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Women, Slavery, and the Archive: Innovations in Slavery Studies and Contemporary Connections
No full text“Women, Slavery, and the Archive: Innovations in Slavery Studies and Contemporary Connections”
Early scholarship on slavery, abolition, and the British empire largely ignored the contribution of women of any race to the African Institution. British women who participated in boycotts, produced literary texts against African enslavement, and did the legwork of circulating petitions were relegated to footnotes until well into the twentieth century when women scholars began to create space in the canon for the unrecognized or under-recognized women writers. These new avenues of research evolved through decades to become more inclusive, more critical, and more ground-breaking in bringing the past into the present. I identify four important shifts in our understanding of British enslavement and abolition over the long eighteenth century: 1. recognition of (white) women’s work in the abolitionist campaigns; 2. recognition of the labor of enslaved women and their contributions to resistance; 3. recognition of women’s involvement in supporting as well as resisting slavery; 4. recognition of the erasure of people, and the violence of the archive that only validates recorded experiences. Recovering these various kinds of erasures has opened possibilities for new methods of analysis. The legacy of this work not only opened slavery studies to new methodologies of gender and intersectional analyses, but it also opened the archive to productive critique. The new avenues for slavery studies recovers the voices of silenced women and empowers scholar who wish to challenge established narratives. By reviewing the scholarly legacy of transatlantic slavery studies, we can also better appreciate the influence on the immediate present. Contemporary work on Black Lives Matter (abolition), 1619 Project, and the attempts to ban critical race theory address the importance of the transitions in scholarship and how their legacies can reshape the future
Forgotten Encounters: The Legacy of Sculptresses and Female Muses
No full textSculpture as a medium is inherently connected to legacy making. In producing three- dimensional monuments designed to withstand the test of time, women artists provided evidence of the lasting quality and permanence of their creative acts. This article examines the actress, sculptress and novelist Anne Damer’s sculpture of the famous actress turned Countess Eliza Farren (c. 1788), paying particular attention to the relationship between sculpture as a static art form that captures tactile embodied presence and the ephemerality of performance. Farren’s involvement in Damer’s staging of the private theatricals at Richmond House (Farren directed and Damer starred) suggests that their collaborative relationship engendered aesthetic acts across media – performances that are now lost but remain in traces across a variety of material.
Similarly, in the mid nineteenth century the American artist Harriet Hosmer’s spectacular sculptures of female figures were inspired in part by her intimate relationship with the famous actress Charlotte Cushman. Cushman’s dynamic performances of Lady Macbeth parallel Hosmer’s powerful controversial sculpture of Zenobia as a warrior Queen (1859). Looking ahead to the early twentieth century, I propose that Malvina Hoffman’s uncanny portrait busts of the ballet dancer Anna Pavlova (particularly her “Head of Pavlova” made of wax, 1924), similarly recreate a unique dynamic between the female artist and the intangible performances of her female muse. Drawing connections between Damer, Hosmer, and Hoffman, across time and media, allows us to re-imagine the relationship between artistic forms, materials, and aesthetic practices. Women’s artistic and theatrical legacies, I suggest, are not found only in tangible sources, but also by recuperating networks, connections, and collaborations through interdisciplinary practices. In doing so we create new legacies that chart the extraordinary accomplishments of women of the past
An indispensable spice in multicultural Hatay cuisine: Sumac
No full textHatay is an ancient city that has hosted dozens of civilizations in the history. Today, this city, which includes different ethnic groups, has a rich culinary culture shaped by cultural interactions. Spices are among the basic components of this cuisine. Locust powder, nutmeg, mahaleb, fennel, dried basil, cajun, Samandag’s red chili powder, zahtar, and sumac are among the most used spices in Hatay cuisine. This study was carried out to determine the traditional consumption patterns and uses of sumac, which is one of the spices identified with the gastronomic identity of Hatay. In this context, a semi-structured interview form consisting of seven basic questions was applied to 17 individuals who met the condition of mastering the Hatay cuisine. As a result of the content analysis made on the collected data, it was determined that the participants expressed their passions for sumac through 16 different metaphors, consumed sumac for 8 different reasons, and used sumac in 34 dishes. The results of the analysis also revealed that there are social perceptions and practices shaped around sumac in Hatay, which makes it a part of the intangible cultural heritage
