14,547 research outputs found
Inheritance, Use and Dis-use: The Nature of the Inherited Domestic Object; A Personal Exploration of a Topic of Universal Human Value
No full textThe meanings of material culture and material objects have been studied in the academic work of Daniel Miller, Anat Hecht, Paul Smith, and others. These ideas are relevant and applicable to current artistic practice and also to the teaching of object-making in the Jewellery and Small Objects Department, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. The objectives of this research are to investigate the inherited domestic object, and to consider its essential nature and how this influences the potential use and disuse of the object. The investigation is based around personal experience of family possessions, and the meanings ascribed to material objects as they were passed on to subsequent generations of family members.
The research considers issues of mutability, where inherited objects may be modified within a cultural context to incorporate new values without loss of heritability. Design outcomes based on this research are used to inform my studio production of domestic objects of inheritable quality and value, and may be understood in the context of a personal maker’s guide.
The findings of this research are expressed in a collection of made work that incorporates the quality of inheritability in a series of silver objects and adornments, as well as heritable objects to which a precious metal component has been added to ascribe and to underline value.Thesis (Masters)Master of Visual Arts (MVA)Queensland College of ArtArts, Education and LawFull Tex
How might a collaborative approach between maker and wearer yield sustainable `end-user' relationships with jewellery?
No full textIn recent years, there has been a growing movement within contemporary jewellery that engages notions of sustainability. Part of this movement has involved focusing on the ethical concerns surrounding jewellery manufacture and production, from precious metal mining and gemstone sourcing through to studio techniques, including recycling, chemical reduction, and energy use. While these issues are imperative because of their social and environmental impacts, many jewellers focus solely on the role of the designer in ethical jewellery making. By contrast, my research examines the role of the wearer in accepting responsibility for their consumption habits. This exegesis explores how maker and wearer can collaborate in various ways to create ongoing, sustainable relationships between the wearer and their jewellery.Thesis (Masters)Master of Visual Arts (MVA)Queensland College of ArtArts, Education and LawFull Tex
How Provincial Hotels in Thailand Achieve Local Community Support from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities
No full textThis thesis examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities carried out by hotels, are perceived and responded to within local communities. This is significant research because it is the first study to examine the impact of hotels‟ CSR initiatives on local community members, despite increasing CSR investments by firms in the worldwide hospitality sector.
As the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) becomes more prevalent in industry, firms engage in ethical and responsible activities to benefit identified stakeholders, whether the activity is designed for altruistic or strategic reasons (Porter & Kramer, 2006). In turn, the increase in the level of CSR investment suggests that gauging the effectiveness of CSR initiatives will also be of increasing importance. In parallel with general industry trends, the role of CSR in the hospitality sector has also increased, in part, because of salient environmental and social issues (Sheldon & Park, 2011).
Globally, hotels have reported the use of substantial resources for CSR activities because, among other things, such activities can improve the quality of life in local communities (World Business Council For Sustainable Development, 2004). Furthermore, this investment and reporting of CSR activities is also apparent in South-East Asian nations, such as Thailand.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith Business SchoolGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
The Role of Sport Events in Spectator Sponsor/Brand Attitudes: A Case Study of the Quiksilver Pro
No full textSport events are frequently used as a marketing tool by sponsoring organisations. However, the effectiveness of this strategy towards future purchase intentions and behaviour has received limited theoretical/empirical research attention. Using an established sport event as a case study (2012 Quiksilver Pro), this thesis seeks to address this gap by investigating spectator’s attitudes towards brands of key public and private event sponsors based on: 1) motivations to attend events; 2) identification with brands; 3) satisfaction with event; and the consequent impact this has on purchasing decisions. This is significant as previous studies on attitudes, identification and intentions to purchase have mainly been focused on sport teams and not on sponsors’ brands. Research has also been abundant on destination-event fit and even sponsor-event fit; however a case triangulating the destination-event-sponsor fit has not been examined. The Gold Coast Surfing Industry is one such case where there is a clear destination-event-sponsor fit between Gold Coast as a destination, Quiksilver Pro as an event and Gold Coast City Council (public) and Quiksilver (private) as sponsors. Surprisingly, little academic research attention, especially within an event context, has focussed on the surfing industry despite major market players investing significant marketing budgets in costly surfing events. There also appears within the surfing industry limited understanding of the impact of surfing events on future revenue generation.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith Business SchoolGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
