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An Examination of Parental Transmission on Young Voters’ Political Party Affiliation, Parenting Style Mediations
Get PDFThis paper examines the relationship of parental transmission and young voter’s political affiliation by examining parental and offsprings’ political affiliations within the United States. Correlations between both maternal and paternal political affiliations with offspring political affiliations were significant. Paternal types of authoritative and permissive parenting acted as mediators of parental transmission. Examining literature from psychological, political science, historical, and sociological tests, the thesis explores how young voters’ develop their political affiliations. Suggestions from the text emphasize the importance of examining voters’ identities, historical events, and the priorities of the generation to understand young voters’ political behavior
Music and Literature: Reciprocal Tools for Analysis, Creation, Performance, and Education
Get PDFThrough research, written analysis, and live performance, this thesis will explore the different ways music and literature overlap and inform one another, drawing primarily on the scholarship of intermediality and the pedagogical approach of Arts Integration. As a student of both music and English literature, I am very attuned to the different ways these two forms of narrative already overlap. In my viola lessons, I have often discussed how a musical phrase could be turned into a vivid narrative to help me better understand the music I was performing. I also frequently have noticed musical elements in prose and poetry through structure, theme, and meter. This general curiosity that has been present throughout my undergraduate education has allowed me to question the different ways music and literature already coexist, but more importantly, the ways they can be used as tools for cross-disciplinary creativity.
In this thesis, I rely on the theoretical taxonomies presented by scholars of Intermedialiy, such as musicologist Werner Wolf, and reshape them through an Arts Integration model—an approach to teaching that uses an art form to help teach another subject and meet goals of both—that serve as practical tools for performers, composers, students, and teachers to combine music and literature in innovative ways. This updated, practical framework defines processes for using music and literature as separate entities to inform either an interpretation, a composition, or a pedagogical approach. Because music and narrative already overlap in several ways, such as in poetry, film, opera, and art songs, I am purposefully separating these two disciplines in order to emphasize the Arts Integration model. For example, I analyze both the narrative implications of instrumental music that lacks programmatic or overt narrative cues and the musical structures that arise from texts that are not inherently metric, such as prose. The former allows me to combine a score analysis with an original written narrative that not only informs the performance Rutledge 5 of the music but also reveals cultural assumptions around which the narrative is shaped. Additionally, the latter framework will allow me to analyze examples of musicalized and non-musical literature and use those examples as an improvisatory framework to reveal elements of theme, form, and structure.
The purpose of this project is to use these disparate examples of music and literature that do not overtly overlap and intentionally entangle them in various ways to create pedagogical opportunities, inform musicality of performances, expand possibilities for writing and music composition, and shed new light on musical and literary analysis. The project will include five primary components: a literature review, a theoretical framework, six segments of creative process and production, a demonstration, and a reflective conclusion. The literature review casts a wide net, describing a large range of musical and literary theories that, while not explicitly tied to the intermedial processes described later in this paper, nonetheless deeply informed both the theoretical and practical components of this thesis. The modified framework outlines my personal inspiration for the project as well as establishes a broad foundation of existing scholarship and theoretical frameworks relevant to the project. Each of the six creative intermedial processes introduces scholarly work that supports the process or creative production in some way. I then follow the creative intermedial processes to reach an interpretive, compositional, or pedagogical product. The goal of the demonstration is to highlight the genuine practical usefulness of these methods for incorporating intermedial study into the scholarly study and creative work of musicians and writers. The conclusion reflects on the demonstration component, discusses the overall project process, and implicates future uses and further questions the project creates
State of the Castle Clark-Stutz 8-31-23
No full textThis week, interviews with John Clarke - Dean of the School of Business and Leadership, and IFC President Jaxon Stutz. Broadcast 8-31-23
State of the Castle Hayes 9-7-23
No full textTaylor interviews Dean of the Creative School Marcus Hayes, on the latest edition of State of the Castle. Broadcast 9-7-23
Synthetic or Not: Implications of Hormonal Birth Control on Women\u27s Hormones and the Cortisol Stress Response
Get PDFWomen’s bodies are the subject of decision-making and control, yet women’s lives are dismally ignored. The field of women’s health is highly understudied, and the demand for that adequate research must be granted to the women’s health field. This interdisciplinary research study investigated stress response differences between hormonal birth control users and non-users. Hormonal birth control (HBC) is one of the greatest technologies afforded to women and further research is necessary to ensure women are guaranteed bodily autonomy and women’s health education. Due to altered hormonal signaling, HBC has been linked to behavioral and decision-making differences in women. Building off this research, I analyzed the effects of HBC on chronic stress and the HPA axis cortisol response. The data indicates that HBC may be a potential contributor to both increased chronic stress levels and HPA axis blunting in women. This research provides a framework for further research and a call to action for increased women’s, sexual and reproductive health education to empower women when making decisions regarding their bodies
Ethics and Us: A Review of the Moral Psychology Field
Get PDFThe field of moral psychology is a field of growing interest as psychologists become more interested in the study of how people make decisions about right and wrong. Research from several different disciplines has contributed to the study of moral psychology, making it inherently interdisciplinary. Moral psychology finds its roots in philosophical theories, before finding its place in developmental psychology. More modern research includes contributions from anthropology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and more. Future moral psychology research may discover more disciplines that can contribute to the research and explain the real-life implications of people’s moral systems. This paper traces the history of moral psychology research in a chronological review of the related literature. With several suggestions for future research, this review first presents an overview of the literature before providing ideas for the future of moral psychology research
Climate Ethics with Manuel Wörsdörfer
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On this episode of Examining Ethics, philosopher Manuel Wörsdörfer joins us to review some of the most pressing climate ethics issues we face today. We explore intergenerational justice, responsibility for climate change and much more.
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Contact us at [email protected] Links to people and ideas mentioned in the show Manuel Wörsdörfer, “Climate Ethics and Climate Politics: Current Challenges and Potential Solutions“ Stephen Gardiner’s work on climate ethics Darrel Moellendorf, Mobilizing Hope: Climate Change and Global Poverty Credits
Thanks to Evelyn Brosius for our logo. Music featured in the show:
“Single Still” by Blue Dot Sessions
“Cran Ras” by Blue Dot Session
Singing a New Technology of Car Riding: Jitney-Bus Songs, 1915-1917
No full textUsing personal cars for private taxi services gave rise to the jitney bus a century before Uber and Lyft. Songs with titles such as “Take Me Out in a Jitney Bus (and Pose as a Millionaire)” (Ruddy and Garrahan) provide a body of sheet music on a cultural issue of the early twentieth century that has striking similarities to issues in the early twenty-first century. In this way, they provide insights into how ideas, tropes, and memes are circulated in both eras and demonstrate a parallel communicative function between early sheet music and today’s social media
Artist Talk: Joey Quiñones
No full textIn this series, artist Joey Quiñones uses objects associated with the home to highlight the global nature of the slave trade, and the complex social relations produced throughout the U.S., Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America. This event is free and open to the public.https://scholarship.depauw.edu/peeler_event/1018/thumbnail.jp
Lunch with Guest Artist Claudia Bernardi
No full textJoin guest artist Claudia Bernardi for an informal lunch. Claudia Bernardi is currently exhibiting in Present-Not Present on view February 1 - May 14, 2023. For more information about Claudia please visit her website. Please RSVP on Campus Labhttps://scholarship.depauw.edu/peeler_event/1008/thumbnail.jp