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การออกแบบเรขศิลป์สำหรับแบรนด์บริการบนบานยุคใหม่จากแนวคิด คราวด์ ทรัสติ้ง และการกระจายศูนย์, อิงกวี ธนสัมปัตติ
การออกแบบเรขศิลป์สำหรับแบรนด์บริการบนบานยุคใหม่จากแนวคิด คราวด์ ทรัสติ้ง และการกระจายศูนย์, อิงกวี ธนสัมปัตติ
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
ในยุคที่สังคมเปลี่ยนแปลงอย่างรวดเร็ว ผู้คนเริ่มแสวงหาวิธีใหม่ในการสร้างความสำเร็จและความมั่นคงในชีวิต แนวคิดเรื่องการบนบานหรือการขอพรซึ่งเคยผูกโยงกับสิ่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์เพียงอย่างเดียว ได้เปลี่ยนไปสู่การสร้างพลังศรัทธาร่วมในสังคม โดยเชื่อว่าทุกสิ่งและทุกคนรอบตัวสามารถเป็นที่พึ่งได้ (Crowd Trusting) ผ่านการมีส่วนร่วมและเชื่อมโยงพลังจากหลายบุคคล (Decentralization) งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อหาแนวทางการออกแบบเรขศิลป์สำหรับแบรนด์บริการบนบานยุคใหม่ที่สะท้อนแนวคิด Crowd Trusting และ Decentralization โดยรวบรวมข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับความเชื่อ การบนบาน แนวคิด Crowd Trusting และ Decentralization รวมถึงการพัฒนาแอปพลิเคชันและการสร้างแบรนด์ ร่วมกับการศึกษาเชิงคุณภาพผ่านสัมภาษณ์และแบบสอบถามกลุ่มเป้าหมาย Generation Z โดยเฉพาะผู้ที่มีประสบการณ์การบนบานแบบไม่ยึดโยงกับสิ่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์โดยตรง ผลการวิจัยพบว่า แบรนด์ควรสื่อสารผ่านแนวคิด “Together We Shine” เพื่อสะท้อนพลังของการรวมและการสร้างสรรค์ร่วมกัน โดยมีบุคลิกภาพแบรนด์ที่เข้มแข็ง สนุกสนาน และทันสมัย (Forceful, Enjoyable, Cheerful และ Modern) อัตลักษณ์ของแบรนด์สอดคล้องกับ Brand Archetype ประเภท The Creator ที่เน้นการริเริ่มสิ่งใหม่และสร้างนวัตกรรมแตกต่าง แนวทางการออกแบบเรขศิลป์ที่เหมาะสม ได้แก่ การสร้างภาพลักษณ์ที่ให้ประสบการณ์สนุกสนาน แปลกใหม่ โดยไม่จำเป็นต้องยึดติดภาพลักษณ์ทางศรัทธาแบบดั้งเดิม แต่เน้นการสร้างความเชื่อมั่นและไว้วางใจจากผู้ใช้ ผ่านการออกแบบแนว Illustration ที่สะท้อนแนวคิดร่วมสมัยอย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ
มโนทัศน์เรื่องสภาวะจิตเกาะเกี่ยวร่วมในทัศนะของจอร์จ เฮอเบิร์ต มี้ด, ทัตดนัย คมคันสร
มโนทัศน์เรื่องสภาวะจิตเกาะเกี่ยวร่วมในทัศนะของจอร์จ เฮอเบิร์ต มี้ด, ทัตดนัย คมคันสร
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
สภาวะจิตเกาะเกี่ยวร่วม เป็นมโนทัศน์สำคัญอันหนึ่งในการทำความเข้าใจความเป็นจริงทางสังคมและปรากฏการณ์ของความเป็นกลุ่ม โดยบ่งถึงความสามารถทางจิตของปัจเจกบุคคลที่จะมุ่งหมายหรือสัมพันธ์กับวัตถุ สภาวการณ์ ประพจน์ หรือการกระทำในฐานะ “กลุ่ม” (หรือในฐานะพวกเรา) วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มุ่งศึกษามโนทัศน์เรื่องความตั้งใจกระทำการร่วม ซึ่งเป็นประเด็นย่อยอันหนึ่งในข้อถกเถียงเรื่องสภาวะจิตเกาะเกี่ยวร่วม และเป็นหนึ่งในปัญหาสำคัญที่มีการถกเถียงกันในภววิทยาสังคม ปรัชญาจิต และปรัชญาการกระทำ แนวทางและคำอธิบายแบบดั้งเดิมเกี่ยวกับความเข้าใจที่มีต่อมโนทัศน์ดังกล่าว สามารถแบ่งออกได้เป็นสามแนวทางของนักคิดสามคน ได้แก่ แนวทางแบบมุ่งเน้นเนื้อหา ของไมเคิล แบรทแมน แนวทางแบบมุ่งเน้นองค์ประธาน ของมากาเร็ต กิลเบอร์ต และแนวทางแบบมุ่งเน้นรูปแบบทางจิต ของจอห์น เซิร์ล วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มุ่งเสนอข้อถกเถียงว่าทั้งสามแนวทางต่างเผชิญข้อท้าทายเชิงทฤษฎีบางประการ กล่าวคือ สองแนวทางแรกเผชิญปัญหาเรื่องการให้คำอธิบายเป็นวงกลม ส่วนแนวทางที่สามเผชิญปัญหาเรื่องการเข้าใจธรรมชาติของสภาวะจิตเกาะเกี่ยวแบบภายในนิยม ที่ขาดมิติเชิงความสัมพันธ์ จากนั้นจะเสนอทางเลือกคำอธิบายใหม่โดยอาศัยแนวคิดของจอร์จ เฮอเบิร์ต มี้ดเรื่องตัวตนทางสังคม ซึ่งสามารถหลีกเลี่ยงปัญหาและให้คำอธิบายปรากฏการณ์ความตั้งใจกระทำการร่วมได้ดีกว่าแนวทางที่ผ่านมา
Reshaping Black Brilliance: Towards The Development Of A Pan-Afrikan Pedagogy, Amiri Mahnzili
Reshaping Black Brilliance: Towards The Development Of A Pan-Afrikan Pedagogy, Amiri Mahnzili
CGU Theses & Dissertations
