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Karin Doleske: The Drama Of Abstraction, Matthew Ryan Smith 2011 The University of Western Ontario

Karin Doleske: The Drama Of Abstraction, Matthew Ryan Smith

Matthew Ryan Smith, Ph.D.

Karin Doleske’s most recent series Embedded Paintings from 2012 maintains a heightened interest in placing the viewer as an arbiter of knowledge. With these works, Doleske has manipulated poetic narrative for the visual sphere so that viewers may experience her paintings as they would written texts. However, in a twist of semiotic mischief, each painting formally characterizes an empty page to be filled by the viewer’s thoughts and imagination. For example, the horizontality of "Ten" subtly points to the lines of a written novel yet alphabetical letters are clearly absent. By doing so, it is as if Doleske has created …


Using Social Media To Build Community Disaster Resilience, Neil Dufty 2011 Molino Stewart Pty Ltd

Using Social Media To Build Community Disaster Resilience, Neil Dufty

Neil Dufty

No abstract provided.


Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections Of Race And Class For Women In Academia -- Introduction, Carmen G. Gonzalez, Angela P. Harris 2011 Seattle University

Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections Of Race And Class For Women In Academia -- Introduction, Carmen G. Gonzalez, Angela P. Harris

Carmen G. Gonzalez

Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of color. Through personal narratives and qualitative empirical studies, more than 40 authors expose the daunting challenges faced by academic women of color as they navigate the often hostile terrain of higher education, including hiring, promotion, tenure, and relations with students, colleagues, and administrators. One of the topics addressed is the importance of forging supportive networks to transform the workplace and create a more hospitable environment for traditionally subordinated groups. The narratives are filled with wit, wisdom, and …


Maestros To Multipliers: Exploring The Evolution Of Public Sector Innovation Intermediation And Governance (A Case Study Of Greater Manchester, 2003-2011), Martin Wain 2011 University of Dundee

Maestros To Multipliers: Exploring The Evolution Of Public Sector Innovation Intermediation And Governance (A Case Study Of Greater Manchester, 2003-2011), Martin Wain

Martin Wain

There has been a trend within the last decade, observable to economic development practitioners, for innovation becoming increasingly integrated into and central to mainstream economic development. To date it can be seen across all areas of economic development, including factors of competitiveness and competitive advantage, to the attraction and retention of talent. Arguably, this extends the policy recommendations and implications of innovation from competitiveness and growth to the perceived dynamicity and attractiveness of a locale to potential inward investors and upwardly mobile entrepreneurs.

This dissertation explores the evolution of innovation policy, through design and implementation, over a nine-year period. The …


Dark Tourism And Significant Other Death: Towards A Model Of Mortality Mediation, Philip Stone Dr 2011 University of Central Lancashire

Dark Tourism And Significant Other Death: Towards A Model Of Mortality Mediation, Philip Stone Dr

Dr Philip Stone

Dark tourism and the commodification of death has become a pervasive feature within the contemporary visitor economy. Drawing upon the thanatological condition of society and a structural analysis of modern-day mortality, this paper establishes theoretical foundations for exploring dark tourism experiences. The study argues that in Western secular society where ordinary death is sequestered behind medical and professional façades, yet extraordinary death is recreated for popular consumption, dark tourism mediates a potential social filter between life and death. Ultimately, the research suggests that dark tourism is a modern mediating institution, which not only provides a physical place to link the …


This'll Kill Ya: Pepper Spray And The Modern Lexicon Of "Less Than Lethal" Oppression., Michael I. Niman Ph.D. 2011 Buffalo State College

This'll Kill Ya: Pepper Spray And The Modern Lexicon Of "Less Than Lethal" Oppression., Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Repensar A Teoria Do Estado Entre Pluralismo Ético E Globalização, Paulo Ferreira da Cunha 2011 Universidade do Porto

Repensar A Teoria Do Estado Entre Pluralismo Ético E Globalização, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

Não pode deixar de haver uma relação entre Estado e valores. Sem alguns valores partilhados, o Estado tem dificuldades. Há sempre, de um modo ou de outro, uma Ética no Estado. Ou várias. Como lidar com as éticas e as morais em sociedades pluralista como as nossas? Esta dificuldade obriga-nos também a repensar o próprio Estado, também desafiado por tempos de globalização. Foram estas algumas das interrogações que desejamos colocar neste estudo, elaborado para corresponder ao honroso convite para colaborar no portentoso volume que homenageia o grande constitucionalista brasileiro, e Vice-Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil, Prof. Michel Temer.


