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Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne at the 2014 (87th) Governors Awards presentation
No full textFelicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, right, at the 2014 (87th) Governors Awards presentation. Man, left, unidentified. Color tiff
Rival Queens : Actresses, Performance, and the Eighteenth-Century British Theater /
No full textHistorians of British theater have often noted that the eighteenth century was an age not of the author but of the actor. In Rival Queens, Felicity Nussbaum argues that the period might more accurately be seen as the age of women in the theater, and more particularly as the age of the actress.Historians of British theater have often noted that the eighteenth century was an age not of the author but of the actor. In Rival Queens, Felicity Nussbaum argues that the period might more accurately be seen as the age of women in the theater, and more particularly as the age of the actress.Electronic reproduction.Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.Felicity Nussbaum is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of numerous books, including The Limits of the Human: Fictions of Anomaly, Race, and Gender in the Long Eighteenth Century.Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher’s Web site, viewed October 27 2015
Meeting on Thin Ice:The Potential for Restorative Climate Justice in Deglaciating Environments
No full textAccording to Jones, the climate emergency is also a crisis of justice, with concepts and mechanisms challenged by new global relationships. Restorative justice offers a potential path forward, filling in some of the gaps between political agreement, legal liability and development aid. Following Margaret Urban Walker’s identified principles, Jones suggests a potential framework for restorative climate justice initiatives between groups in the majority and minority worlds. The chapter highlights the particular situation of communities in the Peruvian Andes affected by the environmental, social and economic harms of deglaciation, all of which inevitably intersect with underlying structural oppressions. The author suggests ways in which restorative climate justice could help bring about transformational change in such complex situations
The felicity of Queen Elizabeth and her times, with other things /
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The postcolonial framework and reinterpretation of Great expectations and Jane Eyre in Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip and Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea
No full textIn a postcolonial literary environment, intertextuality appears to be the key element, since a postcolonial reading is also a work whose references are a combination of intertwined societies and cultures. Jean Rhys and Lloyd Jones focused their writings on 'classics': Jean Rhys takes Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre as a reference for Wide Sargasso Sea, while Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip focuses on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. My aim is to discuss similarities and differences in both settings, covering the theme of identity, while also analyzing the critique against postcolonial for plagiarism. I argue that the postcolonial rewriter does not lack imagination nor talent, but uses the 'classic' as a tool to approach the matter of imperialistic imposition on the colonies.En un entorn literari postcolonial, la intertextualitat sembla ser clau, ja que una lectura postcolonial també es pot analitzar com una lectura d'un conjunt de referències de cultures i societats entrellaçades. Jean Rhys i Lloyd Jones van centrar els seus escrits sobre dos "clàssics": Jean Rhys es basa en Jane Eyre de Charlotte Brontë com a referència per a Wide Sargasso Sea, mentre que Mister Pip de Lloyd Jones se centra en Great Expectations de Charles Dickens. El meu objectiu és discutir les similituds i diferències en els dos àmbits, centrant-me en el tema de la identitat, alhora fent un anàlisi de la crítica a la literatura postcolonial per plagi. Sostinc que els autors postcolonial no manquen imaginació ni talent, si no que utilitzen el "clàssic" com una eina per abordar l'assumpte de la imposició imperialista de les colònies
Qualitative Assessment
No full textHealth psychology is a rapidly expanding discipline at the interface of psychology and clinical medicine. This new edition is fully reworked and revised, offering an entirely up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible, one-stop resource for clinical psychologists, mental health professionals and specialists in health-related matters. There are two new editors: Susan Ayers from the University of Sussex and Kenneth Wallston from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The prestigious editorial team and their international, interdisciplinary cast of authors have reconceptualised their much-acclaimed handbook. The book is now in two parts: part I covers psychological aspects of health and illness, assessments, interventions and healthcare practice. Part II covers medical matters listed in alphabetical order. Among the many new topics added are: diet and health, ethnicity and health, clinical inrterviewing, mood assessment, communicating risk, medical interviewing, diagnostic procedures, organ donation, IVF, MMR, HRT, sleep disorders, skin disorders, depression and anxiety disorders.
ContentsPart I. Psychology and Health and Illness; Part II. Medical Topics.