The academic experience of Afrikan students is constantly perceived through deficit paradigms. Reshaping Black Brilliance is informed by the axiom that the academic experience of Afrikan students should be grounded in the richness and complexities of Afrikan culture, as opposed to the deficit paradigms. This project proposes to reimagine the possibilities of academic success for Afrikan students through an Afrofuturistic methodological approach intended to highlight and bring out the brilliance of Afrikan students. This work seeks to investigate the expansive possibilities of Afrofuturism as a methodology for the production of a Pan-Afrikan pedagogy, examining the power of the imagination through …
“It’S All About Sex [Education] Baby, Let’S Talk About Sdt!” :The Impact Of Identity And Priming On Retention Of Sex Ed Information, Kathleen Mcginley
“It’S All About Sex [Education] Baby, Let’S Talk About Sdt!” :The Impact Of Identity And Priming On Retention Of Sex Ed Information, Kathleen Mcginley
CGU Theses & Dissertations
Sex Education (Sex Ed) is crucial in the United States due to its impact on health, finance, politics, and education. Despite existing programs, the U.S. has one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned pregnancies worldwide according to the 2021 dataset collected by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The Department of Health and Services advocates for increased education to reduce these rates. This dissertation investigated the effectiveness of Sex Ed by examining the role of identity, priming, Self-Determination Theory, and the Theory of Planned Behavior. It focused on information retention, attitude change, and …
The Voice Of Reason: The Rhetoric Of Women Politicians In A Polarized U.S. Congress, Ingrid Ryan
The Voice Of Reason: The Rhetoric Of Women Politicians In A Polarized U.S. Congress, Ingrid Ryan
Honors Program Theses
Political rhetoric can be utilized as a divisive tactic in the modern polarized age to separate the Democratic and Republican public in U.S. congressional speeches. Once holding an educational purpose in the 1980s, U.S. House representatives and senators now must focus on their political party’s issue goals to ensure their re-election. This research investigates common political rhetoric tools – while evaluating women politicians’ speeches about abortion, the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, and Donald Trump’s two impeachments – to find if they encourage partisan polarization or anti-democratic behavior. This research focuses on these speeches from U.S. House Representatives Ilhan Omar and …
Gender Transgressions In Pre-Modern Italian Painting, Belle Tassent
Gender Transgressions In Pre-Modern Italian Painting, Belle Tassent
Honors Program Theses
This thesis explores works of art made in pre-modern Italy. Chapter One examines portraits of ‘Female Courtiers’ which display women’s adaptation of the ideal male courtier’s characteristics. These characteristics surpass that of the ideal woman who lack independence and who are confined by man-made definitions of the ideal. Chapter Two discusses a progression of the female courtier concept in which heroines are shown physically dominating men in art. The female artists of these paintings participated in the paragone at the time in which they competed against their male counterparts. Whereas non-transgressive portraits of women remained stable over time, men had …
Facilitating Factors For Female Leadership In Finance, Haleigh Woloszak
Facilitating Factors For Female Leadership In Finance, Haleigh Woloszak
Honors Program Theses
