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Jorge Luis Borges, Hannah B. Kane

The Mercury

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Ascent, Andrew P. Maturo

The Mercury

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Windhorse, Sara W. Tower

The Mercury

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Chullo, Josiah B. Adlon

The Mercury

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Warung Di Singaraja, Bali, Sneha Shrestha

The Mercury

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Everything Falls Apart, Preston G. Hartwick

The Mercury

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Mont Tremblant, Meredith Maclauchlan

The Mercury

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Di Sawah-Sawah Di Tabanan, Bali, Sneha Shrestha

The Mercury

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Capricorn, Kristine M. Kopia

The Mercury

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Making Connections, Evan P. Petrack

The Mercury

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Rekindling Ashes Of The Dharma And The Formation Of Modern Tibetan Studies: The Busy Life Of Alak Tseten Zhabdrung, Nicole Willock

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Considered one of the three great scholars¹ of twentieth century Tibet,² Alak Tseten Zhabdrung Jigmé Rigpé Lodrö (A lags Tshe tan Zhabs drung 'Jigs med rig pa'i blo gros 1910-1985) is credited with regenerating many aspects of Tibetan culture at a time of unprecedented socio-political change. Despite enduring twelve years in prison, Alak Tseten Zhabdrung energetically reclaimed his classical education to further transmit nearly all the traditional fields of knowledge including language, poetry, history, astronomy, calligraphy, and Buddhist philosophy.

"Mi País Era América Latina": Testimonio De Jorge Denti, Cineasta De La Revolución Sandinista, Claudia Ferman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

La discusión sobre las formas en que la práctica cinematográfica de compromiso político ha tomado en el contexto latinoamericano está presente en la entrevista al cineasta argentino Jorge Denti, donde se historizan y conceptualizan estas prácticas. El testimonio de Jorge Denti ilustra la sistemática preocupación dentro de las filas del sandinismo por la cultura y la educación, y el lugar preeminente que el cine ocupó en este proceso, aún antes de que el sandinismo fuera gobierno.

La entrevista fue grabada en Buenos Aires, en junio de 2009, cuando Denti participaba del Festival de Cine de Derechos Humanos, festival en el …

Mom Tested, Janice Neri

Art, Design & Visual Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Leaf through an issue of a parenting magazine and you will be inundated by page after page of bright, colorful products. These products reassure you that they are safe and reliable, often bearing labels such as "Mom Tested" or "Pediatrician Approved." The person shown is usually a smiling, physically fit Caucasian woman clad in a stylish outfit playing with her clean, happy children in a sunny and well-organized home. She is the Mythic Mom: buy these products and you too may attain her state of charming, if sometimes unruly, bliss.

Talking With Margaret Atwood, Margaret (Meg) Tully, Susan Trout

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

A compilation of two question and answer sessions with Margaret Atwood in the tradition of Gwynn and Blotner’s classic, Faulkner in the University. Ms. Atwood answered all questions in a conversational and candid manner and has allowed us to reprint the interview sessions as a record of the events. The following transcript is slightly edited to eliminate repetitious phrasing, and the order of the questions has been changed in an attempt to achieve a more logical progression of topics.

Jesus Take The Wheel: Country Music And Whiteness, Andy Watts

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

I am more interested, not in what country music is (as if I possessed the expertise), but in what country music does. My guiding question is: how does the music function as a cultural expression of the norming norm, whiteness?

Biography Of A Biographer, Donald Cusic

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

It started in the sixth grade. My teacher was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and they had a contest for school children to write something or draw something or whatever—I don’t remember any details—but I wrote a poem.

Writing Around An Idea: A Fiction Reading And Advice For Creative Writers, Sandra Smith Hutchins

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

This is what I’m talking about: the possibility that an idea can stand in the doorway and block imaginative discovery. Th at doesn’t always mean we can’t write it. It does mean we may need to find a way to maneuver around it, crawl between legs, perhaps—or a way to write around it, so that it becomes a stamen for petals to grow onto, the full-blown flower oft en becoming the “real” story and the original idea still important but now merely a smaller brown center to something that has potential to surprise us.

Hyphenated Festivals: Italian And Italian American Festivals, Francesca Muccini

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

Festivals are indigenous to virtually all human cultures. In many parts of the world they provide opportunities for individuals, regardless of class affiliations or social, religious, and political status, to interact with other community members in unified ways. Participants celebrate life in a spirit of joyous extravagance, devotion, unity, and with highly sophisticated imaginative artistry.

Apocalypse In Two Senses: Mccarthy’S No Country And The Road, Mike Awalt

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

The work of Cormac McCarthy has always contained apocalyptic elements. These elements become dominant motifs in two novels produced in the early 21st century – No Country For Old Men and Th e Road. These two novels imagine the nature of the apocalypse in two tenses - the present and the future. No Country For Old Men is set in the current world of our experience. Though its time is in the recent past (1982), it is still the metaphorical time of our present. It is a world marked by border difficulties, drug wars, and a changing culture. The Road …

Inventing Appalachia: 19th Century Fiction, 20th Century Philanthropy, And American Idol, Sarah Bowles

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

Of course, American Idol’s representation of the southern mountains in “Idol Gives Back” is nothing new. For the past 150 years, outsiders such as missionaries, philanthropists, educators, politicians, writers, and journalists have been defining—or, put another way, inventing—Appalachia for the rest of the country. Throughout the rest of this paper, I’ll trace one path this invention has taken as I connect 19th century regional fiction, 20th century philanthropy, and contemporary pop culture.

