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Kenmore Park: A Playground Redesign
No full textIn the spring semester of 2022, nine seniors from Mary Washington’s Department of Historic Preservation took on the task of a conceptual redesign of the playground at Kenmore Park. The students used diverse methods of research and planning in order to create a new design that would be accessible, safe, fun, and engaging. The team started with research on the history and theory surrounding playgrounds in America. In addition, students researched the history of Kenmore Park and conducted on-site evaluations of the playground. Another important part of the students’ research was the creation of a survey questionnaire aimed at caregivers; students also conducted in-person interviews with some caregivers and children during visits to various playgrounds. The survey and interviews provided valuable feedback relating to design preferences and priorities of those who would use the redesigned playground. Based on he information gathered through this research, the team worked as a group to design a playground themed around Fredericksburg’s past and present. The design process used a variety of tools, including a scaled LEGO model and a 3D model created in Sketchup. Through this collaborative process, the students have produced a new design for Kenmore Park’s playground focusing on a range of accessibility, safety, and social goals. Ultimately, this project provided students the opportunity to use many research methods and design processes relevant to work in the urban planning field
India and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
No full textIndia’s decision to join the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) may have surprised many who have followed India’s recent record in joining bilateral and multilateral economic arrangements. In 2019, India announced that instead of signing the deal, it would leave the negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a fifteen-member trade agreement in the Asia Pacific. In 2020, India and the United States’ effort to sign a bilateral trade and investment agreement stalled. In 2021, the United States and India announced that working towards a free trade agreement was off the table. Even though India has emerged as an active and engaged member of the Quad, its decision to join IPEF—a US-led framework for economic cooperation in the Indo Pacific—was not a foregone conclusion. Three factors explain the Modi administration’s decision to join IPEF
Citizens of the World: Political Engagement and Policy Attitudes of Millennials across the Globe
No full textThe Millennial Generation, the age cohort born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, is the most educated, digitally connected, and globalized in the history of the world. Around the globe, Millennials encompass 1.8 billion people, a quarter of the population. The size of the Millennial Generation means that they will soon produce a majority of political, economic, and social leaders. It is therefore important to understand how the Millennial Generation may respond in an era of rapid change and uncertainty, shaped by factors such as a global pandemic, economic hardship, demands for racial justice, and the retrenchment of the United States from the global stage. Making sense of what is to come requires a deeper understanding of what defines the Millennial Generation’s persona, their attachment to various identities, how they perceive the need for change, and the tools they will utilize to bring about change. Citizens of the World explores the political attitudes and behaviors of Millennials relative to older adults across eight countries: Australia, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The book argues that Millennials share a core persona, one that differentiates between a traditional and an emerging global identity that shapes news consumption, political attitudes, civic engagement, public service, and beliefs about the ability to enact political change. In this first-of-its-kind comparative analysis, the authors find that Millennials are unique in a variety of ways that have important implications for domestic and international politics.https://scholar.umw.edu/ps_ia_books/1004/thumbnail.jp
Equipping Educators to Teach Religious Literacy: Lessons from a Teacher Education Program in the American South
No full textThis volume provides a detailed evaluation of a unique education program implemented in secondary schools in Georgia to enhance teachers’ religious literacy and their ability to promote this in schools and classrooms. The text demonstrates that religious literacy can be proactively taught to students, whilst also highlighting key considerations and tensions around religious liberty in the American South. Spanning rural, urban, and suburban Georgia, the text presents an original approach to the growing field of religious literacy by foregrounding community voices and perspectives. Using rich empirical data and qualitative interviews with religious and political leaders, scholars, teachers, parents, and students, the book evaluates the challenges, efficacy, and benefits of the program in view of rising political polarization. In doing so, the text tackles historical and contemporary issues around race and religion, and considers tensions between religious and nonreligious groups in the US. Ultimately, the book presents a significant contribution to the dialogue around fostering religious literacy in schools. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in religious education, teacher education, and religious literacy more broadly. Those interested in the sociology of education, as well as diversity and religion in America, will also benefit from this volume.https://scholar.umw.edu/ps_ia_books/1017/thumbnail.jp
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Summer Activities for Anna!
