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The Annual Walter Rodney Symposium, 2022
No full textThe 19th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium titled "Walter Rodney: 50 Years of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" took place on Saturday, March 26th, 2022 from 10:00am - 3:00pm EST. The virtual conference featured keynote speaker Dr. Joyce Ladner who highlights her relationship with Dr. Walter Rodney. The panel hosted by Kurt B. Young featured Dr. Horace G. Campbell, Professor Issa Shivji, and Walter Bgoya, and discusses the work of Walter Rodney and Julius Nyerere. The panel hosted by Zophia Edwards featured a lecture by Dr. Vijay Prashad and respondents Natasha Shivji, Tamnisha John, Kamau Franklin, and Cindy Peters about the text "How Europe Undeveloped Africa". There were Q & A segments and global remembrances. The 2022 symposium was co-hosted by The Walter Rodney Foundation and the AUC Woodruff Library
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Interview with Red Rodney, Part 1
No full textInterview with Red Rodney for Jazz Profiles. Audio from the Rodney interview only lasts until 9:05 of the nearly 2-hour recording. Rodney discusses replacing Miles Davis at the Three Deuces, having not played such fast tempos in the Woody Herman band, being well received at the Three Deuces, how Charlie Parker never told him what to do but showed him, how playing with Parker was his "college and graduate school," why Parker wanted him in the band, taking a $125 pay cut to join Parker's band after Herman's, the 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert, Parker not wanting to rehearse, the Clint Eastwood movie Bird and its accuracy, Chan Parker's influence on the movie, the conscientiousness of the actor, how "Hollywood never gets a real-life jazz picture," the lower prevalence of drug use among young jazz musicians, following the leader on drugs and conduct, Rodney's comeback and the role of his wife, and getting his teeth fixed. The Rodney interview ends here, and is followed by audio of and narration for George Forman's boxing championship read by Ian Thistle, part of an episode of Fresh Air featuring author Walter Kirn (contains frank discussion of sexuality and psychological abuse), another episode of Fresh Air hosted by Chris Spurgeon discussing Thom Jones' book The Pugilist at Rest, news reports from the time concerning U.S. military activity in Somalia and debates over health care, the Hatch Act, and discussion of recent and upcoming episodes of L.A. Law
Walter Rodney Collection
No full textThe Walter Rodney Collection is a compilation of materials donated by a number of individuals and institutions. The donations help to broaden the documentation about the life, contributions, influence, and legacy of Walter Rodney. The collection also includes the work of the Walter Rodney Foundation in establishing the Walter Rodney Symposium and documents the annual symposia through video, ephemera, and photographs. The Walter Rodney Collection will continue to grow as more donations are made. The collection complements the Walter Rodney Papers that were donated to the Robert W. Woodruff Library in 2004.
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A Novel Bocavirus Associated with Acute Gastroenteritis in Australian Children
No full textAcute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a common illness affecting all age groups worldwide, causing an estimated three million deaths annually. Viruses such as rotavirus, adenovirus, and caliciviruses are a major cause of AGE, but in many patients a causal agent cannot be found despite extensive diagnostic testing. Proposing that novel viruses are the reason for this diagnostic gap, we used molecular screening to investigate a cluster of undiagnosed cases that were part of a larger case control study into the etiology of pediatric AGE. Degenerate oligonucleotide primed (DOP) PCR was used to non-specifically amplify viral DNA from fecal specimens. The amplified DNA was then cloned and sequenced for analysis. A novel virus was detected. Elucidation and analysis of the genome indicates it is a member of the Bocavirus genus of the Parvovirinae, 23% variant at the nucleotide level from its closest formally recognized relative, the Human Bocavirus (HBoV), and similar to the very recently proposed second species of Bocavirus (HBoV2). Fecal samples collected from case control pairs during 2001 for the AGE study were tested with a bocavirus-specific PCR, and HBoV2 (sequence confirmed) was detected in 32 of 186 cases with AGE (prevalence 17.2%) compared with only 15 controls (8.1%). In this same group of children, HBoV2 prevalence was exceeded only by rotavirus (39.2%) and astrovirus (21.5%) and was more prevalent than norovirus genogroup 2 (13.4%) and adenovirus (4.8%). In a univariate analysis of the matched pairs (McNemar's Test), the odds ratio for the association of AGE with HBoV2 infection was 2.6 (95% confidence interval 1.2–5.7); P = 0.007. During the course of this screening, a second novel bocavirus was detected which we have designated HBoV species 3 (HBoV3). The prevalence of HBoV3 was low (2.7%), and it was not associated with AGE. HBoV2 and HBoV3 are newly discovered bocaviruses, of which HBoV2 is the thirdmost-prevalent virus, after rotavirus and astrovirus, associated with pediatric AGE in this study.Jane L. Arthur, Geoffrey D. Higgins, Geoffrey P. Davidson, Rodney C. Givney and Rodney M. Ratclif
