Effects Of Language Status, Community Advice, And Parent Beliefs On Heritage Language Maintenance In The U.S.: A Scoping Review,
2024
Portland State University
Effects Of Language Status, Community Advice, And Parent Beliefs On Heritage Language Maintenance In The U.S.: A Scoping Review, Isabelle Trujillo, Jasmine Loeung, Carolyn Quam
Student Research Symposium
This scoping review of qualitative research examines effects of language status, community advice to parents, and parents' beliefs on heritage language maintenance within a U.S. context. The review was guided by three research questions: 1. What is the nature of the relationship between a heritage language’s (HL) status in society and language maintenance across generations? 2. How does information parents receive from community members (e.g., health professionals, teachers, friends/family) influence their beliefs about the HL? 3. How do parents’ beliefs about the impact of a HL on academic/career success influence HL transmission? Thirty-four articles met inclusion criteria. Three themes were …
Canonical Extensions Of Quantale Enriched Categories,
2024
Chapman University
Canonical Extensions Of Quantale Enriched Categories, Alexander Kurz
MPP Research Seminar
No abstract provided.
Seeing Is Believing: Observing Trans Spirituality Through The Smith-Waite Tarot,
2024
Washington University in St. Louis
Seeing Is Believing: Observing Trans Spirituality Through The Smith-Waite Tarot, Phoebe Santalla
MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
In 1909 the Rider Company published the Smith-Waite Tarot deck which featured 78 illustrated cards by Pamela Colman Smith. With heavy use of appropriated and ambiguous symbology, the Smith-Waite deck became a meditation tool for realizing alternative realities. By observing the history of the deck, analyzing Smith’s approach to illustration, and retracing the counterculture occult explosion in the 1970s, this essay argues that the Smith-Waite deck is an object the reflects the queered body and self. The modern, trans-contentious, Western political climate creates an environment that obscures the fact that transgender people exist beyond the medicalization of their bodies. To …
Liberation Chronicles: Reformulating Black Liberation In The Face Of Persistent Oppression,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Liberation Chronicles: Reformulating Black Liberation In The Face Of Persistent Oppression, Nia P. Gadson
Honors College Theses
Liberation movements for Black people have been prominent throughout American history. Chattel slavery and Jim Crow laws caused centuries of anti-black oppression. They continuously evolved into other anti-black structures – mass incarceration, predatory loan companies, and healthcare inequalities, to name a few – that require us to address these issues still today. The most recent Black liberation movement, Black Lives Matter, experienced a brief uptick in support after George Floyd’s murder but, overall, failed to address these issues. This thesis outlines three approaches to Black liberation in the U.S. to determine the most effective. First, drawing on Frederick Douglass’ autobiographies, …
A Taste For The Distasteful: The Aesthetics Of Gore In The Giallo And Horror Films Of Mario Bava,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
A Taste For The Distasteful: The Aesthetics Of Gore In The Giallo And Horror Films Of Mario Bava, Thais Casado Bignardi-Engstrom
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis analyzes the Italian experience with horror in cinema in both psychoanalytic feminist and cognitive Marxist critical film theories through a study of visual renderings of excessive violence and sex in gothic and thrillers known as giallo films created by the film director Mario Bava. This is an art historical study that looks at Bava’s work against the Italian cultural landscape in the post war period.
Aguaaaa!!!,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Aguaaaa!!!, Cory Villegas
Theses and Dissertations
“AGUA” is a call for new models of learning and sharing, celebrating the diasporic as a place of global revolution. Salsa, rooted in Latin American and Afro-Caribbean histories, is choreographer Cory Villegas’s expression of cultural legacy. As an Afro-diasporic dance, Salsa carries the wealth and variety of African and Indigenous roots. Villegas contextualizes her thesis event “Las Leyendas: An Afro Cuban Suite,” presenting herself and her troupe Soul Dance Co. as evidence that contradicts the erasure of Latin & Caribbean Culture in US dance history. The paper uses English and Spanish, written, visual, and oral materials with an accompanying webpage.
Container Film,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Container Film, Dena Kopolovich
Theses and Dissertations
Container Film is an experimental nonfiction short film that explores the theme of carrying. Drawing inspiration from a blend of anthropological, religious, and artistic sources, the film is guided by an unknown narrator who contemplates the origins of humanity. Unlike conventional storytelling, the narrator’s uncertainty and inner dialogue punctuate the narrative, challenging a traditional linear structure. Jumping between diverse thoughts, she resists depicting human history with a singular hero or linear trajectory. Visually, the film unfolds through vivid tableaux vivants, dance sequences, and curious object arrangements, illustrating the subtle relationship between human cognition and materiality. Through its nuanced, tactile approach, …
間,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
間, Lele Dai
Theses and Dissertations
LeLe Dai makes contingent participatory public interventions using sensory materials such as sound, flickering light, and water. This paper examines their works through the lens of Chinese character Jian (間), meaning “gap/slit/incision,” to investigate the concept of “in-betweenness.”
