257 research outputs found
Elinor Glyn’s British Talkies: voice, nationality and the author on screen
No full textExisting accounts of Elinor Glyn’s career have emphasised her substantial impact on early Hollywood. In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to her less successful efforts to break into the UK film industry in the early sound period. This article addresses this underexplored period, focusing on Glyn’s use of sound in her two British films, Knowing Men (Elinor Glyn, Elinor Glyn Productions Ltd., 1930) and The Price of Things (Elinor Glyn, Elinor Glyn Productions Ltd., 1930). The article argues that Glyn’s British production practices reveal a unique strategy for reformulating her authorial stardom through the medium of the ‘talkie’. It explores how Glyn sought to exploit the specifically national qualities of the recorded English voice amidst a turbulent period in UK film production. The article contextualises this strategy in relation to Glyn’s business and personal archives, which evidence her attempts to refine her own speaking voice, alongside those of the screen stars whose careers she sought to develop for recorded sound. It suggests that the sound film was marked out as an important, exploitable new tool for Glyn within a broader context of debates about voice, recorded sound and nationality in UK culture at this time. This enabled her to portray a distinctively national brand identity through her new film work and surrounding publicity, in contrast to her appearances in American silent films. The article will show that recorded sound further allowed Glyn to performatively foreground her role as author-director through speaking cameos. This is analysed in relation to wider evidence of her practice, where she reflected on the performative qualities of the spoken voice in her writing and interviews, and made use of radio, newsreel and live performance to perfect and refine her own skills in recitation and oratio
Elinor Stevens Walker Correspondence
Get PDFEntries include brief biographical information, a publisher advertisement with copies of various biographical newspaper review articles concerning Walker\u27s treatise on Baxter State Park, Maine, a work illustrated by Welch and incorporated with contributions from the Great Northern Paper Company whose lumbering in the area is also discussed in the softcover volume, a typed letter from the Maine State Library forwarding Walker\u27s booklet to the Augusta Public Library and introducing her to the Maine Author Collection, a handwritten biographical letter presenting Our Great Northern Wilderness to the Maine Author Collection, a typed letter from the Maine State Library on receipt of Walker\u27s gift, and a handwritten letter on plain paper concerning the acquisition of her recent booklet for the Maine State Library and presenting In and Around Our Great Northern Wilderness for the Maine Author Collection
High noon : a new sequel to "Three weeks" /
No full textConjecturally attributed to Elinor Glyn, author of Three weeks.Mode of access: Internet
Ecos popperianos na metodologia econômica de Elinor Ostrom
Get PDFThe paper has described and analyzed the methodological discussion presented by Elinor Ostrom seeking in it the popperian influence. It focused on the Rationality Principle and Situational analysis concepts trough Popper contributes for Social Sciences methodology. The paper argues that Ostrom recognize the popperian influence and seeks to apply it in her case studies. The paper also shows that the methodology of the author gradually open to a more plural methodological interlocution preserving, despite this, essentials aspects of popperian methodology.Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/Araraquara), Endereço: Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, Km 01-MachadosUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP/Araraquara), Endereço: Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, Km 01-Machado
Comparative study of young people's response to anti-smoking messages
No full textSmoking prevalence increases rapidly with age, with the majority of people taking it up during their teenage years (Walker et al. 2001). Research conducted into young teenagers and smoking in 1998 indicated that less than 1% of 11-year-olds were regular smokers compared with over one-fifth (21%) of 15-year-olds (Higgins 1998). This evidence indicates that if young people do not begin smoking before the age of 20 they are unlikely ever to start. Targeting young people before smoking initiation in their early teens may therefore be critical to reducing smoking rates. Mass-media campaigns can play an important role in reaching large numbers of young people directly with prevention messages and are a powerful influence on individuals' awareness, knowledge and understanding of health and social issues (Pierce et al. 1991; Backer et al. 1992; Bandura 1994; Reid 1996; Mudde & De Vries 1999). When used as part of a comprehensive tobacco control programme, they have been successful in several countries in reducing the uptake of smoking by young people and encouraging cessation (Flynn et al. 1992, 1994; Sly & Heald 1999; Sly et al. 2001a, 2001b, 2002; Andrews et al. 2004). There is considerable debate, however, as to which is the most suitable message theme for reducing smoking among young people. This paper examines the rationale for, and the potential impact of, three appeals: 'fear appeals', 'social norms' and 'industry manipulation'. Evidence exists suggesting that both social norms and industry manipulation messages have worked well in influencing young people's smoking attitudes and behaviour in the United States (Sly & Heald 1999; Sly et al. 2001a, 2001b, 2002) and that fear appeals have worked with Australian adults (Donovan et al. 1999; Tan et al. 2000). There is a lack of research, however, pertaining to how young people in England may respond to anti-smoking message themes and the transferability of these appeals to different cultural contexts. Also, little is known about whether different message types have a differential impact among young people; for example, are particular types of young people more receptive to particular messages? This paper therefore first considers the existing evidence base and relevant theoretical principles before focusing on qualitative research conducted with young people in England to explore their response to different types of message themes