High levels of gender inequity remain in finance leadership positions. This research is interested in the factors that facilitate female leadership in finance roles as opposed to the challenges women face in this industry. Through semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, this paper explores the education, career development, organizational practices, professional support networks, and personal factors of successful women in finance. Commonalities among interviewee’s responses suggest that capabilities, one’s perspective on their career, personal support and domestic responsibility, and workplace relationships play a role in the success of the women in our sample. Additionally, participants discuss in depth specific organizational and …
The Watchmen In The Song Of Songs: An Intertextual Study, Gabriel Xavier Del Valle
The Watchmen In The Song Of Songs: An Intertextual Study, Gabriel Xavier Del Valle
Master's Theses
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The watchmen are a shocking feature in the Song of Songs that have received limited exploration and research. Their dual nature in the Song of Songs is illustrated by their two responses to the women in the song; benign indifference illustrated in Song of Songs 3:1-5 and hostility exemplified in Song of Songs 5:2-8. This has led to a myriad of interpretations regarding their function and identity; however, none have been subject to a thorough examination. The watchmen have not been previously investigated as a potential metaphorical or symbolic representation of the brothers related to the woman in the …
The Role Of Local Knowledge In Climate Change Research, Ryan E. Mccoy
The Role Of Local Knowledge In Climate Change Research, Ryan E. Mccoy
Theses and Dissertations--Philosophy
This dissertation addresses the growing need within climate research for improvements in regional and local climate information. I argue that knowledge gaps in regional climate information constitute a form of climate injustice in which harm largely falls on regions most vulnerable to climate change. Moreover, I show that our current methods for garnering regional climate information fail to provide information on place-specific factors, such as local culture, socio-economic systems, and ecology, which mediate climate change impacts. In order to address these knowledge gaps, as well as provide information necessary for effective mitigation and adaptation, I argue for the inclusion of …
ดุษฎีนิพนธ์การประพันธ์เพลง ‘พัทธ์ธีรา เอฟเฟค’ บทเพลงเปียโนแห่งจิตตานุภาพเพื่อจิตและปัญญา, พัทธ์ธีรา สุตัณฑวิบูลย์
ดุษฎีนิพนธ์การประพันธ์เพลง ‘พัทธ์ธีรา เอฟเฟค’ บทเพลงเปียโนแห่งจิตตานุภาพเพื่อจิตและปัญญา, พัทธ์ธีรา สุตัณฑวิบูลย์
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อออกแบบและประพันธ์บทเพลงที่ส่งเสริมการนอนหลับ โดยอ้างอิงจากความคิดเห็นของผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านการนอนหลับ ได้แก่ แพทย์ นักบำบัด และนักจิตวิทยา ผ่านการเก็บข้อมูลด้วยแบบสอบถามแบบมีโครงสร้าง ผู้วิจัยนำผลการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลและข้อเสนอแนะไปสร้างสรรค์บทเพลง ‘พัทธ์ธีรา เอฟเฟค’ บทเพลงเปียโนแห่งจิตตานุภาพ เพื่อจิตและปัญญา สำหรับบรรเลงโดยเปียโนและเชมเบอร์ออเคสตราซึ่งประกอบด้วยเครื่องลมไม้ (ฟลูต โอโบ คลาริเน็ต บาสซูน) เครื่องลมทองเหลือง (ฮอร์น) เครื่องสาย (ไวโอลิน วิโอลา เชลโล ดับเบิลเบส) และอิเล็กโทน ความยาวประมาณ 30-40 นาที มี 3 ท่อน ได้แก่ 1) นิทราใต้แสงจันทร์ 2) ภาพฝัน และ 3) รุ่งสางเลือนราง
Stomach And Womb: Early Modern Recipes For The Perinatal Woman, Grace E. Beacham
Stomach And Womb: Early Modern Recipes For The Perinatal Woman, Grace E. Beacham
English Theses - Archive
Stomach and Womb examines the recipes from early modern obstetrical treatises and midwifery manuals, revealing an ontology of parturiency that winds through the concurrent Shakespearean plays, Twelfth Night and The Winter’s Tale. Gynecological and obstetrical texts from the era detail how pregnant women were to order themselves after conception with utmost concern for their diet, governing the outputs of their bodies by managing the inputs, the foods they ingested before, during, and after pregnancy and childbirth. Further, the associated images of the stomach and the womb during this time present an essential link between foodways and a construct of …