Powering Justice: Sketches For A New Ethos In Energy Policy,
2024
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Powering Justice: Sketches For A New Ethos In Energy Policy, Erin Rizzato Devlin
Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts
Energy politics lie at the heart of human activity. In a time of ecological and energy crisis, it is fundamental to realise that our reality systems are always open to change and that, in order to respond to the challenges of a changing energy landscape, we must explore the full possibilities of technology in a radical way. This research aims to consider the ethical implications of energy and technology, presenting an urgent case for cosmotechnical pluralism, that is the diversification of world-views, knowledges, technologies in the pursuit of energy justice in global politics. To reconstruct the world and its politics …
The Framing Of Authority In The Acrl Framework On Information Literacy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives On Truth, Authority, Expertise And Belief.,
2024
Seton Hall University
The Framing Of Authority In The Acrl Framework On Information Literacy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives On Truth, Authority, Expertise And Belief., Lisa M. Rose-Wiles
Praxis Publications
Purpose This paper engages multidisciplinary perspectives on truth, authority, expertise and belief to unpack and better understand the underlying epistemology and implications of the ACRL frame “authority is constructed and contextual”.' Design/Methodology/Approach Following an overview of the issues confronting us in a “post-truth world”, the paper reviews critiques of the ACRL frame “authority is constructed and contextual” and examines the related concepts of truth, authority, expertise and belief from multidisciplinary perspectives. Findings While the frame acknowledges the limitations and biases of current scholarly publishing and implicitly supports social justice, it runs the danger of promoting relativism and is ambiguous regarding …
40 Years Of Koyaanisqatsi: The Greatest Experimental Film Ever Made,
2024
Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
40 Years Of Koyaanisqatsi: The Greatest Experimental Film Ever Made, Brian Thomas
Honors Program: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
The 1983 experimental film Koyaanisqatsi remains a visionary artistic work 40 years after it was initially released, because it continues to resonate in contemporary society by vividly depicting the intersection of human life and technology, prompting viewers to contemplate "life out of balance" and its implications. The film makes us question where life is headed and the ways in which we "live technology" today.
Civil Disobedience Of Social Workers In Hospice,
2024
University of South Alabama
Civil Disobedience Of Social Workers In Hospice, Jamie Leigh Roper
Poster Presentations
What is civil disobedience? Civil disobedience is often thought of as peaceful protesting or non-violent law breaking. However, the textbook definition is “the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition” (Britannica). Peaceful protesting has been an integral part of American history. Henry David Thoreau, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. were all civilly disobedient citizens who altered the course of history. Any and all protests, however, cannot be considered civil disobedience, since there are some requirements of this category.
Overpowered,
2024
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Overpowered, Benjamin Pearey
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Overpowered is a temporary installation of a tiled living room, modeled after my own living room in a rental apartment in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It takes its name from a kind of sci-fi electro-disco love song released in 2007 by Roísín Murphy, who breaks down romantic attraction into preprogrammed meanings, chemical needs and matching data - and her sense of losing control, succumbing to the overwhelming forces at play. My installation is borne from a similar feeling. It is a continuation of a navigation of daily life under the pressures of external forces exerted by the various systems that underpin society …
A Review And Critical Analysis Of Yoga And Mindfulness Meditation In Pain Management For Individuals With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Design Of Prospective Yoga Intervention Lesson Plans,
2024
Utah State University
A Review And Critical Analysis Of Yoga And Mindfulness Meditation In Pain Management For Individuals With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Design Of Prospective Yoga Intervention Lesson Plans, Jamie Butikofer
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes joint pain, inflammation, and in some cases permanent damage. This research project explores yoga’s potential to manage pain and improve quality of life for RA patients. A review of existing research investigated the impact of yoga on pain and function in RA. Studies employed various yoga programs, making comparisons difficult. All studies reported improvements in areas of pain, inflammation, emotional and mental wellbeing, or disease activity. Interestingly, meditation, a core tenet of traditional yoga, emerged as a potentially beneficial component. Studies suggest it may help manage chronic pain and improve …
Beyond The Matrix: Navigating The Implications Of Nick Bostrom's Simulation Hypothesis On Reality And Existence,
2024
DePauw University
