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Ethnobiology Colloquium: Traditional ecological knowledge and languages: Diversity, loss, and conservation in Malakula, Vanuatu
Get PDFReplication Data for: A Mathematical Theory of Authorial Intention
No full textA collection of .rda files, for use in R. Each is a word-context matrix with 32,000 rows and 2,000 columns. Stored in three .zip files
Replication Data for: A Mathematical Theory of Authorial Intention
No full textA collection of .rda files, for use in R. Each is a word-context matrix with 32,000 rows and 2,000 columns. Stored in three .zip files
Supplemental Materials for "Scotland’s Poetics of Space: An Experiment in Geospatial Semantics"
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Supplemental Materials for "Scotland’s Poetics of Space: An Experiment in Geospatial Semantics"
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New developments in applied Raman spectroscopy
No full textWork has been carried out on the development of new applications of Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy. This has centred on the characterisation of oxide heterogeneous catalysts, and the measurement of very small band shifts. Raman spectra have been obtained of pyridine adsorbed to silica, alumina and a variety of T type zeolites. These show the existence physisorbed, hydrogen bonded and Lewis coordinated species. The detection of Bronsted sites is complicated by the presence of hydrogen bonded pyridine. The surface areas of the materials studied were measured using nitrogen isotherm experiments and BET theory. Significant fluorescence and sample heating are still observed with near infrared excitation and this is likely to prevent wide scale use of the technique in this field. By using curve fitting procedures it has been possible to measure small shifts in the position of Raman bands using data from both multichannel and FT Raman spectrometers. Mixtures of acetone H6/D6 and polyethylene/perdeuteropolyethylene were used as trial systems. Band shifts measured were found to be a linear function of mole fraction. Cuvette cells were found to be the best for liquid phase studies with shifts as small as 0.1cm-1 being reliably detected. The method was extended to solids by using plasma emissions from the laser line as an internal frequency standard. A considerable range of applications of this method are envisaged.</p
‘Another brick in the wall?’ An Investigation into resettlement education for young people with special educational needs and disabilities
No full textThis thesis focused on the education of young people in the youth justice population, who were going through resettlement. Resettlement is the period after a young person is released from prison. It is a complex time of transition, containing both risks and opportunities. The resettlement population comprises young people with a significant range of needs, including a high prevalence of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This prevalence is recognised through provisions in the SEND Code of Practice (DfE and DoH, 2014), which mandates appropriate education, health and care support for young people during resettlement in England. However, there is limited research about the educational experiences of the resettlement population, including the perspectives of professionals who support resettlement, such as education providers and Youth Offending Teams (YOTs). Therefore, this research investigated the role of these agencies in resettlement and explored the lived experiences of two young people transitioning through resettlement, to address the following research questions: 1. What are the experiences of young people with identified SEND engaging with resettlement education provision? 2. How do YOTs and education providers work to facilitate resettlement education provision, and what factors impact on this work? This research utilised a qualitative case study methodology involving three local authorities. In-depth semi-structured interviews with professionals (n = 30) across three local authorities, and unstructured interviews with young people (n = 2) in one local authority were conducted and analysed using thematic analysis. The analysis generated a range of themes that shed light on the nature of education provision and support during resettlement, including the roles of inclusive pedagogy and stigma against the resettlement population, who are a marginalised group. Collectively, these themes brought to light sources of good resettlement practice and barriers to progress during resettlement. The thesis concludes by drawing together the findings into a discussion of the complex myriad factors that shape the experiences and provision of education during resettlement
Student/staff ‘Collaborative Event Ethnography’ at the Antiques Roadshow
No full textThis project report details the experiences of a student/staff collaborative research projectcarried out in the summer of 2016 and using the Collaborative Event Ethnography (CEE)method developed by Brosius and Campbell. Adopting the CEE approach, undergraduateanthropology students, working alongside postgraduates and research staff, collectedethnographic data through interviews and participant observation at the Antiques Roadshowat Ightham Mote in Kent. They engaged in data-coding and analysis, with opportunities forfurther involvement in collaborative writing and dissemination of findings.Our project demonstrates both the value of CEE as a method for gathering academicallyrobust ethnographic data at large-scale, time-limited events and also its potential as apedagogical tool for fine-tuning the development of research skills. We find that engaging inthe production – alongside seasoned researchers – of academically-rigorous knowledge with‘real’ researc
Print and the cultures of criticism
No full textPrint and the Cultures of Criticism reconsiders Restoration and eighteenth-century literary criticism as a material practice of writing and publication. In prefaces, pamphlets, libels, and mock-epics, poets used print as an instrument of literary rivalry and in the
process gave shape to a cultural field of poetry and criticism. Through tracing their controversies, I revise the consensus view that early criticism disciplined readers with a disinterested discourse of polite taste. Rather, criticism was forged in a turbulent print
marketplace where authors’ commercial and political interests often collided with their intellectual and professional ambitions. Placing factionalism at the center of criticism’s history suggests that literary ideas proliferated through conflict and became most
powerful when subject to the most vocal objection. My project focuses on moments of literary controversy to explore how printed disputes shifted as they moved across the still-fluid genres of critical writing. From 1660 to the first decades of the eighteenth century, sporadic debates between playwrights had evolved into a widely shared practice of literary rivalry. The success of John Dryden’s heroic dramas sparked heated debates over prosody and dramatic form: opinions came out in play performances, verse prologues and epilogues, prefatory essays, pamphlets, and eventually manuscript satires. By the turn of the century, poets, critics, playwrights, scholars, booksellers, and even readers were seen to engage in a special kind of combat—
the mock-epic battles of “Parnassus”—that divided them into factions while binding them together in a common project of public dispute. I then turn to writers who, in very different ways, attempted to insulate poetry from the turmoil of literary factionalism. Anne Finch and Alexander Pope concluded that modern criticism had become irredeemably dysfunctional. Critics haunt their poems with ambient violence. Through these case studies, I argue against the prevailing notion that early criticism regulated culture while dictating to a passive readership of anonymous book-buyers. Taking a
broader view that accounts for the wide range of genres at critics’ disposal suggests that few had the clout to impose their judgments and that literary value emerged most powerfully from below.Ph.D.Includes abstractVitaIncludes bibliographical referencesby Michael Gavi
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