Originalism & Judicially-Enacted Religious Exemptions: Revisiting Employment Division Of Oregon V. Smith, Eric Russell Coykendall
Originalism & Judicially-Enacted Religious Exemptions: Revisiting Employment Division Of Oregon V. Smith, Eric Russell Coykendall
CGU Theses & Dissertations
In the 1963 case Sherbert v. Verner , the Supreme Court read the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause to mean that, in certain cases, religious believers should be exempted from otherwise applicable laws. In 1990, the Supreme Court essentially overturned that framework in the case Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith . The Smith case has proved quite controversial, and numerous public-interest law firms, especially those that defend religious litigants, have regularly asked the Court to overturn it in favor of a re-application of the Sherbert precedent. Their contention is often that the Smith ruling is inconsistent with the original …
“To Happily Lay The Foundation Of Patriotism In One Single Englishman”: Women, History Texts, And The Construction Of English National Identity, 1820-1870, Katrina Denman
CGU Theses & Dissertations
Existing historiography on nationalist pedagogy in nineteenth century England has not focused on women as major contributors to this process through their authorship of historical texts. This dissertation argues that school history texts authored by women in Romantic and Victorian England imbued an intentional brand of English national identity based on Protestant moralism in their readers. It specifically focuses on conversational histories, or texts structured around historical description followed by prescribed “conversations” between teacher and listener, which both anticipated potential questions from young readers and provided a scripted narrative for answering them in a way that fit the larger didactic …
Women Of Color Collectives In Doctoral Education: How Women Of Color Doctoral Students Thrive Together, Jenelle Nila
Women Of Color Collectives In Doctoral Education: How Women Of Color Doctoral Students Thrive Together, Jenelle Nila
CGU Theses & Dissertations
Women of Color have a variety of experiences within academia, many of which are marred by the interstices of racism, classism, sexism, and the hetero patriarchy that upholds the structure of white supremacy in higher education (Gay, 2004; Peña, 2022). However, there is a legacy of Women of Color who have created and continue to create collectives to survive and, more importantly, thrive within academia. This qualitative phenomenological study uses Critical Feminist theory and Plática methodology to understand how and why Women of Color create collectives in their doctoral programs. Furthermore, this study serves as a marker on the genealogical …
The Specter Of Representation: Computational Images And Algorithmic Capitalism, Samine Joudat
The Specter Of Representation: Computational Images And Algorithmic Capitalism, Samine Joudat
CGU Theses & Dissertations
The processes of computation and automation that produce digitized objects have displaced the concept of an image once conceived through optical devices such as a photographic plate or a camera mirror that were invented to accommodate the human eye. Computational images exist as information within networks mediated by machines. They are increasingly less about what art history understands as representation or photography considers indexing and more an operational product of data processing.
