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Between Discourse and Reality: The Un-Sustainability of Mega-Event Planning
No full textThe zero-sum nature of mega-event hosting encourages cities to escalate investment with an eye towards convincing event rights holders that a positive outcome will result. The discursive frameworks of “legacy” and “sustainability”, the global competition to attract events and the compressed event horizon make for mega-event preparation regimes that may seriously compromise long-term urban planning agendas in mega-event hosts. By examining the sustainable urban planning literature, the discursive frameworks of sustainability in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the discursive framing of the Rio 2016 bid, this paper will examine the Olympic Golf project being implemented in Rio de Janeiro. Through this case study the paper argues that unless mega-event rights holders change their candidacy and selection processes, these events will inevitably be detrimental to their hosts
Greening A Digital Media Culture Course: A Field Report
No full textAs a professor of undergraduate media studies, I have attempted to bridge media education and ecoliteracy by developing an experimental media education approach called Ecomedia Literacy. The framework attempts to balance the strengths of media studies with the concerns of education for sustainability. This paper documents a specific case study in which I introduced sustainability themes into an undergraduate digital technology and culture course by using the Ecomedia Literacy framework
Georgia's integration into the European Union and NATO
No full textThesis (B.A. in International Affairs)--John Cabot University, Spring 2013.This thesis discuses the question of Georgia's possible integration into NATO and EU. The introduction presents a look on Georgia's independence movement, its origins and ideology; the mass uprisings against the Soviet Union and in promotion of the idea of independent Georgia; and finally, touches on Georgia's exit from the USSR and its declaration of independence. In this, the thesis tries to demonstrate that Georgia was similar to the Baltic and Eastern European states, rather than other constituencies of the Soviet Union, managing to break away from imperialistic center by the means of national self-determination. The main body of the thesis goes through all three governments Georgia had since it became independent and discusses the foreign policy of each. Relations of respective governments in regards to the wider West - the United States and Europe - and Russia are a topic of particular attention. In addition, the topics of discussion are regional relationships and initiatives to create a more united Caucasian region. fpiti The central theme of the thesis is the willingness of Georgia to become a member of NATO and EU; the factors that determine Georgia's drive towards Euro-Atlantic organizations; and Russia's determination to prevent Georgia's entrance into those organizations. The thesis evaluates the importance of Georgia's potential NATO and EU membership for the West, Russia, the Caucasus, and Georgia itself
Merry and Jovial: Reconsidering the Effigies Immortalis and the Commemoration of Roman Boys
No full textThis book undertakes to answer questions relating to the creation of deity assimilation statues for young boys, a common mode of commemoration for the Romans. In addition, it demonstrates that many statues traditionally understood to represent youthful divinities actually possess portraits, even and especially if the faces appear joyful. It also proposes that these deity assimilation statues were commissioned primarily as posthumous commemorations. As such, the sculptural examples should be recognized as belonging to and constituting an important class of funerary sculpture; a class which has been, to this point, overlooked. It is also suggested that despite the fact that they were posthumous commemorations, deity assimilation statues of young boys were not necessarily placed in a sepulchral context, rather, it is maintained that images of children assimilated to divinities primarily served a sentimental purpose, and that, in that capacity, they may have been intended for and regularly kept in a domestic context, close to the surviving family
The Role of Language and Media in Shaping the International Criminal Law’s Approach to Gender Based Violence in Regards to World War II, the Rwandan Genocide, the Yugoslav Wars and the Syrian Civil War
No full textThesis (B.A. in International Affairs, Minor in Communications)--John Cabot University, Fall 2013.This thesis discusses international criminal law in regards to sexual violence against women. In the specific the thesis focuses on two particular factors that can influence and be influenced by international criminal law. These factors are language and media coverage. They are applied to the post-World War II trials, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and the recent civil war in Syria. The first chapter is dedicated to language. The main argument is that the language used by the international criminal tribunals to prosecute sexual violence against women has changed during the years. Rape, sexual assault, forced pregnancy, prostitution and sterilization went from being almost invisible to becoming a very important part of international criminal law. This chapter charts this change and tries to explain it. The second chapter is dedicated to the media. The main analysis of this chapter delves into the CNN Effect and how it, and media coverage more in general, can influence international law. The chapter analyzes how the lack of the CNN Effect during World War II, its distortion in the Rwandan genocide, its importance in the Yugoslav wars and its possible relevance in the Syrian civil war impacted the international prosecution of the crimes committed against women
Representations of insanity in the art of Francisco Goya and Théodore Géricault
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History, Minor in Psychology)--John Cabot University, Spring 2013.The subject of madness was one of a controversial nature during the 18* and 19 centuries, revealing many social concerns, from control of the poor and the economic stability to a reflection of sensitive political environment. The established “houses of confinement” gathered various social prototypes under one roof: from poor people and convicts, to criminals and mentally ill individuals. During these periods, there were two main approaches to the issue of lunacy: medicine observed the madmen as curable objects, while philosophy and art looked on the insane as particular genius individuals with great imagination. Thus, the image of madness for the modem world had contrasting conceptions, which influenced the artists’ depictions and their own stances towards the th Pin insane. With regard to the issues discussed above, my thesis is going to analyze how the two particular artists, Francisco Goya and Theodore Gericault dwelled upon the issue of madness through their diverse artistic approaches. By comparing specific art works such as Goya’s Yard with Lunatics and Gericault’s Portraits of the Insane^ I will trace down the realistic, sympathetic and romanticized depictions respectively, as well as the artists’ perception of the insane. On the other hand, I will also integrate the society’s insight in this particular issue, embodying the social history of this period and the contemporary assumptions of psychiatry. Thus, a direct contrast between the artist, the society and the medical practices will be imposed, demonstrating the painters’ juxtaposition of realistic and romanticized representations, as well as incorporating my own interpretation
Food Security and the Role of the Food and Agriculture Oganization
No full textThesis (B.A. in Political Science, Minor in English Literature)--John Cabot University, Spring 2012.This document examines the role the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has played in strengthening world food security. Since World War II there have been initiatives aimed at food governance. The world population explosion has led to an urgent mu need for food governance and food and nutrition security. Issues related to food governance facing the FAO are examined, which include gender inequity, resource exploitations, protectionism, poverty, state control policies, climate change and the need m for better management and use for genetically modified organisms, as well as conflicts affecting hunger in Africa. As humankind faces the predicament of one billion hungry in 2012, the FAO faces a daunting task which the author has illustrated with examples in Africa, Asia and Mexico. Further, the author advocates that fundamental changes are needed in food and nutrition security to solve the hunger crisis. Better governance in agriculture and fisheries m can, indeed, lift large numbers of people out of poverty, using natural resources in a 0*1 sustainable way, and creating a green economy. A special attention is given to the gender aspect of food security and the effect that equal rights of women can have on food m security. The FAO and the other Rome-based agencies can be credited with numerous efforts in trying to draw the world community’s attention to the hunger situation. In spite of several summits and high-level conferences, such as the Millennium Summit in New York, the author advocates a pressing need to continue with efforts to fight hunger and m malnutrition with sustainability, technological advancement in methods of agriculture and fishing and a realignment of sustainability, green economics and a push for good national governance as well fair world trade as an answer to the world food crisis