“收入不平等与公平分配:对转型时期中国城镇居民公平观的一项实证研究”, Xiaogang Wu, Jun Li 2011 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

“收入不平等与公平分配:对转型时期中国城镇居民公平观的一项实证研究”, Xiaogang Wu, Jun Li

Xiaogang Wu

No abstract provided.


Why A Jail Or Prison Sentence Is Increasingly Like A Death Sentence, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. 2011 University of Baltimore

Why A Jail Or Prison Sentence Is Increasingly Like A Death Sentence, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


How States Facilitate Small Arms Trafficking In Africa: A Theoretical And Juristic Interpretation, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. 2011 University of Baltimore

How States Facilitate Small Arms Trafficking In Africa: A Theoretical And Juristic Interpretation, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Debunking The Myths Of American Corrections, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. 2011 University of Baltimore

Debunking The Myths Of American Corrections, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Touring Imprisonment: A Descriptive Statistical Analysis Of Prison Museums, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. 2011 University of Baltimore

Touring Imprisonment: A Descriptive Statistical Analysis Of Prison Museums, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Utopian Prison: Contradiction In Terms?, Jocelyn M. Pollock, Nancy Hogan, Eric Lambert, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Jody Sundt 2011 University of Baltimore

Utopian Prison: Contradiction In Terms?, Jocelyn M. Pollock, Nancy Hogan, Eric Lambert, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Jody Sundt

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


The Dissemination Of Criminological And Criminal Justice Knowledge And Practice: A Profile Of People's Republic Of China Scholars Who Earn Doctorates In The United States, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Mengyan Dai 2011 University of Baltimore

The Dissemination Of Criminological And Criminal Justice Knowledge And Practice: A Profile Of People's Republic Of China Scholars Who Earn Doctorates In The United States, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Mengyan Dai

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Books And Bikes. Noises And Voices Of Veterans, Esmeralda Kleinreesink, Rene Moelker 2011 Netherlands Defense Academy

Books And Bikes. Noises And Voices Of Veterans, Esmeralda Kleinreesink, Rene Moelker

Esmeralda Kleinreesink

A comparison of narratives from two distinct groups of Dutch veterans: bikers and soldier-authors.


Evaluating The Persistence Of Subsistence Work In Contemporary Economies: Some Lessons From Moscow, Colin C. Williams, Peter Rodgers 2011 University of Sheffield

Evaluating The Persistence Of Subsistence Work In Contemporary Economies: Some Lessons From Moscow, Colin C. Williams, Peter Rodgers

Colin C Williams

Purpose – Contrary to the view that the subsistence economy is some minor residue persisting in
only a few peripheral enclaves of modern economies, the purpose of this paper is to begin to chart the
importance and prevalence of subsistence work across the contemporary economic landscape and the
reasons underpinning engagement in this form of non-commodified labour.
Design/methodology/approach – To do so, the extent of, and reasons for, subsistence production
amongst those living in contemporary Moscow is evaluated using face-to-face interviews with
313 households in affluent, mixed and deprived districts.
Findings – It was found that subsistence work is a …


Where The Wild Things Aren't: Exhibiting Nature In American Zoos, David Grazian 2011 University of Pennsylvania

Where The Wild Things Aren't: Exhibiting Nature In American Zoos, David Grazian

David Grazian

No abstract provided.


Women’S Status In The Context Of International Migration, Chien-Juh Gu 2011 Western Michigan University

Women’S Status In The Context Of International Migration, Chien-Juh Gu

Chien-Juh Gu

No abstract provided.


Review Of Women's Movements In Twentieth-Century Taiwan, Chien-Juh Gu 2011 Western Michigan University

Review Of Women's Movements In Twentieth-Century Taiwan, Chien-Juh Gu

Chien-Juh Gu

No abstract provided.


Youth Victimization: School Climate Or Deviant Lifestyles?, Heather Zaykowski, Whitney DeCamp 2011 University of Massachusetts Boston

Youth Victimization: School Climate Or Deviant Lifestyles?, Heather Zaykowski, Whitney Decamp

Whitney DeCamp

Despite much focus on school violence, there has been little research that explores the relationship between offending and victimization in various school climates. School climate theory suggests that the school’s social system, culture, milieu and ecological structure impact student outcomes including academic performance, delinquency and more recently, victimization. Hierarchical analysis of data from 5,037 11th grade students in 33 schools found that offending behavior was the strongest predictor for both minor and more serious forms of victimization. School climate, specifically the social cohesion of schools, reduced serious violent victimization risk. However, school climate did not impact the relationship between offending …


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