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A New Approach To The Analysis Of Timbre, Megan L. Lavengood

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Two distinct approaches to timbre analysis exist, each with complementary strengths and limitations. First, music theorists from the 1980s adopt a positivist mindset and look for ways to quantify timbral phenomena, often using spectrograms, while avoiding any cultural dimensions in their work. Second, writings of the past five years focus on the cultural aspects of timbre but make no use of spectrograms. This dissertation builds upon these two approaches by synthesizing them: discussion is grounded in spectrogram analysis, but situated within a broad cultural context, through interactions with listener experience and ethnographic study of music periodicals and other published interviews. …

W.E.B. Du Bois: Freedom, Race, And American Modernity, Elvira Basevich

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

My dissertation defends W.E.B. Du Bois’s philosophy of modern freedom, which he grounds in the historical reconstruction of the American civic community on the moral basis of free and equal citizenship. Rather than ascribe to him an elitist politics of racial ‘uplift’ and assimilation to Anglo- American folkways, I instead argue that he defends black moral and political autonomy for securing state power and civic equality. Additionally, he challenges both historical and the contemporary political philosophers, including John Rawls, Axel Honneth, and Philip Pettit, to articulate the racial dimension of the development of a social order that actualizes the moral …

Circulation And Resemanticization: An Aporetic Palimpsest, Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel

Artl@s Bulletin

Studies of the processes of resemanticization at work in artistic circulation are few and far between; attempts at articulating a theoretical understanding of such processes are rarer still. This paper will investigate the questions raised by a circulatory approach to the history of art, and review the methods and sources which can allow us to answer them. How is the meaning of a work of art conveyed? How is this meaning constituted, and how does it evolve across different places and moments? What are the factors that contribute to such changes? What are the possible consequences of artistic resemanticization? Are …

The Echo: September 29, 2017, Taylor University

2017-2018 (Volume 105)

Giving children that extra Lift – Upland receives road grant from state – Townies and Trojan series – Taylor CAREs – The learning curve – New paws on the block: (wo)man’s best friend – Steps toward boldness – Markets & mochas – What goes around, comes around – United under the same moon – Brecken’s Breakdown – Echograms #TaylorU -- #TaylorU’s Top Tweets – ‘Clybourne Park’ – Building and tearing down perspectives, old and new – Weaving together two stories – The faces of ‘Clybourne Park’ – Incorporating ‘Clybourne Park’ into Christian thought – The world of ‘Clybourne Park’ – …

Investigating The Gender Pronoun Gap In Wikipedia, Mehrdad Yazdani

WikiStudies

In recent years there have been many studies investigating gender biases in the content and editorial process ofWikipedia. In addition to creating a distorted account of knowledge, biases in Wikipedia and similar corpora have especially harmful downstream eects as they are often used in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications. As a result, many of the algorithms that are deployed in production “learn" the same biases inherent in the data that they churned. It is the therefore increasingly important to develop quantitative metrics to measure bias. In this study we propose a simple metric, the Gendered Pronoun Gap, that measures …

Ua12/2/1 Wkuherald321, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.

The Devil's Music: Adam Gussow Publishes New Book On The Devil In The Blues, Admin

Blog Posts

This interview by Scott Barretta originally appeared in the Fall 2017 Southern Register. Adam Gussow is an associate professor of English and southern studies at the University of Mississippi whose latest book is Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil in the Blues Tradition (University Press of North Carolina), a survey that occupied seven years of research. Gussow has also grappled extensively with the devil in his parallel career as a professional blues musician -- for over thirty years he's recorded and toured internationally with Sterling "Mr. Satan" Magee, a relationship he addressed in his memoir Mr. Satan's Apprentice.

Sociology Criminology History Alum Starts As Bowling Green Faculty, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

The Scarlet - September 29, 2017, Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet (Student Newspaper) (2011-present)

The September 29, 2017 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

Sociology Alum Is Associate Professor And Global Studies Advisor, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of A Military Base On Community Volunteering: A Case Study, Norman Dolch, Helen Wise, Ronald Wade

Journal of Ideology

No abstract provided.

Framing Homelessness As Crisis: A Comparative Content Analysis Of Local Media Reports On Portland's Tent Cities, Katrien Cokeley

Dissertations and Theses

This content analysis of mainstream and alternative news narratives interprets the use of the crisis media frame, and describes the relationship between local policy initiatives, media discourse and public opinion on tent cities, organized by people experiencing homelessness in Portland, Oregon. Framing homelessness and housing as a crisis intensified the public debate, attested by an increase in mainstream media reports on tent cities, and by controversial policy changes that addressed the individually-experienced traumatic impacts of the City's anti-camping ordinance, as well as the systemic lack of affordable housing and emergency shelter. Media discourse related to city-sanctioned tent cities blurs the …

Adam Gussow Examines The Devil In The Blues For New Book, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Author plans several signings and readings throughout the state in October

Daily Eastern News: September 29, 2017, Eastern Illinois University

September

No abstract provided.

