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The Awakening of W.E.B. Du Bois
Get PDFkeywords: primacy of black feeling, verstehen Sociology, double consciousness, race
abstract: This is an interpretive article that concentrates on the early W.E.B. Du Bois who shaped the wider world\u27s understanding of the Black experience in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Under the intellectual compression of learning and scholarship at the highest level, an awakening Du Bois developed ideas evolved in his youth and early maturity about the primacy of African American "feeling" and its importance in rejuvenating the American personality as well as the regeneration of Africa. Influenced by William James\u27s pragmatism and interest in the paranormal as well as the verstehen method of Sociology learned in Germany, Du Bois sought a humanistic perspective by extending the frontiers of art, culture and spiritual values to fulfill a vision of the Africana great-souled person. As prelude to The Souls of Black People, Du Bois undertook his scholarship from the inside-out. Instead of positing the so-called "Negro Problem" as a problem to be solved in the style of academic Philosophy or statistical Sociology, Du Bois took the point of view of one who lived the strain and stresses afflicting African Americans, sharing their hopes and failures in the search for recognition and respect thereby introducing an alternative to traditional definitions of thought and reality.
Towards a Roadmap for Exploring Texas German Voices
No full textOur interdisciplinary article provides an overview of the breadth and variety of primary sources available to scholars studying Texas German history, culture, and language. We seek to (re)open an interdisciplinary dialogue and inspire future research. As we explore how linguists and historians can fruitfully work together, we take Texas German-Indigenous relations as our case study, showcasing the evolving use and associations of the term Indianer. A special emphasis is placed on the dynamics of (inter)generational ethnic memory formation around the (passed down) story of the kidnapping and return of Herman Lehmann in the 1870s.
Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Jewell County, Kansas
Get PDFThis report describes the geography, geology, and ground-water resources of Jewell County in north-central Kansas. The county has an area of 915 square miles and in 1950 had a population of 9,698. Jewell County lies in the Great Plains Pliocene to Cretaceous ground-water province. The county has three types of topography--the deeply dissected uplands in the northern and central parts of the county, a level or gently sloping plain which bounds the uplands on the east and south, and alluvial valleys.
The rocks that crop out at the surface in Jewell County are sedimentary, ranging in age from Late Cretaceous to Recent. The oldest rocks exposed in the county are sandstone and shale beds of the Dakota formation, which crops out in a small area on the south side of Buffalo Creek valley in the southeastern corner of the county. The Dakota is overlain by a conformable series of marine upper Cretaceous rocks classified, in ascending order: Graneros shale, Greenhorn limestone, Carlile shale, and Niobrara formation. Unconsolidated continental deposits of fluviatile and eolian origin represent at least three stages of the Pleistocene. These deposits include the Meade formation of Kansan age, in the northeastern part of the county between Republican River and White Rock Creek. Stream-laid deposits of the Meade formation also fill a narrow valley extending northward from near Mankato. Volcanic ash deposits and associated silt beds in the northwestern and southern parts of the county also are a part of the Meade formation. Later Pleistocene deposits that are present in Jewell County include terrace deposits of Illinoian and Wisconsinan age, the Loveland and Peoria silt members of the Sanborn formation, and Recent alluvium.
Ground-water recharge in the area is largely from local precipitation; ground-water discharge is mainly by seepage into streams and transpiration by plants. All municipal supplies and most domestic and stock supplies are obtained from wells. Most wells in the county are drilled or dug. No irrigation is practiced in Jewell County. On the whole, ground-water supplies are small.
Ground water in Jewell County is generally hard but otherwise suitable for most uses, except for water from certain wells which is excessively high in dissolved solids content or in nitrate.
