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Using discourse signals for robust instructor intervention prediction
No full text3415-3421Chandrasekaran, MK, Epp, CD, Kan, MY, Litman, D (2017-01-01). Using discourse signals for robust instructor intervention prediction : 3415-3421. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.Chandrasekaran, MK, Epp, CD, Kan, MY, Litman, D (2017-01-01). Using discourse signals for robust instructor intervention prediction : 3415-3421. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.3415-342
The importance of self- definition: An interview with Djarah Kan
No full textThis interview with Djarah Kan was conducted via email during May and June 2022. Djarah Kan discusses the importance of selfdefinition as a political act and highlights the power dynamics connected to the process of naming. Starting from her book Ladri di denti (Tooth Thieves), her short story “Il mio nome” (My Name) (published in the anthology Future), and some articles published in Italian journals and magazines, Kan addresses the issue of immigration, highlights the close connection between racism and sexism in the Italian cultural debate, and questions the idea of “universal sisterhood”. She also emphasizes the importance of knowing the past (and, in particular, Italy’s colonial past) in order to decolonize
the present and build a more just future, discusses the meaning that white privilege takes on for her, and speaks about the limits and potential of social media as platforms that enable the creation of spaces of self-representation
The importance of self-definition. An interview with Djarah Kan
No full textThis interview with Djarah Kan was conducted via email during May and June 2022. Djarah Kan discusses the importance of self-definition as a political act and highlights the power dynamics connected to the process of naming. Starting from her book Ladri di denti (Tooth Thieves), her short story “Il mio nome” (My Name) (published in the anthology Future), and some articles published in Italian journals and magazines, Kan addresses the issue of immigration, highlights the close connection between racism and sexism in the Italian cultural debate, and questions the idea of “universal sisterhood”. She also emphasizes the importance of knowing the past (and, in particular, Italy’s colonial past) in order to decolonize the present and build a more just future, discusses the meaning that white privilege takes on for her, and speaks about the limits and potential of social media as platforms that enable the creation of spaces of self-representation
Not like my mother : truth and the author in creative nonfiction
No full textThis exegesis examines how a writer can effectively negotiate the relationship between author, character, fact and truth, in a work of Creative Nonfiction. It was found that individual truths, in a work of Creative Nonfiction, are not necessarily universal truths due to individual, cultural, historical and religious circumstances. What was also identified, through the examination of published Creative Nonfiction, is a necessity to ensure there are clear demarcation lines between authorial truth and fiction. The Creative Nonfiction works examined, which established this framework for the reader, ensured an ethical relationship between author and audience. These strategies and frameworks were then applied to my own Creative Nonfiction
My Faithful Friend
No full textThe author submitted this entry in the Open Verse Poetry category (Amateur division) for the 2024 On My Own Time (OMOT) Art Show.This was inspired from a situation that one of my family friend was going through. Prayers were offered while looking to God for an answer. This was my reflection of the situation and trust in God
Novel Excerpt: My Name Is Sweet Thing , Part 1 'Whose Little Girl Am I?'
No full textThe night I turned sixteen � in 1979 � I dreamt I swallowed all of my teeth, and Aunt Winnie said it meant disgrace was coming to the family. I forced a laugh but exchanged a concerned look with my cousin, Bernice, as a feeling like ice spread through my abdomen because Aunt Winnie was never wrong
My Thyme
No full textThe author submitted this entry in the AI Literature category (Amateur division) for the 2024 On My Own Time (OMOT) Art Show.This piece was inspired by the clock ticking away while I was cooking. Reading the poem out loud should make the connection clear. I used AI assistance for rhyme and meter
The Winter of My Soul
No full textThe author submitted this entry in the Open Verse Poetry category (Amateur division) for the 2023 On My Own Time (OMOT) Art Show.Describes the emptiness of love lost and the desire to find it again
My Queen
No full textThe author submitted this entry in the Open Verse Poetry category (Amateur division) for the 2024 On My Own Time (OMOT) Art Show.My inspiration for writing the poem "My Queen" was to model writing elegy poetry for my 7th grade ELA students. My mother had recently passed away and I decided it would be an honorable memory. I didn't have a lot of time to fully process the reality of life without her nor really grieve, because I had a main role in preparing as well as participating in her funeral services, and afterwards, I could not take more time off from work. Writing this poem was very therapeutic for me, and even more so when I read it aloud in class to my students. When I finished reading it, the entire class gave me a standing ovation and many of them (including me) were visibly filled with raw emotions (tears). When they completed their elegy poetry, it was very apparent that my previous moment of transparency had quite a positive influence on their commitment to produce amazing heart-warming poetry
Resonant Spaces: Electroacoustic Music and Ritual: A commentary on my recent music.
No full textThe following portfolio and commentary concerns music and performance works created between 2008 and 2012, and an exposition of the research, ideas, aesthetics and techniques that connect
these works. I will discuss in detail the role that archaeoacoustics has played in my composition of fixed and mixed media works and how it has influenced me aesthetically in my approach to live performance. I will also explain in each instance any actual data used from various research sources, and my metaphorical interpretation of various archaeological sites and acoustic phenomena. Similarly, I will discuss the concepts of shamanism, ritual and transcendence that have influenced me, and how these concepts are expressed in my instrumental works, fixed media and live performance pieces
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