ContributorsLeif Edvard Aaro, Gail Williamson, David Shaffer, Elaine Leventhal, Angela Liegey Dougall, Stacie Spencer, Andrew Baum, Yael Benyamini, Howard Leventhal, Elaine Leventhal, Julie Turner-Cobb, Richard Boles, Michael Roberts, Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut, Wolfgang Stroebe, Keith Petrie, Lisa Reynolds, Naomi Lester, Francis Keefe, Meredith Rumble, Jeffrey Labban, Colin Murray Parkes, Yael Benyamini, John Berry, David Sam, Suzanne Scott, Jane Ogden, Timothy Elliott, Laura Dreer, Richard Slatcher, James Pennebaker, Jim Maddux, Jane Ussher, Charles Abraham, Tim Carmody, Rachael Powell, Marie Johnston, Thomas Whelan, Willem Kop, David Krantz, Howard Leventhal, Yael Benyamini, Christina Shafer, Tirrill Harris, Christina Lee, R. Glynn Owens, Staffan Hygge, Dennis Turk,Tasha Burwinkle, Kenneth Wallston, Stephanie Stone, Robert McCrae, Neville Owen, Kym Spathonis, Eva Leslie, Irving Kirsch, Elizabeth Bachen, Sheldon Cohen, Anna Marsland, Christopher Bass, Lena Ring, Karen Kim, Harold Koenig, Baruch Fischhoff, Albert Bandura, Lorraine Sherr, Jason Ellis, Thomas Ashby Wills, Michael Ainette, Lion Shahab, Robert West, Ainsley Hardy, Susan Ayers, Andrew Steptoe, Elizabeth Broadbent, Keith Petrie, Stephen Sutton, Stanislav Kasl, Beth Jones, Erin Bigler, Linda Worrall, Ellen Skinner, Richard Rogers, Peggilee Wupperman, Ray Fitzpatrick, Mark Conner, Brian McMillan, Ann Bowling, Ad Kaptein, Elizabeth Broadbent, Robert Sternberg, Michele Tugade, Tamlin Conner, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Jane Powell, Melissa Lamar, Amir Raz, Nancy Chiaravalloti, Amanda O'Brian, John DeLuca, Sandra Waters, Kim Dixon, Lisa Caitlin Perri, Francis Keefe, Susan Eisen, Angela Liegey Dougall, Felicity Bishop, Lucy Yardley, Ann Bowling, Brian Lakey, Jay Cohen, Gerald Davison, Raymond Gaeta, Carl Noe, Robert Gatchel, Andrew Eagle, Michael Worrell, Deborah Polk, Christie King, Kenneth Heller, Robert Bor, John Allen, Peter Hajek, Gerjo Kok, Michael Heap, Janet Tresure, Esther Maissie, Barbara Wilson, Stephen Morley, Michael Ussher, Jo-anne Carlyle, Jennifer Morse, Charles Reynolds, Michael Bruch, Kathleen Mulligan, Stan Newman, Benjamin Gottlieb, Dianne Kenny, Paul Estabrooks, Russell Glasgow, Rob Horne, Hannah McGee, Katherine Joekes, Christina Maslach, David French, Theresa Marteau, Rudolph Moos, Jeanne Schaefer, Bernice Moos, John Weinman, Robin Fiore, Hugh Barr, Clare Harries, Peter Ayton, Jonathon Silverman, Peter Bower, Nicki Mead, Maria Woloshynowych, Charles Vincent, Ray Fitzpatrick, Valerie Sutherland, Patricia Loft, Geraldine Meechan, Keith Petrie, Anne Miles, Katharine Parkes, Chris McManus, Claus Vogele, Angela Hall, Jane Kidd, Lorraine Noble, Pauline Slade, Robert Frank, Andrea, Lee Stephen Kellett, Michael Sayette, Mary Gregerson, Barbara Wilson, Narinder Kapur, Ronald Melzack, Joel Katz, Kirstie McKenzie-McHarg, Rachel Rowe, Ad Kaptein K. F. Rabe, Amanda C de C Williams, Linda Pring, Sarah Amponsah, Anthony Manstead, Claire Phillips, Alice Simon, Katie Robb, Sharon Manne, Barbara Andersen, Laura Simonelli, Kristen Carpenter, Gerry Humphris, Jennifer Devlen, Janelle Wagner, Ronald Brown, Angela Dougall, Stephen Lepore, Katherine Roberts, Ron Borland, Suzanne Dobbinson, Jan Stygall, Stan Newman, Kevin Browne, Catherine Hamilton-giachritsis, Jeremy Turk, Ruth Cairns, Trudie Chalder, Matthew Speltz, Anna Marsland, Sheldon Cohen, Elizabeth Bachen, Felicity Bishop, George Lewith, Paul Bennett, Beth Alder, Robert Allan, Stephen Scheidt, Christopher Smith, Kathleen Mulligan, Stan Newman, Bob Lewin, Jan Stygall, Stan Newman, Claire Glasscoe, Laurence McKenna, David Scott, Jenny Rusted, Alison Woodcock, Clare Bradley, Irene Frieze, Maureen McHugh, Heather Ashton, Sari Schwartz, David Krantz, Andrew Scholey, Andy Parrott, David Kennedy, Christine Temple, Eric Stice, Heather Shaw, David Horne, Elizabeth Ann Coombes, Eric Storch, Gary Geffken, Martin Herbert, Graham Scambler, Rona Moss-Morris, Meagan Spence, Nichola Rumsey, Peter Hepper, James Dornan, Dan McKenna, P
Perpetua and Felicity: Faith and Courage in the Face of Death
No full textPerpetua was a young, educated wife and mother who was martyred for her Christian faith. Because she was educated, she was able to record most of the events leading to her martyrdom in her diary. Her account was later supplemented by another author and narrator. The account also includes details about Felicity, a slave girl who was arrested with Perpetua. While Felicity is included in Perpetua’s story, most of the information about them focuses on Perpetua. Throughout history, and particularly in Medieval times, the Church has painted her as a perfect saint who rejected her family for unity with Christ. On the other hand, feminists and some egalitarians have used Perpetua as an example of a woman fighting for equality under the patriarchy. However, both of these views misinterpret Perpetua’s motives for the sake of their own gain when in reality, Perpetua was simply a faithful Christian who gave her life for the sake of Christ
How We Change Our Minds Matters: Misinformation, ABMs, and Deep Uncertainty
