Mashup Archeology: A Case Study In The Role Of Digital Technology In Cultural Production, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mashup Archeology: A Case Study In The Role Of Digital Technology In Cultural Production, Zachary Mcdowell
Doctoral Dissertations
Through examining the phenomena of the musical mashup against the backdrop of the contemporary American legal and economic situations, this work explores the complicated role of digital technology in contemporary cultural production and how it helps to constitute an agency of the contemporary digital subject, oriented towards participation and access. This research comes together in four parts, first weaving together against an understanding of the cultural and technical background as well as the legal and social backdrop that helped to birth the mashup, setting the stage for understanding the different powers at play. Secondly, through considering the construction and determination …
A Soulful Egg Can Break A Rock: A Case Study Of A South Korean Social Movement Leader's Rhetoric, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst
A Soulful Egg Can Break A Rock: A Case Study Of A South Korean Social Movement Leader's Rhetoric, Eunsook Sul
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation introduces and analyzes Ven. Hyemoon’s rhetoric emanating from his leadership of the civic group, the Committee for the Return of Korean Cultural Property in South Korea. On the surface, he seems focused on retrieving cultural artifacts, pillaged by the Japanese colonial invasion. His work, upon deeper analysis, emerges to be about regaining a Korean cultural and national identity that is historically grounded, civically engaged and morally reflective. This study is informed by multiple theories (i.e., framing, narrative, social semiotics, critical geography, rhetoric, and social movement) to examine aspects of a phenomenon in depth – involving nationalism, social movement, …
“Race Talk” In Organizational Discourse: A Comparative Study Of Two Texas Chambers Of Commerce, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst
“Race Talk” In Organizational Discourse: A Comparative Study Of Two Texas Chambers Of Commerce, Natasha Shrikant
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation takes an interpretive, discursive approach to understanding how organizational members create meanings about race, and other identities, through their everyday communication practices in the workplace. This dissertation also explores how these everyday discourses about race might reproduce, negotiate, or challenge ideologies that maintain the dominant position of Whiteness in United States racial hierarchies. I draw from data collected during eight months of ethnographic fieldwork (from Jan-Aug 2014) with two chambers of commerce in a large Texas city: an Asian American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) and what I call the “North City” Chamber of Commerce (NCC). The AACC explicitly …
Assembling Creative Cities In Seoul And Yokohama: Rebranding East Asian Urbanism, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Assembling Creative Cities In Seoul And Yokohama: Rebranding East Asian Urbanism, Changwook Kim
Doctoral Dissertations
By investigating institutional and cultural practices as well as the consequences of the creative industry-led development policy in Yokohama, Japan and Seoul, South Korea, this dissertation critically reexamines the key rationales of creative economy-driven urban development and considers social costs and tensions between the state, capital and citizens that are embedded within creative city policy discourses and practices. This dissertation intervenes in the conventional understandings, which consider the influx of neoliberalism as the key to explain the rapid global circulation of creative city policy, typically based on cities in the West. By considering the policy transfer as endless processes of …
Vietnam Without Guarantees: Consumer Attitudes In An Emergent Market Economy, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Vietnam Without Guarantees: Consumer Attitudes In An Emergent Market Economy, Kylie R. Lanthorn
Masters Theses
This research explores how Vietnam’s embrace of capitalism and global markets has impacted consumer culture. Through ethnographic research conducted in Hanoi, Vietnam in June-August 2015, this study seeks to interrogate how the political atmosphere in Vietnam coexists with market freedoms in a country which opened its economy to the world during the 1986 Doi Moi (renovation) reforms. Vietnam now conducts a considerable amount of foreign trade with major foreign investment from countries including Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. This study emphasizes the role international relations have played in these developments as Vietnam has embraced partnerships with countries with which it …
Bootstrap Boricuas: A Family Performing And Exploring Cultural Assimilation, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bootstrap Boricuas: A Family Performing And Exploring Cultural Assimilation, Ellen Correa
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation involves myself, my two brothers, and our mother embarking, over several years, on a journey to explore the meanings we and others ascribe to our identities as second and third generation Puerto Ricans. Engaging a methodology I dub dialogic ethnography, the study produces a critical interweaving of family history, identity stories, and dialogue, within the context of U.S. racial/ethnic hierarchies. The purpose is to reflect on the ethical implications of our daily performances of cultural assimilation.
Summoning The Body That Acts, 2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst
Summoning The Body That Acts, Brendan M. Mccauley
Masters Theses
Seven series of artworks; painted, drawn and performed. These works are presented as affective incorporation exercises, that test modes of aesthetic communication in response to varying political contingencies. The constitutive processes used to develop the work also function as a methodology for my own political radicalization. As an artist I am wagering how to talk, as an activist I am preparing to act. The artworks discussed occur at the crossroads of these desires as enactions of futurity within the subjunctive mood.