Mural Project For Belmont University’S 2010 Humanities Symposium, Paulo Javier Boero

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

Th e idea to create a collective mural to represent the theme of the 2010 Belmont Humanities Symposium emerged when I approached Professors Julseth and Pelaz to discuss their participation in the symposium. In one of our first conversations, Professor Julseth mentioned the possibility of collaborating with artist Jairo Prado. A native of Cali, Colombia, Jairo moved to Nashville, TN in 1984. Given his personal experience as an immigrant, his artistic versatility, and his previous success with communal art projects, we felt Jairo would be a wonderful leader and source of inspiration as we moved forward with our project.

When Worlds Collide In Jane Austen: Persuasion The Novel And The Opera, Douglas Murray, Rachel Devore Fogarty

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

The following is the account of a work in progress: a three-act opera based on Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion (1817). Douglas Murray (the librettist) and Rachel deVore Fogarty (the composer) began their collaboration in April 2010 with a plan to create the first opera based on an Austen book. In their presentation at the Belmont Humanities Symposium in October 2010, they discussed how their poetical and musical decisions—and borrowings from previous works—will transmit Austen’s text to the stage.

The Authority Of Imagination: Making The Ideal Real, Maggie P. Monteverde

Belmont Humanities Symposium Journal

What then would I say is the value of poetry or fiction? I think the truest answers are drawn from our own experiences of literature (and by this I mean literature of all kinds, not just high brow materials we study in college, or even the classics, those works Italo Calvino says we re-read for love). No, for me the real value of literature is in these communities they create, within themselves and across space and time among those who experience those works.

Parallel Starts Outsider Art Inside Collections, Sharon L. Kennedy

Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications

As the term implies, "outsider" artists tend to work in isolation with little interest in other artists' styles or methods. Such independence from the social and cultural norms that have shaped art history provides scholars with few clues from which to proceed.

Norman Geske, Sheldon Director Emeritus and exhibition curator, defines outsider art as follows:

Essentially, outsider art is the art that derives from the creative instinct, which is inherent in human beings who are entirely independent of any of the conventions of traditional art history. In these, works, subject matter, method, and technique are subsumed in the intrinsic impulse …

Structure And Properties Of Cocoons And Silk Fibers Produced By Hyalophora Cecropia, Narendra Reddy, Yiqi Yang

Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design: Faculty Publications

This paper shows that silk fibers produced by cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia) have similar tensile properties but different amino acid composition than that of mulberry (Bombyx mori) silk. The cecropia fibers are also much finer and have better strength and modulus than tasar silk, the most common non-mulberry silk. Cecropia is one of the largest silk producing moths and has similar lifecycle to that of mulberry silk but is easier to grow and produces larger cocoons than mulberry silk. In this study, we have characterized the composition, morphology, physical and tensile properties, and thermal behavior of the …

Developing Water Stable Gliadin Films Without Using Crosslinking Agents, Narendra Reddy, Yiqi Yang

Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design: Faculty Publications

Abstract For the first time, gliadin films with excellent strength and water stability have been developed without using any crosslinking agents. So far, it has not been possible to obtain water stable gliadin films even after crosslinking. In this research, a novel method of using aqueous urea and ethanol has been developed to obtain highly water stable gliadin films without using crosslinking chemicals. The effects of concentrations of gliadin, urea and ethanol on the strength of the films and the stability of the films in water at high temperatures and various pH conditions has been studied. Gliadin films developed in …

An American Abroad: The Life And Career Of Robert Owens, Jamie M. Reimer

Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications

The life and career of African-American composer Robert Owens are a result of perseverance, creativity, and accidental opportunity. From his roots in Texas to his travels in France and his eventual settlement in Germany, Owens proves that if one believes in himself and his abilities, nearly any obstacle can be overcome. ... Owens' accomplishments as a composer have gained considerable recognition in the last five years, including the "Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks Visiting Professorship" at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2004) and The International Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Negro Musicians (2008). …

Historic Context For The City Of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Sarah Gaynier

Historic Preservation Final Projects

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The Emu Historic Preservation Archive: An Overview Of The Archive And Recommendations For Its Development, Diana Armistead

Historic Preservation Final Projects

No abstract provided.

Now & Then (Volume 26, Issue 01, 2010), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 26, Issue 01, published in 2010. The theme of this issue is Appalachian High. This issue explores the many meanings of "high" in Appalachian life, ranging from the devastating effects of prescription drug abuse to the exhilaration of mountain landscapes, music, food, and personal achievement. Articles examine public health challenges, economic disparities, and environmental consequences alongside stories of flight, elevation, celebration, and cultural pride, including reflections on notable regional figures and traditions. Through essays, fiction, poetry, and reviews, the issue presents "high" as both a warning and a wonder, capturing the extremes …