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Report on the Excavations at Kuchchaveli, Sri Lanka (2011)
No full textWe report the archaeological findings from the historic site of Kuchchaveli in the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka, based on our excavations in 2011. The Kuchchaveli complex revealed features of a Mahāyāna Buddhist centre during the 7th and 8th centuries as indicated by the structures and an inscription as well as a number of Buddhist sculptures and carvings. Archaeological material and a radiocarbon date of 1880 ± 30 BP from a test pit indicate an earlier occupation as well. Our excavations offered insights to the structures built at Kuchchaveli and yielded pottery fragments, glass beads, faunal remains and other artefacts of interest. This report highlights findings from six test pits, where two test pits correspond to the possible bodhigara and water tank of the monastery. The similarity of the Kuchchaveli glass finds to those from other sites in Sri Lanka highlights the internal circulation of glass beads during the period that Kuchchaveli was an active site. The faunal remains suggest that a mix of domesticated and wild animals were part of the diet in the community. Apart from being a monastic establishment linked to the southeast coast of India, Kuchchaveli revealed trade activities with other regions over a long period, particularly in the Middle Historic Period of the region
La couleur comme vecteur des idées politiques dans l’imaginaire social et littéraire francophone africain : cas de La Vie et demie de Sony Labou Tansi
Get PDFPar le vecteur des idées sociales et politiques de la couleur, nous entendons étudier les représentations littéraires qui permettent une saisie corpopoétique de la couleur noire dans La vie et demie de Sony Labou Tansi. Nous analyserons la mise en texte de quelques réalités et pratiques répressives entretenues par les pouvoirs politiques et les dictatures tropicales qui véhiculent une certaine conscience de la violence destructrice engendrée par certaines entités. Dans l’optique de comprendre les enjeux et les mécanismes esthétiques qui sous-tendent les rapports symboliques entre le corps et la couleur dans la représentation romanesque subsaharienne, nous inspirerons des positions interactives de la figure du Guide Providentiel et sa suite ainsi que celles de Martial, Chaïdana et leurs partisans. Nous montrerons d’abord comment les couleurs participent symboliquement à l’identification et la catégorisation sociale et politique dans un espace, ensuite comment la transposition du paradigme de la couleur s’impose aux imaginaires corporels pour produire des discours particuliers
Mémoire et littérature : la trace mémorielle et le souvenir de la traite des Noirs dans « La Trace : Agouzou femme esclave » de Monique Arien-Carrère
Get PDFLe discours littéraire permet d’explorer le passé pour mieux comprendre le présent et préparer l’avenir. Il remémore les événements du passé en proie à la disparition, rend hommage aux tribulations des ancêtres et lie passé et présent. La question de la mémoire et le désir de sa transmission occupent une place considérable dans la littérature contemporaine. Ainsi la question de la mémoire et la volonté de se souvenir s’avèrent omniprésents dans le roman « La Trace : Agouzou femme esclave » de l’écrivaine antillaise Monique Arrien-Carrère publié en 2021. À travers un dispositif narratif polyphonique, il réinterroge l’histoire de l’esclavage colonial, matrice de l’imaginaire antillais pour se souvenir. Cette rétrospection permet de déchiffrer dans l’esclavage des Noirs les éléments nécessaires à la construction mémorielle familiale ou collective et à l’interprétation et la compréhension de la société antillaise. Car le retour en arrière tel qu’envisagé par l’auteure permet de mieux comprendre les configurations du présent, d’avoir une conscience historique et d’entretenir la réminiscence du passé de la traite des Noirs dans l’univers antillais. Notre étude s’intéresse au récit de la mémoire dans le roman d\u27Arien-Carrère. Elle s\u27appuie tout d’abord sur l’analyse historique,puis sur l’aspect socio-anthropologique en établissant le rapport entre le passé et le présent
Envisioning SoTL Through a Lens of Indigenous Cultural Continuity
Get PDFThis paper is a renditioning of a closing keynote presentation I delivered at the 2022 Symposium for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – A Decade of Imagining SoTL: Looking Back, Looking Ahead hosted by the Mokakiks Centre for SoTL with Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The presentation highlighted how as SoTL researchers and educators, we are engaged in a deep relationship with knowledge - with our own knowledge and that of our students. These characteristics of SoTL hold parallels with Indigenous pedagogies, ways of knowing and the embodiment of knowing. This keynote brought possibilities to the fore through an Indigenous lens that sees knowledge generation as a site of continuous transformation. Through a critical discussion of key principles of an Indigenous paradigm, and illuminating that which is not taught, we might construct a praxis-based vision of SoTL that centers equity and relational accountability
Views and Value of an Undergraduate General Education on Advancing Student Attitudes and Engagement with Science
