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Ep. #095 - Gretchen Bakke
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of podcasts conducted by the Cultures of Energy at Rice University. Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter.Ofcymene and Ofdominic share their thoughts on The Handmaid’s Tale and then (17:20) we are delighted to welcome to the podcast, Gretchen Bakke, anthropologist and author of the celebrated The Grid: The Fraying Wires between Americans and our Energy Future (Bloomsbury, 2016). We begin with this week’s announcement of the termination of the Clean Power Plan and the politics of “baseload energy” today. From there, we cover why electricity is a commodity like no other, how electricity is actually like polyamorous love, the challenges of writing for a wider public, and the infrastructural revolution that we are experiencing (but not always aware of). Gretchen explains how the future of electrical infrastructure has come into focus only very recently and discusses how subtraction (from the grid) may become a key resource in the future. We talk about the unreliable state of the U.S. grid and how it prompted the military to pioneer the use of microgrids. We ask whether we can trust utilities to work with us on creating a more distributed and decarbonized electrical infrastructure. And Gretchen suggests that the utility model may already be dead. We wrap up with the place of conservation in the transition, how hyperlocal production could reduce our electricity consumption 40% with no immediate change in lifestyle, and why government (and not markets or philanthropy) needs to drive the transition
Cwbr Author Interview: Doctoring Freedom: The Politics Of African American Medical Care
No full textInterview with Gretchen Long, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Africana Studies Program at Williams College Interviewed by Michael Frawley
Civil War Book Review (CWBR): Today the Civil War Book Review is proud to speak with Gretchen Long, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Africana Studies Program at Williams College, and discuss her recent book Doctoring Freedom: The Politics of African American Medical Care in Slavery and Emancipation. Thank you for joining us today. Gretchen Long (GL): It\u27s good to be her
What is economic self-sufficiency? Validating a measurement scale for policy, practice, and research
No full textEconomic self-sufficiency has emerged as a policy goal of anti-poverty programs in many nations. Although the policy direction of these programs is clear, the definition and measurement of economic self-sufficiency is not. This study revisits a scale that was designed in 1993 and has experienced a growth in use after two decades of little attention. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and bivariate correlations, the scale’s validity was tested with a sample of low-income survivors of intimate partner violence. The discussion focuses on how the resulting Scale of Economic Self-Sufficiency–14 (SESS-14) relates to policy, practice, and research
Wildlife-friendly fuels reduction in dry forests of the Pacific Northwest
No full textNicole Strong (Assistant Professor (Practice), Oregon State University Extension), Ken Bevis (Stewardship Wildlife Biologist, Washington Department of Natural Resources) ; illustrations by Gretchen Bracher.Title from PDF caption (viewed on June 4, 2021).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 (page 8).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Mummification
No full textGretchen Scharnagl’s interests include environmental art, social commentary, and specimen logic in her art practice as well as a wide range of community and collaborative artistic ventures. Scharnagl breaks down barriers and forms connections between disciplines and between professor and student. She has presented papers on art in suburbia, environmental art and strategies of teaching. Scharnagl blurs the definition of author, material and what can be art with media that range from pencil drawings to installations to performance. Andrea Garcia Selina Pirkau Natania Quiro
The Long Summer of Love: Historians get hip to the lasting influences of ’60s counterculture
No full textSaint Mary’s History Professor Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo is among several historians interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education for the article “The Long Summer of Love: Historians get hip to the lasting influences of ’60s counterculture.” The CHE story explores the growing body of scholarship on the counterculture movement of the 1960s, and is centered around a July acadenmic conference in San Francisco about the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Summer of Love. Lemke-Santangelo, author of the book Daughters of Aquarius was one of the conference presenters
Gretchen Is: On Your Facebook Profile, Analyzing the Sociolinguistics of Your Status Message
No full textSome Facebook status messages get dozens of comments and "likes", while others are not interacted with at all. But is this social success just good luck, or are there certain features that can allow us to predict whether a status will be popular or not? This presentation examines a cross‐section of authentic Facebook status messages in an attempt to figure out what makes a status socially successful. Three types of status message are identified: the narcissistic status, the informative status, and the shared‐reference status. The narcissistic status is the stereotypical expression of emotion or mundane activity, where the audience is less important, and consequently less engaged, than the author. The informative status provides basic information about the user\u27s current location or activity, which can allow him or her to be more easily contacted by friends, but does not tend to inspire much conversation. However, it is the shared‐reference status, which refers to an experience that the author shares with a relatively small group of friends, that inspires the greatest levels of dialogue in the form of comments and "likes." Further details to be discussed include the varieties of shared‐reference status and the relation of Facebook statuses to external perception of them and to real‐life rules of social interaction
Women of the ‘60s Counterculture: Planting the Seeds of Liberation
No full textSaint Mary\u27s History Professor Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo is quoted extensively in the KQED Arts feature Peace, Love, and Credit Where It’s Due: Women of the Counterculture, which recognizes the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Summer of Love and examines the level of sexism that existed in the 1960s counterculture era. In the article, Lemke-Santangelo, the author of the book Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture, among other observations, discusses the lack of historical documentation on the roles of women, their stories and important activities during the counterculture period. The story also notes that on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, the Saint Mary\u27s professor will chair a panel discussion on the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love at the California Historical Society called “Women of the ‘60s Counterculture: Planting the Seeds of Liberation.” The event is part of the city of San Francisco\u27s ongoing celebration of the 50th anniversary
Personality (11th Edition)
No full textIn Personality, the historical underpinnings of core theories and research come alive through biographical and contextual illustrations. Author Jerry M. Burger, and new co-author Gretchen M. Reevy, use vivid stories and discussions to challenge learners to critically consider the discipline’s approach to diversity, research science, and its future as a holistic field of study. With a balance of both theory and research, along with application sections and personality tests, you will gain hands-on experience and a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. Every chapter in this Eleventh Edition has been thoroughly updated, such as sections on Extraversion-Introversion, Dream Interpretation, and Gender Roles, to reflect the most recent research. It also features 400 new references, a new research topic on Narcissism, and two new personality scales.https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/faculty_books/1551/thumbnail.jp
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Unpacking Twaweza's Theory of Social Change: Citizen Agency, Information, Accountability, and Basic Services
No full textAny reference to or quotation from this document must include the following citation: Miller, E., Hartwell, A. S., & Rossman, G. B. (2010). Unpacking Twaweza’s Theory of Social Change: Citizen Agency, Information, Accountability, and Basic Services: Critical Issues and Questions. Amherst, MA: Center for International Education.
Contact author: Gretchen B. Rossman, [email protected].
This document was supported through the Twaweza Monitoring & Evaluation contract between the Center for International Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Twaweza/Hivos Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The ideas within are the authors; no official endorsement should be inferred.The purpose of this paper is to define the key concepts – and links between them – of Twaweza’s Theory of Social Change. These are the notions of citizen-driven change, citizen agency, information, monitoring and accountability, and basic services. The analysis shows ambiguities and, at times, conflicting working definitions in Twaweza’s use of these terms in its major public documents. We then integrate relevant scholarship to elaborate these central ideas and to pose questions that Twaweza may engage with in the spirit of its claims to be a “learning organization.
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