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Digital Ecologies of Youth Mental Health: Apps, Therapeutic Publics and Pedagogy as Affective Arrangements
No full textIn this paper, we offer a new conceptual approach to analyzing the interrelations between formal and informal pedagogical sites for learning about youth mental (ill) health with a specific focus on digital health technologies. Our approach builds on an understanding of public pedagogy to examine the pedagogical modes of address (Ellsworth 1997) that are (i) produced through ‘expert’ discourses of mental health literacy for young people; and (ii) include digital practices created by young people as they seek to publicly address mental ill health through social media platforms. We trace the pedagogic modes of address that are evident in examples of digital mental health practices and the creation of what we call therapeutic publics. Through an analysis of mental health apps, we examine how these modes of address are implicated in the affective process of learning about mental (ill) health, and the affective arrangements through which embodied distress is rendered culturally intelligible. In doing so, we situate the use of individual mental health apps within a broader digital ecology that is mediated by therapeutic expertise and offer original contributions to the theorization of public pedagogy
Book review: New sporting femininities: embodied politics in postfeminist times edited by Kim Toffoletti, Holly Thorpe and Jessica Francombe-Webb
No full textIn New Sporting Femininities: Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times, Kim Toffoletti, Holly Thorpe and Jessica Francombe-Webb bring together contributors to explore how sporting femininities have been shaped by a postfeminist context, tracking changing gendered power relations in sport and physical cultures alongside new forms of inequality and sexism. This collection is a refreshing and comprehensive look at postfeminism, sporting femininities and physical activity, writes Meltem Ince-Yenilmez, and contributes towards building a more equal playing field in the world of sports for everyone
Book review: New Sporting Femininities: Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times, edited by Kim Toffoletti, Holly Thorpe and Jessica Francombe-Webb
No full textIn New Sporting Femininities: Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times, Kim Toffoletti, Holly Thorpe and Jessica Francombe-Webb bring together contributors to explore how sporting femininities have been shaped by a postfeminist context, tracking changing gendered power relations in sport and physical cultures alongside new forms of inequality and sexism. This collection is a refreshing and comprehensive look at postfeminism, sporting femininities and physical activity, writes Meltem Ince-Yenilmez, and contributes towards building a more equal playing field in the world of sports for everyone
Gardner-Webb School of Divinity Hosts Award-Winning Author, Dr. Barbara Peacock
No full textAward-winning author, Dr. Barbara Peacock, will present “Soul Care in African American Practice” on April 11 at Gardner-Webb University. In her book by the same title, she examines the lives and soul care practices of 10 significant men and women―Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Darrell Griffin, Renita Weems, Harold Carter, Jessica Ingram, Coretta Scott King, James Washington, and Howard Thurman. The publication received the “Christianity Today” Award of Merit.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3387/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb University to Host Author and Philanthropist Paul Leonard
No full textGardner-Webb University’s Center for Christian Ethics and Social Responsibility, in conjunction with Fireside Books and Gifts of Shelby, N.C., will host author and philanthropist Paul Leonard for a special lecture and book signing on Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in Stewart Hall at the Tucker Student Center on the Gardner-Webb campus, and is free and open to the public. Leonard will discuss his spiritual journey and how it led to his work for Habitat for Humanity.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2284/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb’s Jessica Greer Gets “Tough” with Inmates
No full textJessica Greer, a marketing major and biblical studies minor, likes to sing and play the guitar. And she loves to go to prison. During her freshman year, Jessica learned about Gardner-Webb’s outreach to Livesay Correctional Institution, a minimum-security prison in Spartanburg, S.C., while attending a chapel service on campus.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2937/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb English Department Hosts Program with Award-Winning Author
No full textAward-winning author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle will be the guest speaker for the Darlene J. Gravett Visiting Writer Series on Oct. 2 at Gardner-Webb University. Hosted by the Department of English Language and Literature, Clapsaddle will spend time during the day sharing with creative writing and first-year composition students. The public is invited to hear Clapsaddle speak at 7 p.m. in Hamrick Hall’s Blanton Auditorium. She will discuss her debut novel, “Even As We Breathe.”https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3703/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb University to Host Author Wiley Cash on April 16
No full textThe Gardner-Webb University Department of English Language and Literature will present author Wiley Cash as part of its annual Visiting Writer Series on April 16 at 7 p.m. The event will be held in Ritch Banquet Hall, located inside Dover Campus Center and is open to the public. A native of Western North Carolina, Wiley Cash is the author of the New York Times bestseller, “A Land More Kind Than Home,” which was a featured book for Gardner-Webb English I, II and American Literature II classes this semester.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2660/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb Students’ Film Wins Prize in Statewide Competition
No full textTwo Gardner-Webb University seniors were recently honored with a prestigious award at a statewide documentary film competition. Jessica Hibbard and Rebekah Rausch won the People’s Pick award at the Citizenship, Service, Networking and Partnership’s (CSNAP) conference for their submission “Growth: A Story of Community and Gardening.” The competition is sponsored each year by North Carolina Campus Compact.
Youtube: Growth: A Story of Community and Gardening.movhttps://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2726/thumbnail.jp
Student Social Media Campaign Brings NEEDTOBREATHE to Gardner-Webb University
No full textAfter a seven-month process, a group of Gardner-Webb students will see their hard work pay off on April 28 when Atlantic Records recording artists NEEDTOBREATHE perform in the Paul Porter Arena at 8 p.m. In the fall of 2011, a group of more than 40 students, led by senior Jessica Greer, started a campaign to persuade NEEDTOBREATHE to perform at Gardner-Webb University. The “Operation NEEDTOBREATHE” group, as they were called around campus, used a variety of social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to send messages directly to the band.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2871/thumbnail.jp
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