611 research outputs found
Tyne Dickson Interview
No full textTyne Dickson (Class of 2022) was interviewed by Laura Narvaez via the Zoom internet-based video conferencing software on September 18, 2023. Ms. Dickson was born on May 19, 2000, in Houston, Texas. Both of her parents were actors and she attended a performing arts high school in Houston, both to support her love of theater and because she knew she didn't want to attend the underfunded public school to which she was zoned. She was unsure about attending SMU, choosing it at the last minute because she knew she could pursue a double major there. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Studies with an emphasis on directing and acting, and a Bachelor of Arts in Human Rights specializing in public policy from SMU. Ms. Dickson discussed her struggles with being a Black woman at a predominately white institution and the lack of support she received from the university. She struggled financially at SMU, becoming an RA to support herself. She was heavily involved with the BLM at SMU movement from its beginning in 2020. She credits the strength of the movement to SMU's Human Rights Program. Since graduating, she moved back to Houston where, at the time of the interview, she was working as the holistic services coordinator at Restoring Justice, a nonprofit that provides holistic public defense to people impacted by incarceration
Architectural taste and patronage in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1870-1914
No full textThis thesis examines architectural taste and patronage in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1870 and 1914. During this period, the city experienced dramatic expansion as the wealth generated in industry, finance and retail was channelled into commercial and public architecture. The overall aim is to determine whether Newcastle formed a distinctive architectural culture. Newcastle's economic and social profile gave rise to specific patterns of taste and patronage. The thesis explores the cultural networks that shaped the built form of the city, arguing that architectural patronage in Newcastle was dominated by a cultural oligarchy. This group formed an architectural culture, a relatively self-contained community in which particular styles and architects were favoured above others. Newcastle was a major centre of industry, finance and retail, and played a significant role in the national economy. The thesis seeks to reposition Newcastle within the context of the dynamic forces that were reshaping Britain's built environment. As the period progressed, the distinctive patterns of taste and patronage within the city were eroded by the increasingly national economy, the influence of the metropolis and the more active role played by the centralised state. The thesis relates the architectural culture under study to the national mainstream, thus shedding light on the relationship between provincial architecture and the metropolis. The thesis employs a range of methodological strategies in order to bring the different facets of architecture into focus. With clearly defined geographical and temporal boundaries, it seeks to clarify the economic, social and cultural factors that underpin architectural production, thus offering a new insight into architectural patronage
'Beats apart': a comparative history of youth culture and popular music in Liverpool and Newcastle upon Tyne, 1956 - 1965
No full textThis study explores the themes of continuity and change in twentieth-century British cultural history, particularities of place and regional identity in the North of England, and the cultural transfer of North American popular music in Britain between 1956 and 1965. By means of a comparative historical investigation of youth culture and popular music in Liverpool and Newcastle upon Tyne, the work engages with existing debate among historians surrounding the nature and extent of cultural change for the period usually referred to as „The Sixties?, and whether or not it is possible to speak of a „Cultural Revolution?. Spanning the years between the initial impact of rock „n? roll and the immediate aftermath of the Beat Boom of 1963-64, a phenomenon described by one commentator as representing „perhaps the North's greatest single cultural „putsch??, the thesis examines the role of urban and regional identity in the process of cultural production, reproduction, and consumption. Theoretical insights derived from the associated disciplines of sociology and cultural studies are employed which offer an opportunity for a novel and dynamic analysis and interpretation of the empirical historical evidence. This research is especially pertinent at a time when historians are increasingly looking to the regional and inter-regional, as opposed to the national and international, for explanations of continuity and change. There is a burgeoning interest in the history of popular culture inspired by the transition of post-modern society from one of production to consumption. Cultural and economic theorists have called for more historical investigation to inform current debates regarding the post-modern city?s ability to attract a „creative class? as a means towards urban regeneration. This study informs these debates by bringing the above themes together in a unique historical analysis of cultural continuity and change, Northern identity, and popular music
From the ‘freedom of the streets’: a biographical study of culture and social change in the life and work of writer Jack Common (1903-1968)
Get PDFThe author assesses the life and work of the Newcastle upon Tyne born writer Jack Common in the light of the massive social, economic and cultural changes which have affected the North East of England and wider society through the period of Common's life and afterwards. He seeks to point out the relevance of Common to the present day in terms of his ideas about class, community and the individual and in the light of Common's sense of rebelliousness influenced by a process of grass-roots education and self-improvement. In addition, he draws upon his own extensive experience in community arts and education, looking, in particular, at the work he and others have carried out on Common over the last thirty years and assessing its value in the light of recent political changes. The author draws together the range of biographical and literary criticism carried out by a range of individuals over this period of time and brings into print hitherto unpublished material about Common's life and work by interviewing family members and associates, exploring the Common Archive at Newcastle University and other largely ignored sources, and studying Common's significant association with George Orwell in great detail. Through all of this, he seeks to argue that Common's life and ideas remain worthy of close attention in the present day
Style en français langue seconde: vers un regard sociolinguistique
No full textThis article sets out to present different approaches to style in second language French before going on to adopt a particular sociolinguistic view on style in interactions. Analyses of the lexical variation in a corpus of productions by advanced learners of French serve as examples. Comparisons with a French native-speaker corpus allow differences to be observed between native and non-native speakers, in particular in terms of accommodation through the use of colloquial words during interaction. The author suggests that a sociolinguistic approach (seeing speakers as social beings) can be useful in accounting for certain stylistic particularities in the productions of non-native speakers
Anne Fisher: Gender and Print in Eighteenth-Century Newcastle upon Tyne
No full textThis paper investigates the working life of Anne Fisher (1719-1778), an author and educationalist who worked alongside her husband, Thomas Slack, in their printing office cum bookshop on Middle Street/Union Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Attention is focused on the question of gender, and how Fisher’s status as a married woman affected her working life. She had a long and successful career as an author of educational books, publishing under her maiden name, but her involvement in the print trade has been either forgotten or reduced to that of an ‘able assistant’ in her husband’s business. Exploring her working life both before and after her marriage helps to explain why her achievements have not always been recognised and exposes the full extent of her contribution to the print business that she and her husband established in 1763
Annual report of the general manager and statement of accounts for the year ending 31st March ...
