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Mark Coeckelbergh, "New Romantic Cyborgs: Romanticism, Information Technology, and the End of the Machine."
No full textMark Coeckelbergh argues that Romanticism and the Enlightenment philosophies are not that far apart when it comes to philosophy of technology
Paul A. Borgaard & Jason Bell, eds., "The Harvard Lectures of Alfred North Whitehead, 1924-1925 Philosophical Presuppositions of Science."
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Penetrate science: Gendered descriptions of reproductive biology in online resources
No full textTextbooks on reproduction have been found to be gender-biased in four main ways: (i) Passive voice used for the female reproductive system (e.g., is swept, is transported, is fertilized) and active voice used for male reproductive system (e.g., penetrates, enters, fertilizes); (ii) The sequence of terms puts the male term first (e.g., sperm before egg); (iii) Direction of comparison is most often female compared to male, with less information, or misrepresented information, about the female system; and (iv) The usage of metaphors, such as vestments for the egg and quest for the sperm, mirror gender-biased roles. These representations do not convey the reality: the female reproductive system is more active, and the male system more passive, than has been portrayed (see Lawrence & Bendixen, 1992; Martin, 1991; Metoyer & Rust, 2011). How are descriptions of reproductive systems represented in different online resources? This question was explored in three online sites: Wikipedia, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), and Urban Dictionary (UD). Wikipedia webpages were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed in a similar way as in textbook studies. UD and OED were analyzed based on a word search of reproductive terms. Collectively, these three online resources complement previous studies by illuminating more evidence about how gender biases within the field of biology via language usage have been pervasive historically, and continue to this day. In sum, the male reproductive system has a longer history of usage, people discuss it more on UD, and Wikipedia provides more information on it as opposed to the female reproductive system
‘Germanization’ in Occupied Poland: Disunity, Inconsistency, and Contradiction within the Nazi Administration
No full textFollowing the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the Nazi’s began a program designed to Germanize the territory in which they occupied. The Germanization program involved reordering Polish society, and its people, according to the requirements of Nazi racial theory, thus bringing it in line with Hitler’s vision for the German Reich. However, Hitler’s grand vision for Poland was not implemented with any uniformity, and the Germanization program was plagued by internal inconsistency and contradiction from the outset. Drawing upon Ian Kershaw’s work, this paper will advance a reconceptualization of Hitler’s role as leader of the Nazi administration, emphasizing his characteristic detachment from the everyday functions of the Nazi bureaucracy. Instead of working from the dictates of their Fuehrer, Nazi officials worked to advance Hitler’s general vision with their own personalized policies. As a consequence, in Poland, the Germanization program varied tremendously according to the personal judgment of individual Nazi administrators. This point is illustrated through an analysis of Hitler’s laissez-faire brand of administrative rule, the autonomous competition that was cultivated amongst Nazi officials, and the ambiguities associated with the ‘racial status’ of the Polish population. This paper demonstrates that the fragmented nature of the Nazi Germanization program stems from Hitler’s non-interventionist brand of leadership, which afforded district officials with the administrative autonomy to enact his vision as they saw fit
Theater Emory\u27s All-Male As You Like It
No full textFor the production: As You Like It (2016, Emory Theater Company, USA)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Globe
No full textFor the production: A Midsummer Night\u27s Dream (2008, Shakespeare\u27s Globe, UK)
Testing the “Academic Review Kit”: an Answer to Alan Armstrong. Review of Northern Broadsides’s Romeo and Juliet at The Rose Theater
No full textRomeo and Juliet (2008, Northern Broadsides, UK)