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[Review] Devries, Scott M. Creature Discomfort: Fauna-Criticism, Ethics And The Representation Of Animals In Spanish American Fiction And Poetry. Leiden: Brill, 2016. Critical Animal Studies, 4. 328pp., Wendy Woodward

Animal Studies Journal

Scott M. DeVries’ exhaustive overview of Spanish American Literature serves as a substantial introduction to Spanish American literature in relation to Critical Animal Studies and what DeVries terms Traditional Animal Studies. Motivated by the lack of Spanish American literature featuring in animal studies, his survey convinces of the richness of this literature. The neologism ‘fauna-criticism’ is underpinned by TAS and CAS for their ‘ethical advocacy in defense of nonhumans’ and for their theorising about animals which generates a ‘proper understanding’ of animals (25). The term is intended to avoid the ‘slippages of meaning’ (32) and the ‘baggage’ that has accrued …

[Review] Malcolm Caulfield. Animals In Australia: Use And Abuse. Vivid, 2018. 336pp., Elizabeth Ellis

Animal Studies Journal

Reflecting on the last decade, Malcolm Caulfield argues that revelations of extreme cruelty in the live export and greyhound racing industries have ‘altered forever the animal welfare landscape in Australia’ (viii); at the same time, substantial progress in animal welfare has been lacking. Critical to his analysis is another recent development: the backlash by industry interests, supported by their political and media chums, to the articulated concerns of unprecedented numbers of Australians. This disjunction, between public disquiet about animal welfare and the absence of a ‘meaningful political response’ (35), underpins Caulfield’s important account of the use and abuse of animals …

An Auto-Ethnography Of Anti-Dairy Vegan Activism In New Zealand, Lynley K. Tulloch

Animal Studies Journal

This paper examines my experiences of anti-dairy activism in New Zealand. Using autoethnographic methodology, I discuss the emotional work and core strategies and tactics of Starfish Bobby Calf Project (hereafter called Starfish). Starfish is a grassroots vegan activist group that I founded in 2013. Its genesis began in my childhood, when I became aware of the plight of bobby calves while living in rural New Zealand. It combines both autobiography and ethnography to analyse the emotional process of becoming an activist and campaigning against dairying. In doing so I uncover the narratives that underpin the dairy industry and the larger …

Women's Perceptions Of Flourishing Through Quilting As A Leisure Activity, Cathy Lynn Ferrarese

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Quilting is a self-chosen leisure activity for millions of women in the United States. Previous research on quilting suggested that quilting is influenced by the emotional state of the quilter. However, the emotional experiences generated during quilting have not been fully explored. The purpose of this qualitative narrative study was to explore quilters' perceptions of what quilting as a leisure activity does to enhance their well-being and increase flourishing. Positive psychology well-being theory was the theoretical foundation for the study. Semistructured interviews with 12 adult women who quilt as a leisure activity were the basis of the narrative inquiry. Data …

Danse Macabre: Origins, Evolution, And Execution, Steven A. Bardon

Theses and Dissertations

The Danse Macabre is an allegory in which all living things -grand and otherwise -are equally escorted to death’s embrace. Most cultures, from ancient to contemporary, have a belief in an afterlife and interpreted death through funerary practices and religious artwork. Such spirituality associated with Danse Macabre is especially influential within the arts, such as visual storytelling. Two series in particular, FaustFall and Cardinal Junction, incorporate the Danse Macabre allegory through its implementation into accompanying concepts: like the Faustian archetype, the Gothic narrative, and the Byronic hero. Through exploring the Danse Macabre within their dystopian narratives, the notion of a …

Calliope, Armstrong State University

Calliope (1984-2024)

Volume 35

Enhancing Handbag Design Through Anti-Counterfeit Technology, Kylie R. Carroll

Undergraduate Research Posters

In recent years, the presence of counterfeit goods has become a $600 billion global industry, encompassing markets ranging from designer luxury goods to pharmaceuticals. This paper identifies the threat that this increased counterfeit presence poses on the high-end handbag market. Increased counterfeit quality is significantly contributing to the deception of consumers when attempting to purchase authentic designer handbags. In response to this increased threat, numerous designer brands have begun to adopt anti-counterfeit technologies with both track-and-trace and authentication agendas, to enhance the security of their products against the counterfeit industry. Several variations of anti-counterfeit solutions exist, and this paper specifically …

