Projects

Consists of a suite of computer programs written in Visual Basic.net and embedded Visual Basic 3.0, whose purpose is to display the RIC course catalog on a Pocket PC device running Windows Mobile. The program package allows major course requirements and information to be viewed on a single screen. Included is a desktop computer program which allows faculty and staff to make changes to the database of courses.