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Dress Shopping With Ginny, A Prose/Poem 8/5/2014, Charles Smith

Charles Kay Smith

Another poetic experiment that opens an alternative direction for future work.

Merci Beaucoup, Mercy Barracuda, Charles Smith, Virginia Midyette

Charles Kay Smith

A children's book of 45 pp for ages 9-12. The story is about a friendly Barracuda named Mercy who teaches environmentalism to schools of fish, and three children who fall in love with her.

Sin Título / Untitled, Camilo Rojas

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

காதல் / Love, Thivya Ragupathy

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Rêve Du Jour / Daydream, Nathalie D. Lacarriere

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Cuando Sientes Más / When You Feel More, Kaleigh Rose Mangiarelli

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Smilodon-Thylacinus Cynocephalus, Andy Deleon

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Gerolsteiner, Sarah Tyler

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Chenonceau, Sarah Tyler

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

One Night In Suzhou, Fuyang Peng

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Changing World, Fuyang Peng

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Il Dolore Del Domani / The Pain Of Tomorrow, Emanuele Boccia

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Private Void Death / Death, Zack Hardy

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Le Silence / The Silence, H. R.

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Laberinto / Labyrinth, Susana Antunes

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Jeanne D'Arc: Maid Of Oleans, A Prose/Poem 6/4/2014, Charles Kay Smith

Charles Kay Smith

A poem introducing a theory of how Joan, an illiterate teenager, inspired a demoralized French army to defeat the English.

Participatory Design Ethnography In The Learning Commons: Initial Research Findings, Krista Harper

Krista M. Harper

Presentation on initial findings from research at the UMass Amherst Learning Commons using participatory design ethnography and Photovoice. In this Spring 2014 project, I guided students through a semester-length research study of students' perspectives on and practices in the library.

The Traditional Vocal Repertoire Of Nova Scotia: A Classification Of Pitch Space, Peter George Fielding

Doctoral Dissertations

The traditional vocal music of Nova Scotia is a collage of genres reflecting its population and distinct history. Serving as a historic nautical gateway between North America and Europe, the continuous influx of populations led to the formation of many communities ranging from the urban epicenter of Halifax to the smallest of rural communities and coastal outports. Though largely akin to the musical traditions of the Western European colonizers of the 17th-19th centuries (predominantly English, Irish, Scottish, German, and French), the combination of song variants, repertoires from other cultures and traditions, and original compositions led to the emergence of a …

"A More Natural Mother": Concepts Of Maternity And Queenship In Early Modern England, Anne-Marie Kathleen Strohman

Doctoral Dissertations

Early in her reign, in response to Parliament’s formal requests that she marry and secure the succession, Elizabeth calls herself the “mother of England.” Her metaphorical maternity signals a rhetorical transaction between Elizabeth and her people that stretches across time, space, and genre; writers respond to Elizabeth by modifying the metaphor in order to shape her behavior. Conceptual blending theory, developed by cognitive scientists Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner, provides language to articulate the complexities of Elizabeth’s metaphor—to understand how language, culture, and cognition interact to create and modify meaning. Furthering the work of critics who analyze Elizabeth’s self-presentation and …

Adoption Confirms That God Is In My Life: Links Between Religious/Spiritual Commitment And Feelings About Adoption In Adolescents, Tobias Gale, Harold Grotevant

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.

American Inequality, A Prose/Poem 3/2/2014, Charles Smith

Charles Kay Smith

Science has made possible an increased productivity that creates an economic surplus--science continually teaches us how to do more with less resources. Why should the fruits of science be enjoyed only by the rich, since most of the innovations of science and technology have been funded or subsidized by citizen taxes. If the added productivity of science were shared among all citizens instead of only the 1%, poverty and homelessness could be ended.

Hadrian's Beard, A Prose/Poem 2/26/2014, Charles Smith

Charles Kay Smith

In his official portraits, Roman Emperor Hadrian sported a Greek beard rather than the clean shaven face that all Roman leaders had shown before him. What was his purpose in shattering precedent?

Through The Camera Lens Of Development: An Exploration Of Ngos' Representations Of Africa, Sebastian Lindstrom

Master's Capstone Projects

The purpose if this qualitative research is to acquire new knowledge in the African visual representational landscape, a digital space carefully filmed and edited by some of the most celebrated and acknowledged, mostly Western, NGOs in the world. The most watched Africa-related video from 50 NGOs were selected, downloaded and analyzed. After continuous re-watching of a 3.5 hour long set of visual data tree themes emerged. One segment relates around the NGOs intervention, another about the term or statement ‘help’, and the last theme is HIV/AIDS. The findings include the realization that the beneficiary was never explaining the intervention of …

Negotiating Invisibility: Addressing Lgbt Prejudice In China, Hong Kong, And Thailand, Hunter Gray

Master's Capstone Projects

This research serves as a consolidation of information regarding the global response to LGBT prejudice, and in particular, the response of organizations situated in China, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Interviews with activists and researchers from organizations that address LGBT prejudice served as the main form of data. Findings and subsequent analysis point to the ways in which organizations respond to the lack of visibility of the LGBT community, and how this invisibility is related to various manifestations of LGBT prejudice. Strategies that organizations have developed to respond to LGBT prejudice reveal how organizations negotiate contextual variables in their attempts to …

Prison Of The Setting Sun: A Translation Of Ono Fuyumi's Rakushō No Goku, Caitlin F. Orwoll

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

In this thesis, I have presented my translation of the novella Rakushō no goku (落照の獄) by Ono Fuyumi, preceded by a critical introduction. In this introduction, I have provided brief biographical information about the author, context for the story and its place in the Twelve Kingdoms series of novels, an analysis of the story's use of the death penalty as allegory, and an explanation for some of my choices in the translation.

In my introduction, my main purpose was to present the author, who has written multiple best-selling, award-winning novels that have received both popular and critical acclaim, yet has …

En Chair Froide, Rêvant De Feu / In Cold Flesh, Dreaming Fire, Kelsey Pratto, Benjamin A. Fancy

mOthertongue

No abstract provided.

Eastern Atlantic Coast, Elizabeth S. Chilton, Meredith D. Hardy

Anthropology Department Faculty Publication Series

No abstract provided.

From Cultural Property To Cultural Data: The Multiple Dimensions Of "Ownership" In A Global Digital Age, Neil A. Silberman

Neil A. Silberman

No abstract provided.

Oosh Boosh, Shannon A. Burns

MFA Program for Poets & Writers Masters Theses Collection

A collection of poetry.

Healthy, Wealthy, And Wise: How Corporate Power Shaped The Affordable Care Act, Kevin Young, Michael Schwartz

History Department Faculty Publication Series

No abstract provided.