Animal Studies Journal 2018 7 (2): Cover Page, Table Of Contents, Editorial And Notes On Contributors, Melissa Boyde

Animal Studies Journal

Animal Studies Journal 2018 7 (1): Cover Page, Table of Contents, Editorial and Notes on Contributors

‘White Power Milk’: Milk, Dietary Racism, And The ‘Alt-Right’, Vasile Stănescu

Animal Studies Journal

This article analyzes why milk has been chosen as a symbol of racial purity by the ‘alt-right’. Specifically, this article argues the alt-right's current use of claims about milk, lactose tolerance, race, and masculinity can be connected to similar arguments originally made during the19th century against colonialized populations and immigration groups. In the 19th century, colonizing populations classified colonized populations as ‘effeminate corn and rice eaters’ because of their supposed lack of consumption of meat and dairy. This article argues that a similar practice continues today. It also argues that there is a relationship between the dietary racism ideas popularized …

[Review] Anna Barcz. Animal Narratives And Culture: Vulnerable Realism. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. Xii,185pp., Sally Borrell

Animal Studies Journal

Anna Barcz’s Animal Narratives and Culture: Vulnerable Realism sets out to answer two related questions: what do animals add when they are realistically included in cultural texts, and what is the role of fiction in particular? As part of the examination of these questions, the book identifies what Barcz terms ‘zoonarratives’ and develops the concept of zoocriticism itself. Barcz explains that a twentieth-century acceptance of what is likely (and not only what is definite) within understandings of realism has allowed increased scope to explore animal perspectives in fiction. The book’s focus on animal vulnerability in particular in one sense seems …

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Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas

No abstract provided.

Emergent Narrative: Stories Of Play, Playing With Stories, Eric Murnane

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Emergent narrative, a phenomenon of unexpected contextual stories arising through play, has been researched in the field of game studies since 1999. However, that discussion largely lies in the realm of theoretical stories which are generated by either the system or the player. The purpose of this dissertation is to deepen our understanding of emergent narrative by examining real-world examples of the phenomenon. Four hundred player posts were gathered from forums relating to the video game Skyrim (a large, open world fantasy roleplaying game) and analyzed using a mixed-method framework which is informed by digital ethnography, fan studies, and game …

Converging Objects Of The Universe, Everett Hoffman

Theses and Dissertations

Reconfigured found objects shape scenes of everyday life, questioning the structural histories that go into defining an identity. Engaging in a multidisciplinary approach of making, my work reimagines the function of ornamentation and its relationship to the body. I approach new materials and found objects with the eye of a jeweler, highlighting and exploiting the subtle, and often invisible, links between material histories and their connection to identity. Material debris patinated with age like skillets, baseballs, and furniture are used to penetrate normative structures around identity, gender, and sexual desire. Using adornment as a support in my installations I propose …

Edgelands, Anne Bujold

Theses and Dissertations

Animal imagery has been part of the human effort to understand our place in the world since the beginning of recorded history. Through examining the role and use of animal imagery in the creation of cultural signals, I have developed a framework for my practice. Edgelands employs representations of feral animals as symbols for the “misfit” to emphasize the value of those who do not fit in. My experience as a woman in the field of metal work informs my material choice and process, subverting ironwork motifs and the purpose of gates and boundaries. Edgelands overlaps a series of material …

Performative Design, Lenita Ann Eldhose

Theses and Dissertations

The field of design is one that holds the power to empower, bridge gaps, inform, evolve and revolutionize human thoughts. To gain a higher understanding of the correlation of anthropometrics and ergonomics in an embodied space relative to the discipline of dance connecting one’s mind and body. The need for a space that instills a sense of freedom for artists to experience and execute their art and to reside alongside their mentors and traveling artists. The need for a space that can bring the diverse cultures that live in and around Richmond together through an expressive form of art. Providing …

The Mercury 2018

The Mercury

No abstract provided.