Workarounds In Nonprofit Management: Counter Theory For Best Practices Innovation, Stuart C. Mendel

Journal of Ideology

One quiet aspect of the exercise of best practices in nonprofit operations settings is that managers typically must engage in creative problem solving to accommodate exceptions or unanticipated conditions. Problem solving may be perceived as situational until the frequency of the “workarounds” give pause to decision-makers, leading some to challenge the validity of the best practice. This essay uses inductive method inquiry drawing upon existing nonprofit management literature on best practices, workarounds and related topics. The essay posits that workarounds are an underappreciated component of nonprofit management theory.

Smartphones: Addiction, Or Way Of Life?, William E. Thompson 8865136, Mica L. Thompson

Journal of Ideology

Due to the widespread popularity and seeming dependence on smartphones, especially by millennials and post-millennials, many parents, teachers, and even medical professionals have expressed concern that an entire generation may be addicted to these devices and the various social media to which they provide access. Sociologically, however, it may be more insightful to apply some of the well-established theories related to social change and adaptation to technology, to describe, analyze, and better explain the massive popularity and widespread use of this particular phenomenon as a way of life and its impact on human behavior, social interaction, culture, and society.

The Shifting Discourse On Third Places: Ideological Implications, Mark N. Wexler, Judy Oberlander

Journal of Ideology

Within the social sciences, literature on third places attempts to assist in the construction of a social concept of “place”. This notion of a place is an idealization of the bridging space with home and family on one side, and work with the rule-based impersonality of life in mass society, on the other. Like the idea of work-life balance—as seen through the vocabulary of placemaking—third places provide people with a place in which there is a balance between the emotive attachments of home and family and the challenge striving for merit and reward in the marketplace. To date, third places …

“The Island Of Thieves”: Rethinking Empire And The United States In Micronesia, Dominic Alessio, Wesley B. Renfro

Political Science Faculty/Staff Publications

This piece examines empire by purchase and lease in the Pacific and the manner by which the United States gained control over a series of strategically valuable islands in the region. Because Washington obtained its possessions partly through purchase and lease, and not via invasion, it argues that the United States can hide its standing as an empire. Therefore, this research suggests that the literature on empire, order, and hierarchy in international relations needs to allow for a more expansive definition of empire to better understand this important but understudied concept.

Contentious Coexistence: The Function Of Material Exchanges In Venetian-Egyptian Relations On The Eve Of The Ottoman Conquest (1480-1517), Jesse Jacob Hysell

Dissertations - ALL

This dissertation studies cross-cultural exchanges of material goods in order to better understand early modern encounters between subjects of Venice and the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. It focuses on the period 1480 to 1517, when the ascendant Portuguese and Ottoman empires began to alter the balance of power in both the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean. Venetian merchants had by this time established communities in Egypt and the Levant in their search for pepper and other spices, and periodically called in ambassadors to intervene with the Mamluk sultans on their behalf. An examination of gift giving and other exchanges of …

A Father's Lament: Uva Law Professor A. Benjamin Spencer On Charlottesville, A. Benjamin Spencer

Popular Media

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, September 28, 2017, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2017

Volume 149, Issue 16

Lanthorn, Vol. 52, No. 11, September 28, 2017, Grand Valley State University

Volume 52, July 10, 2017 - April 23, 2018

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Minutes, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committee Meeting, Thursday, September 28, 2017, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committe

Executive Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Student Movement - Issue 4, Andrews University

Student Movement v. 102 (2017-2018)

Student Movement, Issue 4, 2017

Alum Continues Education At North Carolina State University, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, September 28, 2017, Seton Hall University

2017

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Moore, Noah. Students Reflect on Death of Fresh Worker – Debra Wiley-Mitchell
• Harsh, Spencer. Making the Cut – JC’s Barbershop
• Fletcher, Griffin. Campus Commemorates Banned Books Week
• Deppen, Laurel. WKU Student Nick Lawson Releases EP
• Hovell, Nolan. Exploring Bowling Green’s Music Scene
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: Retirement Pensions
• The Pension Crisis
• Hormel, David. Don’t Prioritize Patriotic Iconography Over People
• Mathews, Carly. Faculty Expresses Low Morale in Survey
• Alvey, Rebekah. Attorney General Approves New Requirements for Gatton Academy of Math & Science
• Ziege, Nicole. Student …

Behavioral Interventions For Sexual Deviancy In Individuals With Developmental Disorders, Samuel Krus

Research Papers

Statistical analyses have found a significant proportion of crime is of a sexual nature and that reducing its occurrence is a complex problem that has had various solutions proposed. Therapy programs that focus on the reduction of sexually deviant behavior have been proposed by many clinicians and researchers in the psychological and rehabilitative fields which have shown varying degrees of success. As treatments have been developed across multiple disciplines there have been many paradigms developed around the development and corresponding treatment of sexually deviant behavior. Along with addressing the behavior itself, many programs have sought to address sexual deviancy based …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 107 [108], No. 05 (Sep. 28, 2017), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 107, but it is the 108th volume in the series.

Effects Of Sociocultural Factors On Infant Feeding With Black African Immigrant Mothers Living With Hiv, Jean Hannan, Josephine Bassey Etowa, J. Craig Phillips, Seye Babatunde

Biennial Convention (CONV)

US and Canadian Black African Immigrant mothers are disproportionately affected by HIV compared with mothers of other races. It is recommended to exclusively formula feed their infants. However, infant feeding practices are significantly influenced by culture. This literature review examines socio-cultural determinants of infant feeding choices with HIV mothers.