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Repositioning the graphic designer as researcher
No full textIn academic terms, the discipline of graphic design is relatively young. Consequently the position of the discipline within academic territory, and the role of the designer, continue to be debated. In part, these debates have been a product of attempts to define and defend the discipline’s borders from within, in order to establish a sense of the role of graphic design and the graphic designer as commensurate with other disciplines both within and beyond art and design. In recent years graphic designers have variously been defined as ‘authors’, ‘producers’ and ‘readers’, yet none of these definitions seem to have provided any kind of productive or lasting impact within the academy. This paper suggests that rather than continue to seek territorial definitions and positions from within, it could be more productive to look beyond the confines of the discipline. Gaining a broader, interdisciplinary perspective on, and understanding of, qualitative research methods from other disciplines may enable the graphic designer to more fully position his or her practice within the wider academy. Such a perspective could help facilitate the repositioning and redefinition of the graphic designer as ‘researcher’ - a move that would be productive in relation to the future development of postgraduate research within the discipline
Interview with Alison Frank, September 25, 2009
No full textInterview Themes: How Frank chooses research topics (00:50)
Aspects of her training as a historian Frank found useful (07:00)
Books that have inspired and informed Frank's work (11:11)
On the role of area studies for scholarship on East-Central Europe (14:00)
"Internationalizing" the history of East-Central Europe (19:30)
Advice to young historians/scholars working on the region (22:11)Interview with Alison Frank, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. Interview conducted in Ithaca, NY on September 25, 2009. Professor Frank is the author of a number of articles and an excellent book on the oil industry in the Habsburg Monarchy entitled Oil Empire: Visions of Prosperity in Austrian Galicia. She is now working on a project on the coastline of Austria-Hungary.1_9lz5ekh
Veteran Law Students: Institutional Initiatives To Transform Their Law School Experiences
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Introduction: The Politics of Resilience and Recovery in Mental Health Care
No full textThe articles included in this special issue engage these themes across a number of national settings, institutional spaces, and empirical sites, from universities to mental health commissions, to national policy in an international context. They focus, especially, on Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, where recent and significant changes in mental health governance have relied heavily on the notions of recovery and resilience, often to questionable effect. They deal, as we have said, with some of the most central themes in social justice studies. As a collection, the articles help us think through some of the pressing political questions about social justice that have arisen with the adoption of the mantras of resilience and recovery in mental health governance
Negotiating the Culture of Resistance: A Critical Assessment of Protest Politics
No full textBoth for those within the movement and the public at large, the anti-globalization movement has become increasingly defined by large-scale protests such as those opposing the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in Quebec City. Such events successfully render visible the strength of the movement, expose an emerging global elite, politicize neoliberal restructuring, and capture the media and public's attention. Yet the privileging of large-scale protest for advancing anti-globalist politics is increasingly being questioned both by those involved in the movement and by the Left in general.Peer reviewe
Portrait of Alison Dolling, author and historian, Adelaide, 1978 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from accompanying information.; "Dolling, Alison. Writes under Mary Broughton, Hazel de Berg collection. From Adelaide Festival, South Australia"--Compactus card.; Condition: Scratched.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4764650; Conversation with Alison Dolling (Mary Broughton); located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC1/1067
Effect of fatty acids and programming on the immune system
No full textResearch to date has suggested that fatty acids (FAs) may affect the immune system, through their (and those of their metabolites) effects on membranes, mediators, and gene expression. However, despite the research carried out, there still exist gaps of knowledge where further research is required. In addition, programming by diet in pregnancy may affect the immune system, due to stress and/or structural and functional changes to immune cells, but whether this effect is long-lasting is uncertain. In order to address some of these gaps in knowledge, experiments were conducted to examine the effects of dietary FAs on immune outcomes in rodent models of clinical relevance and the effect of maternal protein restriction on immune outcomes in two later generations. The first experiment investigated the effect of diets differing in FA composition on the recall response in a mouse model of influenza vaccination. A diet rich in salmon oil resulted in enhanced ear swelling (measured after 48 hours) compared with diets rich in linseed oil, sunflower oil or beef tallow, suggesting that long chain n-3 FAs increase the TH1 response. The different effects of salmon oil compared with the other diets appears to relate to the lower n-6 fatty acid status that occurs with salmon oil feeding. The second experiment investigated the effect of diets differing in FA composition in a mouse model of allergic sensitisation (to ovalbumin). There was reduced immediate hypersensitivity to ovalbumin in mice fed a diet rich in salmon oil and increased immediate hypersensitivity in mice fed a diet rich in beef tallow, but there was no effect of diet on airway responsiveness to ovalbumin. Beef tallow feeding also raised IgE in blood and elevated IL-4 production by anti-CD3 stimulated splenocytes. The salmon oil did not affect IgE or cytokine profiles. The results suggest that the n-3 FAs found in salmon oil decrease TH2-mediated responses to an allergen and that such responses are increased by a diet rich in saturated FAs. The third experiment examined the effect of diets differing in FA composition fed during rat pregnancy on the abundance of different immune cells in blood and lymphoid organs of the offspring at weaning and beyond. The FA profile of the dams at the end of lactation reflected dietary intake in pregnancy, but no changes were found in immune cell abundance of offspring. The fourth experiment examined the effect of diets rich in a- linolenic acid (ALA, a short chain n-3 FA) or linoleic acid (LA, a short chain n-6 FA) in mouse pregnancy on allergic sensitisation to ovalbumin in the offspring. Diets were given during pregnancy alone, in both gestation and lactation, or during lactation alone, and compared to a low-fat control. The ALA-rich diet in gestation and lactation and the LArich diet in gestation reduced ear swelling in the offspring. Despite these differences, there were no effects on lung function or immune markers. The fifth experiment investigated the effect of protein restriction in rat pregnancy on the immune system of the offspring over two generations. No differences were seen between groups in the F1 generation. Protein restriction reduced TH and B-cell abundance in the spleen and thymus of F2 males. In conclusion, dietary fatty acids can alter immune responses, and there may be an effect of FAs in pregnancy on the immune response in the offspring but such effects may not be long lasting. Protein restriction during pregnancy, which is stress inducing, appears to have an effect on immune cell abundance that is manifested at the second generation of offsprin
Podcast: Alison Whittaker’s process
No full text“The logics of law and poetry boil meaning and power down to their barest components.”We’re delighted to be able to bring you an interview with Alison Whittaker, a Gomeroi poet and author of the collections Lemons in the Chicken Wire and Blakwork, shortlisted in the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry 2019
SuperQueero: Alison Bechdel
No full textThis podcast is a biography of Alison Bechdel, an American author and cartoonist, known for her comic titled Dykes to Watch Out For. In 2006, Bechdel released her critically acclaimed graphic memoir Fun Home that discussed her childhood, coming out as a lesbian, and the death of her closeted father who committed suicide.https://source.sheridancollege.ca/swfhass_projects_superqueero_podcast/1003/thumbnail.jp
Detailed summaries of peer-reviewed journal articles with Alison Snow Jones as primary author
No full textAnnotated guide to the scholarly work of Alison Snow Jones, created by Lauren J. Bruce for inclusion in "An Uncommon Woman: Alison Snow Jones Unleashed!
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