Through genealogical, theoretical, and practice-based investigation, this dissertation project traces a lineage of computation through images from early cybernetics to contemporary machine learning under algorithmic capitalist conditions of …
Of Minutemen And Boomers: Fallout And Doing History In Imagined Space, Marissa Paige Schuling
Of Minutemen And Boomers: Fallout And Doing History In Imagined Space, Marissa Paige Schuling
CGU Theses & Dissertations
On October 23, 2077, the world as known to the average American ends abruptly with the onset of the Great War, transforming the United States into a nuclear wasteland and setting the stage for the Fallout series of role-playing video games by Interplay Entertainment and Bethesda Softworks. Set in a post-apocalyptic future yet steeped in 1950s American ideals, Fallout merges historical fiction with sci-fi fantasy, exploring themes of American exceptionalism, hyper-Capitalism, anti-communism, nuclear anxiety, and militarism through exaggerated symbols of Americana. This thesis posits that Fallout serves as a critique of Cold War America's paradoxical utopianism and paranoia, highlighting the …
The Orchestral Music Of Robert Nathaniel Dett: A New Critical Edition Of His Orchestration Of The Enchantment Suite, Michael Todd Stanley
The Orchestral Music Of Robert Nathaniel Dett: A New Critical Edition Of His Orchestration Of The Enchantment Suite, Michael Todd Stanley
CGU Theses & Dissertations
In the annals of music history, there are many composers whose works have fallen out of the repertoire over time, including some who were very famous and popular during their lifetimes. This phenomenon is compounded for composers from diverse backgrounds who often face issues of racism or other forms of discrimination when trying to make inroads into the Western classical music establishment. Such has typically been the case for Black composers in America until recent cultural events spurred an explosion of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the U.S. As a result, the music of African American composers past …
From The Inside Out: Excavating The Performing Arts Society Of Los Angeles, Wilfred Joseph Doucet Iii
From The Inside Out: Excavating The Performing Arts Society Of Los Angeles, Wilfred Joseph Doucet Iii
CGU Theses & Dissertations
This work examines the Performing Arts Society of Los Angeles (PASLA), one of several cultural arts responses to the 1965 Watts Rebellion. Fundamentally, this work seeks to restore to memory and discourse the work of the Performing Arts Society of Los Angeles, its founder Motojicho Vantile Whitfield, and the PASLA Community Players. The Performing Arts Society of Los Angeles demonstrated a dynamic praxis in the South Central Los Angeles community, expressed through the organization’s motto, “social growth through the performing arts.” The Performing Arts Society of Los Angeles offered workshops in the literary, performance and technical aspects of drama and …
Black Lgbtq+ Students’ Perceptions Of Belonging: Resource Centers, Relationships, And Intersectionality On College Campuses, Wesley M. Cox
Black Lgbtq+ Students’ Perceptions Of Belonging: Resource Centers, Relationships, And Intersectionality On College Campuses, Wesley M. Cox
CGU Theses & Dissertations
This dissertation takes a non-traditional approach to qualitative research. Kikimethodology focuses on the lives and perspectives of Black Queer and Transgender college students. This dissertation shows how these collegians navigate identity politics, resource centers, and seek out belonging on their campus. The findings hone in on four broader themes: (a) relationships with peers; (b) relationships with faculty/staff; (c) campus environment; and (d) intersectionality. This dissertation is about Black Queer and Transgender advocacy, knowledge, leadership, life and expression in context with college campuses. The results of this research center on the students’ navigation of campus, agency, family, programming, student leadership, and …
The Influence Of Religion In Frantz Fanon’S Decolonial Theory And Ethics On Violence, Dorival Pimenta Do Nascimento
The Influence Of Religion In Frantz Fanon’S Decolonial Theory And Ethics On Violence, Dorival Pimenta Do Nascimento
CGU Theses & Dissertations
How does religious language influence Frantz Fanon’s Decolonial theory and ethics onviolence in the struggle for decolonization and disalienation? This is the question I address in this dissertation carefully observing Patrick Crowley's mention of the presence of religious language in Fanon's work. Crowley’s argument is that Fanon’s thought is apocalyptical in structure and is marked by a dramatic sense of temporality prior to his arrival in Algeria. Crowley develops his article focusing on the messianic question, while the religious language in Fanon's work he ends up relegating to a second plan. In this sense, this dissertation is developed with the …