Interview with Elizabeth Janeway, author
No full textAuthor of The Walsh Girls, Man's World, and Woman's Place, Elizabeth Janeway is interviewed by Milwaukee TV and radio moderator Winifred Ryhn and Claudine Shannon, assistant professor of Community Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Extension. She explores how societal attitudes are shaped and how they have determined the traditional roles of men and women.GrayscaleSoun
Interview about Mattie Griffith with Joe Lockard by Dr. Elizabeth Renker
No full textRemote interview conducted in Columbus, Ohio.Interview with Dr. Joe Lockard, associate professor of English at Arizona State University, where he has taught for 21 years. He's a specialist in nineteenth-century American Literature, particularly the literature of U.S. slavery and early African American literature. Joe talks about his groundbreaking research recovering the life and work of abolitionist Mattie Griffith, a young Kentucky poet who shared social circles with Sarah. Mattie's hatred of enslavement led her to leave Kentucky for the North, where she published a pseudo-slave narrative, Autobiography of a Female Slave. Interview conducted via Zoom by Dr. Elizabeth Renker from the Department of English at The Ohio State University
Implementing National Disability Service Standards: What Street Level Bureaucrats Exercise Discretion for in the Provision of Employment Services
No full textThe purpose of this thesis is to interpret the use of discretion to deliver public service in public interest. The research question to guide this purpose is, what do street-level bureaucrats use discretion for to implement disability service standards in Australia? Lipsky (1976) proposed that given their discretionary power, people on the front-line representing government (termed ‘street-level bureaucrats’) through daily people processing action on the front-line significantly affect policy outcomes. To implement social policy, a qualitative based method has been used to emphasize both intended and unintended consequences to front-line discretion. As a case, the street-level bureaucrats in disability employment services participated in semi-structured interviews and assisted this thesis design and provide the grounds to interpreting what it means to implement social policy in public interest today. By asking the question what is discretion used for, it is with the intention to uncover the meaning of public benefit, deep-rooted in service delivery. It is argued a street-level bureaucrat determines the meaning for citizen-consumer experience from standards in the legislation, and in so doing this, will highlight the ambiguity experienced in service delivery between state-agent or citizen-agent understanding surrounding ‘public interest’ and ‘public service’. The foundation on which the nature, amount and quality of benefits and sanctions, to assist people with a disability into sustainable employment, still rests with new street-level bureaucrats rather than the state initiative. Outcomes of service delivery rest on, in part, the use of discretion by street-level bureaucrats. This thesis disagrees with the state-agent ideal whereby particular outcomes that are unintended or unanticipated by those responsible for setting policy objectives (government) can be explained by the discretion of street-level bureaucrats.Thesis (Masters)Master of Philosophy (MPhil)Griffith Business SchoolGriffith Business SchoolFull Tex
Diary of Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle, 1865
No full textRedex Film ProductsElizabeth Waties Allston Pringle (formerly Elizabeth Waties Allston) was born in 1845 on Pawley's Island, South Carolina to Robert F.W. Allston and Adele Petigru. The family home, a rice plantation of 630 slaves named Chicora Wood, was located on the Pee Dee River near Georgetown. Elizabeth married John Julius Pringle in 1870. Under the pen name Patience Pennington, she is the author of ""A Woman Rice Planter"" and ""Chronicles of Chicora Wood."" She died at her family home December 5, 1921. Her diaries include descriptions of trips to northeastern United States including New York City, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. She also writes about day-to-day activities on the plantation and keeps ledgers of annual expenditures
Diary of Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle, 1914
No full textRedex Film ProductsElizabeth Waties Allston Pringle (formerly Elizabeth Waties Allston) was born in 1845 on Pawley's Island, South Carolina to Robert F.W. Allston and Adele Petigru. The family home, a rice plantation of 630 slaves named Chicora Wood, was located on the Pee Dee River near Georgetown. Elizabeth married John Julius Pringle in 1870. Under the pen name Patience Pennington, she is the author of ""A Woman Rice Planter"" and ""Chronicles of Chicora Wood."" She died at her family home December 5, 1921. Her diaries include descriptions of trips to northeastern United States including New York City, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. She also writes about day-to-day activities on the plantation and keeps ledgers of annual expenditures
Diary of Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle, 1889
No full textRedex Film ProductsElizabeth Waties Allston Pringle (formerly Elizabeth Waties Allston) was born in 1845 on Pawley's Island, South Carolina to Robert F.W. Allston and Adele Petigru. The family home, a rice plantation of 630 slaves named Chicora Wood, was located on the Pee Dee River near Georgetown. Elizabeth married John Julius Pringle in 1870. Under the pen name Patience Pennington, she is the author of ""A Woman Rice Planter"" and ""Chronicles of Chicora Wood."" She died at her family home December 5, 1921. Her diaries include descriptions of trips to northeastern United States including New York City, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. She also writes about day-to-day activities on the plantation and keeps ledgers of annual expenditures
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