Beyond The Matrix: Navigating The Implications Of Nick Bostrom's Simulation Hypothesis On Reality And Existence, Michell-Lee Graham '24
Honor Scholar Theses
Suppose for the sake of the argument we are all living inside of a simulation, is that a problem? Nick Bostrom, a Swedish philosopher has proposed the question of whether we are living in a simulation. Philosophers in the past have grappled with this concept, from Plato to George Berkeley. This concept is also readily seen in movies such as “The Matrix" which is a science fiction film that explores the concept of a simulated reality. In the story, humans live in a simulated world created by sentient machines to distract and control them, while their physical bodies are used …
Cinema's Poetic Function: Creating An Amorous Distance,
2024
Chapman University
Cinema's Poetic Function: Creating An Amorous Distance, William Yonts
Film and Media Studies (MA) Theses
The aim of this thesis is to examine how cinema can embrace its poetic function to avoid its assimilation into preexisting hermeneutic structures, which would leave it vulnerable to myth as defined by Roland Barthes, and instead be a generative force, encouraging its viewer to engage with the full potential of the text. This mode of spectatorship is termed the “amorous distance,” which Barthes describes as his simultaneous fascination with the film and that which exceeds it. The amorous distance finds further articulation through the work of Roman Jakobson and Julia Kristeva. Jakobson’s schema of six language functions describes the …
Embracing The Wound Of Contingency: Transcribing Reality In Supernatural Horror And Found Footage,
2024
Chapman University
Embracing The Wound Of Contingency: Transcribing Reality In Supernatural Horror And Found Footage, Mason Dax Dickerson
Film and Media Studies (MA) Theses
To counter both the form of critical thought first outlined by Kant that dispels absolute knowledge, as well as the dogmatic necessitarianism that asserts the universe must be one way for an absolute originary reason, Quentin Meillassoux argues for the “non-facticity of facticity” to implicate an absolute contingency or unreason structuring reality: in effect, anything could happen for no reason at all. Meillassoux suggests the trauma of the contingent event and the sudden impossibility of inductive science in its wake may be explored in an “Extro-Science Fiction” text (XSF) – but limits his examples to science fiction literature. Framing the …
Prop-Oriented Make-Believe In Metaphor And Morality,
2024
University at Albany, State University of New York
Prop-Oriented Make-Believe In Metaphor And Morality, Jordan Ray Alexander Corner
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
“Bill is such a bulldozer.” How does this metaphor mean what it does? How are we to understand how metaphors work with respect to meaning. In this work, there is an exploration of both of the answers that have already been given to these questions, as well as some reasons to think that those answers are insufficient. Importantly, Kendal Walton has put forward a prop-oriented make-believe account of meaning in metaphor. This account succeeds where others fail, though it is not without its own detractors. Elisabeth Camp and Catherine Wearing both object to Walton’s accounts and their objections require responses. …
Pengaruh Pemikiran Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab Terhadap Kaum Paderi Di Minangkabau,
2024
Program Studi Arab, Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya, Universitas Indonesia
Pengaruh Pemikiran Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab Terhadap Kaum Paderi Di Minangkabau, Muhammad Afief Maulana, Letmiros Letmiros
Multikultura
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji keterkaitan antara pemikiran Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab dari Arab Saudi dengan kaum Paderi di Minangkabau. Pemikiran sang tokoh ini, akhirnya disebut dengan pemikiran Wahabi yang diterapkan kaum Paderi, terlihat dalam upaya kaum Paderi membasmi pemahaman TBC (tahayul, bid’ah dan churafat); usaha mengakhiri perang Paderi; serta dampak positif dari peristiwa tersebut terhadap masyarakat Minangkabau berdasarkan analisis teori kebudayaan C.A.Van Peursen. Metodologi yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian kualitatif deskriptif yang menggabungkan antara teori penelitian sejarah dan teori penelitian kebudayaan. Peneliti mengumpulkan data, menganalisis data, melakukan interpretasi data, dan mengakhirinya dengan kesimpulan.. Dalam penelitian ini …
Etnis Tionghoa Dan Dinamikanya Dalam Kesuksesan Bulu Tangkis Indonesia,
2024
Program Studi Cina, Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya, Universitas Indonesia
Etnis Tionghoa Dan Dinamikanya Dalam Kesuksesan Bulu Tangkis Indonesia, Michelle Ladykia Naftali, Albert P. J. Roring
Multikultura
Penelitian ini membahas tentang peran etnis Tionghoa dalam perjalanan kesuksesan bulu tangkis Indonesia pada tahun 1966-1998. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menjelaskan etnis Tionghoa dari berbagai bidang dan dinamikanya dalam kesuksesan bulu tangkis Indonesia. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan sejarah. Dalam pengumpulan data akan menggunakan teknik studi pustaka dan wawancara. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah sekalipun di tengah dinamika sosial dan politik pada masa Orde Baru (1966-1998) yang diskriminatif seperti kewajiban memiliki SBKRI dan adanya kekerasan rasial, tetapi etnis Tionghoa dari berbagai bidang tetap melakukan perannya masing-masing dalam kesuksesan bulu tangkis Indonesia …
