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Jules Verne Constructs America: From Utopia To Dystopia, Dana L. Radu

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In my dissertation, I examine visions of the United States in Jules Verne’s (1828-1905) Voyages extraordinaires (1863-1905). Of the sixty-four novels that make up that series, twenty-three, over one-third, feature American characters or take place on American soil. I demonstrate that in his early novels (1863-1886), he presents the United States in an optimistic and utopian light, while in his later novels (1887-1905), his depictions of the United States take on a pessimistic and dystopian aspect. In also showing that Verne had been influenced by utopian socialists Henri de Saint-Simon (1760-1825), Charles Fourier (1772-1837) and Étienne Cabet (1788-1856), I provide …

A Comparative Perspective Between Farc Guerrilleras And Chechen Black Widows, Denise Rivera

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This paper will explore the similar and different characteristics between Colombian female combatants who are members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolutionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), and the Chechen female suicide bombers who joined the Chechen insurgency movement. It shall provide a brief historical background of how the FARC, a leftist guerrilla group, and the Chechen insurgency movement ascended into prominence during civil conflicts in Colombia and Chechnya respectively. It will discuss how many women in both countries would pursue a different form of activism and defy patriarchal norms by engaging in acts of violence in the name …

Contributors To Indian Catholicism: Interventions And Imaginings, Mathew Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

Contributors to Indian Catholicism: Interventions and Imaginings, the inaugural issue of the Journal of Global Catholicism.

Authority, Representation, And Offense: Dalit Catholics, Foot Washing, And The Study Of Global Catholicism, Mathew Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

In reflecting on a sharp scholarly exchange at a conference, this article explores issues of authority, representation, and offense in global Catholic and South Asian Studies. Focusing on the act of foot washing by Dalit Catholics, the article examines how scholarly offense is linked to particular claims of representational authority. The article also puts this discussion within the context of contemporary debates about Western portrayals of Indian culture and society.

The Tying Of The Ceremonial Wedding Thread: A Feminist Analysis Of “Ritual” And “Tradition” Among Syro-Malabar Catholics In India, Sonja Thomas

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article presents a feminist analysis of patriarchy persisting in Catholicism of the Syro-Malabar rite in Kerala. The article specifically considers the impact of charismatic Catholicism on women of the Syro-Malabar rite and argues that it is important to interrogate this new face of religiosity in order to fully understand how certain rituals are allowed to change and be fluid, while others, especially concerning female sexuality, are enshrined as “tradition” which often restricts the parameters for women’s empowerment and may reinforce caste and patriarchal hegemonies preventing feminist solidarity across different religious- and caste-based groups.

Dalit Catholic Home Shrines In A North Indian Village, Mathew Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article examines three Catholic home shrines in a Dalit community in North Indian and argues that it is misleading to think that home shrines and other collections of material objects are somehow static conveyors of meaning. “Meaning” can mean many things or nothing at all, depending upon the terms we are using and the scholarly methods we deploy. The crucial aspect of Dalit Catholic home shrines is that they are literally open to interpretation and reinterpretation, to touching and being touched. Their significance—their meaning—depends not on decoding their structure or symbolic logic, but interacting with them as part of …

In Continuity With The Past: Indigenous Environmentalism And Indian Christian Visions Of Flora, James Ponniah

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article considers whether Indian Christianity can be said to have a distinctive ecological vision. The first two parts of the article examine Christian environmentalism in two native forms of Indian Christianity: Tamil Christianity and Tribal Christianity. Continuing with the theme of conformity to the local culture—though of the elite—the third part of the article investigates how Christian Ashrams function as dynamic centers for ecological praxis. The last part of the article considers how contemporary Indian Christian communities can respond to the ecological challenges confronting them.

Antoniyar Kōvil: Hindu-Catholic Identity At The St. Anthony Shrine In St. Mary’S Co-Cathedral, Chennai, Pj Johnston

Journal of Global Catholicism

This article combines ethnographic description of the practices of Hindu and Christian visitors of the St. Antony Shrine in Chennai with the observation that this material cannot be understood using the standard world religions paradigm that essentializes Christianity as exclusivistic. Drawing upon the visual and material culture of the shrine in light of premodern and Vatican II templates for inculturation and the negotiation of religious difference, the article highlights overlap between Tamil Hinduism and the Tamil Popular Catholicism of the site to argue that the beliefs and practices documented should inform descriptive and normative accounts of Catholic Christianity. Because Tamil …

Architecture As Artefact, Socialfact, And Mentalfact : On The Hypothetical Works Of Office Of Strategic Architecture (Osa) : Part 2 = 建築作為藝術、社會、精神之平台 : 策略建築局前設工作 : 第二部分, Eka Swadiansa

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 28th July 2016, Eka Swadiansa gave us a lecture at the Third South South Forum on Sustainability. The lecture was titled Architecture as Artifact, Socialfact and Mentalfact: on the Hypothetical Works of OSA .He divided the lecture into six parts:

1. Architecture as Artefact
2. Architecture as Socialfact
3. Architecture as Artefact VS Socialfact
4. Architecture as Mentalfact
5. Office of Strategic Architecture (OSA)
6. Tadao Ando Works: Architecture as Faith Mentalfact (Extended Discussion)

This was the afternoon session of the lecture.

