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Water Shut Off Locations at the College of Saint Benedict
Get PDFI am doing a project commissioned by Terrance Loso. He asked for a map to be made of all the water shut off locations at the College of Saint Benedict for use by the CSB Facilities department. To make my map, I took the GPS coordinates Mr. Loso gave me of all the water shut off locations and entered them as decimal degrees into ArcMap. I overlayed these points over a satellite image of CSB and labeled the relevant buildings to provide reference for each water shut off location
Consequences of Hypermasculinity
Get PDFMasculinity is highly valued in the United States. Men are taught to be powerful, strong and in control. If a man does not have these attributes, is he truly a man? I argue that this ideal of worshiped masculinity is incredibly harmful to men, as well as the larger society. The socialization of masculinity in schools and at home teaches boys to mask their emotions, be tough, and stay silent about problems they face. This repression of emotions creates generations of men with mental health issues and no healthy outlets readily available. What are the consequences of the ways in which boys are taught to be masculine? I argue that the modern socialization of idealized masculinity supports the patriarchal system and creates numerous problems for society, including an epidemic of mental health disorders, mass violence, and violence towards women
Emotions, Political Polarization, and Martha Nussbaum\u27s Theory of Emotion
Get PDFPolitical polarization is a subject that is frequently discussed today. Tied up with the notion of polarization is a sense that reactions to political events are too emotional and intense, not guided by reason or justified beliefs. One could say the emotional judgments “extend past the evidence” (Kennedy) in certain cases. Using Martha Nussbaum’s theory of emotion posited in her landmark text, Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions, which claims emotions are cognitive judgments about the state of external objects which have value for our eudaimonistic scheme (our sense of well-being), this essay extends Kennedy’s (2013) analysis of physicians suspending judgment while diagnosing medical illnesses to suspending judgment regarding political/news events. Following Kennedy’s lead, I argue that suspending judgment when following political/news events is beneficial because it:
1. Leads to further inquiry to find the truth, a methodological virtue.
2. Fosters epistemic humility, an epistemic virtue, especially for media/journalists.
3. Establishes a relationship of respect with the “news target,” an ethical virtue (495).
By the fruit of these three virtues, I argue that suspending judgments of emotion would improve public discourse and help renew trust in American media/journalism
What are Digital Technologies in the Humanities and Social Sciences?
No full textPart of the Digital Technologies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference hosted by CSB/SJU Librarie
Babysan\u27s Burden: an analysis of the American Occupation of Japan through cartoons
No full textBabysan appeared in 1951, arguably intended as an everywoman in Occupied Japan, yet a uniquely American abstraction. Babysan offered a humorous take on the Occupation by one of its own serviceman. But she became a way to approach an indigenous and occupied population and a representation of what occupation does to a former enemy. With enough cartoons to fill multiple volumes, Bill Hume entertained his compatriots in peacetime. His was a Japan devoid of starvation and devastation. Rather, it was a thriving society of attractive women, enthusiastic to interact with the occupying American servicemen. Indeed, by creating an innocuous and eager feminized image, American soldiers could find postwar Japan nonthreatening and even welcoming in the face of defeat in total war. Yet Babysan was not just a racist and misogynist portrait. What Babysan now tells us about relations between two unequal powers in the aftermath of destruction is far more than that for which her broken English could then account
Imagination in Politics and Aesthetics: From German Idealism to Angela Davis
No full textOn Nov. 6th, 2018, civil rights activist and scholar Angela Davis delivered a powerful address titled Politics and Aesthetics at New York University. In the talk, Dr. Davis states that “Art and the aesthetic realm are absolutely essential if we wish to extricate ourselves from this current [political] morass,” because “[a]rt cultivates the imagination.” Davis\u27 statement that progressive, forward-thinking politics is possible only through imagination – i.e. the faculty that can, according to Kant, whom she names in the talk, produce an original representation of an object preceding experience – highlights the crucial role of the arts in the civil rights movements. My presentation aims to explicate Davis\u27 complex engagement with German idealist philosophy (her background includes a dissertation on Kant and the French Revolution, graduate work in Frankfurt, Germany and work with the philosophers Adorno and Marcuse) with a focus on Immanuel Kant\u27s work on imagination and Friedrich Schiller\u27s aesthetic education. The imagination allows for Dr. King to have a dream of a better future in the first place as well as for us to imagine what transformative inclusion could look like in our community. Davis is our contemporary advocate for the artists\u27 role as educator in cultivating imagination for everyone
