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Conversatorio con Lisa Garforth=Conversation with Lisa Garforth
No full textJulia Ramírez-Blanco conversa con Lisa Garforth, autora del libro Green Utopias y especialista en utopías medioambientales. Con ella, hablamos acerca de las posibles maneras de definir las ecotopías, y cómo estas se manifiestan tanto en la literatura como en distintas formas de práctica social.Julia Ramírez-Blanco interviews Lisa Garforth, author of the book Green Utopias and specialist in environmental utopias. With her, we talk about the possible ways of defining ecotopias, and how they manifest themselves both in literature and in different forms of social practice.http://re-visiones.net/audio/Entrevista-Lisa-Garfoth.mp
Developing a strategic approach to MOOCs
No full textDuring the last eight years, interest in massive open online courses (MOOCs) has grown fast and continuously worldwide. Universities that had never engaged with open or online learning have begun to run courses in these new environments. Millions of learners have joined these courses, many of them new to learning at this level. Amid all this learning and teaching activity, researchers have been busy investigating different aspects of this new phenomenon. In this contribution we look at one substantial body of work, publications on MOOCs that were produced at the 29 UK universities connected to the FutureLearn MOOC platform. Bringing these papers together, and considering them as a body of related work, reveals a set of nine priority areas for MOOC research and development. We suggest that these priority areas could be used to develop a strategic approach to learning at scale. We also show how the papers in this special issue align with these priority areas, forming a basis for future work
Social networks: the future of marketing for small business
No full textPurpose – The authors review recent developments in online marketing strategy that demonstrate the growing power of online communities in building brand reputations and customer relationships. Design/methodologies/approach – This work draws upon the results of an ongoing research project that is investigating the use of new technologies by entrepreneurial growing businesses in the London area. A range of examples from our 30 case study businesses are drawn upon to illustrate some of the opportunities and threats associated with these new marketing priorities.<br/
Conversation with Lisa Garforth / Conversatorio con Lisa Garforth
No full text\ua9 2023, Universidad Compultense Madrid. All rights reserved. Julia Ram\uedrez-Blanco interviews Lisa Garforth, author of the book Green Utopias and specialist in environmental utopias. With her, we talk about the possible ways of defining ecotopias, and how they manifest themselves both in literature and in different forms of social practice
From Parody to Rewriting: Margaret Mitchell’s GoneWith the Wind (1936) vs Alice Randall’s The Wind Done Gone (2001)
No full textWhen after many difficulties, Alice Randall published The Wind Done Gone, the question of the very nature of the novel came to the foreground, from a constitutional as well as a literary standpoint: was it a parodic re-writing of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, and as such protected by the First Amendment; or was it just a “steal” of famous characters and situations, and as such submitted to the strict laws of copyright? The analysis of the various literary devices used by the author will show the subversive nature of the hypertext, which goes beyond simple parody
« Inverser la plaisanterie afin de secouer le joug » ou comment vicier un stéréotype
No full textA California professor, a painter, an author and an occasional rancher Percival Everett appears as an iconoclast who often undermines racial and political stereotypes, ethnocentric and cultural narratives while provoking the academic establishment by making fun of its various literary theories. An excellent example is the short story, “The Appropriation of Cultures,” in the collection Damned If IDo (2004). The tale is a not-so-subtle deconstruction/reconstruction of symbols deeply embedded in the culture of the American South and its ultra-conservative values. Everett endows his protagonist with his favorite tools – irony, humor, artifice – by turning the Confederate flag into a Black Power symbol and laying African American claim to the Southern anthem, “Dixie”. Thus the archetypal “trickster” figure triumphs over his bigger, stronger adversary by getting him to psychologically relinquish treasured icons of Southern white superiority and by playing on that very myth. This article shows that post-structuralism per se might be inherently linked to African Americans
4 3 2 1, The Book of Endlessly Forking Paths