Architecture As Artefact, Socialfact, And Mentalfact : On The Hypothetical Works Of Office Of Strategic Architecture (Osa) : Part 1 = 建築作為藝術、社會、精神之平台 : 策略建築局前設工作 : 第一部分, Eka Swadiansa

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 28th July 2016, Eka Swadiansa gave us a lecture at the Third South South Forum on Sustainability. The lecture was titled Architecture as Artifact, Socialfact and Mentalfact: on the Hypothetical Works of OSA .He divided the lecture into six parts:

1. Architecture as Artefact
2. Architecture as Socialfact
3. Architecture as Artefact VS Socialfact
4. Architecture as Mentalfact
5. Office of Strategic Architecture (OSA)
6. Tadao Ando Works: Architecture as Faith Mentalfact (Extended Discussion)

This was the morning session of the lecture.

Global Financial Crisis And Challenges : Discussion = 全球金融危機與挑戰 : 討論, Tak Hing, Erebus Wong

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 27th July 2016, at SSFS 3, Erebus Wong gave a presentation titled "More Science or Ethnics in Economics and Finance?".

Contra Hegemony : Part 2 : Post Capital Business Planning And Its Global Market Potencies = 逆反霸權 (2) : 後資本主義商業計劃及其全球市場潛力, Eka Swadiansa

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 27th July 2016, at the Third South South Forum on Sustainability, Eka Swadiansa delivered the second part of his presentation on Contra Hegemony. The title of this session is Contra Hegemony (Part 2): Post Capital Business Planning and its Global Market Potencies.

Contra Hegemony : Part 1 : Conscious Regional Planning And Its Adaptive Development Policies = 逆反霸權 (1) : 有意識之區域規劃及其靈活之發展政策, Eka Swadiansa

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 27th July 2016, at SSFS 3, Eka Swadiana delivered the first part of his talk on Contra Hegemony. This session is titled Contra Hegemony (Part 1): Conscious Regional Planning and its Adaptive Development Policies.

This presentation talked about recent Indonesian government policies launched under the leadership of the currently in power President Joko Widodo; in the discourse to his very limited fiscal gap, the dream of undergoing vast development, and the blue print of national development formulated by taking the long forgotten Indonesian local wisdom to envision a foreseen optimistic future. Some insights on both state and privately owned …

Latin America : Exhaustion Of Post-Neocapitalist Experiences? How To Think Our Future? = 拉丁美洲 : 後新資本主義耗盡的經驗? 怎樣思考我們的未來?, François Houtart

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 26th July 2016, François Houtart delivered a lecture on Latin America, which was titled Latin America: Exhaustion of Post-Neocapitalist Experiences? How to Think Our Future?.

Delirious New World : Static City And The Engineering Of Collective Spaces Of Otherness = 瘋狂新世界 : 靜態城市與異態集體空間, Eka Swadiansa

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 25th July 2016, Eka Swadiansa gave us a talk titled Delirious New World: Static City and the Engineering of Collective Spaces of Otherness.

中國建築與城市主義 = Architecture And Urbanism : The Case Of China, Aibin Yan, Huizhong Bin

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 25th July 2016, Bui Huizhong and Yan Aibin gave a presentation based on the topic: Architecture and Urbanism: the Case of China.

中國金融資本主義與三農問題 = Financial Capitalism And The Agrarian Question In China, Xiaohui Yan, Ping Wang

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 25th July 2016, Yan Xiaohui and Wang Ping talked on Financial Capitalism and the Agrarian Question in China.

The Agrarian Question In Asia = 亞洲三農問題, Chantana Banpasirichote

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 25th July 2016, at SSFS 3, Chantana Banpasirichote gave us a lecture on the Agrarian Questions in Asia.

Latin America : Agrarian Question : Agriculture Vs Capitalist Modern Agriculture : Land, Water, Forests = 拉丁美洲 : 三農問題農業 Vs 現代資本主義農業 : 土地、水、森林, François Houtart

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 25th July 2016, at SSFS 3, François Houtart gave us a lecture on Latin America: Agriculture vs Capitalist Modern Agriculture: Land, Water, Forests.