Industry effects in the dividend initiation decision
No full textWe examine the relationship between industry dividend structure and the likelihood and level of dividend initiations. We find that firms are less likely to initiate a dividend if dividend levels in the industry are high or growing, but those that do initiate seek to match industry peers in initiation levels. We also find that announcement returns to dividend initiating firms are lower when more industry peers are dividend payers and when industry dividends are increasing. Overall, the results are suggestive of an industry equilibrium dividend policy in that firms appear to incorporate industry expectations for dividend levels and growth into the initiation decision
Fictions of Containment in the Spanish Female Picaresque: Architectural Space and Prostitution in the Early Modern Mediterranean
Get PDFThis study examines the interdependence of gender, sexuality and space in the early modern period, which saw the inception of architecture as a discipline and gave rise to the first custodial institutions for women, including convents for reformed prostitutes. Meanwhile, conduct manuals established prescriptive mandates for female use of space, concentrating especially on the liminal spaces of the home. This work traces literary prostitution in the Spanish Mediterranean through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the rise of courtesan culture in several key areas through the shift from tolerance of prostitution toward repression. Kuffner’s analysis pairs canonical and noncanonical works of fiction with didactic writing, architectural treatises, and legal mandates, tying the literary practice of prostitution to increasing control over female sexuality during the Counter Reformation. By tracing erotic negotiations in the female picaresque novel from its origins through later manifestations, she demonstrates that even as societal attitudes towards prostitution shifted dramatically, a countervailing tendency to view prostitution as an essential part of the social fabric undergirds many representations of literary prostitutes. Kuffner’s analysis reveals that the semblance of domestic enclosure figures as a primary erotic strategy in female picaresque fiction, allowing readers to assess the variety of strategies used by authors to comment on the relationship between unruly female sexuality and social order.https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/hispanic_studies_books/1020/thumbnail.jp
How to Get the Me Out of Memoir
No full textJoin the monks of Saint John\u27s Abbey for a 45 minute presentation followed by a Q&A period with well known author Patricia Hampl as the fifth presentation of Sunday at the Abbey\u27s Writing as a Spiritual Practice 2018/19 series. Patricia will speak about How to get the Me Out of Memoir . Sunday, March 17th, Abbey Chapter House, 7 P.M
More than a caged bird: Jean-Pierre Melville\u27s Le Samoruai as ethical criticism
No full textThough made 23 years after Paris\u27s liberation, I contend Jean Pierre Melville\u27s masterpiece Le Samouri (1967) is deeply tied to the events of the French occupation in World War II. This reading is grounded not only in elements of the film itself, but also in Melville\u27s personal history and filmography. Melville\u27s time in the Resistance manifests itself in themes of friendship, secrecy, and silence that are common to all of his films, though most overt in his films that deal directly with the Resistance. In Le Samourai traditional noir elements like an overwhelming feeling of suspicion, trench coats, hats and hitmen combine with these narrative elements common to Melville\u27s resistance films to create a film that exists not only as a brilliant gangster picture, but also as a detailed representation of the relationship between individual and collective identity. Utilizing Simone de Beauvoir\u27s Ethics of Ambiguity and the greater historical context of the occupation, I contend the film can be read as an in-depth study of one\u27s subjective existence when fighting against oppression. Melville not only critiques the simplistic nature of the American interpretation of morality during the war put forth in American film noirs, but also provides the viewer with a much subtler understanding of ethics in the face of evil. More than just an exquisite stylistic exercise, Jean-Pierre Melville\u27s Le Samourai provides the viewer with a personal narrative, detailing the ambiguous nature of taking up arms against oppression