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An Examination of a Global Failure to Secure the Rights and Protect the Mental Health of Refugee Children
No full textPresentation by Bri Hardeman ('18), Cinthya Bolanos Zamora ('20), and Michalah Haydan ('19) delivered at the Rhodes College Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium (URCAS).We will be dealing with Article 22 of the UNCRC, which concerns the treatment of refugee
children, stating that both accompanied and unaccompanied refugee children should have
accommodations made for them that ensure their life and dignity, and alleviate their suffering as
much as possible. We will look at negative consequences of forced displacement and time spent
in detention centers including but not limited to: depression, anxiety, and PTSD, to name a few.
In this presentation, we attempt to show that some of the countries who have ratified the UNCRC
are not fully aiding the refugee children in alleviating their suffering. We will describe two
studies in detail. The first study, from the UK, documents via self-report the number of traumatic
events and symptoms of PTSD in refugee children. The second, from Denmark, documents the
effects of displacement on the mental health of the children. We will also be summarizing three
other studies further describing the effects of fleeing their countries. To end, we will be
presenting a list of recommendations both from the literature and from our point of view. We
will describe the Refugee Empowerment Program in Memphis which seeks to address these
concerns by offering resources, such as education, for refugee children and their families
Spring Beginning Painting Project 1: Environment
No full textThis painting was digitized and uploaded to DLynx by the Visual Resources Center in Spring 2018.This is a painting created by Eliza Lieberman. It was submitted as part of the first project assigned to the Beginning Painting class of Spring 2018 taught by Carl Moore. This assignment, titled "Environment," required students to complete 20 paintings on a 9 x 12 inch cold press illustration board and two color charts. The "Environment" subject could reference objects from everyday life or a still life that was set up in the studio
Analysis of Smoke Plants using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in Archaeological Residue Analysis
No full textPresentation by Hope Elliott ('18) delivered at the Rhodes College Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium (URCAS).Smoking pipes are often recovered during archaeological excavations, and the prevalence of this artifact makes it clear that smoking is a human activity that dates back at least four millennia. However, the plants that were smoked using these early pipes and the time period during which tobacco became the most commonly smoked plant remain unknown. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is particularly useful for analyzing archaeological residues, where it can be used to identify compounds persisting within the matrix of archaeological smoking pipe fragments for millennia, including nicotine, a biomarker for tobacco. While tobacco detection techniques are relatively straightforward, protocol for the detection of other smoke plants like mint, wormwood, mugwort, and cedar is less developed because their chemical footprints have not yet been thoroughly described. This study used GC-MS techniques to analyze various plant
extracts and investigate their chemical nature. Plant samples were also experimentally combusted
to simulate the smoking process, and combustion products were identified. By analyzing smoke
plants and their combustion products, this study aimed to better define plants' chemical
footprints so that more plant species can be identified in archaeological pipe residues using GCMS
"Liberation" exhibition image
No full textThis digital image was taken by Chip Pankey and uploaded to DLynx by the Visual Resources Center in July 2022.This is an image documenting the "Liberation" exhibition, which was held in the Clough-Hanson Gallery from February 23 through March 24. The exhibition was presented by The Collective, a Memphis-based non-profit designed to uplift Black artists and art; the exhibition was curated by Lawrence Matthews. This collection includes painting, sculpture, photography, and installation by artists incluing Natalie Eddings, Nubia Yasin, Terry Lynn, and Desmond Lewis
Spring Beginning Painting Project 1: Environment
No full textThis painting was digitized and uploaded to DLynx by the Visual Resources Center in Spring 2018.This is a painting created by Jessica Shainker. It was submitted as part of the first project assigned to the Beginning Painting class of Spring 2018 taught by Carl Moore. This assignment, titled "Environment," required students to complete 20 paintings on a 9 x 12 inch cold press illustration board and two color charts. The "Environment" subject could reference objects from everyday life or a still life that was set up in the studio
Spring Screen Printing Event
No full textThis photograph was digitized and uploaded to DLynx by the Visual Resources Center in Spring 2018.These students attended the Rhodes College Art Department's Spring Screen Printing Event. This was free to all members of the Rhodes community and Art Majors and Minors were gifted a free departmental t-shirt. Organized by Ryan Rasmussen and Sarah Hatfield '19, this event will ideally be hosted once a year to teach students how to screen print and to boost departmental pride
"Body-ody-oddy" Opening Reception Image
No full textThis digital image was photographed by Helen Files and uploaded to DLynx by the Visual Resources Center in December, 2018.This is an image of the opening reception for the Body-ody-oddy exhibition held in the Clough Hanson Gallery on October 26, 2018. The exhibition consisted of artists exploring the body at, against, and beyond its boundaries, creating hybrids, amalgams, and excesses that illuminate the ways that politics and pleasures are made flesh. It featured work by Katie Torn, Alex Paulus, Melissa Wilkinson, and Moth Moth Moth and the Haus of Phantosea.
Alex Paulus commented on his work, stating "My paintings are a representation of how ridiculous I think life can be...I also like to include humor in the work. If my art can make people laugh and feel good, I’ve succeeded. The paintings are usually very bright and bold in color, and the subject matter can be a little bizarre. The use of brightly colored paint seems to curb some the strange imagery and make it more palatable to the viewer."
Melissa Wilkinson commented as well, saying "These series of paintings focus on my interest in dichotomies: obscuring and revealing, attraction and repulsion, good and evil, the past and the present. I appropriate imagery from a variety of sources in order to develop a pastiche that fractures the conventional male gaze and positions art historical models as both subject and spectacle. I choose to dismantle epic narratives from the past to create a schizophrenic perspective. The images break from their original sources into fragments, creating a complex visual experience that both irritates and seduces. It is through this body of work that I seek to challenge the hetero-normative male gaze and reinvent a fluid view that fluctuates between unconventional representations of the erotic body.
Spring Beginning Painting Project 1: Environment
No full textThis painting was digitized and uploaded to DLynx by the Visual Resources Center in Spring 2018.This is a painting created by Madison Peticolas. It was submitted as part of the first project assigned to the Beginning Painting class of Spring 2018 taught by Carl Moore. This assignment, titled "Environment," required students to complete 20 paintings on a 9 x 12 inch cold press illustration board and two color charts. The "Environment" subject could reference objects from everyday life or a still life that was set up in the studio
Sou'wester, April 27, 2018, Volume 101, issue 20
No full textThis is the digital version of the Sou'wester for this date. A print copy is available in the College Archives