No full text4 3 2 1, Paul Auster’s 2017 novel, is a creative exploration of counterfactual thinking – thinking about what might have been. 4 3 2 1 departs from the premise that “the real […] also consist[s] of what could have happened but didn’t”. This premise dictates Auster’s narrative strategy, which involves the juxtaposition of four alternative versions of the protagonist’s character and life. The novel’s structural principle evokes Borges’ iconic story, “The Garden of Forking Paths”, where the Argentinian author toys with the idea of bifurcating time and parallel fictional lives. In the vein of this Borgesian conceit, the time-line of Auster’s novel is also split into forking paths, deploying four different destinies of four protagonists by the same name, one of whom eventually turns out to be the author of the other three. If counterfactuals are conveyed through the imaginative creation of alternative realities, all fiction may be considered counterfactual. But Auster’s latest novel is still unique. Ever since Aristotle, fiction has aspired to mimesis, to a recognizable representation of reality. By broadening the concept of reality, Auster has created a new kind of mimesis, which blends the representation of the actual with that of the potential. The present paper offers a reading of 4 3 2 1 from the perspective of counterfactual thinking and examines its characteristics and cognitive value.4 3 2 1, le roman de Paul Auster publié en 2017, est une exploration créative de la pensée contrefactuelle : penser à ce qui aurait pu advenir. 4 3 2 1 est basé sur le postulat que « le réel consist[e] également en ce qui aurait pu advenir, mais n’a pas eu lieu ». Ce postulat dicte la stratégie narrative d’Auster, qui implique la juxtaposition de quatre versions alternatives du cheminement du personnage principal. Le principe structurel du roman évoque l’histoire iconique de Borges, « Le jardin aux sentiers qui bifurquent », où l’auteur argentin s’amuse de la déviation du temps et des vies fictives parallèles. Dans la lignée de ce concept borgésien, la chronologie du roman d’Auster est également scindée en sentiers qui bifurquent, déployant les quatre destins différents de quatre protagonistes portant le même nom, l’un d’entre eux s’avérant finalement être l’auteur des trois autres. Si les récits contrefactuels s’expriment par la création imaginative de réalités alternatives, toute fiction peut être considérée comme contrefactuelle. Mais le dernier roman de Paul Auster reste unique. Depuis Aristote, la fiction aspire à la mimèsis, à une représentation reconnaissable de la réalité. En élargissant le concept de réalité, Auster crée un nouveau type de mimèsis, qui mêle la représentation du réel à la représentation du potentiel. Cet article propose une lecture de 4 3 2 1 à la lueur de la pensée contrefactuelle et analyse ses caractéristiques et sa valeur cognitive
Educare alla cittadinanza in prospettiva interculturale. Riflessioni e proposte per la società odierna
No full textThis paper aims to provide an in-depth discussion of citizenship in a variety of contexts, using an intercultural approach which allows us to understand the diversity of our complex society, and promote encounter and par-ticipation between people. Reflecting on citizenship, not only from a pedagogical perspective but also from a cultural and political one, is crucial for this discussion; it already forms part of the educational policies of some European countries, in which interculture and citizenship education interact. I will examine in depth the issue of promoting forms of citizenship suitable for our current world, where individuals, peoples, and cultures are increasingly more connected. This analysis is based on the research of several intellectuals and on a previous study by the author on intercultural education and integration in Europe.Il presente contributo mira a discutere e approfondire il tema della cittadinanza all’interno dei contesti eterogenei assumendo uno sguardo interculturale in grado di cogliere la pluralità, che caratterizza la società complessa in cui viviamo, e di promuovere forme di incontro e partecipazione. Un percorso che impone una riflessione sul tema della cittadinanza dal punto di vista non solo pedagogico, ma anche culturale e politico, e che sembra essere un aspetto già presente nelle scelte di politica educativa di alcuni paesi europei, in cui intercultura ed educazione alla cittadinanza si integrano. A tal fine, partendo dalle prospettive di diversi intellettuali e da uno studio di ricerca comparata sulle politiche di educazione interculturale ed integrazione in Europa, si approfondirà la questione di come promuovere forme di cittadinanza necessarie ad abitare il mondo attuale, composto da reti e connessioni sempre più strette tra persone, popoli, culture
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