No full textMisinformation on social media is an urgent grand challenge. Misinformation has caused excess deaths because people abstain from getting vaccinated and other evidence-based prevention behaviors. Misinformation also influences various other important topics such as climate change. And it has the potential to influence countless other areas. In order to exemplify the broader point, this project focuses on simple example of beliefs around the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations. To find ways to successfully tackle this grand challenge, it is crucial to have thorough understanding of the system. Modeling and simulation can be a powerful tool to support our reasoning about big and complex systems such as misinformation on social media. Therefore, I choose to look at how modeling and simulation can be useful for the study of misinformation on social media and of potential counter-measures.Agent-based models (ABMs) are one of the useful modeling paradigms for this grand challenge. And while there is a body of literature on ABMs in the field of misinformation research, there is structural uncertainty about how to represent the way that people change their minds on social media. Different types of representations of this updating process are used. It is unclear which of them is the most suitable representation of the real-world process and also to what extent it makes a difference for the choice of counter-measures. Moreover, the choice between these different belief update functions is usually not discussed. And to the best of my knowledge, nobody has explored the issue of whether the choice between belief update functions makes a substantial difference in the conclusions from the studies.Because of the significance of this grand challenge and the lack of exploring a key structural uncertainty, I choose to apply a method for exploring uncertainty in the context of ABMs. More specifically, because the structural uncertainty about the belief update function is a central component of models in this field, I explore a method for handling this structural uncertainty. This project is a show case of the value that methods from the field of Decision-Making Under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) have for the field of misinformation focused ABMs.Yet, applying a DMDU approach is not only useful for enabling exploration of uncertainties. With many DMDU methods, it is possible to evaluate policies based on not only a single, but on multiple objectives. As far as I know, also the evaluation of multiple objectives has not previously been done in the field of opinion dynamic models such as ABMs which focus on misinformation on social media. However, policies that aim at tackling the misinformation challenge do not only impact one single stakeholder, but a multitude of diverse stakeholders who care about various aspects of the system. If we pick policies by only optimizing for one objective, we run the risk of merely shifting the problem. To find solutions that are sustainable and work for the whole system, it is helpful to consider multiple metrics that stakeholders care about. The ranking and filtering by multiple objectives is not trivial. But there is a method called non-dominated ranking which can be applied to do exactly that. This results in so-called Pareto-optimal policies. It is in this specific niche that I pursue the following methodological question within the field of agent-based misinformation modeling:Main Research QuestionHow does the consideration of structural uncertainty with respect to the choice between different belief update functions influence the resulting Pareto-optimal policies and their performance?I look at three alternative belief update functions, where each belief update function is represented by one model. I show that the choice of the belief update function makes a significant difference for what kind of policies are Pareto-optimal and for the outcomes that stem from these policies. To investigate how the choice of the belief update function influences which policies are Pareto-optimal and what kind of outcomes result, I apply the DMDU-method of Many-Objective Robust Decision-Making (MORDM) approach. With DMDU methods, modellers can acknowledge the uncomfortable situation in which we know that we have uncertainties, ruining the possibility of using models as reliable prediction machines. These uncertainties can be about the real world's states (i.e., parametric uncertainties) or its processes (i.e., structural uncertainty). When applying DMDU methods, modellers can aim to find policies that perform robustly over a large number of possible instantiations of parametric or structural uncertainties. In this project, I first evaluate more than 26'000 candidate policies with each of the three belief update functions. Then, I select a set of Pareto-optimal policies for each belief update function. Additionally, I select a set of policies that seem optimal when only considering a single metric. Subsequently, I re-evaluate Pareto-optimal policies of each belief update function under deep uncertainty to gain a better impression of their performance. Finally, I compare the commonalities and differences between the selected policies and their performances. This, I do for either method of selection and for all three belief update functions.To explore the structural uncertainty, I use a model which can be instantiated with either of the alternative belief update functions. I refer to these three possible instantiations as the three different models. The first model uses the commonly used function based on the research by Deffuant (hereafter 'DEFFUANT model'). In it, beliefs are always updated by a fix percentage towards the newly incoming