The Bridge, Volume 15, 2018, Bridgewater State University

the bridge

Editor-in-Chief: Mialise Carney

Managing Editor: Alex Everette

Lead Designer: Cady Parker

Editors:
Sydney Cabral
Jake Camara
Christina Carter
Care DeSouza
Gabriel Hazeldine
Parker Jones
Karina Lagstrom
Alexandria Machado
Emily Melo-Coppinger
Katie McPherson
Joe Near
Harrison Ryan
Soraya Santos
Treina Santos
John Wilson

Faculty Advisor: Evan Dardano

Graduate Assistant: Jill Boger

Consultant: Cheryl Sirois, Design

0842: Dr. And Mrs. Daniel Sharkey Greeting Card Collection, 1930-1990, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The collection consists of over 2,000 pieces of original artwork used by greeting card and calendar companies, and spans the approximate years 1930-1990. Many of the pieces within the collection are labeled with a Norcross stamp or specifications sticker. The Norcross Greeting Card Company was founded in 1914 by Arthur Norcross and his sister, Jane, in New York City. They published greeting cards, and also sold wrapping papers and parchments. After Arthur Norcross' death in 1969, the business floundered and was sold for the first time in 1974. Subsequent sales saw Norcross combined with Rust Craft Company, but this venture …

จากความศรัทธาอันแรงกล้าสู่แรงบันดาลใจในการสร้างสรรค์ผลงานจิตรกรรมนามธรรม, ชารีฟ ตอเล็บ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ในปัจจุบัน ความเจริญก้าวหน้าของวัตถุมีความสำคัญภายในจิตใจของบุคคลมากยิ่งขึ้น ความศรัทธาต่อพระเจ้ากลับค่อย ๆ เสื่อมถอย นำมาสู่การกระทำอย่างไร้เหตุผลและขาดการยับยั้ง การล่มสลายภายในจิตใจ และสังคมที่วุ่นวาย ผลงานวิจัยเรื่อง 'จากความศรัทธาอันแรงกล้าสู่แรงบันดาลใจในการสร้างสรรค์ผลงานจิตรกรรมนามธรรม' ทำขึ้นเพื่อเรียกร้องให้ผู้คนหันกลับรำลึกถึงความศรัทธาต่อพระผู้เป็นเจ้าอีกครั้ง เป็นการเรียกร้องผ่านการสร้างสรรค์ผลงานจิตรกรรมนามธรรมของผู้วิจัย 'จากความศรัทธาอันแรงกล้าสู่แรงบันดาลใจในการสร้างสรรค์ผลงานจิตรกรรมนามธรรม' เป็นผลงานวิจัยสร้างสรรค์ที่ได้รับแรงบันดาลใจจากความศรัทธาอันแรงกล้าของผู้วิจัยที่มีต่อพระเจ้า ผ่านการศึกษาความศรัทธาในบริบทต่างๆ และการศึกษาศิลปะนามธรรมสู่การสร้างสรรค์ผลงานจิตรกรรมนามธรรมส่งเสริมจริยธรรม กระบวนการวิจัยเริ่มจากการศึกษาความศรัทธาในประเด็นเรื่อง ความหมาย บริบทของศาสนา และบริบทของบุคคลสำคัญ เมื่อศึกษาแล้ว ผู้วิจัยพบความลึกซึ้งที่สามารถเชื่อมโยงกับความศรัทธาอันแรงกล้าของตัวผู้วิจัยเอง คือ ความศรัทธาแห่งศาสนาอิสลาม จากนั้นได้ทำการศึกษาศิลปะนามธรรม เพื่อทำความเข้าใจถึงกระบวนการทางจิตรกรรมในการถ่ายทอดความศรัทธานี้ในรูปแบบนามธรรม และได้ศึกษาศิลปะอิสลาม ผู้วิจัยพบว่าอักษรอาหรับวิจิตร (Islamic Art Calligraphy) ซึ่งเป็นส่วนหนึ่งจากศิลปะอิสลาม เป็นสัญลักษณ์ในการถ่ายทอดความศรัทธาแห่งศาสนาอิสลาม จากความศรัทธาอันแรงกล้าสู่การสร้างสรรค์ผลงานจิตรกรรมนามธรรมจึงเป็นการสร้างสรรค์ด้วยอักษรอาหรับวิจิตร