No full textAt head of title: Corporation tramways.Description based on: 1905.Mode of access: Internet
The jingling Geordie: community arts and the regional culture of the North East of England
Get PDFIn the light of the massive economic and social changes which have affected the North East of England over the last 25 years, the author assesses the vitality of the indigenous culture and reflects upon current cultural trends and the North East’s future, particularly in relation to a regional Europe. He traces the folk-tradition of the region and looks at ways in which this can be drawn upon to develop a meaningful link between past and present. He looks closely at the changing nature of class-relationships in the North East and reflects upon how a valid local culture can survive in a multi-cultural society. He draws upon his own extensive experience in Community Arts, looking at definitions of the term in the new political climate and arguing for its positive contribution to the cultural debate. He dwells on the issue of regionalism and devolution in a new Europe, comparing the situation in the North East of England with political and cultural changes in Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom
The contribution of William, Lord Armstrong to science and education
Get PDFWilliam George Armstrong (1310-1900) is best remembered as the lawyer turned engineer who revolutionised ordnance during the Crimean War. Nonetheless, 'his researches, his evidence before Royal Commissions and his presidential addresses, (including that to the British Association for the Advancement of Science), are as relevant today as they were last century. Indeed, it could be argued that whereas George and Robert Stephenson were, essentially, men of the Industrial Revolution, Armstrong’s theories are .still appropriate in the space age. Apart from his extensive research into hydraulics and electricity, which greatly advanced the frontiers of science, his contribution to education is considerably more than a mere footnote to his more spectacular achievements. At a time when the men of theory and the men of practice despised each other, Armstrong stood athwart the debate. Instead, he built an educational and industrial complex at Elswick where theory and practice went hand in hand and which became the blue-print for successive Royal Commissions. While others argued for technical education on continental lines, Armstrong upheld the Elswick example. His reluctant involvement in the proposed College of Physical Science in Newcastle upon Tyne is the subject of some debate in this study. Nonetheless, when he was finally convinced of its efficacy, his support was unequivocal. So much so that, after his death, the resultant edifice became Newcastle's abiding memorial to him. Two recent biographies have been used as works of general reference, but the main thesis rests on extensive use of original material. This includes Armstrong's speeches and writings; his evidence before Royal Commissions and the records of the Elswick forks' Mechanics' Institute and Schools. Hitherto, Armstrong's fame has rested on his weapons which destroyed human life. His greatest weapon - his contribution to science and education - which destroyed the 'laissez faire' attitudes of his contemporaries, has been largely ignored. In an endeavour to redress the balance, this study has been attempted
A re-assessment of Early Bronze Age human remains in Tyne and Wear Museums: results and implications for interpreting Early Bronze Age burials from North-East England and beyond.
No full textThe North East of England has yielded a rich array of Early Bronze Age burial evidence over 200 years of recorded excavations by antiquaries and archaeologists, much of it reported in Archaeologia Aeliana. Yet few of the human remains have been consistently examined and analysed and there has been little attempt to produce a synthesis of the burial evidence for the region. This article presents a re-analysis of the human remains from several Early Bronze Age burials in the care of Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. Osteological re-analysis of these remains was undertaken by the lead author, and was considered by both authors alongside the contextual evidence from the original excavations and a broader corpus of over 350 burials from the period c. 2500–1500 BC recently compiled and analysed by the second author. Selected remains were also subjected to radiocarbon dating, and the results of most of these analyses are discussed here alongside relevant contextual information (most notably remains from burials at Allerwash, Reaverhill, Hollybush Field, and Hasting Hill). The results provide important information on variation in mortuary practices in the Early Bronze Age. </em
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