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Moshe Gammer, 1950-2013: Historian Of The Caucasus, Rebecca Gould

Rebecca Gould

No abstract provided.

November Uri Community Diversity Project 2010, Joseph A. Santiago Mr, Riley Davis Ms, Richard V. Travisano Mr

Richard Travisano

November is National Novel Writing Month. For the first time at the University of Rhode Island November was a month for the URI community to share their stories, poems, art, and photos with the world. The Writing to Model Diversity project intends to connect individuals across cultural boundaries and borders by sharing the stories and experiences that challenge our everyday experiences and the dreams of the future. Built on the efforts of the World Voice series, URI presents a book that shares the stories and culture of the students, faculty, staff, and community members who embrace the idea of becoming …

Global Culture Concerns, Korcel M. Price

Korcel M Price

The following proposal seeks to change hiring, promoting, and firing practices among global and trans-national companies. The changes are intended to fortify the organization through better management, a better employee contract, and by moving closer to a learning organization.

At the heart of the proposal is the desire to move hiring, promoting, and firing practices to an external or internal third party, as means of creating a global culture that consistently applies the values of supra system’s organization.

Don Januario, Gustavo Leone

Gustavo Leone

Don Januario is a traditional Bolivian melody taken from the recording "Florilegium, Música de las Misiónes y de la Plata, Sucre." It is a theme followed by a series of five variations. Score and parts, plus an mp3 recording are included with this entry.

Blue Dragon, White Wolf: A Comparison Of Korean And Navaho Traditional Geographies, Thomas N. Grove

Thomas N Grove

No abstract provided.

Yellow Dragon And Yellow Corn Girl: Some Colors In Korean And Navaho Mythology, Thomas Grove

Thomas N Grove

Some Korean and Navaho myths indicate the significance of the color yellow in building a strong foundation for society. For a new order such as a kingdom, a monastery and religion, even a new way of life, a yellow dragon may move to the center, but also—to spur growth of order in 12th c. and Kwanggaet’o myths—the dragon may meet his blue counterpart. Interaction between the two colors intensifies as a yellow and a blue dragon entwine in the shamanist myth of the Three Chesok Gods. Sometimes other entities bring the two colors into contact. In the very First World …

Ideology In Urban South Vietnam, 1950-1975 (Dissertation), Tuan Hoang

Tuan Hoang

No abstract provided.

Healing Through Syncretic Shamanism: The Linguistics Of The Opening To The Rebirth Cycle In The Korean Abandoned Princess Myth, Thomas N. Grove, Shin Freedman

Shin Freedman

The authors present a comparison of the effects and content a Korean on healing and consolation originating from the two different worlds traditional story, the Abandoned Princess and how they console the dead and the living through songs and poetry from these two different worlds. The paper will demonstrate and analyze mystic syllables narrated in the songs by a Korean Shaman and how repeating words and following actions revive the soul of the deceased and beleaguered. The magical powers of transforming the dead and communicating to the living through repeating 8 lines narratives on healing and consolation originating from the …

The Language Of Resurrection Ritual: A Comparison Of Korean Shamanisn With Blackfeet Beaver Power, Thomas Grove, Shin Freedman

Shin Freedman

The authors present a comparison of the effects and contents of two traditional pieces—the Korean story, ”The Abandoned Princess,” and a story from the Blackfeet Native American Bullchild's The Sun Came Down—about how they console the dead and the living through songs and chanting from these two different cultures. The paper demonstrates the resemblance between mystic syllables narrated in a song by a Korean shaman and in a tale by a Native American elder, and how repeating words and following actions revive the souls of the deceased and the beleaguered. The magical powers of transforming the dead and communicating with …

Arctic Diary: A Season Among The Inuit, John Kilbourne

John R. Kilbourne

No abstract provided.

Narrative Assault In Laetitia Masson's À Vendre, Mariah Devereux Herbeck

Mariah E. Devereux Herbeck

What happens when a detective confuses following with being the object of his search? As the narrative of Laetitia Masson's 1998 film, À vendre, drifts from private investigator Luigi Primo's search for France Robert, a runaway bride, to his own sordid relationships with women, traditions of narrative continuity and authority are violated. In offering a necessarily new take on the adage "violence breeds violence," this article examines the extent to which Luigi's violent disposition, as he searches for France within the narrative, is ultimately expressed as violence to the narrative itself.

André Breton’S Nadja: A Vagabonde In A Femme Fatale’S Narrative, Mariah Devereux Herbeck

Mariah E. Devereux Herbeck

No abstract provided.

Socio-Institutional Neoliberalism, Securitisation And Australia's Aid Program, Nichole Georgeou, Charles Hawksley

Nichole Georgeou

This is Case Study Number 8 in the Hawksley and Georgeou edited book 'The Globalization of World Politics' (OUP, 2013).

Coptic Scriptorium

Caroline Schroeder

• tools to process Coptic texts
• a searchable, richly-annotated corpus of texts using the ANNIS search and visualization architecture
• visualizations of Coptic texts
• a collaborative platform for scholars to use and contribute to the project research results generated from the tools and corpus

Re-Orientalisation And The Pursuit Of Ecstasy: Remembering Homeland In Prisoner Of Tehran, Esmaeil Zeiny

Esmaeil Zeiny

The Western literary market is saturated with the Middle Eastern women memoirs since 9/11. What caused this saturation lies in the curiosity of the West to know about the Middle Easterners after 9/11 and the following President Bush’s ‘Axis of Evil’ speech addressed to Iran, North Korea and Iraq, followed by launching his ‘war on terror’ project. This was the time when an influx of memoirs by and about Iranian women has emerged. This paper examines Marina Nemat’s memories of her birthland in her memoir, Prisoner of Tehran. Utilizing Dabashi’s concept of ‘native informer’, Bhabha’s concept of ‘stereotypical representation’ and …

Orientalisation Through Paratexts: The Covers Of Muslim Memoirs, Esmaeil Zeiny

Esmaeil Zeiny

The influx of memoirs by and about Iranian women has saturated the post-9/11 Western literary market. These memoirs, which emerged after 9/11 and the President Bush’s ‘Axis of Evil’ speech addressed to Iran, North Korea and Iraq, are written to quench the curiosity of the Western readers. However many of these memoirists have adopted Western Orientalism framework in writing their discourse. They use the Iranian psyche, people, culture and religious worlds to reproduce the Western bias against the ‘Other.’ This portrayal of Western Orientalism ‘otherness’, which oftentimes begins right from the covers of the memoirs, can be called orientalisation through …