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Observe a strange event: Timon of Athens, Seattle
No full textA review of Seattle Shakespeare Company\u27s 2018 production of Timon of Athens
Look at Us, We Have Anxiety: Youth, Memes, and the Power of Online Cultural Politics
No full textChildhood is often defined by social marginalization— by a denial of access to public space and voice, and the circumscription of what interests, issues, and discourses are open to young people. The internet, as a space of expression that has lowered barriers to entry and confounded attempts at social control, is one of the primary spaces in which 21st-century youth are able to resist adult efforts to regulate their agency and expression. However, it is not only the technological tools of the online world that help them to resist marginalization from public discourse in these spaces, but also its symbolic and cultural resources—shared ideas, practices, and vocabularies particular to online communities. As part of larger projects on teens’ and young adults’ use of online communities to engage with cultural politics, I have been investigating the use of memes—patterns of formulaic content that rise and fall in popularity in short periods of time—in social critique, ideological discourse, community building, and identity representation. This paper examines the impact of memes on cultural discourse and, indirectly, on institutional politics, exploring their potential as an empowering channel of expression as well as their ongoing use as a tool of manipulation by larger political forces. I argue that understanding the cultural power of memes and other aspects of online remix culture is vital to theorizing contemporary politics, to analyzing the experiences and identities of contemporary youth, and to preventing the worst eventualities the increasing significance of online cultural politics may enable
Governed and Liberated Bodies: Experiences of Young Female Competitive Dancers
No full textDancers’ bodies are governed by rules, training, and expectations, yet dancers often report dance to be liberating and a source of emotional expression. In this study, a document analysis of the rules associated with 15 Canadian competitions was combined with focus groups conducted with 15 female dancers. These dancers had transitioned from competitive dance studio contexts as girls to training and competing at a postsecondary level. Applying a multidisciplinary theoretical approach that drew from self-determination theory, Foucault, and Bourdieu, we discovered that collectively these theories provide insights into the complex and contradictory world of competitive dance
Interculturality or Government of Childhood? Challenges of Indigenous Child Care in Colombia
No full textA global phenomenon is the reorganization of care for very young children. Institutions are replacing the context of family and community. Increasingly in Colombia young children spend hours each day in institutions directed by public policy and administrative guidelines. We explore, first, how research on this phenomenon adopts a reductionist perspective, a focus on “quality” and “outcomes” measured in ways that assume a Western axiology. Second, we consider how the institutionalization of childhood amounts to a “government” that imposes Western individualism. Third, we illustrate the tension created for childcare professionals and for Indigenous communities as their rights to make decisions about the best ways to care for children are threatened
Tomb Bomb
No full textMichael, a traffic cop in a small county, is driving home from a long shift when a voice speaks to him through his truck\u27s radio informing him he has been given the power to freeze time in order to stop the pipe bomb issues being dealt with
The Girl Chased by Wolves
No full textThere is nothing Crema, as a national track star, fears more than not being able to run. When full moons start bringing repeated nightmares that cause her to run for her life she begins to fall apart at the seams
Mapping Knotweed Species Along Rivers in the District of North Vancouver
No full textInvasive plants reproduce rapidly and spread aggressively, dominating natural areas and altering biological communitieis; between these, knotweed spp. are one of the 100 worst invasive species. To help manage, prevent, treat and control invoasive plants, the District of North Vancouver (DNV) prepared the Invasive Plant Management Strategy (IPMS). One of the objectives of the IPMS is to develop and maintain an invasive plant inventory that provides the information required to make informed decisions regarding invasive plant management. To gather the information needed for a knotweed spp. inventory I used the protocol established by the Invasive Alien Plant Program (IAPP). The result was a map of the actual presence of knotweed spp. along DNV rivers.The map shows a reductin of knotweed spp. presence along Mosquito Creek and MacKay Creek, however some upper part of these creeks are still overrun by knotweed spp. The greatest occurrences were detected in the lower par tof Lynn River and in a spot along Capilano River. Future challenges will be how to deal with knotweed spp. close to rivers where glyphosate cannot be used, however classical biological control are now tested in the UK and Us with excellent results
“Moving Forward”: Arts and Indigenous Reciprocal Leadership in a Neehithuw (Woodland Cree) School Arts Project
No full textThis article discusses an arts-based program carried out in a Neehithuw (Woodland Cree) school in northern Saskatchewan. Using historical photographs, students wrote a poem and then performed the poem for various audiences. The teaching/learning relationship based on Neehithuw language concepts and values allowed student leadership to develop so that students were comfortable bringing their lived culture into the curriculum. Thus, the project illustrates the effectiveness of the arts as well as a pedagogical approach that uses Indigenous reciprocal leadership to enact Neehithuw1 concepts and values to achieve educational decolonisation and cultural affirmation
The Crucible and Australian Aboriginal Art as an Expression of Cultural Leadership
No full textThis essay explores the concept of the ‘crucible’ in the work of Warren Bennis and Robert Thomas and applies it to Australian Aboriginal art as an expression of cultural leadership. The exploration of creativity as transformational human activity is complementary to expressions of leadership in the arts relating to the crucible. In this essay, the work of a select group of Aboriginal artists is interpreted through the lens of the crucible. The format of this visual art essay privileges the interpretation of works of art as a primary source
Restoration Plan for Hutchison Park
No full textHutchison Park has a diverse array of ecosystems that include a bog, wetland communities and Garry oak Quercus garryana Ecosystems (GOEs) (Saanich, 2006). As a Natural Park, it is dedicated to the preservation and protection of indigenous wilderness while allowing access for the enjoyment of the natural conditions without substantially harming them (Saanich, 2006).The Park\u27s GOEs include meadow, rock outcrop and woodland and have been heavily impacted by fragmentation, human use and invasive plant species (MacDonald, 2005). The biggest threat to the remaining ecosystems is the domination by many different types of invasive plant species, especially English ivy