Get PDFAnna Swanson will soon be home for the summer. Her parents John and Carol are trying to figure out the best way to keep Anna busy for the summer using a $400 gift from her grandmother. Given their budget, John and Carol must weigh the cost, benefits, and break-even points of options like a YMCA pool pass, amusement park pass, or various summer camps and try to find the best option or options that will keep young Anna busy during the summer
“Hysteria Abated”: Forster’s Treatment of Women’s Mental Health in Howards End
Get PDFIn Howards End, Forster’s female characters are written off multiple times as having ‘hysteria’ or simply being foolish, sensitive women, which was a common attitude towards mental illness in Edwardian society. This essay investigates the concept of hysteria and Forster’s use of mental health with his female characters, using these factors to enhance the understanding of the characters, particularly the struggles or judgments that the three leading ladies, Helen, Margaret, and Ruth, face. The initial inspiration was drawn from Margaret’s jumping out of the carriage, as well as the neglect of Ruth’s dying wish; both women are deemed hysterical. While Forster’s characters perpetuate and reinforce negative and harmful stereotypes of women’s mental health, their conversations and interactions also present opportunities for critiquing these stereotypes, leaving Howards End to be interpreted not only as an example of unfair judgments and ideologies but also as a possibility for change and reconsideration of these issues
Bildungsroman and Trauma in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina
Get PDFScholars have long viewed Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird as a young girl’s Bildungsroman. Through an adult Scout’s reflection on her childhood, Lee takes her readers on a journey that has traditionally been categorized as a young girl’s growth from naivete to maturity. While Scout is witness to the impacts and traumas of racism in Maycomb, scholars have often overlooked Scout’s ambivalent attitude regarding these events. Scout sentimentalizes Maycomb and rarely processes or reacts to the traumatic events that encompass her childhood, leaving Lee’s narrative a poor example of a growth towards maturity. In contrast, the coming-of-age arc in Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina stems directly from the trauma experienced by heroine, Bone Boatwright. Allison’s exploration into multiple forms of trauma and her refusal to sentimentalize Bone’s childhood in light of these traumas allows her to construct a more authentic Bildungsroman
La Discapacidad en los Sistemas de Educación en Bolivia y Chile
Get PDFThe flawed approach to the education of disabled students is an issue that plagues countless countries across the globe, and those in Latin America are no different. Bolivia and Chile are two vastly different countries from a cultural and economic perspective. However, one issue that they have in common is the manner in which they attempt to teach disabled students. There are two major models of disability; social and medical. The social model teaches that disabilities are not inherently negative traits to have, and that those who have them should be supported by society. It also emphasizes that the organization of society can be what causes disability to be such an issue to begin with. The medical model comments more on the more negative aspects of disability, and focuses on fixing the disabled rather than assisting them. Both Bolivia and Chile have numerous policies following the social model that state the necessity of accommodations for disabled individuals in the education system. These include accessible infrastructure, audiobooks, Braille books and other methods of teachings for those with sensory or intellectual disabilities. Despite the policies that have been put in place to support disabled students, Bolivia and Chile do not always adhere to them, causing both countries to lean more toward the medical model
Costume Construction for \u27Julius Caesar\u27
No full textFor my senior project I will be making one of the costume for ‘Julius Caesar’. I will basically be doing everything but the patterning of the costume, I’ll be cutting and constructing the mockup, fitting the mockup to an actor (or mannequin depending on COVID restrictions). I’ll be cutting the fashion fabric, constructing the final costume. Kevin will be supervising my process. I’ll be recording my process through photo documentation and a final writeup of my process
The Influence of Right-Wing Media on Political Racialization
Get PDFThe rise of right-wing media in the United States begs the question of how it is impacting American political culture. The recently increasing rate of political polarization in the United States, specifically along racial lines, poses a potential issue for American democracy. Through comparative analysis of Fox News and their counterparts in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, this study seeks to address what specifically has caused Fox to be so successful in reproducing racial propaganda