นวัตกรรมแฟชั่นเพื่อความยั่งยืน, ปรีดา ศรีสุวรรณ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

นวัตกรรมแฟชั่นยั่งยืนเป็นการวิจัยเพื่อหาแนวทางการออกแบบแฟชั่นยั่งยืน โดยมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่ออธิบายถึงแนวทางการออกแบบแฟชั่นตามแนวคิดการออกแบบอย่างยั่งยืน และแนวทางการสร้างตราสินค้าแฟชั่นแนวคิดยั่งยืน โดยใช้กระบวนการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพและเชิงปริมาณ ควบคู่กับกระบวนการออกแบบสร้างสรรค์ เริ่มตั้งแต่การศึกษาปัญหาสิ่งแวดล้อมจากอุตสาหกรรมแฟชั่น เพื่อสร้างความเข้าใจระบบอุตสาหกรรมที่ส่งผลกระทบต่อสิ่งแวดล้อม ศึกษาแนวคิดของการออกแบบอย่างยั่งยืน (Sustainable Design) ได้แก่ การลด (Reduce) การใช้ซ้ำ (Reuse) การนำกลับมาใช้ใหม่ (Recycle) การซ่อมบำรุง (Repair) รวมไปถึงแนวคิดอัพไซคลิ่ง (Upcycling) ดาวน์ไซคลิ่ง (Downcycling) เป็นกระบวนการนำกลับมาใช้ใหม่ที่ให้ความสำคัญในด้านมูลค่า ตลอดจนแนวคิดเรื่องระบบการผลิตแบบปิด (Closed loop Production) มีเครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัยได้แก่ และแบบสอบถามกลุ่มผู้บริโภค ที่ผู้วิจัยสร้างและพัฒนาขึ้น และกลุ่มผู้บริโภคเจเนอเรชั่นวาย จำนวน 200 คน ผลจากการวิจัยพบว่า แฟชั่นยั่งยืนมีแนวทางในการออกแบบดังนี้ 1) แนวคิดการออกแบบอย่างยั่งยืนที่เหมาะสมกับการออกแบบทางแฟชั่นได้แก่ การลด (Reduce) รีไซเคิล (Recycle) และ แนวคิดการใช้ซ้ำ (Reuse) 2) แนวทางการสร้างตราสินค้าแฟชั่นแนวคิดยั่งยืน โดยการสร้างสรรค์ผลงาน ด้วยแนวคิดเรื่องระบบการผลิตแบบปิด (Closed loop Production) ในทางแฟชั่นได้แก่ การสร้างแพทเทิร์นไร้เศษ (Zero-Waste Pattern Technique) สร้างสรรค์เสื้อผ้าโดยไม่เหลือเศษ เป็นอัตลักษณ์ตราสินค้า ตอบสนองความต้องการทางแฟชั่นของกลุ่มผู้บริโภคเจเนอเรชั่นวาย โอกาสการสวมใส่งานเลี้ยงสังสรรค์ รูปแบบสไตล์ดีคอนสตรัคชั่น (Deconstruction) จากแนวคิดและแนวทางในการออกแบบแฟชั่นยั่งยืน สามารถประยุกต์ใช้เพื่อตอบสนองกับความต้องการของกลุ่มผู้บริโภค ช่องว่างทางการตลาด สู่การสร้างสรรค์ตราสินค้าแฟชั่นยั่งยืนได้ในอนาคต

What The Walls Say: Finding Meaning And Value In Tel Aviv’S Street Art, Rachel R. Bird

Honors Theses

This thesis explores street art in Tel Aviv, Israel through anthropological concepts of value. By defining street art as an interstitial practice—one that exists between permeable, socially defined boundaries and is characterized differently by different power structures—I attempt to define some of the different regimes of value that apply to street art. Using the emerging market of “street art tours” as a fieldwork site, I look at how street art is presented and re-presented to both tourists and locals. By situating my research in a historical and geographic context, I hope to understand the ways different value schema, from economic …