“The Scientist Is Wrong”: Joseph Fielding Smith, George Mccready Price, And The Ascent Of Creationist Thought Among Latter-Day Saints In The Twentieth Century, Thomas Benjamin Spackman
“The Scientist Is Wrong”: Joseph Fielding Smith, George Mccready Price, And The Ascent Of Creationist Thought Among Latter-Day Saints In The Twentieth Century, Thomas Benjamin Spackman
CGU Theses & Dissertations
At the beginning of the twentieth century, leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took a wary but open position regarding the burgeoning science of evolution. By the end of the century, Latter-day Saints had effectively become old-earth creationists. Through implicit hermeneutical framing and explicit statements, Church-published interpretive materials created a strong perception of a Church orthodoxy; scripture might allow for an old earth, but nothing died before the fall of Adam c. 4000 BC. Such a time frame ruled out the possibility of the evolution of plants, animals, and humans, and attributed the formation of fossils …
The Tradition Of Microtonal Guitar On The American West Coast, Kenneth M. Cotich
The Tradition Of Microtonal Guitar On The American West Coast, Kenneth M. Cotich
CGU Theses & Dissertations
Microtonal music in the United States has a significant connection with the American West Coast. Influential microtonal musicians and theorists originated on the West Coast or passed through California, subsequently inspiring future generations of composers to work outside of twelve-tone equal temperament (12tet). This project begins by examining the early trailblazers of music education and composition in California who sought to rearticulate the fundamentals of music. Two substantial sources that influenced new musical materials were the harmonic series and non-Western music and culture. Microtonal music in California is then examined through the efforts of a series of outsider speculative music …
From Classroom To Community: Cultivating Critical Consciousness In K-12 Ethnic Studies For Civic And Community Engagement, Edward Flores
From Classroom To Community: Cultivating Critical Consciousness In K-12 Ethnic Studies For Civic And Community Engagement, Edward Flores
CGU Theses & Dissertations
The institutionalization of K-12 Ethnic Studies in California Public Schools is the culmination of decades of grassroots community organizing to address inequities between students of color and their advantaged peers. Empirical evidence suggests that K-12 Ethnic Studies courses have positive academic and social outcomes for historically marginalized students, yet limited research documents the pedagogical practices that occur in these courses to develop students' critical consciousness and academic achievement tied to civic and community engagement. Mainstream curricula continue to perpetuate race-neutral pedagogy that does not acknowledge the racialized experiences of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, making it necessary to …
Esther And The Maccabees: The Creation Of A Hellenist Jewish Heroine, Nolan Lebovitz
Esther And The Maccabees: The Creation Of A Hellenist Jewish Heroine, Nolan Lebovitz
CGU Theses & Dissertations
The Book of Esther maintains many enigmatic qualities when compared against the other books within the canon of the Hebrew Bible. These unique characteristics stretch through its characters, its developed literary style, and the ideology it espouses. Academics often address individual issues in isolation such as its various scriptural forms in Greek and Hebrew, its absence from Qumran, and the many factors considered in its authorship and dating. Scholarly consideration for the book’s authorship spans from the 5 th Century through the 2nd Century BCE. This period in question saw a transition between the Persian Period to the Hellenistic Period, …
Richard Wright, Native Son, And The Rhetorical Framing Of The Black American Experience, Malcolm Oliver Ii
Richard Wright, Native Son, And The Rhetorical Framing Of The Black American Experience, Malcolm Oliver Ii
CGU Theses & Dissertations
This dissertation is an exploration into Richard Wright’s rhetorical framing of the black American experience to further understand the impact and influence of language on black Americans within the progression of society. If we revisit 20 th century black American protest literature with a critical view through the lens of Perceivable Rhetoric, my original contribution to the field, we can further understand the messaging and implications within the genre that help us understand why the 21 st century black American experience mirrors much of what was written during the 20 th century. With respect to the aforementioned, Native Son, the …