A polycentric approach for coping with climate change
Get PDFThis paper proposes an alternative approach to addressing the complex problems of climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The author, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, argues that single policies adopted only at a global scale are unlikely to generate sufficient trust among citizens and firms so that collective action can take place in a comprehensive and transparent manner that will effectively reduce global warming. Furthermore, simply recommending a single governmental unit to solve global collective action problems is inherently weak because of free-rider problems. For example, the Carbon Development Mechanism (CDM) can be ‘gamed’ in ways that hike up prices of natural resources and in some cases can lead to further natural resource exploitation. Some flaws are also noticeable in the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD) program. Both the CDM and REDD are vulnerable to the free-rider problem. As an alternative, the paper proposes a polycentric approach at various levels with active oversight of local, regional, and national stakeholders. Efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions are a classic collective action problem that is best addressed at multiple scales and levels. Given the slowness and conflict involved in achieving a global solution to climate change, recognizing the potential for building a more effective way of reducing green house gas emissions at multiple levels is an important step forward. A polycentric approach has the main advantage of encouraging experimental efforts at multiple levels, leading to the development of methods for assessing the benefits and costs of particular strategies adopted in one type of ecosystem and compared to results obtained in other ecosystems. Building a strong commitment to find ways of reducing individual emissions is an important element for coping with this problem, and having others also take responsibility can be more effectively undertaken in small- to medium-scale governance units that are linked together through information networks and monitoring at all levels. This paper was prepared as a background paper for the 2010 World Development Report on Climate Change.Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases,Environmental Economics&Policies,Climate Change Economics,Transport Economics Policy&Planning,Environment and Energy Efficiency
Gestión local de recursos de uso común en turismo: La perspectiva de Elinor Ostrom
No full textLocal Management of Common Pool Resources in Tourism. The Approach of Elinor Ostrom. The paper aims to explore the approaches of Elinor Ostrom related to the governance of common pool of resources in the tourism sector based on a case study in a conservation area in Brazil, analyzing the mechanisms of organization and institutionalization of practices of collective management. The work of the author, the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2009, contributed to review the previous thought that prior to the inability of the collective management of spaces and use of common pool resources, demonstrating that local communities are able to manage their resources in a sustainable manner, within appropriate institutional arrangement. The methodology is based on a case study of the application of recognized success in terms of management, the Parque Estadual da Ilha do Cardoso, in Brazil, a place of particular importance for the preservation of local culture, the environment, as well as to scientific studies and eco-tourism. The information relating to the operation of the local council and the characteristics and expectations of the population of the Park were gathered in the testimonies of residents and managers, from non-structured interview. The Article proposes both reveal the elements of a situation of self-management and self-governance policies of natural resources as relate to the application of the ideas of Elinor Ostrom to the tourism sector.El objetivo de este artículo es explorar la adecuación de las propuestas de Elinor Ostrom relativas a la gobernanza de recursos de uso común en el sector de turismo a partir de un estudio de caso en una Unidad de Conservación en Brasil, analizando los mecanismos de organización e institucionalización de las prácticas de gestión colectiva. Los trabajos de la autora, que recibió el Premio Nobel de Economía en 2009, contribuyeron a revisar el pensamiento anterior que preveía la incapacidad de la gestión colectiva de los espacios de explotación y uso comunes (common pool resources), demostrando que las comunidades locales son capaces de gestionar sus recursos de forma sustentable dentro de un acuerdo institucional adecuado. La metodología se basa en el estudio de un caso de gestión exitoso, el Parque Estadual de la Ilha do Cardoso (PEIC) en Brasil, lugar de particular relevancia para la preservación de la cultura local y el medio ambiente, para realizar estudios científicos y practicar turismo ecológico. La información relativa al funcionamiento del consejo consultivo constituido y las características y expectativas de la población del Parque fueron recolectadas a través de los testimonios de los pobladores y gestores mediante una entrevista no estructurada. El artículo se propone estudiar los elementos de autogestión y autogobernanza de los recursos naturales y relacionar la aplicación de las ideas de Elinor Ostrom al sector turístico
