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The Politics Of Scale, Position, And Place In The Governance Of Water Resources In The Mekong Region, Louis Lebel, Po Garden, Masao Imamura

All UNF Research

The appropriate scales for science, management, and decision making cannot be unambiguously derived from physical characteristics of water resources. Scales are a joint product of social and biophysical processes. The politics-of-scale metaphor has been helpful in drawing attention to the ways in which scale choices are constrained overtly by politics, and more subtly by choices of technologies, institutional designs, and measurements. In doing so, however, the scale metaphor has been stretched to cover a lot of different spatial relationships. In this paper, we argue that there are benefits to understanding—and actions to distinguish—issues of scale from those of place and …

Building Library Collections, The Ebay Way, Camila Gabaldón

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

eBay provides a fresh way to find and purchase items that build a library’s special collections and archives, supplement circulating collections, or replace journal issues that are missing. At Western Oregon University (WOU), we have used eBay to build our archives collections and are looking to expand our use to the general collections. This article uses some of our experiences to describe how eBay can be used to acquire library materials and includes lessons that we have learned, tips for optimizing your searches, and hints for eBay novices.

Un/Worthy: The Us Print Media's Portrayal Of The Kosovo And East Timor Massacres, Derek De Vries

Masters Theses

This study is a re-examination of Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman’s “Propaganda Model”, which hypothesizes that the market-driven, institutionalized filters determine the way in which the “agenda-setting” media in the United States cover and portray news. Further, the theory posits that these filters will reinforce the modes of control for the dominant elites in power. This evaluation concentrates on the treatment of so-called “worthy and unworthy victims” and relies on a content analysis of news coverage of the massacres occurring simultaneously in Kosovo and East Timor in 1999. In line with the “Propaganda Model,” the analysis showed that the volume …

Processual Media Theory, Organised Networks And The Politics Of Information Societies, Ned Rossiter

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This thesis setss out to re-evaluate and re-think theories of communications media and theories of democracy formation under translocal, global and networked conditions. In order to do this, the thesis brings a combination of social and communications theory, political philosophy and "radical empiricism" to the study of the socio-technical dimensions of Net cultures. It examines the ways in which emergent networks of creativity, labour, organisation and intervention challenge the sovereignty of the state-corporation nexus, which functions tu restrict access and control information flows in the interests of security and profit. The thesis investigates the relationship between emergent forms of organisation …

But Who Is Any Longer Interested In The Possible?: Kathy Acker In Hell Failing Fuck You, Jake Kennedy

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

In 'But who is any longer interested in the possible?': Kathy Acker in Hell Failing Fuck You I explore and celebrate Acker's use of a tropics of failure (plagiarism, pain, terror, gender-play, bad jokes, dumbness) as an inimitable strategy for achieving counter-cultural art and community. The prose style and scholarly apparatus of my article reflect not only my position as a poet/academic but also attempt to model an ethical, non-authoritative, Acker-informed critical language.

Re-Conceptualizing Southern Rhetoric: A Meta-Critical Perspective, Christina L. Moss

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The study of southern rhetoric and public address remains important to the study of American rhetoric and public address. However, recent years indicate a decline in the amount and variety of scholarship in this area of study. This project provides a meta-critical analysis of the history of southern rhetorical scholarship, focusing mainly on southern public address. By tracing ideology from the Agrarians, Richard Weaver, Dallas Dickey, Waldo Braden, Stephen Smith, and Stuart Towns, clear attitudes and definitions of the South, southern identity and southern rhetoric evolved to create an area of study in much need of revision. The remainder of …

I Connect Therefore I Am: Connectivity And Networking In Bodies, Technologies, Communities, And Selves, Anthony Lambert

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

The notion of connection refers to both metaphorical and material practices informing our understandings of the flows of energy and information within human bodies, communities, geographies, and technological networks. Cranny-Francis offers a definition of connection which accounts for the term's significance in the contexts of both Cultural Studies and multimedia literacy:

It refers to the ways in which texts generate meanings through their relationship with other texts, to the development of multimedia technologies that are characterized by their connectivity (the web, the net), and to the ways in which meanings are generated crucially by the connection between texts …

Pluma Fronteriza: Newsletter Of Latino/Chicano(A) Writers Of The El Paso And Cd. Juárez Border Region, Utep Chicano Studies

Chicano Studies

Electronic newsletter of the Latino/Chicano(a) Writers of the El Paso and Cd. Juárez Border Region.