What Holds Us Back From Achieving A Better Society?, 2016 University of Central Florida
What Holds Us Back From Achieving A Better Society?, Barry Mauer
UCF Forum
Until the mid-20th century, toil and scarcity were unavoidable facts of life for most people.
Volume 111 Issue 25, 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Volume 111 Issue 25, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Southwestern - Archive
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The Prospector, July 12, 2016, 2016 University of Texas at El Paso
The Prospector, July 12, 2016, Utep Student Publications
The Prospector
Headline: A Call for Change: UTEP's Black Student Union Holds Vigil for Police Brutality Victims
Reflections On Last Week's Tragic Events: President & Provost Speak Out, 2016 Andrews University
Reflections On Last Week's Tragic Events: President & Provost Speak Out, Andrea Luxton, Christon Arthur
Andrews Agenda: Campus News
Andrews University President and Provost address the shootings of two Black men, followed by an attack on Dallas police officers.
Book Review: Sport History In The Digital Era, 2016 Wright State University - Main Campus
Book Review: Sport History In The Digital Era, Scott D. Peterson
Communication Faculty Publications
Review of Sport History in the Digital Era. Edited by Gary Osmond and Murray G. Phillips. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015. 279 pages. Hardbound. $60.00
A Discourse Analytic Approach To Accusations Of Infidelity In Romantic Couples' Natural Conversations, 2016 University of West Georgia
A Discourse Analytic Approach To Accusations Of Infidelity In Romantic Couples' Natural Conversations, Neill Korobov
The Qualitative Report
This study uses a discourse analytic approach to examine how twenty young adult heterosexual romantic couples (ages 19-26) formulate accusations and insinuations of infidelity in their unstructured natural conversations. The analyses demonstrate how accusations of infidelity among romantic partners work to pursue and avert relational trouble. They indirectly index local interactional breaches that may, if left unattended, lead to non-affiliative interactional outcomes. Unlike mainstream psychological work that would treat talk about infidelity as a sign of emotional insecurity or jealousy, the present study posits that accusations of infidelity may function as a brief but effective way for one partner to …
Mena And The Internet : Technology And The Democratic Divide., 2016 University of Louisville
Mena And The Internet : Technology And The Democratic Divide., Jason Gainous, Kevin M. Wagner
Jason Gainous
No abstract provided.
Bowling Online : The Internet And The New Social Capital., 2016 University of Louisville
Bowling Online : The Internet And The New Social Capital., Jason Gainous, Kevin M. Wagner
Jason Gainous
The decline thesis proponents in the social capital literature have largely ignored the fastest growing venue for new social capital formation – the Internet. We argue that the Internet is making a larger impact than the current research acknowledges. Using survey data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project combined with a survey of college students, we confirm a strong positive relationship between online social networking and political participation. Further, we present evidence that, at least in 2008 election, there was a bias toward voting for Democrats among those who utilized online social networking services including Facebook and Twitter. …
Drawing With Milo, 2016 University of South Florida
Drawing With Milo, Jarod Roselló
Occasional Paper Series
Having illustrated his essay in the style of a comic or graphic novel, Roselló captures the dynamics of his negotiations with young Milo, including his own self-doubt, through both language and image.
Playing Out: The Importance Of The City As A Playground For Skateboard And Parkour, 2016 Northumbria University, Newcastle
Playing Out: The Importance Of The City As A Playground For Skateboard And Parkour, Mike Jeffries, Sebastian Messer, Jon Swords
Occasional Paper Series
The authors document young skaters and freerunners’ improvisational use of public space and the development of their interpersonal relationships and learning.
Witnessing The Power Of El Sistema In Urban Communities: Sister Cities Girlchoir, 2016 University of Pennsylvania
Witnessing The Power Of El Sistema In Urban Communities: Sister Cities Girlchoir, Erika M. Kitzmiller
Occasional Paper Series
Explores the powerful role of an after-school girls’ choir in the lives of urban youth.
Enhanced Participation: Creating Opportunities For Youth Leadership Development, 2016 Bank Street College of Education
Enhanced Participation: Creating Opportunities For Youth Leadership Development, Clara Waloff
Occasional Paper Series
Demonstrates how young people in an arts-based after-school program develop leadership.
Changing Through Laughter With “Laughter For A Change”, 2016 University of Southern California, Annenberg
Changing Through Laughter With “Laughter For A Change”, Laurel J. Felt, Ed Greenberg
Occasional Paper Series
This paper describes systematic observation, research, and analysis of Laughter for a Change (L4C)’s 2011–2012 after-school improv workshop, revealing the program’s multiple impacts. Our data suggest that improvising creates a “safe space,” a supportive context in which participants feel empowered to take risks and play freely.