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The Interference of Western Countries in the African Great Lakes Region and Their Responsibilities Rwandan Conflict (1990- 2003)
No full textThesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.The present thesis analyzes the role of Western countries in the Rwandan genocide. Western countries, such as France, United States and United Kingdom share major responsibilities in highlighting ethnic divisions, creating racial hatred, and taking advantage of it through their strong influence over former colonies. In particular, France considered Rwanda as its own possession, since the Belgians had left those territories, in the 1960s. At the Northern border of Rwanda, the UK and US backed Uganda offered assistance to the Tutsi rebel group RPF, which seized Kigali in 1994, after having defeated the Hutu militias. Afterwards, the RPF started chasing down any Hutu dissident, without regards of their involvement in the genocide. In fact, more than two millions Hutu civilians fled Rwanda between 1996 and 2003, and the United Nations accused Paul Kagame of war crimes, in 2010. However, researchers, judges and international observers agreed that the Rwandan genocide is the result of a currently undergoing neocolonialist war to expand the Western sphere of influence in Africa
Social Contracts and Human Rights Abandoned by Liberal States
Get PDFThesis (B.A. in Humanistic Studies, Minor in Philosophy)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.Throughout the following thesis I will strive to answer the question: of whether or not Western affluent countries are morally and unconditionally obligated by social contract and moral commitment to allow entry and citizenship of refugees in France, Italy, and the United States. I will use the article by David Miller “Immigration: A Case for Limits” to highlight how the average Western mind considers refugees and how his arguments deliberately go against the rights and protocols of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1951 and 1967 Geneva Conventions relating to the Status of Refugees. I will provide real life examples, highlighting past year events of discrimination trends against the Muslim community and consequently, refugees
The Silos Beatus: Apocalypse in Color
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History, Minor in Entrepreneurship)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.This thesis is based on the idea that human responses to color are historically and culturally specific thus affecting understanding. Analyzing illuminations depicting scenes from the book of Revelation in the Silos Beatus, with a specific focus on illustrations of the Tetramorph, the manuscript will be analyzed for color and patterns. Blunt and at times harsh in appearance the hues in the Silos Beatus represent the clashing of the local Mozarabic style and the international style of the Romanesque which creates a unique visual effect. The illuminations and color of the Silos Beatus are unlike those of other Beatus manuscripts and encourages the viewer to question what impact this had on the medieval viewer. After providing a brief introduction to the manuscript, the author of the text and the Silos Beatus fits into the larger traditions of the Beatus’ manuscripts, the thesis will continue with an explanation of what the Tetramorph is, its apocalyptic connections as well as an iconographic analysis of the Tetramorph illustrations. Color patterns, if present, will be addressed and contextualization of color and pattern will follow. In order to place color in its historical context, the texts of Isidore of Seville, and modern scholars John Gage, Elizabeth Boleman and Michel Pastoureau will be consulted. Furthermore, similarities between the Silos Beatus and the Facundus Beatus, the manuscript thought to be the exemplar for Silos, will be addressed for overlap in color usage. Through analyzing these colors, it will become increasingly clear how a manuscript as rich in color as the Silos Beatus could affect the perception and apocalyptic symbolism to the medieval viewer
Labor Market Opportunities for Women in the Digital Age
No full textDigitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets, financial markets, and entrepreneurship. Currently, digitalization seems to favor female labor force, since women face on average lower risk of being replaced by machines, as compared to men. Women’s often superior social skills represent a comparative advantage in the digital age, and this is particularly so when social skills are complemented with higher education and advanced digital literacy. However, the same barriers and deficits that obstruct women’s current advancement in many countries may deprive them from many beneficial opportunities in the digital age, including new entrepreneurial opportunities. Major efforts by policy makers are required to invalidate these barriers. New digital technologies should be used more decisively to achieve the goal of gender equality
Sun in the Garden: Medieval Light Theology and the San Zeno Chapel in Santa Prassede
No full textMaster of Arts in Art History -- John Cabot University, Fall 2018.This thesis focuses on the Chapel of San Zeno in Santa Prassede, interpreting the mosaic decorations within through the lens of Medieval light theology. The intent is to answer questions surrounding the interaction between the window and the mosaics within the chapel, the importance of light in medieval aesthetics and how they are reflected in the chapel, and how these theologies change or give a deeper reading of the iconography. In particular two major aspects of the chapel will be addressed, the window and its mosaic program and the scene directly across from it. The study establishes the mosaic program within the chapel with short section by section descriptions before focusing on the two most important mosaics within the overall scheme, the hetoimasia and the deisis window. This window is one of the primary focuses of the thesis, as it is not only a source of light within the chapel but is recognized and acknowledged by the figures around it, turning it into the final figure in the Byzantine composition, the deisis. Late Antique and Medieval scholars provide evidence for the importance of light in the Middle Ages up to and continuing after the ninth century at the time of the chapel’s construction. The importance of the materials used in relation to light, in both the Byzantine world and Medieval West is discussed and inscriptions from other churches of the same era used as comparanda along with structures of a similar type and with similar arrangements. These elements are then brought together to reinterpret the established mosaic program and argue in favor of light as a unifying element within the chapel. Additionally some hypotheses of the original form of the deisis window are considered
The Representation of the Tower of Babel in Dutch Art in XV-XVI centuries
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.I researched the representation of the Tower of Babel in Dutch art in the 15th-16th centuries. The examination ranged from medieval to Dutch Renaissance images with the main focus on two paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Medieval artists reflected on the moral meaning of the narrative, while Bruegel showed a connection between Babylon and his native city, Antwerp. Bruegel conveyed both political and religious aspects in his two versions – in Rotterdam and in Vienna, both dated 1563. The popularity of the theme of the Tower of Babel peaked in the second half of the 16th century with a regional concentration in the depiction of the Tower in Antwerp. The Rotterdam painting was the primary source of inspiration, although the Vienna painting was also occasionally copied. The metaphorical potential of the Biblical story as well as Bruegel’s influence were the main reasons the narrative was so popular in the second half of the 16th century
Rural Italy after Unification: A Microhistorical Comparative Study on Southern Jacquerie in the Matese, 1861-1877
Get PDFThesis (B.A. in International Affairs and History)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.The mountains of the Matese hosted two of the most significant episodes of dissent in the first decades of post-Unification Italian history. Brigandage and the attempted anarchist revolution took place in different historical moments and involved different actors, yet both provided a similar revolutionary answer to the so-called Southern Question. The microhistorical comparative study carried out in this thesis analyzes the political agency of the Matese peasantry as exemplified by the brigand Banda Giordano and the anarchist Banda del Matese. In particular, it hypothesizes that the success of the Banda Giordano stemmed from its roots in the territory, insofar as the similar cultural and social background was instrumental in the peasants’ decision to collaborate with the brigands. On the other hand, the different background of Banda del Matese alienated the peasantry as it appeared “foreign.” By 1877, a full decade into peasant revolts, the anarchists arrived from the North presenting a more abstract enemy than the tangible one that the peasantry needed to fight. As a result, the peasants felt that a new uprising would only provoke tough retaliation by the National Army. Notwithstanding the differences in the results, both episodes cast into question the social legitimacy of the new State’s institutions, and, even more importantly, they defied the Northern narrative of political passivity of the Southern peasantry. Shedding a light on the political agency of the peasantry ultimately opens a number of questions that still need to be investigated regarding the political consciousness of contemporary Southern Italy and the evolution of Italian national identity