Aligning Key Concepts for Global Change Policy: Robustness, Resilience, and Sustainability
Get PDFGlobalization, the process by which local social-ecological systems (SESs) are becoming linked in a global network, presents policy scientists and practitioners with unique and difficult challenges. Although local SESs can be extremely complex, when they become more tightly linked in the global system, complexity increases very rapidly as multi-scale and multi-level processes become more important. Here, we argue that addressing these multi-scale and multi-level challenges requires a collection of theories and models. We suggest that the conceptual domains of sustainability, resilience, and robustness provide a sufficiently rich collection of theories and models, but overlapping definitions and confusion about how these conceptual domains articulate with one another reduces their utility. We attempt to eliminate this confusion and illustrate how sustainability, resilience, and robustness can be used in tandem to address the multi-scale and multi-level challenges associated with global change
Elinor Glyn's British Talkies: Voice, nationality and the author on-screen
Get PDFExisting accounts of Elinor Glyn's career have emphasized her substantial impact on early Hollywood. In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to her less successful efforts to break into the UK film industry in the early sound period. This article addresses this underexplored period, focusing on Glyn's use of sound in her two 1930 British films, Knowing Men and The Price of Things. The article argues that Glyn's British production practices reveal a unique strategy for reformulating her authorial stardom through the medium of the ‘talkie’. It explores how Glyn sought to exploit the specifically national qualities of the recorded English voice amidst a turbulent period in UK film production. The article contextualizes this strategy in relation to Glyn's business and personal archives, which evidence her attempts to refine her own speaking voice, alongside those of the screen stars whose careers she sought to develop for recorded sound. It suggests that the sound film was marked out as an important, exploitable new tool for Glyn within a broader context of debates about voice, recorded sound and nationality in UK culture at this time. This enabled her to portray a distinctively national brand identity through her new film work and surrounding publicity, in contrast to her appearances in American silent films. The article will show that recorded sound further allowed Glyn performatively to foreground her role as author-director through speaking cameos. This is analysed in relation to wider evidence of her practice, where she reflected on the performative qualities of the spoken voice in her writing and interviews, and made use of radio, newsreel and live performance to perfect and refine her own skills in recitation and oration
Cooperation x individualism : Elinor Ostrom's contribution to common's governance
No full textOrientador: Ivette Raymunda Luna HuamaníDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de EconomiaResumo: Esta dissertação tem por objetivo apresentar os arranjos institucionais de Elinor Ostrom para a promoção da autogovernança, destacando as condições sob as quais a autogestão de uma comunidade se mostra mais eficiente na exploração dos recursos comuns. A autora criticou os modelos ortodoxos vigentes à sua época (preconizadores da privatização e estatização), propondo a autogestão como uma solução mais eficiente. Sendo assim, esta dissertação começa apresentando tais modelos (tragédia dos comuns, dilema dos prisioneiros e a lógica da ação coletiva) e criticando suas suposições. Em seguida, apresentam-se os oito princípios institucionais de Ostrom definidores do sucesso (e do fracasso) de uma autogestão e como se realizam na prática. Por último, é feito um levantamento mais atual de trabalhos relacionados à autogovernança dos recursos comuns (datados após a principal contribuição da autora em 1990), avaliando como o tema de pesquisa evoluiu no cenário acadêmico dentro e fora do Brasil, apresentando o conceito tradicional de recursos comuns e introduzindo o conceito de novos recursos comunsAbstract: This dissertation aims to present Elinor Ostrom's institutional arrangements and their respective impacts on promoting self-governance. The author criticized the orthodox models of privatization and nationalization in force at the time, proposing self-management as the most efficient solution to the commons resource¿s problem. Thus, this dissertation begins by presenting such orthodox models (tragedy of the commons, prisoners' dilemma, logic of collective action), criticizing their assumptions. Next, we present the eight Ostrom institutional principles that define the success (and failure) of self-management and how they are carried out in practice. Finally, we present a series of papers related to the self-governance of common resources (dated after the author's main contribution in 1990), evaluating how the research theme evolved in the academic scene both nationally and internationally, presenting the traditional commons and the new commons conceptMestradoDesenvolvimento Economico, Espaço e Meio AmbienteMestre em Desenvolvimento EconômicoCAPE
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