153 research outputs found
Implied Author, Overall Consideration, and Subtext of "Desiree's Baby"
No full textThis essay explores how to infer from a text the image of the implied author. It examines Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby" (1893), which has been widely regarded as an indictment of racism but which an "overall consideration" of the implied author's choices will lead us to see as a racist text. Through the interaction of various details in the text, the implied author suggests three racist dichotomies: (1) white characters' nondiscrimination versus black characters' discrimination, (2) positive slavery under white masters versus negative slavery under a black master, and (3) superior whites versus inferior blacks. This implied racist stance reflects the historical context of Chopin's personal experiences, but it contrasts with the quite different racial stances of the implied authors of some other Chopin narratives with different thematic designs. The complexity of the narratives under the name "Kate Chopin" offers an opportunity not only to gain a better understanding of the concept of implied author but also to clarify the relations (connections as well as disparities) among textual, intertextual, and extratextual evidence in literary interpretation in general.LiteratureA&HCI4ARTICLE2285-3113
Soundscape and sense of presence in the VR experience of Madame Pirate: Becoming a legend
No full textThis article proposes a phenomenological and critical analysis of the film, Madame Pirate: Becoming a Legend, written and directed by Morgan Ommer and Huang Dan-Chi (Taiwan: Serendipity Films 綺影映畫, 2022, VR360, 17 min), with the goal of encouraging more comparative analyses of narrative paradigms expressed through virtual reality. Particular attention will be paid to the sound aspect in Madame Pirate, which is foundational in establishing a sense of presence for the viewer. Following a discussion of theoretical framing for virtual reality production, the author presents an experiential report of her experience of Madame Pirate, focusing on how sound influences the sense of presence, directs the viewer’s gaze, and steers the narrative
Brownsville and Savage Rapids dam removal effectiveness monitoring
No full textprepared by: Desiree Tullos, Ph.D., PE.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-33).OWEB #208-931Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Non c’è pace tra gli ulivi. La sperimentazione inesausta del diritto penale dell’impresa e dell’economia. Spunti per un Confronto di idee
No full textL’Autore propone alcuni temi per un Confronto di idee in relazione al diritto dell’impresa e dell’economia, divenuto un “laboratorio” sperimentale a ciclo continuo delle riforme in ambito penale. Accanto alle fattispecie di nuovo conio ed alla modifica di quelle previgenti, viene dilatata l’estensione delle misure ablative e della responsabilità degli enti, mentre si confermano le strategie di contrasto alla corruzione e la necessità di individuazione anticipata dello stato di crisi delle imprese, nella cornice degli obiettivi connessi ai paradigmi dello sviluppo sostenibileThe author suggests a comparison of ideas in relation to business and economic law, which has become a continuous cycle experimental "laboratory" of reforms in the penal field. Alongside the newly minted cases and the alteration of the former ones, the extension of ablative measures and the prosecution and punishment of corporate Criminality is being expanded, while the strategies to combat corruption and the need for early identification of the state of corporate crisis are confirmed, in the frame of the sustainable development
Though I Am Gone (Wo sui siqu) del regista Hu Jie: una riflessione preliminare sul documentario personale in Cina
No full textThe paper focuses on the analysis of the family archival footage featured in the documentary Wo sui siqu (Though I Am Gone, DVD, 66 min, 2007) by Hu Jie, a 1958-born author and filmmaker known in China and abroad for focusing his works on the light and shades of the
individual and collective history of the Chinese people. The first part of the manuscript is about the definition of found footage itself to systematize the plural aesthetic dimensions created by the use of “recycled images” and clarify what is meant when we discuss documentaries based on archival material. I will then place Though I Am
Gone in one of the proposed aesthetic and theoretical macro-categories:
personal cinema. I will highlight how it is precisely the reuse of archival material that suggests an experience of a new past, and not the re-presentation in the present of a past event. Specifically, I aim to reflect on the narrative strategies implemented by Hu Jie to communicate memorial events, questioning how the experience of Though I Am Gone operates in the re-creation of memory and its transmission, in the hope of contributing to academic research on contemporary Chinese documentary cinema, the culture of remembrance, and the use of new
technologies in today’s China
Correction: Sirpal et al. Association between Opioid Dependence and Scale Free Fractal Brain Activity: An EEG Study. Fractal Fract. 2023, 7, 659
No full textDesiree R. Azizoddin PsyD from the TSET Health Promotion Research Center, Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA, was not included as an author in the original publication [...
