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Toward A Posthuman Education, Nathan Snaza, Peter Appelbaum, Siân Bayne, Dennis Carlson, Marla Morris, Nikki Rotas, Jennifer Sandlin, Jason Wallin, John A. Weaver

Department of Curriculum, Foundations, & Reading Faculty Publications

The text of our manifesto will introduce posthumanism to a curriculum studies audience and propose new directions for curriculum theory and educational research more broadly. Following a description of what is variously called the “posthuman condition” or the “posthuman era,” our manifesto outlines the main theoretical features of posthumanism with particular attention to how it challenges or problematizes the nearly ubiquitous assumptions of humanism. In particular, we focus on how posthumanism responds to the history of Western humanism’s justification and encouragement of colonialism, slavery, the objectification of women, the thoughtless slaughter of non-human animals, and ecological devastation. We dwell on …

Stonehill Alumni Magazine Summer/Fall 2014, Stonehill College Office Of Communications And Media Relations

Stonehill Alumni Magazine

This issue of the magazine includes the following features:

• One Common Cause: At the forefront of the fight against breast cancer, four Stonehill women are making scientific discoveries, funding research and community screenings and helping those coping with the disease. By Maura King Scully
• Courses with a Twist: Stonehill professors are making old topics new and interesting with dynamic teaching methods that bring subjects to life. By Tracey Palmer
• Going to the Chapel: In collaboration with Rev. Robert Kruse, C.S. C. '5 5 In the College's early days, the main chapel was in a cramped converted basement. Today, Stonehill is …

Interpreting, Stephanie Jo Kent

Doctoral Dissertations

What do community interpreting for the Deaf in western societies, conference interpreting for the European Parliament, and language brokering in international management have in common? Academic research and professional training have historically emphasized the linguistic and cognitive challenges of interpreting, neglecting or ignoring the social aspects that structure communication. All forms of interpreting are inherently social; they involve relationships among at least three people and two languages. The contexts explored here, American Sign Language/English interpreting and spoken language interpreting within the European Parliament, show that simultaneous interpreting involves attitudes, norms and values about intercultural communication that overemphasize information and discount …

Santana Tops Fall Lecture Series Lineup At Dominican, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The speaker series, a cooperative effort between Dominican’s ILS and Book Passage, features some of the country's leading figures from the worlds of business, politics, entertainment, academia, and literature. The series has entertained and educated thousands of Marin County and San Francisco Bay Area residents

Panetta Institute Student Interning On Capitol Hill, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Vaughan was one of 26 students appointed by college presidents from the California State University system, plus Dominican, Santa Clara University, and St. Mary’s College. Their selection was based on exemplary scholastic record, interest in politics, and potential for a public service career.

Former Panetta Intern Keeps Passion For Politics, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Cordi is now District Manager for Sutter County Resource Conservation District. While at Dominican, she presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in, opposed the views of a representative of Senator John McCain in Dominican’s first ever VoteSmart Challenge, earned a Panetta Institute Congressional Internship in Washington, D.C. and stood on the steps of Angelico Hall as the student body spokesperson when Dominican hosted a gubernatorial debate between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman in 2009.

Governance And Change In Higher Education: The Debate Between Classical Political Sociology, New Institutionalism And Critical Theories, Imanol Ordorika

Imanol Ordorika

INTRODUCCIÓN. One of the most intense debates about higher education governance and change took place in the twentieth century between the 1970’s and 90’s. METHOD. A systematic examination of the literature on governance in higher education during this period. The core of the works reviewed in this paper, and the analysis of the development of the field is based essentially on literature from the United States. RESULTS. The review shows the gaps and limi- tations of existing theory. It also provides the necessary foundations for the development of new conceptual frameworks that will enhance our understanding of the subject matter: …

Policies And Politics Of Changing The Food Label, Heather Yeatman, Michael Moore

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

This is a poster abstract from the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health hosted by the Korean Public Health Association on April 10-11, 2014.

Killing Sharks: Cultures And Politics Of Encounter And The Sea, Leah Maree Gibbs, Andrew Warren

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Australia Day 2014 began badly for sharks. The day before-25 January-lines of large baited hooks were rolled out, 1 km from the shore along some of Western Australia's most popular beaches. Within 24 hours the first shark was caught. Hauled alongside a boat, the animal was shot four times in the head with a rifle and its body dumped further offshore. It was a 3m tiger shark.

Vegetal Politics: Belonging, Practices And Places, Lesley Head, Jennifer Atchison, Catherine Phillips, Kathleen Buckingham

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Cultural geography has a long and proud tradition of research into human-plant relations. However, until recently, that tradition has been somewhat disconnected from conceptual advances in the social sciences, even those to which cultural geographers have made significant contributions. With a number of important exceptions, plant studies have been less explicitly part of more-than-human geographies than have animal studies. This special issue aims to redress this gap, recognising plants and their multiple engagements with and beyond humans. Plants are not only fundamental to human survival, they play a key role in many of the most important environmental political issues of …

Arts-Science Collaboration, Embodied Research Methods, And The Politics Of Belonging: 'Siteworks' And The Shoalhaven River, Australia, Leah Maree Gibbs

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Arts-science collaboration is gaining increasing attention in geography and other disciplines, in part due to its ability to 'do' social, cultural and political work. This paper considers the work of SiteWorks, a series of projects initiated by Bundanon Trust - an Australian public company. SiteWorks involves arts practitioners, scientists, other scholars and local people creating works in response to the Bundanon site, on the Shoalhaven River, southeastern Australia. The paper draws on my experience as a SiteWorks participant, and poses two questions. What does this arts-science collaboration contribute to an understanding of the more-than-human world of this site? What are …

Iraq: My Stories Of Life, Liberty And Leadership, Kenneth Smith

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

...this war is lost, and the surge is not accomplishing anything...

- Harry Reid, April 19, 2007

Human nature prevails. Our desire is to live. Our unalienable right is to be free; to enjoy the fruits of our labor. How we spend our limited time on this earth pursuing happiness is up to each of us: uniquely, individually, with our own distinctive personality, intellect and motivation. In the following personal exploration and scholarly analysis, I discuss how our inherent gift of life and the desire for liberty form an integrated platform from which leadership personifies itself in the lives of …