Illinois Legislators Revisited: A Comparison Of Legislators' Perceptions And Attitudes Toward Constituent E-Mail, Mary Louise Sheffer

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This is a follow up study to a 2000 report, which measured and compared Illinois state legislators’ attitudes and perceptions toward constituent e-mail, and its impact on personal political agendas. Along with measuring attitudes, this study sought to measure and compare the impact of advances in e-mail technology on Illinois legislators’ use of e-mail as a political tool of communication. The panel comparison consisted of 59% of respondents who participated in both the 2000 and the 2004 study. A survey conducted in February 2000 showed that 89% of Illinois legislators had an active e-mail address, but only 65% of those …

The Diffusion Of Gis In Journalism, Ben S. Wasike

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to determine the likelihood of reporters to adopt Geographical Information Systems and to predict the future of the diffusion of GIS in the journalism industry using the diffusion of innovations theory. The study used two data collection methods: in-depth interviews and a Web survey. The indepth-interviews revealed factors that will influence the diffusion of GIS, including the availability of map data, competition between media agencies, the ease of getting management to buy GIS once its functionality has been demonstrated to them, and the general use of secondary GIS products. The Web survey showed that …

Separatist Nationalism In Gilbert Imlay's The Emigrants, Karsten H. Piep

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Karsten H. Piep, in his paper "Separatist Nationalism in Gilbert Imlay's The Emigrants," argues that only recently rediscovered among American scholars and still awaiting much critical work, Gilbert Imlay's The Emigrants offers an intriguing case study in the complex relationship between fictional representation and late eighteenth-century nation formation. Tracing briefly the novel's reception history, Piep locates The Emigrants within the socio-political context of eighteenth-century discourses on revolution, emancipation, and independence. Taking Benedict Anderson's study on the rise of nationalism as a point of reference, Piep argues that Imlay's novel offers an example of a perhaps uniquely American separatist nationalism that …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 22 [No. 23], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Buckman, Josh. Smoking Zone Plan Approved
• Coulter, Amber. Driving the Crowd – Emerson Drive, Concerts
• Clark, Ashlee. Chris Groves to Lead Cave Study Group
• Maines, Ashley. Student Appears on Late Show with David Letterman – Abby Wells
• Harrell, Bobby. Professor Researching Butterflies – Jeffery Marcus
• Clark, Ashlee. Staff Council Reviewing Scholarship Policies
• Henze, Adam. Editorial Cartoon re: Remedial Education
• Toone, Stephanie. Quit Buying Poop – Entertainment
• All Work & No Play . . . for Nothing – Remedial Education
• Sainlar, Lindsay. Ernie Fletcher & Fish …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 19 [No. 21], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Richardson, Kelly. Arrest Made in Lampkin Park Case
• Clark, Ashlee. Group of Professors Receive Grant – Psychology
• Hupman, Samantha. Class to Bring Students to Presidential Inauguration
• Reed, Lindsey. Clinical Compassion – Suzanne Vitale
• Fisher, Lee. Brian Strow Prepares for Seat on Bowling Green City Commission
• Buckman, Josh. Barry Wells Leaves Western for Dallas – Dining Services
• Wilberding, Beth. Professors to Get Recognition – Student Government Association
• Henze, Adam. Editorial Cartoon re: George Bush
• Hall, Alex. Happy for Some Left-winged Representation – Chuck Williamson
• Meyer, Dustin. …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, October 22, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 38

Prospectus, October 14, 2004, Sarah Trusty, Erin Koelkebeck, Zachary Lecrone, Alison Smith, Jon Volkman, Mary Jacobs, Ryan Zerrusen

Prospectus 2004

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, October 13, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 32

Spartan Daily, October 5, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 26

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Reed, Lindsey. Gary Ransdell Proposes Long-term Tuition Plan
• Reed, Lindsey. Western May Delay Dropping Students Who Haven’t Paid Tuition
• Watt, Wes. Volleyball Team Spiking Competition
• Wilberding, Beth. Students Flood Lawn for Debate Watch
• Buckman, Josh. Completion of New Science Building Behind Schedule – Engineering & Biological Sciences Hall
• Green, Tavia. Group Focuses on Eye Health & Education – Unite for Sight
• Henze, Adam. Editorial Cartoon re: George Bush
• Mason, Kim. Taking Up for the International Festival
• Cultural Segregation Afflicts the Hill
• Cailouet, Larry. Joanie, Did …

Ua1b5 New Faculty 2004-2005, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

List of new WKU faculty.