The High Maintenance Black Girl: Black Female College Students’ Experiences With Intraracial Stereotypes, Alexis Thrower
The High Maintenance Black Girl: Black Female College Students’ Experiences With Intraracial Stereotypes, Alexis Thrower
CGU Theses & Dissertations
While existing literature has extensively documented interracial stereotypes faced by Black individuals, this study delved into the lesser-explored realm of stereotypes emanating from within the Black community itself. This dissertation explored the experiences of Black female college students in predominantly white educational environments, focusing on the pervasive influence of intraracial stereotypes. Grounded in phenomenological inquiry and guided by Black Feminist Critique, the research investigated the impact of these intraracial stereotypes on relationships, sense of belonging, and coping strategies among Black female college students. Four research questions guided this dissertation: What are the intraracial stereotypes experienced by Black female college students? …
Treading Our Path Through The Blood Of The Slaughtered: Race And Martyrdom In America, 1830-1968, Katherine J. Veach
Treading Our Path Through The Blood Of The Slaughtered: Race And Martyrdom In America, 1830-1968, Katherine J. Veach
CGU Theses & Dissertations
The United States has a longstanding practice of ascribing the language and imagery of martyrdom to political and cultural figures, resulting in a variegated canon of American martyrs outside the strict bounds of religious tradition. As a contribution to religious studies, American studies and African American studies, this dissertation identifies and examines the language, imagery and trajectory of the strain of American cultural martyrdom I term “Black American martyrdom.” I trace the genealogy of Black American martyrdom from the 1830s, when martyrdom rhetoric flourished among the zealous Northeastern immediate abolitionists, to the 1960s, when Martin Luther King, Jr. influentially cast …
Sacred A Cappella Composition In France From Pius X To Vatican Ii, John Curtis Browning
Sacred A Cappella Composition In France From Pius X To Vatican Ii, John Curtis Browning
CGU Theses & Dissertations
During the early to mid-twentieth century, some of France’s finest composers produced a body of choral music which, although somewhat smaller than that of other European nations, proves proportionately larger in specifically sacred and liturgical a cappella composition. (Liturgical music uses the texts of the Eucharist and Office [canonical hours] of the Roman Catholic Church; whereas “sacred” music broadly contains not only the liturgy, but paraliturgical texts from the Bible and religious poetry as well.)
Although this repertory is modest in volume—containing fewer than three dozen motets and masses—it proves comparatively high in quality and individuality within the total body …
Eurhythmic Use For Syncopation In An Instrumental Class, Kristen Flinner
Eurhythmic Use For Syncopation In An Instrumental Class, Kristen Flinner
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The purpose of this study was to investigate how Dalcroze Eurhythmic approaches affect syncopated rhythm integrity in an instrumental class. One graduate and five undergraduate music education majors enrolled in a string methods course took part in this study. A pre-assessment was completed using an etude for cello comprised of syncopated rhythms. Following a sequence of four Dalcroze Eurhythmics-inspired lessons, post-assessment results showed an improvement in the fluidity and rhythmic accuracy of the six participants on the performance of the cello etude.
The Power Of Polish: Exploring The Impact Of Nail Adornments On Perceptions Of Attraction, Sara Demichele
The Power Of Polish: Exploring The Impact Of Nail Adornments On Perceptions Of Attraction, Sara Demichele
Honors Theses
Understanding the significance of nail adornments in shaping perceptions of attractiveness and mate value provides insights into human behavior and preferences. In the current investigation, participants rated human nail length and color on physical attractiveness and partner desirability measures. Results revealed significant effects of nail length and color across different demographic groups. Medium-length nails consistently received higher ratings for physical attractiveness, cuteness, and partner desirability compared to short and long nails. White-colored nails were generally rated most attractive, while blue and black nails received the lowest ratings. Additionally, participants reported a moderate association between having manicured nails and feelings of …