An investigation of factors that influence Black suburban enrollment in honors and advanced classes
No full textResearch has demonstrated that there is a Black-White academic achievement gap across the United States. This academic achievement gap is evident in college graduation rates, standardized test scores, and enrollment in high school honors and advanced placement classes. In racially diverse suburban public high schools, Blacks students are vastly under-represented in honors and advanced classes. To better understand this aspect of the Black-White academic achievement gap, this exploratory study examined factors that may influence students’ decisions regarding course enrollment. A mixed methods case study was conducted at a racially mixed suburban high school that examined students’ academic self-concepts, experiences with ability grouping and perceptions of the honors classes. It also explored how these and other factors may be associated with their decisions to enroll or not enroll in honors and advanced classes. Specifically, this study explored the possibility that Black student reluctance to enroll in honors and/or advanced classes may be related to diminished academic self-concept resulting from their perceptions and experiences related to ability grouping, also known as tracking. This study revealed that ability grouping has been used to develop a caste system in racially diverse suburban schools that undermines the academic achievement of students of color. The findings demonstrate that although students can possess strong academic self-concepts they are often unable to overcome the barriers to academic achievement that are inherent in the practice of ability grouping.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Desiree James-Barbe
“We must keep reaching across the table and feed each other” life stories of Black women in academic leadership roles in higher education at predominantly white institutions
No full textSubmission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2019-05-01The student, Desiree McMillion, accepted the attached license on 2017-04-14 at 15:21.The student, Desiree McMillion, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-04-14 at 15:37.“Black women have obtained leadership position as administrators at higher education institutions. While previous research has demonstrated that obtaining leadership positions is problematic for Black women, little research focuses solely on the plight and personal agency of Black women administrators”. While there exists a substantial body of literature devoted to examining the ways in which sexism, Anti-Black racism, gender and class inequality shape and limit leadership opportunities for Black women in education, few studies have focused on the personal agency of these women and how it influences their actions with regard to leadership within higher education. This phenomenological study examines the lived experiences of Black women in administrative leadership roles in higher education at predominantly white institutions and how race and gender intersect, and contribute to their career trajectories in academia.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-04-18 at 16:47.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #10766 on 2017-08-10 at 14:30:42Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-10T19:51:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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No-Nonsense Branding A Practical Talk about Building Your Author Brand
No full textYou’ve likely been told that as an author, you are a brand. What does that really mean, and how can you develop your brand to maximize your exposure and appeal? In this presentation, Desireé Duffy from Black Château cuts through the fluff and discusses practical ways to build your brand as an author. Topics include why you need a professional-looking head shot, a well-written bio, the right social media presence, and why your personal brand matters when preparing for your pitch for media interviews and articles
The rise of temporary employment in Japan: Legalisation and expansion of a non-regular employment form
No full textThis discussion paper examines the institutionalization process of a non-regular employment form especially focusing on the establishment of the temporary dispatching work (haken) system. The institutionalization process of the haken system can be divided into three periods: delegalisation (1947-86), legalisation (1986-99), and diffusion (1999-). Declining labor strength, the emergence of deregulation bodies, and the changing attitude of the Ministry of Labor (MHLW) characterize the legal developments. Together with the liberalization of private job placement and the expansion of fixed-term contract work, temporary work became an important sources of flexible and skilled labor, and expanded more rapidly than other employment forms in the late 90s. In this development, temporary help firms started to reframe their business as 'personnel services,' and have positioned themselves to replace the traditional firm-internal supply of mobile employees such as shukkô and tenseki with external dispatched employees of temporary help firms. --Japan,temporary work,non-regular employment,labor market,(de-)regulation
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