The field data upon which this report is based are given in tables. They include records of 259 wells, chemical analyses of water from 36 representative wells, and logs of 13 test holes
El coro en Las canciones de Pablo Messiez
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Este estudio examino cómo la reformulación del coro de la tragedia griega en la obra teatral Las canciones de Pablo Messiez promueve la vulnerabilidad física tanto de los intérpretes como de los espectadores influyendo así en la recepción de la obra. En esta puesta en escena, la continua interacción con el público durante la representación establece un vínculo afectivo que rompe la cuarta pared, siendo la participación del espectador esencial para el éxito del elemento coral en la obra. La danza colectiva que se produce en el edificio teatral representa la culminación de un horizonte de expectativas que, por un lado, depende de la participación activa de los espectadores y, por otro, crea una tensión entre la agencia de los mismos y la aparición de un sentido comunitario en el teatro
Estimating occupancy of focal bee species
Get PDFCurrent bee monitoring efforts have a limited capacity for understanding factors affecting wild bee population changes, including the effects of management. To improve the effectiveness of wild bee monitoring, we first discuss principles of biological monitoring and provide a framework to design monitoring projects to estimate species occupancy, where occupancy is defined as the probability that a Sampling Unit or site is occupied by the focal species. Monitoring practitioners should first define the desired goal or question of monitoring and secondly select the appropriate state variable for monitoring (e.g., species richness, occupancy, abundance). These represent two critical, yet often overlooked, steps in the development of wild bee monitoring projects. As with all forms of demographic monitoring, practitioners who are interested in estimating species occupancy will need to develop a sampling scheme tailored to meet their monitoring objectives. Defining key sampling terms will provide the architecture of their scheme, including the Area of Interest, Sampling Unit, Season, and Replicate Survey. We also highlight data standards, including core data fields that must be collected during Surveys for bee occupancy data and additional, recommended data fields. We illustrate how these monitoring concepts are being applied to the design of a real-world monitoring project for the federally endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis Cresson). This framework was developed in association with the U.S. National Native Bee Monitoring Network.
“One of the Most Satisfying Parts of the Job”: The Perceived Mattering and Role Satisfaction of NCAA Faculty Athletic Representatives
Get PDFThe increase in research related to intercollegiate athletic coaching, athletes, and leadership continues to be of note within the sport management field. However, less is known about the position of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) despite their important role to serve as a liaison between the academic and athletic units on their campuses. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine NCAA FARs perceived mattering, role satisfaction, relationship between the two variables, and the experiences and interactions that affected their perceptions of mattering. Three hundred and two NCAA FARs participated in the survey and results demonstrated that overall FARs perceived they mattered and had high satisfaction in their role. Open-ended responses expanded this sense of mattering by situating it within recognition for service, contributions to decision-making and communication with leadership, and aiding student-athlete success. However, when mattering was not felt, it was due to exclusion from leadership, lack of power, and a lack of compensation. Thus, practical and managerial implications are provided to ensure the role of the FAR is furthering the goals of both academic and athletic communities alike on their campuses
Light-by-light scattering in ultraperipheral collisions of heavy ions with future FoCal and ALICE 3 detectors
Get PDFI present possible future studies of light-by-light scattering using FoCal@ALICE and ALICE 3 detectors. Different mechanisms are discussed. The PbPb → PbPb γγ cross section is calculated within the equivalent photon approximation in the impact parameter space. Several differential distributions are presented and discussed.
We predict the cross section in the (mb-b) range for typical ALICE 3 cuts, a few orders of magnitude larger than for the current ATLAS or CMS experiments. We also consider the two-π⁰ background, which can, in principle, be eliminated in the new kinematical range for the ALICE 3 measurements by imposing dedicated cuts on diphoton transverse momentum and/or so-called vector asymmetry
Exclusive η_c production by γ*γ interactions in electron-ion collisions
Get PDFOne of the main goals of future electron-ion colliders is to improve our understanding of the structure of hadrons. We study the exclusive ηc production by γγ* interactions in eA collisions and demonstrate that future experimental analysis of this process can be used to improve the description of the transition form factor. The rapidity, transverse momentum, and photon virtuality distributions are estimated considering the energy and target configurations expected to be present at the EIC, EicC, and LHeC and assuming different predictions for the light-front wave function of the meson. Our results indicate that electron-ion colliders can be considered an alternative for providing supplementary data to those obtained in colliders