No full textThe enhancement of science literacy is a longstanding educational goal of liberal education programs. We conducted a mixed methods study to investigate undergraduate student science attitudes and engagement with science, with specific interests on student program (science vs. nonscience), level of study (junior: 1st and 2nd year, vs. senior: 4th+ year), and over a single general education science literacy course (pre vs. post). Data were collected through an online questionnaire (n=272) and semi-structured interviews (n=19). We found that self- assessed science literacy was higher post compared to pre, in senior compared to junior and for science compared to nonscience students. In contrast, interest in learning science topics did not increase pre-post or junior-senior but was high overall. Belief in pseudoscience was also high overall, including senior and science students, groups we expected pseudoscience belief to be lower. This work highlights the need to align science curriculum with student interests while differentiating science from pseudoscience topics
(De)Colonized Science: Hopes, Complexities, Tensions, and Frustrations in Seeking to Indigenize Undergraduate Science Education
Get PDFThis article is an exploration of our efforts to develop an Indigenous Science Course at Mount Royal University (MRU) located in Mohkinstsis within the Ancestral Lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy the Territory of the Treaty 7 signatories Kainai, Piikani, Siksika, Tsuut’ina, Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley Nations and the Metis Nation Region III. The authors are an Indigenous environmental scientist and recent MRU graduate (Nikita), a settler assistant professor (Collette), and an Indigenous assistant professor (Joshua). We engage here as an enactment of research as ceremony (Wilson, 2008). We draw on Metissage storywork to spark meaning making of our experiences in seeking to contribute to the Indigenization of our University (Archibald, 2008). We believe that the stories we share have the potential to open up interpretive possibilities for those interested in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as Reconciliation (Hill, 2022) and decolonization and Indigenization of post secondary education more broadly (Battiste, 2013). Through storytelling we endeavor to push for change in sharing the hopes, complexities, tensions, and frustrations we encountered. 
What is Trauma-Informed Care?
Get PDFTrauma-informed care is a popular term used today, yet its application and how it is applied varies. This article will address: what is trauma? what is trauma-informed care (TIC) ? and examples of how to apply the guiding principles of TIC into practice
Recognition of Trauma Informed Care Responses in Forensic Nurses : Learning constructs and pedagogy
No full textTrauma is universal, affecting health and behavioral choices. Trauma Informed Care (TIC) principles guide healthcare providers to avoid re-traumatization. States now mandate Trauma Informed Care (TIC) education. When implemented consistently, TIC benefits all. Adequate information integrating TIC principles in forensic nurse education exists. However, the application of TIC principles in forensic nurse practices remains elusive to measurement. The study\u27s purpose is to explore forensic nurse knowledge before and following basic TIC interventional education, and recognition of TIC responses necessary to promote changes in behavior. The design is pre-, educational intervention, post-, and post-post survey that measures change in TIC intervention recognition. The analysis is a descriptive, correlational study to discover learning trends in practicing forensic nurses, determining the validity and reliability of the survey questions using an item response theory (IRT) model. Nineteen forensic nurses participated in the pre-test, intervention, post-, and/or post-post-test. The results revealed that nurses with >3 years’ and <10 years’ experience in nursing and forensic nursing are more likely to recognize TIC learning in a variety of situations. The authors summarize that moral conflict may influence choice in answers, reflecting a lack of recognition of TIC
Sexual assault services in the pandemic: Lessons learned
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic created many risks for sexual assault and intimate partner violence, also termed the “shadow pandemic”. At the same time, it created challenges for sexual assault healthcare teams, counsellors and clients needing to access acute services. The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to identify those challenges for sexual assault service providers, the impact of these challenges on services, clients and team members, and identify lessons learned for future pandemics. The participants were professionals from across Canada who provided either counselling or healthcare services to clients after they experienced recent sexual assaults. Semi-structured interviews were used and then content analysis was conducted to identify themes and compare experiences. Common themes from both counselling and healthcare were identified, most notably that the initial lockdown messaging created risks for clients. Messaging stated to only come to Emergency if in urgent need and they minimized the importance of their assaults. Visit volume thus dropped for the first few months but resumed and even became higher than pre-pandemic in some communities. Healthcare staff struggled to be seen as an essential service initially, but those affiliated with Emergency departments were able to continue in-person examinations and treatment. The nurses noted that the clients who did come had more serious and life-threatening injuries such as strangulation attempts, more mental health issues, and more often were in the context of intimate partner violence.  
Platform Task Regaining the Next Generation of Archaeologists in Sri Lanka
Get PDFCommentary advocating for professionalism in Sri Lankan archaeology