Chapter 05 Microcomputers
No full textIn the previous chapter, we saw how computers are used in organizations. In this chapter, we will introduce the common types of computers and provide an overview of the parts of a typical computer. This will allow you to compare computers with different specifications and make the right choices when selecting a computer for a specific task
Corridor-Wide Surveillance Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems Phase II: Freeway Incident Detection using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Part A)
No full textDuring the second phase of this study, the team collected field data with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at different elevations and distances from the road to analyze the performance of a background subtraction algorithm for vehicle detection. Validation analyses were carried out and their results indicated that a detection rate with an accuracy of up to 92% can be reached using the background subtraction algorithm. The results of the ANOVA test confirmed that the drone’s distance from the road was the only main factor associated with vehicle detection percentage (at the 95% confidence level). It was also determined that, depending on drone type, elevation can affect the detection rate based on the interaction plots created. The experiences from the field activities that took place during this phase of the project were incorporated into the previously developed protocol for the use of UAVs in corridor surveillance. The protocol was also updated with the steps that must be followed for several scenarios and these can be incorporated in future studies on the use of drones in transportation applications
Reinforcement Learning and Place Cell Replay in Spatial Navigation
No full textIn the last decade, studies have demonstrated that hippocampal place cells influence rats’ navigational learning ability. Moreover, researchers have observed that place cell sequences associated with routes leading to a reward are reactivated during rest periods. This phenomenon is known as Hippocampal Replay, which is thought to aid navigational learning and memory consolidation. These findings in neuroscience have inspired new robot navigation models that emulate the learning process of mammals. This study presents a novel model that encodes path information using place cell connections formed during online navigation. Our model employs these connections to generate sequences ofstate-action pairs to train our actor-critic reinforcement learning model offline. Our results indicate that our method can accelerate the learning process of solving an open-world navigational task. Specifically, we demonstrate that our approach can learn optimal paths through open-field mazes with obstacles
Capítulo 06 Gestión de archivos
No full textLa gestión de archivos se refiere a la creación de una estructura organizada para almacenar información en la computadora que sea fácil de usar y de recuperar. A medida que la información se vuelve más digital y se guarda en los dispositivos electrónicos (por ejemplo, tareas escolares en computadoras portátiles, fotos en teléfonos inteligentes, correos electrónicos en la nube) es cada vez más importante mantener orden en el almacenamiento de la información, para que esté disponible cuando sea necesario. A fin de cuentas, ¿de qué sirve tomar esa foto de recuerdo con un amigo si no la encuentras más tarde cuando la busques?
Piensa en la gestión de archivos como una versión personal a pequeña escala de Google. La declaración de la visión de Google es “organizar la información del mundo y hacerla universalmente accesible y útil”. Tanto la gestión de archivos como Google implican la organización y administración de grandes cantidades de datos, si bien sus métodos son diferentes. La gestión de archivos implica desarrollar buenos hábitos para nombrar y ordenar archivos en una computadora. Google utiliza algoritmos complejos para organizar la gran cantidad de datos que recopila de todo el mundo. Los objetivos son los mismos. Tanto la gestión de archivos como Google intentan que los datos sean fácilmente accesibles más tarde. Como dice ChatGPT: “En muchos sentidos, la gestión de archivos hace por su computadora lo que Google hace por la Internet”.
Emplear unos minutos para aprender cómo tu computadora organiza los archivos y desarrollar buenas prácticas de gestión puede ser una de las mejores inversiones de tiempo que hagas y te ayudará a usar tu computadora de manera efectiva. Este capítulo te mostrará cómo hacerlo. Los usuarios de computadoras que son experimentados consideran la ghestión de los archivos como el punto de partida de cualquier trabajo. Las computadoras de Microsoft tienen al Explorador de archivos (File Explorer, en inglés) para administrarlos. De manera similar, Finder, también conocido en inglés como Mac Desktop Experience, es el administrador de archivos predeterminado en las computadoras Mac. El icono de Finder es “Happy Mac.”