Nigerian University Libraries And The Challenges Of Globalization: The Way Forward, L. A. Ogunsola

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to examine the importance, implications, and opportunities opened to Nigerian libraries in the current Information Age as related to the concept of globalization. This paper shall attempt to address possible areas of importance and advantages that can propel Nigerian universities and their libraries into being a respective player in the global IT revolution and enhance their status in what is now widely called as Global Village. This paper stresses the necessity for Nigerian universities to be part of the new and emerging technologies which are challenging the traditional process of teaching and …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, September 23, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 18

Hollins Columns (2004 Sept 21), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• SGA Treasurer Announces Resignation
• Healthcare Provider Changes on Campus
• Computer Registration and Printing Causes Student Concern
• Student Organizes Vigil to honor 1,000 Fallen Soldiers
• Hollins Express offers Cheap Alternative Route to Virginia Tech
• New President Gray Prepares for her Arrival on Campus
• New Visual Arts Center and Museum Open to Viewers
• Fantasy Creative Workshop Once Again Directed by Students
• Campus no Longer #1 for Quality, Riding Program Tops Charts
• Dear Editors
• Ignorance is Not Always Bliss
• I Get By With a Little Help From my Friends
• Miller's Moves
• X-C Captain named Athlete of the Week

Spartan Daily, September 15, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 12

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Clark, Ashlee. Academic Quality Initiative Nearing Phase Two
• Richardson, Kelly. Two Charged with Peeping
• Reed, Lindsey. Journalism Building Still Name Shopping – Mass Media & Technology Hall
• Wilberding, Beth. Patti Johnson to Run Unopposed – Student Government Association
• Wilberding, Beth. Redzone Opening Today – Downing University Center
• Buckman, Josh. New Building Could Create Pollution
• Hopkins, Shawntaye. Super Saturday Workshop
• Henze, Adam. Editorial Cartoon re: Pick Your Professor
• Johnson, Seth. America the Immature
• It’s A Classroom, Not a Soapbox – Faculty Evaluations
• Henze, Adam. Cartoonist Has …

Spartan Daily, September 2, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 5

Prospectus, September 2, 2004, Sarah Trusty, Joseph Rosenbaum, Alison Smith, Janice Mcduffee, Jon Volkman, Nicole Simmons, Patrick Howey

Prospectus 2004

No abstract provided.

Ondaatje's The English Patient And Altered States Of Narrative, Beverley Curran

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Beverley Curran argues in her paper "Ondaatje's The English Patient and Altered States of Narrative" that Ondaatje reconfigures in his novel the "romantic" figure of the father/artist as a clandestine lover, a drug addict, or an eccentric translator, all figures with dependencies. In The English Patient, the father or artist's sense of source, continuity, or authority are translated into a narrative which rejects the perverse captivity demanded of the lover and the translator by fidelity or by the tenets of realistic representation. Using sex, drugs, and translation, Ondaatje deranges both time and space to reconfigure the role of the artist …

Post-Nationalism And The Cinematic Apparatus In Minghella's Adaptation Of Ondaatje's The English Patient, Hsuan Hsu

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Hsuan Hsu, in his paper "Post-Nationalism and the Cinematic Apparatus in Minghella's Adaptation of Ondaatje's The English Patient," discusses Anthony Minghella's cinematic version of Ondaatje's novel. In Hsu's view, Minghella and Ondaatje (Ondaatje collaborated on the film script) emphasize in the film the visual and social implications of mapmaking in order to align imperialism with the cinematic apparatus. While the film explores the workings of visual power, it also explores their adulteration by unmapped forces of desire: Almásy's and Katherine's adulterous relationship transgresses marital and national constraints, but also reinscribes them when Almásy desires to possess her body and Katherine …