No Fire Zone : The Killing Fields Of Sri Lanka : Discussion = 無戰火地帶 : 斯里蘭卡之殺戮戰場 : 映後座談, François Houtart, Jude Lal Fernando

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 24th July 2016, François Houtart and Jude Lal Fernando showed us a documentary called "No Fire Zone — the Killing Fields of Sri Lanka". This is the discussion session.

Popular Movements In Southeast Asia = 東南亞民眾運動, Surichai Wungaeo

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 24th July 2016, Surichai Wungaeo gave us a talk titled Popular Movements in Southeast Asia.

Popular Movements In Korea = 韓國民眾運動, Jung Ok Lee

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 24th July 2016, at the Third South South Forum, Lee Jung Ok delivered a talk titled Popular Movements in Korea.

Latin America : Popular Movements, Progressive Governments And Present Political Crisis = 拉丁美洲 : 民眾運動、進步政府與當前政治危機, François Houtart

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 24th July 2016, at SSFS 3, François Houtart gave us a lecture on Latin America: Popular Movements, Progressive Governments and Present Political Crisis.

Roundtable : Regional Perspectives And Politics = 圓桌討論 : 區域視野與政治, Darwis Khudori, Pedro Páez, Ran Wei, Tak Hing, Erebus Wong, Kwok Ming Ma

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 23rd July 2016, the first roundtable of SSFS3 was launched. Moderated by Ma Kwok Ming, this session consisted of 4 presentations by different speakers: Darwis Khudori, Pedro Páez, Wei Ran and Erebus Wong.

Seven Developing Countries : From Emergence To Entrapment = 新興七國報告 : 從興起到陷入困境, Tak Hing, Erebus Wong

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 23rd July 2016, at the Third South South Forum on Sustainability, Erebus Wong gave us a presentation based on the report from him along with Wen Tiejun, Lau Kin Chi and Sit Tsui.

Regional Integration And Capitalist Crisis = 區域整合與資本主義危機, Pedro Páez

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 23rd July 2016, Pedro Páez gave a talk on Regional Integration and Capitalist Crisis at the Third South South Forum on Sustainability.

Latin America : International Crisis, Post-Capitalist Governments, Regional Integration And South-South Cooperation = 拉丁美洲 : 國際危機、後資本主義政府、區域整合與南南合作, François Houtart

South South Forum 南南論壇

On 23rd July 2016, at the Third South South Forum, François Houtart delivered a talk titled Latin America: International Crisis, Post-Capitalist Governments, Regional Integration and South-South Cooperation.

University Of Hawaii At Hilo: International Female Student Diversity And Inclusion Workshop, Leslie Lehuanani Mcclung

Capstone Collection

The purpose of the University of Hawaii at Hilo’ Women’s Center is to provide advocacy, access, education, equity and equality to women and minority students on campus. On March 8, 2016, The Women’s Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo held an International Women’s Day event. During the event, the topic about their experiences here at UH Hilo was brought up. Five of the seven panelists felt like they lacked the knowledge and support of on-campus resources including the Women’s Center. The response to the women’s day event led the Women’s Center staff to investigate further why this was. …

Revitalizing The Ethnosphere: Global Society, Ethnodiversity, And The Stakes Of Cultural Genocide, Christopher Powell Ph.D.

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

This paper uses the concepts of ethnosphere and ethnodiversity to frame the stakes of cultural genocide in the context of the emerging global society. We are in an era of rapid global ethnodiversity loss. Global ethnodiversity is important because different cultures produce different solutions to the subjective and objective problems of human society, and because cultures have an intrinsic value. Rapid ethnodiversity loss is a byproduct of the expansion of the modern world-system, and Lemkin’s invention of the concept of genocide can be understood as a dialectical reaction to this tendency. The current phase of globalization creates pressures towards global …

Choral Theatre, Albert Joseph Wolfe Jr.

Dissertations

Jamaica gained its independence from Great Britain in 1962, after some 300 years of colonization. Prior to Independence, the standard arts education curriculum was decidedly British and Western European. That which was labeled Caribbean or Jamaican “folk” by the British was deemed inferior and was not taught, demonstrated, or performed in formal settings. Thus, generations of Jamaicans never observed or imagined a Caribbean aesthetic in the visual and performing arts. Instead, pre-Independence Jamaicans were taught British and Western European music and performed it the “British” way.

Today, Jamaicans boast a number of artistic developments that are instantly recognized across the …