La gestión de datos en el contexto informático se denomina gestión de archivos porque toda la información de las computadoras se pone a disposición de los usuarios finales en forma de archivos. Estos tienen propiedades como nombres, fecha de última modificación, tamaño, etc. Dichas propiedades ayudan con la ubicación y recuperación de la información. En el resto de este capítulo, usamos gestión de información y gestión de archivos indistintamente
Tax in tourism research: A bibliometric analysis
No full textTourism industry is one of the important sources in terms of tourism economy. For this reason, tourism and tax are two important variables. Tax in the field of tourism research and the usage areas of these taxes are other remarkable issues. In recent years, countries and many tourism businesses have been taking taxes from tourists for various expenditure items. The increasing importance of tax in terms of both supply and demand side, and the lack of a holistic comprehension of the knowledge domain in the literature are the motivation of the study. In this context, this study aimed to present a comprehensive evaluation by examining the scientific articles published about tax in tourism literature. Articles published between the years 2010 and 2022 in the tourism journals cited in the SSCI, SCI & ESCI indexes in the Web of Science (WOS), were examined with bibliometric analysis. It was concluded that the studies carried out in the determined area increased quantitatively in 2021. As keywords, tax and carbon & tourist tax come to the fore the most. Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model is the most used model. The results of the study suggest future research directions
Online gastronomy image: Content analysis of TripAdvisor reviews of restaurants in Istanbul
No full textNowadays, where technology forms a large part of our lives, with the increase of comment sites, consumers benefit from these comment pages at the stage of purchasing decision. In this way, they get information about the destination region by reading more reviews or sharing their experiences in the social environment. Evaluations on social networking sites affect individuals’ decision-making and purchasing behaviors, as well as positively or negatively in the mentioned restaurants. Based on this situation, user comments on restaurants in Istanbul on TripAdvisor.com were analyzed in this study. For this purpose, 17921 user comments made in various languages between 01.10.2022 and 30.01.2023 for the first twenty restaurants in Istanbul with the highest score on the TripAdvisor site were examined. The obtained data were analyzed by content analysis and the variables that affect the restaurants positively or negatively were classified. As a result of the research, it was determined that the comments concentrated on 17918 positive comments, respectively. In addition, it has been observed that the words amazing, delicious, beautiful, fast service, excellent, perfect service, super place, satisfaction are frequently emphasized in the comments
Bibliometric analysis of graduate theses written in the field of gastronomy in 2021
No full textIn this research, it is aimed to analyze the researches of the postgraduate theses written between January and December in the field of gastronomy in 2021, and to analyze the changes in the research based on which arguments and which data. In this study, in which postgraduate theses are examined, it is aimed to examine the method, sample, and the department in which they are published in the theses on Gastronomy. Descriptive survey model was used in the study. The sample of the study, among the theses registered to YÖK Thesis Center, was reached as a result of scanning with the relevant keywords, and a total of 74 graduate theses, 61 of which were master\u27s and 13 doctorate, were reached as of December 5th. Theses; method, model design, study group, sampling technique and information about the written department were examined in detail. The frequencies and percentages of the available data were analyzed. As a result of the examinations, it was determined that the most postgraduate theses were prepared in Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University among universities, and the highest number of theses (17) in the field of gastronomy were prepared in June.
Keywords: gastronomy, bibliometrics, master thesis review
2021 yılında gastronomi alanında yazılan lisansüstü tezlerin bibliyometrik analizi
Özet
Bu araştırmada 2021 yılında gastronomi alanında Ocak-Aralık ayları arasında yazılan lisansüstü tezlerin araştırmaları inceleyerek, konunun, araştırmalarda hangi argümanlarla ve hangi verilere dayalı olarak meydana gelen değişiklikleri için analiz etmek amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmada betimsel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışma YÖK Tez sitesine kayıtlı olan tezler arasında ilgili anahtar kelimelerle yapılan araştırma sonucunda ulaşılan 61 yüksek lisans ve 13 doktora olmak üzere toplamda 74 lisansüstü teze 5 aralık itibariyle ulaşılmıştır. Tezler; model desen, çalışma grubu, örneklem tekniği, yöntem ve yazılan Ana bilim dalı ile ilgili bilgiler verilerek detaylı olarak incelenmiştir. Mevcut verilerin frekans ve yüzdeleri analiz edilmiştir. Yapılan araştırmalar neticesinde, üniversiteler arasında en çok lisansüstü tezin Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi bünyesinde hazırlandığı ve gastronomi alanında en çok haziran ayında (17 adet) tez hazırlandığı belirlenmiştir.
Anahtar kelimeler: gastronomi, bibliyometri, yüksek lisans tez incelemes