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On Structural Transnormativity 10 Years Later
No full textIn the last ten years, transnormativity as a concept has seen a dramatic increase in the field of transgender studies, though it still remains incredibly undertheorized. The sources reviewed in this project discuss how transnormative ideology has shaped and continues to influence narratives of transness and transition, popular trans discourses, trans politics, trans affect and feeling, and the construction of transness and trans identity, as well as, crucially, trans studies itself and the significance of transnormativity to trans studies as a field. Each views transnormativity as a fundamentally conservative and constraining force that aims to maintain a normative system of gender through the construction of transness as a social category that can contain and regulate gender diversity
Mesopotamia in the Midwest: Cultural heritage law, ethical debates, and the cuneiform tablets in the Blick-Harris Study Collection
No full textIn recent years, scholars have grappled with the ethical and practical issues caused by archaeological looting. Illicit archaeology destroys the physical context of stolen artifacts and feeds smuggling operations that rinse objects of their histories so they can be listed for sale. Several steps have been taken to address these issues, including the adoption of museum guidelines that discourage acquiring pieces which lack clear provenance, but these rules create another problem: objects that fit this designation (called “orphans” owing to their lack of metaphorical parentage) end up floating between private collections, unable to be returned to their source countries or displayed in museums. At Kenyon, a pair of Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets embody the contentious legal and moral debate being waged in the scholarly community. While evidence suggests that these tablets originated in Iraq, there is not enough information for the law to impel a return or to sanction their publication in mainstream academic journals, leaving the tablets in limbo. They represent the importance of informing the public about the looting problem and form a basis for the recommendation that museums and art dealers be required to disclose which objects are considered “orphans.
Narrative Structures in American History: Using Sentiment Analysis to Identify Trends in Historiography
Get PDFThis study uses sentiment analysis technology to examine six seminal comprehensive texts on American history. The texts range in publication dates from 1835 to 2018 and include notable authors such as the notorious Howard Zinn and former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. Sentiment analysis creates quantitative data based on literature that rates each sentence on a sentiment scale that identifies the level of emotional intensity or neutrality, as well as if it is positive or negative emotional intensity. By using this technology, the study aims to identify and compare the story arcs and crux points of the six books, as well as the level of emotional intensity used throughout to identify historiographical trends, as well as how the time period during which a text was written and the author’s background impact the narrative structure of the text
寻找自我之途（Find Your Way）
Get PDFThis article was published in Beijing Youth Daily in 1993 by Meng Lu-Xin and written about artist Yang Ke-Qin. (Nicole Wang \u2726).https://digital.kenyon.edu/zhoudocs/1408/thumbnail.jp
Resume：ZHANG Xiao-Gang
Get PDFThis resume briefly consists of Zhang\u27s career as an artist. It shows his works\u27 global impact. Exhibitions held in China, the U.S., Italy, etc are listed chronologically. (Yifan Shang \u2725)https://digital.kenyon.edu/zhoudocs/1405/thumbnail.jp