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Kathleen (Butler) Elder interviewed by Bernadette Lynch
No full textIn an interview recorded on October 21, 1983, Kathleen (Butler) Elder recounts the history of her family in the area and the development of the community. Transcript available
On the Use of Past and Present Values in the Marketing of Butler University
No full textThe following is a case study analyzing the founding values of what is today Butler University and comparing this founding to values promoted in the university’s modern marketing communications. The findings explore the life of Butler University’s primary founder, Ovid Butler, and the events which led him to believe so passionately in the construction of what was known at the time of its founding as North Western Christian University (NWCU). Findings also include a brief overview of the school’s operations between its opening in 1855 and modern day before diving into examples of contemporary marketing communications. Based on the information compiled in this research, it is apparent that Butler University has a long history of being ahead of the curve. The university was founded by an adamant abolitionist whose wish it was to provide a high standard of education to all who were willing to work at achieving academic success, to include female students and students of color. However, this triumphant past is often lost or forgotten in the university’s modern brand image which portrays a youthful and future-focused university. At the conclusion of this project, the data suggests that Butler University is passing up a valuable opportunity to connect Ovid Butler’s driven, forward- thinking vision with the university’s current brand. A thoughtful and intentional integration of Butler University’s past into present-day marketing communications could help the university further distinguish itself amongst fierce competition
Michel Foucault and Judith Butler: troubling Butler's appropriation of Foucault's work
No full textOne of the main influences on Judith Butler‘s thinking has been the work of Michel Foucault. Although this relationship is often commented on, it is rarely discussed in any detail. My thesis makes a contribution in this area. It presents an analysis of Foucault‘s work with the aim of countering Butler‘s representation of his thinking. In the first part of the thesis, I show how Butler initially interprets Foucault‘s project through Nietzschean genealogy, psychoanalysis and Derridean discourse, and how she later develops this interpretation in line with the progress of her own project. In the main part of the thesis, I present an analysis of Foucault‘s thinking in the period from The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969) to The History of Sexuality volume 1 (1976). This analysis focuses on the aspect of his work which has most influenced Butler‘s thinking: namely the notion of a relationship between knowledge, discourse and power. The other issues in his work which Butler addresses—genealogy, the subject, the body, abnormality, and sexuality—are discussed within this framework. I show how, in the early 1970s, Foucault develops the notion of power-knowledge, and sets out a relationship between power-knowledge and discourse which is overlooked by Butler. I argue that Butler interprets Foucaultian power through the notions of repression and social norms, and ignores the concepts of technology and strategy which form a key part of Foucault‘s thinking. I show how, from The Archaeology of Knowledge on, Foucault develops a socio-historical ontology and a genealogy of the subject, both of which are at variance with Butler‘s interpretation of his thinking
General Benjamin Butler Letter Regarding the naming of Newport News, Virginia
No full textDigital images of an original letter written by Former Union Major-General Benjamin Butler in reply to a query by author, Edwin Everett Hale on how Newport News, Virginia had received it's name. both sides of the original letter are included along with a typed transcription of the letter
Speculative Literature in Modern Society: Octavia Butler and the Tragedy of the Commons
No full textWhat leads to peaceful prosperity and what leads to destructive collapse in any society? While it may seem daunting or overwhelming to dissect the success or collapse of a multi-faceted society, there are lenses and tools through which we are able to do so, such as political theory and speculative dystopian fiction. By using lenses to analyze the society in which we live, we are able to recognize the seeds of both prosperity and destruction in our society that may otherwise be overlooked or ignored. The speculative dystopian fiction of Octavia Butler may be considered as building upon the political theory of the tragedy of the commons. Butler provides her American audience an analysis of the root causes of this tragedy, as well as some possible preventative measures or solutions. We are able to read her novel, The Parable of the Sower, as a warning against ignoring current trends in our society which could lead to our tragedy of the commons. Octavia Butler was an American author of speculative dystopian fiction, and was the first science fiction novelist to be awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 1955. She was born in California on June 22, 1947 and died in Washington on January 24, 2006. Butler was well-known for critiquing social hierarchies and inequalities as well as for exploring what forms healthy, sustainable communities. Her first novel in her Parable Series, The Parable of the Sower, introduces Butler’s reader to a broken community in a divided society after an environmental apocalypse. Through her protagonist, Lauren Olamina, Butler shows her reader the flaws and failures in society that lead to the community’s collapse as well as how a community can be rebuilt
On sex perception, the brain, and knowledge (Judith Butler vs. Kathleen Stock)
No full textRegarding Kathleen Stock, the intellectual Judith Butler tells us, “Stock claimed that the perception of two sexes is something that the brain simply does. This I did not know.” I respond by attributing a partial analysis of the concept of knowledge to Butler. I also respond by denying Stock’s claim from my own experience: of being affected by the one sex theory presented by Thomas Laqueur
Dental Student Perspectives of Ignatian Values through Service-Learning
No full textAn Ignatian world-view can be introduced to health science students through the teaching and learning of Ignatian values. Occupational therapy faculty mentor dental faculty in a Scholarship of Teaching and learning (SoTL) project to incorporate the teaching and learning of Ignatian values within a service-learning course
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