Rodney Kite-Powell Oral History Interview
No full textRodney Kite-Powell, Director of the Touchton Map Library at the Tampa Bay History Center and author, provides an overview of downtown Tampa in the 1900s. He discusses the role of landmarks like the Tampa Theatre and the Florida Hotel in shaping downtown Tampa\u27s vibrancy. Kite-Powell highlights the decline experienced in the 1970s and 1980s, and the city leaders\u27 efforts toward redevelopment. He addresses accessibility issues that once limited downtown activity and notes how growing historical awareness spurred preservation efforts. Regarding the Tampa Theatre, Kite-Powell explores its origins as a silent theater and the later installation of air conditioning, underscoring its significance as a symbol of Tampa and a testament to successful preservation endeavors
Marriage Among the Lamet and the Baci Ceremony
No full textArticles concerning the marriage practices of the Lamet people in Northern Laos.Lamet : Hill peasants in French Indochina / Karl Gustav Izikowitz; Rodney Needham,
New York : AMS Press, 1960 (reprint of a 1951 edition published by Goteborg: Ethnografiska Museet, Etnologiska Studier No. 17, pages 19 thru 33 and 318 to 342. Note by William Sag
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No full textWalter Rodney Speaker Series, Dr. Patricia Rodney, Walter Rodney Foundation, "My Life's Journey with Walter Rodney". Followed by Andrea Jackson, archivist, introducing the Walter Rodney Papers.This video is an edited and stitched version of MiniDV tapes 1-2 of the Speaker Series filmed on January 17, 2013
Including the public in pandemic planning: a deliberative approach
No full textBackground: Against a background of pandemic threat posed by SARS and avian H5N1 influenza, this study used deliberative forums to elucidate informed community perspectives on aspects of pandemic planning. Methods: Two deliberative forums were carried out with members of the South Australian community. The forums were supported by a qualitative study with adults and youths, systematic reviews of the literature and the involvement of an extended group of academic experts and policy makers. The forum discussions were recorded with simultaneous transcription and analysed thematically. Results: Participants allocated scarce resources of antiviral drugs and pandemic vaccine based on a desire to preserve society function in a time of crisis. Participants were divided on the acceptability of social distancing and quarantine measures. However, should such measures be adopted, they thought that reasonable financial, household and psychological support was essential. In addition, provided such support was present, the participants, in general, were willing to impose strict sanctions on those who violated quarantine and social distancing measures. Conclusions: The recommendations from the forums suggest that the implementation of pandemic plans in a severe pandemic will be challenging, but not impossible. Implementation may be more successful if the public is engaged in pandemic planning before a pandemic, effective communication of key points is practiced before and during a pandemic and if judicious use is made of supportive measures to assist those in quarantine or affected by social isolation measures.Annette J Braunack-Mayer, Jackie M Street, Wendy A Rogers, Rodney Givney, John R Moss, Janet E Hiller, Flu Views tea
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No full textWalter Rodney Speaker Series, Dr. Patricia Rodney, Dr. Noble Maseru, and Dr. Mark Armstrong, Dr. Kanini Rodney, "Global Health: A Focus on Africa and the African Diaspora".This video is an edited and stitched version of MiniDV tapes 1-2 of the Speaker Series filmed on April 4, 2013
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No full textWalter Rodney Speaker Series, Dr. Anani Dzidzienyo, "The Significance of Walter Rodney for Continential and Diasoric Africans".This video is an edited and stitched version of MiniDV tapes 1-2 of the Speaker Series filmed on January 24, 2013
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