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Cultural Commentary: The Many Secrets Of Joe Gould, Patricia Fanning
Cultural Commentary: The Many Secrets Of Joe Gould, Patricia Fanning
Patricia J. Fanning
No abstract provided.
Negotiating Work And Family: Lifestyle Migration, Potential Selves And The Role Of Second Homes As Potential Spaces, Brian Hoey
Brian A. Hoey, Ph.D.
This article is based on ethnographic research conducted in the USA with migrants who use an act of relocation as a means of deliberately constructing identity as well as seeking greater ‘balance’ and ‘control’ in their lives. Specifically, it examines how ‘second’ homes can serve as a transitional or ‘potential space’ in the lives of these migrants not only between different geographic places but also what are taken to be distinct identities and ideals associated with these places and the lives lived in them. Such behaviour is not simply about coping and adapting to a new environment; rather, it is …
Photogrammar: Organizing Visual Culture Through Geography, Text Mining, And Statistical Analysis, Taylor Arnold, Peter Leonard, Lauren Tilton
Photogrammar: Organizing Visual Culture Through Geography, Text Mining, And Statistical Analysis, Taylor Arnold, Peter Leonard, Lauren Tilton
Peter Leonard
The Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information photographic dataset is a collection of over 170,000 monochrome and colour photographs, commissioned between 1935 and 1945 by the government of the United States of America. Offering a unique snapshot of the nation during the period, it serves as an important visual record for scholars and the publicatlarge. The FSAOWI photographic archive has been digitized by United States Library of Congress, and because the photographs were taken on behalf of the United States Government, access to and use of the collection is essentially free and open. The Photogrammar project takes the …
In Search Of A New Identity: Shiga Shigetaka's Recommendations For Japanese In Hawai'i, Masako Gavin
In Search Of A New Identity: Shiga Shigetaka's Recommendations For Japanese In Hawai'i, Masako Gavin
Masako Gavin
Extract: After the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), over-population and unemployment became pressing issues in Japan. Many intellectuals were concerned about the social and economic hardships caused by these problems and advocated solving them through emigration. The prominent journalist and a professor of geography at the Tokyo Senmon Gakkô (presently Waseda University), Shiga Shigetaka (1863-1927), believed Hawai’i was an ideal migration destination for the unemployed and impoverished Japanese.
Criminal Injustice: Slaves And Free Blacks In Georgia's Criminal Justice System, Glenn Mcnair
Criminal Injustice: Slaves And Free Blacks In Georgia's Criminal Justice System, Glenn Mcnair
Glenn McNair
No abstract provided.
Forward, Robert Bray