Intercultural And Interreligious Bonds In The Language Of Colors, Lucy Soucek

Honors Theses

This thesis explores the interfaith elements of the artwork of three south Asian visual artists, The Singh Twins, Siona Benjamin, and Arpana Caur. All coming from various religious backgrounds, living in multicultural societies, and navigating the borders and boundaries between different religious thought, these artists create meaningful artwork which explores what it means to live in a pluralistic society. All three artists invite viewers to think differently, formulate opinions, rethink assumptions, and spark associations. They use art as a way to ignite interfaith understanding, reaching broader audiences and asking us to question how we understand our neighbors and ourselves.

The Messenger, 2018

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

Abjection And Vision, Brianna Perry

AUCTUS: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship

I am currently researching medieval Christian mysticism and Black Hoodoo. Both traditions are founded upon a more involved relationship with the body and spirit. The herbalism, magic and superstition involved in the Black Hoodoo tradition have served as means of resistance among Black Americans. In light of the Tuskegee Airman incident, Black Americans’ doubt of the white medical establishment has increased. In a world dominated by reason and logic, magic makes less and less sense. The role of mystics provided new opportunities and fulfillment for medieval women, who found their voices through articulating and illustrating their visions. Visions primarily served …

Reading Closed Books, Sam Winston, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

3 volumes. Title from slipcase cover. "This is the first printing.. in an edition of 34 copies with 5 artist's proofs"--Colophon. "This book is printed using a HP Indigo press with GRACoL and Fogra certified HP Indigo Ink.. Hand binding by Haein Song.. Body text is set in Dante MT Pro and Pitch Sans. Book design by Matthew Appleton at Modern Activity with additional design assistance from Pietro Martini. Photography by Andy Sewell and Sam Winston"--Absorbing Light colophon. "Each book has a unique handwritten colophon and title page -- whilst these words were being written the sound of a printer …

Little Red Witch : Little Red Riding Hood By The Brothers Grimm, Normandie Syken, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 58 x 63 cm. Adapted, retold, and illustrated by Normandie Syken. Library #7 of 10. Hardcover book has thirty three woodcuts and the text is screen printed. The cover is bound with red asashi book cloth and the image is a two colored screen print and hand painted on top. The book is bound with a stab binding and has custom endpapers. The story is a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set during the Salem witch trials.

Your Name Is Safe, You Can Rest Now, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

5 folding panels . "Your Name is Safe, You Can Rest Now is a letter to my great-uncle Rikio who died in WWII explaining the impact that his death had on our family for generations. Every household in my family had this photograph of his funeral on their butsudan, a Buddhist altar. Rikio fought in the US Army Infantry 442nd Regiment which consisted almost entirely of second-generation Japanese Americans, and holds the record of being the most highly decorated unit in US Military History. While Rikio and others in Hawaii fought for the US, our family members on the mainland …

Kin, Mark Dorf, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 16 pages. "kin is an artist book that explores the human perspective, what it would mean to be able to move outside of this perspective, and the paradoxes that are contained in this proposed point of view and gesture. The title opens with the final paragraph from Darwin's On the Origin of Species along with a reworking of the same text by the artist that takes on a less humanist angle: an angle that that embraces co-emergence and making kin with our surroundings (in the words of Donna Haraway) rather than the "war of nature" and the hierarchical …

Review Of John James Audubon: The Nature Of The American Woodsman, By Gregory Nobles, Matthew Guzman

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

When we think about American ornithology, John James Audubon is often the first name that comes to mind. As evidence to Audubon’s lasting ability to enrapture readers, it bears repeating that an original Double Elephant Folio of Birds of America sold for an astounding $11.5 million in 2010 (2). Yet, for a man who produced such stunning and memorable visual and literary work on the avifauna of North America, some of the important details of his life and origins have remained highly contested. Even though Gregory Nobles’s new biography is not explicitly tied to the study of the Great Plains, …

These Things Look Fun..., Logan N. Stewart

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

No abstract provided.