information. In this project, this newly incoming information is the belief that is represented in a seen post. The second model samples whether a belief update happens or not. If an update happens, the new belief is the average between the previous belief and the newly incoming information. We call this the 'SAMPLE model'. Unfortunately, neither of these two models includes well-established phenomena from social psychology. Examples of such phenomena include for instance that we are more willing to update towards beliefs that are more similar to ours, that we have limited attention capacity, and that it takes more to change someone's mind when they are very convinced of their current belief than when they are uncertain. The third model was chosen to fill this void by basing its belief update function on Social Impact Theory (SIT) and adjusting this theory to the context of social media. This model is referred to as the 'SIT model'.Main Findings- There is a clear distinction between the models' optimal policies as well as their outcomes.- Differences in parameters do make a difference.- The models' optimal policies exhibit an order in how optimistic their outcomes are. This order (in descending direction) is DEFFUANT, SAMPLE, and SIT.- The outcomes of the DEFFUANT and the SAMPLE model are more similar to each other than to the SIT model.The main methodological take-away is that the DMDU approach can bring substantial value to the field of ABM-based studies on the grand challenge of misinformation on social media platforms. While this is shown by a simple exploration of the structural uncertainty with respect to the belief update, many more insights could be gathered by utilizing the DMDU approach. For instance, the DMDU approach offers state-of-the-art methods to identify vulnerable scenarios, i.e., scenarios which would be particularly bleak. Another example could be to explore different problem formulations with different sets of objectives or other structural uncertainties such as the posting behavior.Furthermore, by utilizing the tools of DMDU, also society as a whole can benefit. By including multiple objectives and a wide range of considered uncertainties, the many different world-views and values of the diverse stakeholders can be taken into account in order to avoid potential policy gridlock situations. This could contribute to tackling the misinformation grand challenge more successfully and thus for instance lead to more people embracing evidence-based medical interventions.https://github.com/felicity-reddel/MisinfoPyEngineering and Policy Analysi
"They Called me Matilda, and I Came to be Known as Matilda ". A study of the Concept of Identity in Lloyd Jones' Mr. Pip and Andrew Adamson's Film Adaptation
No full textThis paper discusses the role that Great Expectations and its main character Pip play in shaping Matilda's and Mr. Watts' identities. Taking Matilda as the representation of the Melanesian culture and Mr. Watts and Great Expectations of the Western's, the postcolonial discourse is set. Firstly, this paper aims to demonstrate that Matilda and Mr. Watts cross-cultural relations have an effect on both characters' identities which become hybridized. Secondly, through a deep analysis of Jones' novel and Adamson's movie adaptation, this TFG is a means to demonstrate that Adamson's adaptation keeps the essence of the book and even contributes to a better understanding of the concept of identity.Aquest treball tracta el paper que Great Expectations i el seu personatge principal Pip juguen a l'hora de modelar les identitats de Matilda i del senyor Watts. Prenent a Matilda com la representant de la cultura Melanèsia i al senyor Watts i Great Expectations la de l'oest, el discurs postcolonial s'imposa. Primerament, aquest treball proba de demostrar que les relacions interculturals entre Matilda i el senyor Watts afecten a les identitats d'ambdós personatges, les quals s'hibriden. En segon lloc, a través d'un anàlisi profund de la novel·la de Jones i l'adaptació d'Adamson, aquest TFG demostra que l'adaptació d'Adamson manté l'essència del llibre i inclús contribueix a una millor comprensió del concepte d'identitat
Echo writes back: the figure of the author in 'true short story' by Ali Smith
No full textAli Smith’s 2008 collection The First Person And Other Stories re-examines the implied contract between reader and writer. In particular, the first piece in the collection, ‘True Short Story’, challenges our reading of the text as ‘story’. It is highly metafictive, with little conventional structure, and apparently autobiographical, and the narrator must be the author too – mustn’t she(it)? Smith insists that we read the author into the work, in order to create a new set of questions around the debate of authorial identity. ‘True Short Story’ considers what difference it makes to the reader when the author’s voice is apparently unmediated by any fictional narrator. Does this make the story autobiography rather than fiction? If it is not fiction, does that mean it is not a story either? If it is fiction, why use so many apparently verifiable facts? The article also considers whether Jorge Luis Borges has anything to say about Smith’s disruption of the sujet. The figure of the author in ‘Borges and I’ is compared with that in ‘True Short Story’, together with Paul Auster’s apparent appearance in his City of Glass.(1987
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